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Post 160

Sunday, May 21, 2006 - 12:58pmSanction this postReply
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I was nice to Star. Hell, I even flirted with him. But not because of celebrity status. I only did so because he was black. (And I'm not kidding). Of course, that was before I knew he liked little girls. Oh, well. Live and learn.

Post 161

Sunday, May 21, 2006 - 9:33pmSanction this postReply
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I like big girls.

;-)

Ed
[in the spirit of Betty Boop: Why dontcha' come up (a few states) n' see me sometime?]


Post 162

Sunday, May 21, 2006 - 11:14pmSanction this postReply
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betty Boop?!!!!! That  was May West!!!!


Post 163

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 12:28amSanction this postReply
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No, it was MAE West! :) And if Miss West said to Mr. Toraine, "Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me," he'd say, "Yes, it is a gun in my pocket, and no, I'm not glad to see you, as I was expecting someone a bit younger."

- Bill

Post 164

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 6:06amSanction this postReply
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Oops!

Ed
[wasn't there a cartoon spoof, though, w/BB saying this???]


Post 165

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 6:46amSanction this postReply
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Oops - sorry, Bill, was typo... :-\ [seen enough of her films, knew how is spelled..[sigh]]


Post 166

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 8:04amSanction this postReply
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William:

hilarious (and no doubt true.)

Ed:

I'll be on the next flight up. Be expecting me.

Post 167

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 10:25amSanction this postReply
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Erica, Ed isn't black, so I guess you don't discriminate, which doesn't mean that you're not discriminating or (Galt forbid!) that you're indiscriminate! ;-)

- Bill

Post 168

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 11:13amSanction this postReply
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Ed's ...not...black..?

Oh, damn!

(Furiously dialing American Airlines) Now I have to cancel my flight reservation, and I'll get charged a fee!

Oh, well. Better to know now and not get the surprise when I show up on his doorstep.

Thanks for the heads up, Bill.

Ed...um...pretend you didn't see my previous post. Delete it from your mind...





(Edited by Erica Schulz
on 5/22, 11:17am)


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Post 169

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 11:16amSanction this postReply
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Just kidding. : )

Truth is, I don't discriminate...I like all men who like big girls--regardless of color.

Conversely, I dislike all men who like little girls...
You understand.

Post 170

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 12:52pmSanction this postReply
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Incidentally, Bill, I happened upon your post from April in "Banter" concerning "Rape and Racism"...I posted a rather lengthy reply; you may want to check it out. (Not trying to hijack this thread...if you reply over there, then I'll reply over there, too.)



Post 171

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 1:35pmSanction this postReply
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Thanks, Erica. I'll check it out.

Speaking of skin color, there are a fair number of Asian (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc.) women on my campus, and it's not uncommon to see them carrying umbrellas on hot sunny days to protect themselves from the sun. It's not just a skin cancer thing. There's evidently a cultural aversion to darker skin, which I assume goes back to the days when the poorer folks had to work outside in the fields and the wealthier ones didn't. So, lighter skin acquired a certain social status, which has persisted to the present, at least among certain Asian women, most of whom I assume are exchange students or recent immigrants. Contrast that with your typical white American who wants darker skin at all costs - even to the point of risking malignant melanoma! What a world!

- Bill

Post 172

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 2:46pmSanction this postReply
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Erica, thanks for the tease.

;-)

Ed
[btw, Bill, I got your picture (looks younger than the one here)]


Post 173

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 8:53pmSanction this postReply
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[btw, Bill, I got your picture (looks younger than the one here)]
Thanks, Ed, although you can barely see the one here. I need to post a better picture.

Btw, I Just saw the 1945 movie version of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray with Hurd Hatfield as Gray, Donna Reed and Angela Landsbury - you know, the story about a guy who stopped growing old in his 20's, while his picture began to age. Well, my picture has been growing younger. What does that tell you?? Seriously, that picture was taken when I was 65 just before I posted it to RoR.

You see, the Pritikin diet will keep you young...or at least your picture! :-)

- Bill

Post 174

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 9:14pmSanction this postReply
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Bill, damn you and that damned, anti-human, anti-life diet!

:-)

Ed
[Oh, and don't worry -- you get your's soon, friend!]


