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Kitt
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09-06-2000

Monday, July 12, 2010 - 6:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
This was one of the most helpful places I found:
http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/vitamind.asp

and they say it varies with skin type but:
approximately 5-30 minutes of sun exposure between 10 AM and 3 PM at least twice a week to the face, arms, legs, or back without sunscreen usually lead to sufficient vitamin D synthesis

also:
The UV energy above 42 degrees north latitude (a line approximately between the northern border of California and Boston) is insufficient for cutaneous vitamin D synthesis from November through February

Which would apply to WA.

Otherwise it's get to the cod liver oil, salmon or supplements!

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Monday, July 12, 2010 - 7:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
A little over a year ago my husband took a minor fall and broke 3 bones. A bone scan showed him to have major bone loss. His doctor put him on 50,000 IU of vitamin D once a week. His latest scan shows a 6 percent increase in bone mass. I know that amount of D sounds way off, but look it up. It is an approved dosage for some conditions and people.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Monday, July 12, 2010 - 2:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Bisc, I am at 48.7, and you are at 47.6 latitude, but, yes, I think 5-10 minutes here and there with bare arms would probably do you some good. Remember that if you have make-up on, it probably has a sunscreen, so that exposure on your face wouldn't count.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, July 12, 2010 - 2:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I'm guessing the fact I live where I do and walk everywhere accounts for no lack o' vitamin D for me! :-)

(Unless it was the first week in July in which case we didn't even know what the sun looked like!)

Cinnamongirl
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01-10-2001

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 4:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cinnamongirl a private message Print Post    
Wii Question:

I want to buy one game as a gift to share between a 12 & 15 yr old girl. Any suggestions?? So far they only have Wii Sports (it came with console) Is there any bestseller/must have ones??

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 4:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Wii Fit Plus!!! But the package you'd need, "Wii Fit board and Wii Fit Plus," is about $100, much more than a normal game. It is an excellent buy though, for any age.

Karen
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09-06-2004

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 5:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
Super Mario Galaxy II

http://wii.ign.com/articles/109/1091239p1.html

IGN -- one of gaming's most reputable sources -- gave the game a perfect 10.

Merrysea
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08-13-2004

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 5:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Merrysea a private message Print Post    
Super Mario Bros.Wii

http://mariobroswii.com/

There are the same character from the original Super Mario Bros., and up to four people can play together to beat the levels.

Cinnamongirl
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01-10-2001

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 6:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cinnamongirl a private message Print Post    
oh Kitt, I'd love to get them Wii Fit Plus but its a little over my price range... I'm trying to stay near $50 (should have said that in my original post).

Galaxy looks amazing!!!!! but.... I like the fact that you can play 4 on Super Mario Bros...

decisions decisions!!

thanks for the suggestions :-)

Panda
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07-15-2005

Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 12:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Panda a private message Print Post    
my nieces just got a new Wii game last week called "Just Dance" and it was so much fun, us grown ups were doing it too!

Serate
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08-21-2001

Friday, July 16, 2010 - 4:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
Does anybody know a formula to figure out how much a person is originally financing if you have the monthly payment, the number of months, and the interest rate? I know how to figure out how much total is paid at the end of the financing period. I want to figure out the original amount financed. I know there has to be a way to figure it out with all the information, but I am drawing a blank. [Guess I should have paid more attention in algebra instead of sleeping.]

Serate
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08-21-2001

Friday, July 16, 2010 - 4:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
Cinnamongirl Mario Kart is a fun, multiple player game. It comes with one wheel, you can get another for about $15 or so. Or you don't have to use the wheel at all. I prefer NOT to use the wheel, hubby prefers to use it.

Karen
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09-06-2004

Friday, July 16, 2010 - 4:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
Serate is it compound interest? Try this:
M = P( 1 + i )n

That (n) is to the power of n, not just mulitplied by.

