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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jun 18, 2014 8:04:30 GMT -5
Hockey is a bit of a cultural thing, in part, I think, because it's a sport you really need to see in person, if not play yourself, to appreciate. It's been said that baseball was the perfect sport for radio, while football is the perfect sport for television, which explains their respective decline and rise. Hockey isn't well suited for either medium, but it's far better in person, and better in person than either baseball or football. At the risk of loosing my Canadian membership card, Hockey does no more for me than any other sport. Sports can be fun to play, but I have zero interest in watching strangers play for fortunes. At the last hockey game I went to (won tickets at the place I was working at the time and took friends who do give a rats ass about hockey), I brought a book. Forgive them, Lord Gretzky, for they know not what they do. Allow me this impassioned plea for the defense of that most noble sport. Hockey is where a band of fellows (be they boys or girls, big or small, quick or slow) can surmount impossible odds and prove that the heart is more important than the brawn, where skill, intelligence, strength and stamina are all tested constantly, and where every team member is expected to do their utmost for the common cause. It is very close to warfare (as are many team sports, I suppose) without the bloodshed; it is a bonding experience for both players and spectators, and being played on ice it is extremely suitable to our northern reality. The dramatic victory of the Canadian women team at the last olympics was the kind of stuff you wouldn't put in a movie because nobody would believe it, but I'm sure that it did more for our national unity than anything any politician ever did. Talk about a never say die attitude, and rallying at the last moment. How could a Canuck not look at the last three and a half minutes of the final game and not feel the maple syrup stir in their veins??? hockey game (start at 1:34:00 for the incredible comeback). Apart from hockey, the only sport I can stand watching is football (soccer in North America). Most of them are fun to play, yes, and the contrast between how much fun it is to play baseball and how wrist-slitting boring it is to watch is surprising. But hockey? that, that is divine.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2014 8:24:31 GMT -5
All this drink talk made me remember something I was pondering the other day: Does anyone else like Big Red? Everyone else I talk to hates it but me. It's well-known amongst the cognoscenti around these parts that I regard red cream soda as the nectar of the gods, & Big Red is a fine example thereof. I just can't drink it (again, Crohn's -- not only no alcohol, but nothing carbonated, period). *sob*
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2014 8:28:01 GMT -5
It is very close to warfare (as are many team sports, I suppose) without the bloodshed; Well, except for the silly fighting crap. Not much of a testimony's to hockey's appeal unless one is also a fan, I suppose, of dog-fighting & the lik.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2014 8:31:48 GMT -5
I've never really gotten the idea of acquiring a taste. "Well, I know this tastes like garbage, but if you keep drinking it anyway, eventually you'll get used to how terrible it is." Um. Why would I want to do that? I get it when it is something healthy, like green tea. I used to kind of drink it out of principle but actually like it now. Iced decaf green tea is what I'm drinking even as I type; I make it by the gallon, sun tea-style (except in the fridge), & then bring it to work to sip during the day. (Decaf because I limit myself to one caffeine drink -- my morning homemade frappucino -- per day, given my horrible sleeping patterns. Actually gave it up entirely for the last few years of the '90s, when I was working nights. Before that, I was averaging 6 cokes & various quantities of iced tea a day.)
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jun 18, 2014 9:18:39 GMT -5
I've had stomach issues for years. I'm not sure exactly what my problem is. I went to a doctor in 2003 for extensive test and they found nothing. It seems that I'm lactose intolerant (cake and ice cream seem to hit me hardest) and even when I'm eating perfectly, I'm prone for slight flair ups. It's basically all massive bloating if I don't eat right. Carbonated drinks are sneaky, as I can't really tell if they're part of the problem. When I ween myself off Coke Zero for several weeks, and only drink water and stevia sweetened tea, I do seem to get better. (I'm loath to spend money on a doctor again just to be told "Uh...don't know." I'd just as soon perfect my diet and do it myself.)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2014 9:28:43 GMT -5
My sympathies, Trebor. My case of Crohn's is actually quite mild compared to plenty of other people I know of with the condition, but even so it wasn't diagnosed till 8/88, nearly 11 years after I was first hospitalized for tests & such. I've developed more intolerances (for lack of a better word) as the years go by -- up till around 2003, for instance, I could still drink alcohol & carbonated beverages in moderation. Had to start peeling apples & such a couple of years ago after never having had to do so before. Etc. etc. etc.
Lactose intolerance didn't kick in till I was about 42, after a couple of years of veganism, somewhat ironically.
Sometimes digestion-related issues seems to run in families. Dunno if that's the case with you, of course, but in my case my mother had bowel problems for most of her life (to the point that she had to live on baby food in college, & she eventually died from colon cancer), & at least one of her aunts had most of her stomach removed when she was at least middle-aged.