Post 175

Tuesday, May 23, 2006 - 12:01amSanction this postReply
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Ed wrote,
Bill, damn you and that damned, anti-human, anti-life diet!
Yes, I know, it's hard to admit that it's everything I said it was and more. But it's not too late for you to benefit from it too. Far from being anti-life, the Pritikin diet is eminently pro-life. Everyone should be on it. Ed disagrees, of course, and hopes that he'll be proven right:
[Oh, and don't worry -- you get your's soon, friend!]
Uh, Ed, what's THAT supposed to mean?? I dare say that I'll be around when you're MY age! :)

- Bill


Post 176

Tuesday, May 23, 2006 - 12:12amSanction this postReply
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====================
[Oh, and don't worry -- you get your's soon, friend!]
Uh, Ed, what's THAT supposed to mean?? I dare say that I'll be around when you're MY age! :)

- Bill
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Why, thanks for the introduction, Bill (ie. for the seg-way)! And here it is (yours).

Ed


Post 177

Tuesday, May 23, 2006 - 7:34amSanction this postReply
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Actually, isn't it amazing what Photoshop can do? ;-)

Post 178

Tuesday, May 23, 2006 - 9:15amSanction this postReply
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Actually, isn't it amazing what Photoshop can do? ;-)
Hey, I resemble that remark!!! Now if only Dorian Gray had Photoshop. Think what he could have done!

Oh, and Ed, your journal citation regarding rice and pasta makes no distinction between whole grains and refined carbs. The Pritikin diet stresses brown rice and whole wheat pasta. Also, your reference doesn't take into account other dietary parameters, such as total fat consumption. Moreover, higher insulin levels from carbohydrate consumption only occurs on higher fat diets. On very low-fat diets, like the Pritikin, insulin sensitivity is greatly enhanced, so that very little insulin is required to metabolize the carbohydrates, and blood glucose does not rise as much as it would in response to a glucose challenge as it does on higher fat diets. I know one diabetic who was able to go off insulin entirely when she went on the Pritikin diet. In any case, Pritikin prohibits sugar of all kinds, white, brown, honey, molasses, you name it. He even limits dried fruit, and advises limited fruit consumption in general.

As for Alzheimers, the correlation between AD, high serum cholesterol and heart disease is well documented. The Pritikin diet is the best insurance against higher cholesterol and heart disease, and therefore one's best insurance against Alzheimers, assuming that one is genetically at risk for it.

Ed, you are so misguided in your dietary advice, it isn't even funny! I'm 66 years old. How old are you? 38? I'll make a bet with you that my serum cholesterol is lower, my fasting glucose is lower, my insulin levels are lower, my blood pressure is lower, my body-mass index is lower than yours is. If that doesn't tell you something about the relative value of our respective diets, I don't know what would. And it wasn't always thus. When I was 30, my serum cholesterol was 250. Now it's 150. When I was 45, my blood pressure was 134/90. Now it's 100/60. Today, at 66, I weigh 25 pounds less than I did at the age of 18.

I may be going out on a limb, but I'll wager that you can't touch me, when it comes to overall health and fitness, and I'm almost 30 years your senior. So, don't tell me about the so-called "health hazards" of the Pritikin diet. I've been on it for the past 25 years, and I know what it's effects are.

So there! :-)

- Bill
(Edited by William Dwyer
on 5/23, 9:17am)


Post 179

Tuesday, May 23, 2006 - 10:06amSanction this postReply
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Good comeback, Bill.

Illogical (full of fallacy), to be sure, but rhetorically well-written. I have to admire that. I see that you have much personal investment in whether or not you've been eating optimally for the last 30 years -- and that this clouds your reasoning capabilities, when faced with superior alternatives. Starting off so smart, and so argumentatively skillful -- is, in this case, an ironic pitfall.

So, when I offer study after study after study, showing the statistical superiority of a higher fat, higher protein diet -- you, like the wild-eyed religionist, will be compelled to re-interpret the data in a manner that allows you to save face (rather than to kick yourself for eating sub-optimally for the past 30 years). You are likely healthier than the average US citizen in your age-bracket, Bill -- and that, statistically, means nothing.

Think in big numbers, Bill -- then you will see the sub-optimality of Pritikin that I have so plainly laid out.

Ed


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