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[note- some of these things are NOT true - but still, they're fun party "facts" - hence, factoids! -Ken / simplify3] Fun Facts In the 1400's a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have 'the rule of thumb' ------------------------------------------- Many years ago in Scotland , a new game was invented. It was ruled 'Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden'...and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language. ------------------------------------------- The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone. ------------------------------------------- Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S. Treasury. ------------------------------------------- Men can read smaller print than women can - women can hear better. ------------------------------------------- Coca-Cola was originally green. ------------------------------------------- It is impossible to lick your elbow. ------------------------------------------- The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska ------------------------------------------- The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this...) ------------------------------------------- The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38% -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- The average number of people airborne over the U.S. in any given hour: 61,000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades - King David Hearts - Charlemagne Clubs -Alexander, the Great Diamonds - Julius Caesar -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what? A. Their birthplace -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested? A. Obsession -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter 'A'? A. One thousand -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common? A. All were invented by women. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil? A. Honey -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- Q. Which day are there more collect calls than any other day of the year? A. Father's Day -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase....... 'goodnight, sleep tight.' -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the honeymoon. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts... So in old England , when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them 'Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down.' It's where we get the phrase ! 'mind yo ur P's and Q's' -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Many years ago in England , pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. 'Wet your whistle' is the phrase inspired by this practice. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~AND FINALLY~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Don't delete this just because it looks weird. Believe it or not, you can read it. I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2007 when... 1. You accidentally enter your PIN on the microwave. 2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years. 3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three. 4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you. 5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don't have e-mail addresses. 6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries. 7. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen. 8. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't even have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go back and get it.. 10. You get up in the morning and go on line before getting your coffee.

Overcoming Life's Obstacles Common Goal Obstacles By Ross Bonander Overcoming obstacles Life is full of obstacles that stand in the way of our goals The great thing about the human condition is that we’re all human, making this, at least in the abstract, our shared condition: We can rely on the fact that someone, at some point in time, must have faced the very same issues we’re facing. This is especially true as we work toward achieving our personal goals in life. While not every difficult obstacle in your path will have a perfect solution, you can bet that they'll all have responses, methods of coping, tweaking, manipulating, and even overcoming, because others have faced the same challenges before you. And you can benefit from their successes and their failures. When we talk about common obstacles that stand in the way of reaching our goals and dreams we can, for the moment, sidestep specifics and abandon any narcissistic notion that no one has ever had to endure this or that. Instead, we'll focus on learning about the more productive kinds of responses and how we can apply them to our everyday lives. Feeling overwhelmed Few emotions become as tremendously all-encompassing as the sense that your goals are caught in a distant, amorphous mess you’ll never be able to negotiate. When this happens, you're feeling overwhelmed. And the most common response is usually quite swift: You give up. Remedy: Few obstacles on the way to reaching your goals are more trivial than feeling overwhelmed. This feeling is often the product of not knowing where to start, which is in itself a product of indeterminate or inadequately developed plans. There’s no use in dressing up a fancy remedy for this. Sit your ass down and make a to-do list, then start doing it. After all, in the information age there is no excuse for whining that you’re stuck not knowing what to do first or unable to properly organize yourself. Substantially bigger obstacles await; if you can’t knock this one down, you’re in big trouble. Lack of organization Again, like feeling overwhelmed, lacking an organized approach is something that feels far more sizable than it really is. If someone asks you why you haven’t been spending much time on that big plan of yours to go back to school and earn a degree and you honestly answer, “I’m not organized,” don’t expect a whole lot of pity or understanding. Remedy: Disorganization is the product of bad habits. Bad habits do not develop overnight. So don’t expect to get organized that quickly, either. However, both organization and disorganization can be understood as a function of time: Your habit of relying