I'm bored.

A_M said:

A biochemical engineer to look at a scruff mark??????!?!?!? What's
next? A superman to pick up the car to bring to the repairs?

Biomechanical. Not biochemical. Reread my post.

Myra

Myra said:

A_M said:

A biochemical engineer to look at a scruff mark??????!?!?!? What's
next? A superman to pick up the car to bring to the repairs?

Biomechanical. Not biochemical. Reread my post.

Myra

OIC - I was expressing my surprise at how much resources were spent on a
scruff - two sets of lawyers plus the judges, and then there's the
biomechanical engineer.

"highest calorie density possible" - does it mean drinking oil eating
lard?

You have to be clearer about what you really mean!!

Karl Marx wrote a manifesto and he was unemployed almost his whole
life. Doesn't sound too appealing to me. Can you not just call it a
"book" rather than a "manifesto"? The word manifesto sounds a tad
overly weighty to me.

Cubit said:

Right. Diets are like religions, and cults.

My approach to dieting is radical from the perspective of mainstream dieting
of the last 20 years. For example, I recommend that dieters always eat
foods with the highest calorie density possible. I have never seen anyone
else recommend that. 20 years from now my writings may be seen as
prescient. However, today, it is a radical manifesto.

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Yeah, wait a minute. Aren't manifestos written by, like, cult leaders
and psycho unibombers?

In article <[email hidden]>,

JC Der Koenig said:

LOL

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> I began writing my manifesto.
>

Hmmm. A novel where the protagonist practices my way of eating?

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Write something else. May be a diet doctor turned murder detective
story!!

Cubit said:

This newsgroup is getting redundant. Yet, I'm addicted, I guess.

I'm aware of the contrary statistics, but I'm very certain that I have
learned enough to master my weight for life.

I would love to figure out how to export this from my brain to other
receptive brains. I find that my casting of pearls here has had limited
effect. I have one follower, that has been losing weight, but he/she is
finding their own tangents to follow.

I began writing my manifesto.

I've read sagas on the internet from folks who lost weight and think

they

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have something to teach about it. I don't want to be seen as just

another

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self-centered nut. My writing needs a hook.

Cubit

Perdu said:

On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:52:16 GMT, "Cubit" <[email hidden]> said :

Quoted message said:

Hmmm. A novel where the protagonist practices my way of eating?

The Da Vinci Diet!

You start by the hero murdering a French baker who bakes 4000

croissants a

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day close to the Louvre in a quiet neighborhood. The hero, then goes

on a

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world wide quest for a diet, to make him lose several hundred pounds.

In

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fact - he'd be looking for a Holy Grail of Diet.

His quest would lead him to the small town of Der Koenig in Germany

where

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sausage is king and everyone has 10% body fat. Including in their

peckers.

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At the Atkins Holistic Protein Restaurant at the edge of town, he

finds

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some recipes in an old document marked SANS GRAIN that he buys from

Herr

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Pencildick Koenig, the proprietor. It used to belong to Mayor

Koenig, who

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died by dropping some weights on his kidneys.

Decyphering the document he realizes the Templars were after the

Evil Carb

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Count of Der Fatfugg Castle. They declared that no Carb was

essential, and

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killed all Der Fatfuggs.

And so on.. you take it from there.

You're obsessed. Admit it. Get help.

A_M said:

OIC - I was expressing my surprise at how much resources were spent on a
scruff - two sets of lawyers plus the judges, and then there's the
biomechanical engineer.

Actually, it was two lawyers, one expert and an unpaid arbitrator (the
partner in my firm). There was no judge or courtroom. There may or
may not have been a court reporter (I'll have to ask the partner).

Welcome to stupid litigation. 🙂

Myra

Perdu said:

On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:52:16 GMT, "Cubit" <[email hidden]> said :

Quoted message said:

Hmmm. A novel where the protagonist practices my way of eating?

The Da Vinci Diet!

You start by the hero murdering a French baker who bakes 4000 croissants a
day close to the Louvre in a quiet neighborhood. The hero, then goes on a
world wide quest for a diet, to make him lose several hundred pounds. In
fact - he'd be looking for a Holy Grail of Diet.

<snip>

Sounds an awful lot like "Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe."

Myra

Myra said:

A_M said:

OIC - I was expressing my surprise at how much resources were spent on a
scruff - two sets of lawyers plus the judges, and then there's the
biomechanical engineer.

Actually, it was two lawyers, one expert and an unpaid arbitrator (the
partner in my firm). There was no judge or courtroom. There may or
may not have been a court reporter (I'll have to ask the partner).

Welcome to stupid litigation. 🙂

Myra

Thanks for the explanation. It's an eye-opener for an non US citizen,
not even remotely lawyerly type like me!

Myra said:

A_M said:

OIC - I was expressing my surprise at how much resources were spent on a
scruff - two sets of lawyers plus the judges, and then there's the
biomechanical engineer.

Actually, it was two lawyers, one expert and an unpaid arbitrator (the
partner in my firm). There was no judge or courtroom. There may or
may not have been a court reporter (I'll have to ask the partner).

Welcome to stupid litigation. 🙂

Myra

Thanks for the explanation. It's an eye-opener for an non US citizen,
not even remotely lawyerly type like me!

A_M said:

Thanks for the explanation. It's an eye-opener for an non US citizen,
not even remotely lawyerly type like me!

You're very welcome.

I'm not even doing litigation these days - strictly workers'
compensation. About 80% of our clients are law enforcement officers
and firefighters.