M is the final amount including the principal.
P is the principal amount.
i is the rate of interest per year.
n is the number of years invested.

http://math.about.com/od/formulas/a/compound.htm

made your n a power<sea>

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Friday, July 16, 2010 - 4:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Loan = monthly_payment * ( ((1+r)^no_months) -1) / (r * (1+r)^no_months) )

where r = the monthly interest rate (approx 1/12th of the annual rate you are quoted, but it gets compounded so that's only an estimate) expressed as a decimal
^ = to the power of

Couchtomato
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09-09-2008

Friday, July 16, 2010 - 5:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Couchtomato a private message Print Post    
Serate, try this: Monthly payment times number of payments divided by 1.percent number. For example:
Monthly payment - $300
# of months - 12
Total = 3600
Interest rate 6%
$3600 divided by 1.06 = approx. $3396 borrowed

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Friday, July 16, 2010 - 6:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
You could also use one of the estimate methods (like the one above) to get a rough idea, then tweak that number in a mortgage calculator like this:

http://www.mortgagecalculator.org/

until you hone in on the one that gives you the payment you know you pay. Might be easier than using the precise formula.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Friday, July 16, 2010 - 6:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Serate, use the link below. It allows you to put in an interest rate, number of payments, and payment amount. It will determine the total loan amount:

http://www.premiermove.com/loanamountcalculator.html

Serate
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08-21-2001

Friday, July 16, 2010 - 9:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
Thanks. I'm still totally confused, but think Huk's calculator helped. Maybe. If so, seems like a hecka LITTLE interest paid in 5 years. Just a little over $1600.

Oh, it's not a mortgage, it's for a car. I wanted to know the actual amount financed after all the rebates, down payment, trade in, & what we still owe on the truck. All hubby is interested in is the monthly payment. Some people's kids.

I hate the car, he's "settling", I hate the car, we should just get another Focus, and I hate the car.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Friday, July 16, 2010 - 10:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
When we first came here we had to buy a car, and the salesman just seemed to refuse to tell us the actual bottom line. He went on about monthly payments and number of months, and every time we protested that we just wanted to know the price he'd come up with a different combination of payment and months. We were getting so frustrated, if they weren't the only Toyota garage in town we'd have walked away! I still don't know if what we ended up paying was a good deal or not.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, July 17, 2010 - 11:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I used to have a program I downloaded online for resizing pictures (it also made it easier to organize all my pics into different folders and edit them) before our other computer crashed. I don't neccessarily need the same program (can't remember what it was called!) but I would like another one to resize pics. I'm not too worried about editing or organizing, just need to resize, and have it be easy to use (cuz I'm not so good with the techie stuff, lol.)

Anyone have any suggestions of programs they use that they like and are easy to use? I searched online yesterday but there were so many I didn't know where to start.

Landileigh
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07-29-2002

Saturday, July 17, 2010 - 12:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landileigh a private message Print Post    
irfanview is the one i still use to this day for easy resizing.

Serate
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08-21-2001

Saturday, July 17, 2010 - 4:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
Kitt it wasn't that the salesman wouldn't tell us. It's hubby couldn't remember. I had to take my brother back to Iowa unexpectedly and couldn't go to the dealership with him. Not that I would have went anyway but at least he had a good reason for the manager then salesman for me not being there besides been there twice and the 2 other people we dealt with didn't know a thing.

We got the car. Hate it, but I won't be driving it, & It's going to save us a ton of money in the long run. Intrest rate on the new car is about 12% lower.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Sunday, July 18, 2010 - 1:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
If you are using Windows, and the file is a photo file, you can right click the picture and choose Resize. It's the easiest program in the world to use and it's already on your system.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Sunday, July 18, 2010 - 1:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Oh that's funny, Costa, I had no idea! I really hadn't played too much with the windows picture stuff. Then decided to do the girls softball pictures as a dvd (came out awesome, I thought!) and used the windows movie maker or whatever it's called. I went very simple on my dvd and never checked around the windows pictures stuff.

I just got a new laptop (nothing at all fancy) and I'm trying to get everything set up. One of the biggest things I do on the computer is mess with my pictures (I transferred 4,500 yesterday, lol, and that was just part of them.) Have a friend who tells me I should check out some software or other for doing the movies and editing pics, but at the moment I'm happy with simple. I'm not techie enough to get into anything too complicated.

I'll check out the windows photo file and irfanview. Thanks guys!

Hermione69
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07-23-2002

Thursday, July 22, 2010 - 9:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
I need a jewelry box. Anyone own a jewelry box that they love? I own a ton of long necklaces and need to be able to accommodate those.