on a faulty memory or of not following through with small tasks, effectively eating up minutes and hours on the clock. Yet, instead of saying to yourself, “OK, I should start writing things down” or “I have to finish this little task before doing anything else,” you moan, “Damn, where’d the time go?” Reclaim that time by scrutinizing your habits for bugs and taking steps to remove them. Lack of expertise Coming across a peripheral yet crucial issue that requires a certain expertise -- something technical, for example -- that you’re not equipped to handle could leave you experiencing a feeling of inadequacy or inability to perform properly. As a an obstacle, this can create the kind of frustration that drags you to a complete stop. Remedy: If you can't move forward without a resolution to that crucial issue, don’t despair. In the old days, we got on our fancy new cordless phones and called the reference desk at our local library. Today, you can roam the internet and hope to stumble over what you need, or you can visit my own personal go-to guy: Any one of the seven reference desks at Wikipedia.org -- whichever is pertinent for you. There, you can drop off your question like your car at the mechanic, come back in an hour or a day to find that either it’s been answered (generally, with sources listed) or that someone has pointed you in the right direction. Gathering knowledge you lacked before will help boost your self-esteem and accelerate your climb over this goal-stopping wall. Don't let your fears consume you -- meet life head on... Self-doubt Doubting one’s abilities is almost pandemic in human nature. Maybe the only two sets of people who don’t suffer from self-doubt are Napoleonic alpha males and people too dim or too insecure to accept the notion that they might have limitations. Remedy: A lot of advice recommends that you go to someone who believes in you, to seek a pep talk. This seems inherently flawed, because the term is self-doubt. The drive to overcome self-doubt must come from within, from the self. Otherwise, you’re jamming a piece of gum into a leak that is destined to widen. So while in the midst of self-doubt, transfer that doubt to your desire to reach your goal. What does it mean to you to say, “Well, maybe I don’t want it that bad after all?” If this notion strikes you as more than untrue -- as near blasphemy -- that's good. Go ahead and keep doubting yourself all you want, so long as your conviction to your goals remains the more powerful motivator. Fear of failure Psychologically, being afraid of failure makes perfect sense because it’s an awful, awful feeling. Or is it really all that bad? After all, failures come in all shapes and sizes; they can be miscalculations, mental errors, oversights, or they can have nothing at all to do with your performance. For example, if you’re an actor and you don’t get a part you auditioned for, do you consider that a failure? To screw up is one thing, to be outdone is quite another. Remedy: It’s a common misconception to say that nobody likes to fail. Read about the careers of men like Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison. Now, did these men love to fail? Did they deliberately fail? Were they masochistic in that regard? Of course not. But they both failed many times before they came to realize that the paths they took to achieve their goals were not only littered with failures, but that their eventual achievements would not have been possible without such setbacks. James Joyce even described our errors as a "portal to discovery," so take them in stride and learn from your failures -- don't fear them. Fear of success According to life coach TiCaine, this fear emerges “when you are genuinely creating change and moving forward in your life… and what we imagine in our future has an enormous influence on us.” He goes on to point out that our culture is geared towards trying to remedy aspects of our past, not addressing the conditions of our future. This unknown factor could be the source of our fear. Remedy: Fearing success becomes a uniquely personal obstacle relating to change and self-esteem. Ask yourself what is so fantastic about your life right now, being as far away from your goals as you are, that you wouldn’t truly want to see it change. In other words, why are you clinging to that? You can’t fear success without also actively embracing failure. The next time someone points out how you like to wallow in self-pity and moan about how you just can’t seem to achieve your goals, accept the fact that you’ve invited failure to bed with you, and not the other way around. No sense of urgency Olympic athletes probably have it pretty good in this regard; after all, organizers don’t postpone the games because not everyone was able to instill their own sense of urgency in time. Many of us don’t have the luxury of immovable deadline. While some can create artificial urgency, it’s not possible for others. This lack of pressure makes a lot of us lazy and unmotivated, causing us to never move forward. Remedy: The most effective remedy is also the most drastic: start lighting fires to bridges and discarding any cushions you may have used to fall back on. If this goal is important enough to you, why have a safety parachute? Let’s be honest, there is not a person alive (who wanted to stay that way) who would leap from an airplane and not deploy their safety chute if their main chute failed. The analogy here isn’t airtight, but it’s close enough. Say your goal is to be a rock star, but if that doesn’t pan out, well, you can always fall back on your talent as a bricklayer. You don’t like laying bricks, but you happen to be good at it. If the phrase “I can always fall back on” isn’t followed by something you want as much as rock stardom, you’ve killed two birds with a single stone: urgency is dead, and there beside it is your dream. overcome the obstacles Bottom line is, there is no glory without substantial risk. To continue with the example above, in order to overcome the obstacles between you and your goals, you may have to tell yourself, “Either I will succeed in music or I will fail in music,” because the feeling should be this: I would rather fail at achieving my dreams than succeed at anything else in this life.

