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Sno-o-o-o-ort!

Drink it very slo-o-owly... a sip a day will probably do, otherwise BARF!

...Jim Thompson

More than Rich ever does. ;-)

Too late!

John

Do you get out and walk around? Exercize is good for the endorphins or whatever. Engineering (or not engineering?) is too damned sedentary. I have to force myself to get exercize (which I loathe) just to keep my brain tuned up.

John

The rum+banana liqueur mix, too much of it, was in the beaker, warmed up in the microwave to increase flammability. I poured about a third into the skillet with the carmelized bananas and set it alight, which (oops) lit the stuff in the beaker, too. Two fires are now out of control, and the vanilla ice cream is melting in the little ramekins [1] so I abandon the beaker to Mo to extinguish somehow (and she's panicked about that) whilst I spoon the bananas+flaming sauce into everybody's individual ramekins[1]. After that, I need a drink.[2]

John

John

^^^

Acck! Please don't you start doing that, too. I always read that as "plus Ve".

John

Any chef worth his salt knows... with a long-handled spoon draw a small amount of the flammable stuff aside, light it with a lighter/match, and then spoon into the skillet ;-)

...Jim Thompson

Lessee - too much rum in the flaming bananas; put out fire; decant excess rum to beaker, feed rels, recycle rum? ;-)

Makes sense to me!

Cheers! Rich

Apparently it also helps with depression. There's some kind of +ve feedback loop also with disruption of sleep patterns. Basically, as I understand it, if you force your body to be physically active and to do the kind of things you'd do if you were not depressed then the depression tends to go away. Of course drugs can be very helpful too. Beyond the really extreme suicidal behavior, signs of depression include sleeping too much or too little, gaining or losing weight, memory problems, and a lack of interest or joy in doing things that used to bring you happiness.

Best regards, Spehro Pefhany

I go to field hockey practice every Monday night, and walk to my piano lesson and back on Tuesday afternoons, and cycle downtown to do the small-shop shopping on Saturday mornings.

If I took my youngest brother's advice I'd do half an hour's brisk walk every day, but it bores me silly. I don't mind walking to get somewhere, and happily walk in to the university when I need to do anything there - and that is half an hour each way - but I can't be bothered walking if I'm not walking to some purpose.

Exercise does improve my spirits, but not all that much.

I'll get in some walking on Sunday - around Dusseldorf Airport, and later on in Dubai, getting to the Airbus to Melbourne - but nowhere near enough.

It's British for "positive."

John

Did you get a visa for the UAE, or are you just visiting their fine airport?

Best regards, Spehro Pefhany

What's wrong with + and - ?

Even shorter, and doesn't sound like a power rail.

John

It's surprising how much good just walking can do. I was without a car for awhile so I had to walk everywhere. Life sucks without a car. Well, I found myself getting winded just going to the corner store and back. Until a few weeks later, (walking pretty much every day) I noticed, I wasn't getting winded any more!

Now, with the car I _do_ have, I get upper body exercise from the manual steering. :-)

Cheers! Rich

So did I. What's it supposed to be?

Thanks, Rich

I like what Becker (a character on the TV show, "Becker") says about running the marathon: "I can't understand why anybody'd want to run when nobody's chasing them." He also mentioned what a disappointment the NY marathon is: "It looks like twenty thousand idiots are leaving town, but they get half way to Boston and turn around and come back."

Cheers! Rich

Positive. As opposed to -ve (negative). I'm afraid it's an ingrained shorthand habit from taking lecture notes back in school.

Best regards, Spehro Pefhany