But, now that I almost have my paralegal certificate, I plan to do
some freelance work in areas that interest me - like estate
planning/probate and intellectual property.

Or, I could go back to collectibles. LOL!

Myra

Myra said:

A_M said:

Thanks for the explanation. It's an eye-opener for an non US citizen,
not even remotely lawyerly type like me!

You're very welcome.

I'm not even doing litigation these days - strictly workers'
compensation. About 80% of our clients are law enforcement officers
and firefighters.

But, now that I almost have my paralegal certificate, I plan to do
some freelance work in areas that interest me - like estate
planning/probate and intellectual property.

Or, I could go back to collectibles. LOL!

Myra

No no no, don't do collectibles. I don't understand how can any one
possibly make money doing collectibles!!

Perdu said:

On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:52:16 GMT, "Cubit" <[email hidden]> said :

Quoted message said:

Hmmm. A novel where the protagonist practices my way of eating?

The Da Vinci Diet!

You start by the hero murdering a French baker who bakes 4000 croissants a
day close to the Louvre in a quiet neighborhood. The hero, then goes on a
world wide quest for a diet, to make him lose several hundred pounds. In
fact - he'd be looking for a Holy Grail of Diet.

His quest would lead him to the small town of Der Koenig in Germany where
sausage is king and everyone has 10% body fat. Including in their peckers.
At the Atkins Holistic Protein Restaurant at the edge of town, he finds
some recipes in an old document marked SANS GRAIN that he buys from Herr
Pencildick Koenig, the proprietor. It used to belong to Mayor Koenig, who
died by dropping some weights on his kidneys.

Decyphering the document he realizes the Templars were after the Evil Carb
Count of Der Fatfugg Castle. They declared that no Carb was essential, and
killed all Der Fatfuggs.

And so on.. you take it from there.

And then the Low Carb Killer Rabbit kills everybody.

The End.

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On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:52:16 GMT, "Cubit" <[email hidden]> said :

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Hmmm. A novel where the protagonist practices my way of eating?

The Da Vinci Diet!

OMG, I can't stop laughing.

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A_M said:

No no no, don't do collectibles. I don't understand how can any one
possibly make money doing collectibles!!

You can make very nice money buying and selling collectibles. It
works just like every other business, except that your customers are
slightly weirder. 🙂

My dentist called me this evening. When I had my teeth cleaned a
couple of weeks ago, I told him I had found, while decluttering my
apartment, a box of Boy Scout memorabilia. He's a huge collector of
that kind of thing. Well, I was going to bring it with me at my next
cleaning and see about swapping it for the dental work, but instead,
he can't wait and has to see it on Saturday!

Myra

Myra said:

A_M said:

No no no, don't do collectibles. I don't understand how can any one
possibly make money doing collectibles!!

You can make very nice money buying and selling collectibles. It
works just like every other business, except that your customers are
slightly weirder. 🙂

My dentist called me this evening. When I had my teeth cleaned a
couple of weeks ago, I told him I had found, while decluttering my
apartment, a box of Boy Scout memorabilia. He's a huge collector of
that kind of thing. Well, I was going to bring it with me at my next
cleaning and see about swapping it for the dental work, but instead,
he can't wait and has to see it on Saturday!

wow. great that you happened to find it just before your appointment
and managed to mention it during the appointment!

thinking of all those energy and concentration people put into
collecting things, it's rather fetching. for a while I was collecting
fountain pens. I have stop buying them but I think I've enough pens and
ink to write for 10 lifetimes.

A_M said:

wow. great that you happened to find it just before your appointment
and managed to mention it during the appointment!

Actually, I forgot to bring them with me. My dentist wants to see
them tomorrow, so we're meeting at a local Starbucks - no oral
business going on! LOL!

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thinking of all those energy and concentration people put into
collecting things, it's rather fetching. for a while I was collecting
fountain pens. I have stop buying them but I think I've enough pens and
ink to write for 10 lifetimes.

A couple or three years ago, I was helping out at an auction house
that had a huge fountain pen collection being auctioned off. I was
one of the people in charge of viewing.

At least the pens were easier to handle than the vintage movie
posters....

Myra

Myra said:

A_M said:

wow. great that you happened to find it just before your appointment
and managed to mention it during the appointment!

Actually, I forgot to bring them with me. My dentist wants to see
them tomorrow, so we're meeting at a local Starbucks - no oral
business going on! LOL!

Quoted message said:

thinking of all those energy and concentration people put into
collecting things, it's rather fetching. for a while I was collecting
fountain pens. I have stop buying them but I think I've enough pens and
ink to write for 10 lifetimes.

A couple or three years ago, I was helping out at an auction house
that had a huge fountain pen collection being auctioned off. I was
one of the people in charge of viewing.

At least the pens were easier to handle than the vintage movie
posters....

Myra

Starbucks and no oral business - not even a cup of coffee?

Pens can be crumbly, just like the posters, but at least they're
smaller!!!

A_M said:

Starbucks and no oral business - not even a cup of coffee?

Oh, my dentist treated me to coffee - and well he should considering
what I spent on a bridge last year! I was born lacking two adult
teeth, and so the baby teeth never fell out - I had one done about 8
years ago, and the other one last fall. Oy, that was expensive (and
painful).

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Pens can be crumbly, just like the posters, but at least they're
smaller!!!

It's the nibs. Those evil, evil nibs!

Myra