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Post by shaxper on Jun 18, 2014 9:53:24 GMT -5
I've had stomach issues for years. I'm not sure exactly what my problem is. I went to a doctor in 2003 for extensive test and they found nothing. It seems that I'm lactose intolerant (cake and ice cream seem to hit me hardest) and even when I'm eating perfectly, I'm prone for slight flair ups. It's basically all massive bloating if I don't eat right. Carbonated drinks are sneaky, as I can't really tell if they're part of the problem. When I ween myself off Coke Zero for several weeks, and only drink water and stevia sweetened tea, I do seem to get better. (I'm loath to spend money on a doctor again just to be told "Uh...don't know." I'd just as soon perfect my diet and do it myself.) Have you ever tried a cleanse diet? Basically, you eat an absurdly strict diet for two weeks and take a lot of nutritional supplements. It cleanses and sort of reboots your system. I did it once when I was suffering from something like mono that no doctor I went to could diagnose or treat, and the cleanse kicked it to the curb. Cured. I'd been suffering for four months prior to that with no let-up in sight. I'm now back to eating garbage, but whenever I start feeling ill, I do another cleanse. This is the one I used. It's crazy expensive up front, but what you save on in terms of food over the two weeks that follow pretty much balances out. In my case, I came out saving money: www.amazon.com/Standard-Process-Purification-Complete-Whole-Food/dp/B0046IYQEI/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1403103101&sr=8-2&keywords=standard+process+purification+kitYeah, it seems like a culty new-age thing, and it is, but it absolutely worked for me.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2014 9:58:14 GMT -5
[ Yeah, it seems like a culty new-age thing, and it is, Did you apply crystals to your chakras as well? (Reminding me that my 2nd wife -- we divorced in 1990 -- is delving into things like remote viewing & Edgar Cayce & such big-time these days. And I thought I was the ... uh ... open-minded one when we were married.)
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Post by hondobrode on Jun 18, 2014 9:58:49 GMT -5
After my recent kidney stone the number one thing to cut back on is tea as well as coffee, chocolate, peanut butter and other stuff you'd never believe like iceberg lettuce, strawberries, blueberries, pineapple, spinach, etc. they all contain oxalates that cause stones in some people, like me.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2014 10:03:12 GMT -5
After my recent kidney stone the number one thing to cut back on is tea as well as coffee, chocolate, peanut butter and other stuff you'd never believe like iceberg lettuce, strawberries, blueberries, pineapple, spinach, etc. they all contain oxalates that cause stones in some people, like me. Yep. My first mother-in-law (recently deceased; RIP to a great lady) was prone to stones & had to cut out a lot of that stuff.
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Post by shaxper on Jun 18, 2014 10:10:22 GMT -5
Did you apply crystals to your chakras as well? If someone had told me it would've cured me, I probably would have tried that too.
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Post by the4thpip on Jun 18, 2014 10:12:20 GMT -5
I've had stomach issues for years. I'm not sure exactly what my problem is. I went to a doctor in 2003 for extensive test and they found nothing. It seems that I'm lactose intolerant (cake and ice cream seem to hit me hardest) and even when I'm eating perfectly, I'm prone for slight flair ups. It's basically all massive bloating if I don't eat right. Carbonated drinks are sneaky, as I can't really tell if they're part of the problem. When I ween myself off Coke Zero for several weeks, and only drink water and stevia sweetened tea, I do seem to get better. (I'm loath to spend money on a doctor again just to be told "Uh...don't know." I'd just as soon perfect my diet and do it myself.) My sympathies, Trebor. My case of Crohn's is actually quite mild compared to plenty of other people I know of with the condition, but even so it wasn't diagnosed till 8/88, nearly 11 years after I was first hospitalized for tests & such. I've developed more intolerances (for lack of a better word) as the years go by -- up till around 2003, for instance, I could still drink alcohol & carbonated beverages in moderation. Had to start peeling apples & such a couple of years ago after never having had to do so before. Etc. etc. etc. Lactose intolerance didn't kick in till I was about 42, after a couple of years of veganism, somewhat ironically. Sometimes digestion-related issues seems to run in families. Dunno if that's the case with you, of course, but in my case my mother had bowel problems for most of her life (to the point that she had to live on baby food in college, & she eventually died from colon cancer), & at least one of her aunts had most of her stomach removed when she was at least middle-aged. Have the two of you considered fecal transplants?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2014 10:12:57 GMT -5
Mother.
Of.
God.
I just clicked that link, shax, & yeah ... that's not cheap. But if it worked, I know it was worth far more than that to you.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2014 10:13:52 GMT -5
I'll consider anything my insurance covers.
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jun 18, 2014 10:14:28 GMT -5
I've had stomach issues for years. I'm not sure exactly what my problem is. I went to a doctor in 2003 for extensive test and they found nothing. It seems that I'm lactose intolerant (cake and ice cream seem to hit me hardest) and even when I'm eating perfectly, I'm prone for slight flair ups. It's basically all massive bloating if I don't eat right. Carbonated drinks are sneaky, as I can't really tell if they're part of the problem. When I ween myself off Coke Zero for several weeks, and only drink water and stevia sweetened tea, I do seem to get better. (I'm loath to spend money on a doctor again just to be told "Uh...don't know." I'd just as soon perfect my diet and do it myself.) Have you ever tried a cleanse diet? Basically, you eat an absurdly strict diet for two weeks and take a lot of nutritional supplements. It cleanses and sort of reboots your system. I did it once when I was suffering from something like mono that no doctor I went to could diagnose or treat, and the cleanse kicked it to the curb. Cured. I'd been suffering for four months prior to that with no let-up in sight. I'm now back to eating garbage, but whenever I start feeling ill, I do another cleanse. This is the one I used. It's crazy expensive up front, but what you save on in terms of food over the two weeks that follow pretty much balances out. In my case, I came out saving money: www.amazon.com/Standard-Process-Purification-Complete-Whole-Food/dp/B0046IYQEI/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1403103101&sr=8-2&keywords=standard+process+purification+kitYeah, it seems like a culty new-age thing, and it is, but it absolutely worked for me. Thanks for the link. I might try it if all else fails. I already eat healthy 90% of the time...but this past weekend I went insane and ate two small Papa Johns pizza's over a three day period and screwed up my system.
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