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Halfunit

Friday, April 18, 2003 - 08:24 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Lawn Update:

Wild Carrots. I've been told by a landscaper they are wild carrots.
<Halfunit checks MasterCard balance... just enough for 1,375,419 JuJuGoats...>
The only way to get rid of it is to dig it all up.
<Halfunit makes note to bring home the shovel and boots, normally kept at the workplace due to all the b.s. around there...>


Maesin: I used Travelocity to purchase my airline tickets to London (I flew to Heathrow). I paid $220 for a flight from PIT to JFK to LHR and back. I also used Priceline for the hotel room, and paid $75 per night for a room at a Radisson in the downtown area, which normally is $139 per night. I know that none of this applies to your itinerary, but I wanted you to know that there are deals out there to be had. Good Luck, and have a safe and wonderful trip!!!

Twinkie

Friday, April 18, 2003 - 08:25 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks, Juju! Can you tell the exercise bike has never been used? LOL

Lizadee

Friday, April 18, 2003 - 08:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Rissa, very good advise as well as a lot of advise given on my situation

I will take this up with my "H" nxt.time this lil angel comes over
Thanks again all

Twinkie good question can someone answer the same if it is a tredmill ??
I have kinda maintained and want to get my metabo.moving again do I excercise more or faster?

Rissa

Friday, April 18, 2003 - 09:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Liz.... FARTLEKS!!! Lordy, I love that word. LOL I seriously got stopped running one day by an older man who wanted to tell me that my shirt was obscene and I had to explain it to him. LOL (Said 'Fartlek' on the front and 'It's a running thing' on the back). Anyway, a fartlek is a great way to break a plateau. Take your normal run/walk, say you walk two miles in 30 minutes.... what you would do is at the 5 minute mark you would REALLY increase your speed just for one minute then go back to your regular pace. Do the same every 5 minutes. That's a fartlek. I love them because I lack the dedication to do a long, hard run. When it hurts, stop. That's my motto :) With the fartlek, the one minute high intensity is more than liveable and even when you return to your normal pace... your heartrate remains elevated so it increases the entire workouts intensity.

Lizadee

Friday, April 18, 2003 - 09:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Rissa, I was like What !!
What is she calling me, a FARTLECK gosh what did I say ( as I continue to read )

phewww ok I get it now LOL

So my tredmill has something on it called fatburn
where the intensity goes up then down then up again all the way thru your workout is this the same thing ?

Rissa

Friday, April 18, 2003 - 12:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ya most likely (not knowing your machine). Mine has something that is probably similiar. You speed up, slow down, go up a hill, slow down, speed up, etc., etc. That's the general idea of a fartlek.. very, very short period of off-the-chart effort and then cool it right down. It's much easier then cranking up your entire workout for a whole 45 minutes(at least for me).

Froggiegirl621

Friday, April 18, 2003 - 01:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I was in the members room and saw everyone's folders and was wondering how I go about getting one also??? Probably very easy to do, but nothing is ever "easy" for me! Just want to feel like part of the club!

Zachsmom

Friday, April 18, 2003 - 01:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Here you go FroggieGirl!

Froggiegirl621

Friday, April 18, 2003 - 02:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
TY, TY, TY!!!

Abby7

Friday, April 18, 2003 - 03:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Froggiegirl: Zachsmom is a sweetie that way...she made a folder for me too.

Actually, someone made a folder for me over a year ago (just after my father and sister died). I thanked her then, but now forget who it was. I was somewhat new to posting in the "main area". That folder was removed when they only held on to "updated folders" back when. Thank you again to whoever that was.

Abby7

Friday, April 18, 2003 - 03:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Halfunit: Should we start a carrot cake recipe thread in honor of you? (lol, sorry couldn't resist). Thanks for letting us know. I was going nuts trying to figure it out.

Tagurit

Friday, April 18, 2003 - 03:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Abby7 - I thought the same thing earlier! :)

Although I was thinking that Halfunit could make a carrot cake and when coworkers or such told her what an amazing cake it was and what was her secret - she would just tell them she picked the carrots from her front lawn. :)

Maesin

Friday, April 18, 2003 - 04:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Halfunit, I am so glad the mystery is solved!

I did find a flight and hotel for what I thought were reasonable prices. Thank you to everyone who gave me their two cents! My fingers are a little sore from so much clicking, but it is now done and I will be on my way in July!

I have no advice for the treadmill. I have been neglecting mine lately, but that changes Sunday. I will not be able to go much right now until the darn foot totally heals, but I figure getting on is half the battle. Figuring out the buttons is for people with masters in engineering!

Juju2bigdog

Friday, April 18, 2003 - 07:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
<gathers up a herd of Jujugoats, Bunny and Rabbit, and the worm family and heads over to Halfunit's yard>

Dahli

Friday, April 18, 2003 - 09:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
This is a question I have wondered about for years and tonight it dawned on me I can ask here!! Often when reading and there is an obvious spelling error there is this (sic) following... I have always wondered what that means exactly. It is obvious the word has been spelled incorrectly or used incorrectly but what is the signifigance of that (sic)?? thanks a bunch if anyone knows!

Jmm

Friday, April 18, 2003 - 09:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Dahli, A check of Merriam-Webster gives this:

Main Entry: 3sic
Pronunciation: 'sik, 'sEk
Function: adverb
Etymology: Latin, so, thus -- more at SO
Date: circa 1859
: intentionally so written -- used after a printed word or passage to indicate that it is intended exactly as printed or to indicate that it exactly reproduces an original <said he seed [sic] it all>

Bookworm

Friday, April 18, 2003 - 09:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Not completely sure what it stands for Dahli. (I am sure someone else will be able to tell you that.) However it essentially means that word was mis-spelled or misused in whatever the author is quoting from. Since the author is quoting, s/he must use exact wording, even if it is incorrect spelling or grammar.

I hope this makes sense and isn't way off. I looked it up back in my college days, and that's how I remember it.

Bookworm

Friday, April 18, 2003 - 09:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
See I knew someone could say it better than me.

Hi Jmm!

Jmm

Friday, April 18, 2003 - 09:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi Bookie, but you knew the answer, I had to look it up. lol

Juju2bigdog

Friday, April 18, 2003 - 11:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Dahli, sometimes people do it to make other people look foolish. Like if you are (a small person and) quoting somebody you hate, and they misspelled a whole bunch of words, you might quote them and put a (sic) after every word they misspelled.

Basically, it means, "that is exactly how it was originally written." It doesn't have to be a misspelling, but it is usually used in that context, to point out that something was wrong with something somebody else said or wrote. Dan Quayle got a lot of (sic)'s, and so does Dubya.

Halfunit

Saturday, April 19, 2003 - 07:51 am EditMoveDeleteIP
<Checks on progress...>

yard

Squaredsc

Saturday, April 19, 2003 - 08:00 am EditMoveDeleteIP
roflmao 1/2.

Scootersmom

Saturday, April 19, 2003 - 08:05 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Perfect solution 1/2..LOL

Juju2bigdog

Saturday, April 19, 2003 - 08:09 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Got the sponge there for cleanup. Good idea.

Bob2112

Saturday, April 19, 2003 - 11:08 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Bob Cool!

Just don't turn on the sprinkler.