Sherri

OMG, you're right! Now I feel so uncool. Again.

Where was this thread when I was in high school?!

This is still real-world, but there must be some correlation. "How Many Steps are in a... • 1 mile = 2,000 – 2,500 steps • 1 mile = 5, 280 feet • The average step length for an adult is 2.5 feet • Most adults walk 2 – 4 miles per hour. • Most adults walk about about 750 – 1,500 steps in 10 minutes. • One city block is about 200 steps. • 10,000 steps is 4 – 5 miles. • One flight of stairs averages 10 steps. • Average distance, round trip, from a couch to a TV-8 steps. • Most school tracks are _ mile=500-625 steps." So, every 10 strides on the stairmaster is a story. 'bout the same as the trip from the couch to the TV, if it were uphill.

True. Definitely don't want to overdo the kugel. The kegel, on the other hand....

O-Ohhhhh! I was thinking kugel. "13. kugel--an occasion for feasting or celebration, especially a day or time of religious significance that recurs at regular intervals. " (from www.teachnology.com/worksheets/misc/hanukkah/quiz/) Easy to see how a gurl could get the two confused.

What does Swedish pastry have to do with this??

And that is when it becomes an adventure. And a trip to the ER. Glad you scared some sense into him before he tried any smackdown moves on ya. Would have been hard to type the TR with one eye.

Glad he didn't knock out your eyeball. Seattle PI newsstory--Bear Attack

If you ever decide to run for prez, you got my vote.

Sisters named Latoya, Latawnya and Daisy?? :noway:That's some messed up fambly.

Doesn't sound like good times. Glad you lived to tell the tale.

Doctors are always saying stuff like that. Next they'll tell you that smoking is bad for you or that you should wear a helmet when riding a motorcycle. I'm sure Robby Knievel wouldn't stand for rules like that. Robby lived next door to us here in Sequim for several years. Never saw him wear a helmet, but saw him drinking a lot of beers. Bottoms up, AlpineK!

Deception is an element of cheating(by definition, at least). So, wouldn't using such techniques become "cheating" only if they claimed to have done it without them? Seems like if they own up to whatever method they needed to resort to in order to send the climb, they're not cheating anyone out of anything--they're acknowledging what worked for them at their particular skill level. I reckon it becomes cheating when it is represented as something it is not and therein takes something away from the person who sent it cleanly. Those particular folks were doing their thing in plain view of the climbing world, on video; that doesn't seem deceptive to me.

Encyclopedias. "S" was my favorite.

YESSSSSSSSS! NOT being tempted is much different than resisting temptation. A breakthrough, indeed.

Butter doesn't have dimples. Are you saying I have dimples? Only when you smile.

...and good men. Happy Birthday to you!

Thanks, Sherri. I will. I'm actually enjoying eating vegetarian and loving all the salads, but food, even if it were pizza, burgers and fries, is the first thing that goes when I have a lot of work to do and get stressed. No matter whether I'm on a diet or not, I just forget to eat. It's always been like that even when I was working as an engineer. That's why hubby came home from work a few minutes ago to fix me something healthy and yummy to eat for lunch. The man knows me too well. Sounds like love to me.

The Stairway to Heaven has beige carpeting?

Stress can send a diet off-course quicker than Homer can down a dozen donuts...good job for doing what you need to do to stay on track. Having one chocolate and a glass of wine is admirable considering that some could have just as easily gotten sloshed and downed the whole box of chocolates. Good girl! Now finish that project and eat your salads, Missy.

don't get too excited here. I jumped on the scale this morning and weighed 145 after weighing 140 on monday morning. part of what you might be experiencing is that you are building muscle. you want to think about how your body looks over all not just the # on the scale. and give it a lot of time. I think (sheri correct me if i am wrong) most of us have an ideal healthy weight. the trick is to find that and stay with in a range there. in the long run i don't care how much i weigh... i want to get rid of the extra bit around the middle i have acumulated and be healthy and strong and have an efficient metabolism. from experience that has always been about 130 LBS for me. it is a goal but sort of an arbitrary one. it is more important how i feel... and if i were you i would be feeling like a ROCK STAR!!! I would love to climb 1 pitches of 5.9 and i am pretty sure i would die Couldn't have said it better myself! Muffy's right on the money, AlpineK. Sounds like you are becoming fitter and healthier, not the other way around. Doing 11 pitches AND a long hike?! Stud!

"You Know You're Getting Old When... Everything that works hurts, and what doesn't hurt doesn't work. You feel like the morning after, and you haven't been anywhere. Your little black book only contains names ending in M.D. Your mind makes promises your body can't keep. You look forward to a dull evening. Your knees buckle. Your belt won't. Your back goes out more than you do. Now that you know all the answers, nobody asks the questions." Sounds like good times. Happy Birthday, Kurt!

That's some crazy diet you're on, girlfriend.