myspace is a subculture in itself (much like fubar) - but at least in fubar's case,while I have spotted a teenager or two on here (at least they seem to be by their pics), it *seems* for the most part, a lot less encouraging of youth as myspace is. The provocative dress, belly/crotch shots that are popular on myspace reflects bored teenagers on a slippery slope. If its among friends @ school, I figure its mostly harmless...have a "private" (ha ha) profile, only add known people --- myspace makes it easy enough to have a closed "clique" of friends. When used in that manner, I don't care *what* they do online. B4 myspace, they had polaroids. But when the profile is public and sexualized --- THAT'S what gets creepy. Teens beg parents "Mom, let me keep the computer in my room" - always a mistake. What homework gets done on the computer anyhow? Yet, parents are still fooled, seeing their kids as little kids not realizing that the feeling of "it's just online - it's safe - it's not real, it's fantasy / role-playing / it's just pictures" - pervades the myspace subculture - and the naivity of teens and invincibility they naturally feel (as most teens do - "I can handle anything -NOTHING fazes ME!") plays right into that. Enter the perv. Myspace seems oh-so-private but its anything but. "Oh, I used a fake age. I used a fake zipcode" - bah, doesn't work when your profile says, "I go to oakview middle school" "Sk8r" "Hannah Montana is da sht" -- it doesn't take a social scientist to figure this stuff out. and its creepy. should myspace be responsible? Sure. Partially. should parents be responsible? Definitely. But there's no cure for stupid except god-awful life situations. how about schools? Well, they can at least prevent anonymous proxy usage at the schools, access to myspace and other social networking sites by whatever means necessary. And don't trust netnanny or other pre-packaged systems. Each school needs a sys-admin who KNOWS what they're doing and is two steps ahead of the kids. It's not even the 16+ set that bothers me so much. (if it was on fubar it would bother me) - it's the under 16 set that is in the most danger from themselves. Having two nieces and I hear the stuff their parents are constantly going through with this stuff, I understand. But I remember this stuff in the late 1980's/early 1990's with BBS's. Girls were not at risk back then 'cause, well, face it, girls didn't do as much geeky stuff. Some did (one of my fav girlfriends back then was a computer nut - but alas, nuttier than I) -- but mostly guys. And I met my share of pervs at BBS parties in local towns back then. ya handle it and at least it's in groups of people who can at least shame the offender into behaving. (nobody was ever shunned - just given a talking to) Same as when I was experimenting with CB radio before BBS's. But when it's _SO_ one-on-one with webcams and such (and I remember as a teenager it seems nearly girl I knew had a fantasy of pole-dancing - more for the athleticism of it and the lure of quick money, but also because the idea of it made them feel sexy) - although none of them ever did it. Still, that need for "feel sexy" for approval and self-esteem causes a potentially dangerous situation in a society where sexuality is both applauded and shunned. There is no healthy inbetween and no outlet that isn't frought with potential danger. Thankfully, all readers have survived their childhoods. Hopefully the current generation will survive too. Perhaps that is all we can hope for.

Diseases and nutritional deficiencies: How to handle The best measures in case of almost any disease are: * Pure water. * Lots of fruit and vegetables. * Raw fruit and vegetables. * Moderate amounts of nuts, seeds, grain products, peas and beans. * Necessary nutritional supplements (vitamins, minerals etc. as per the alphabetical guide below) * Fresh air. * Good and sufficient sleep. * Emotional balance. * Mental health. * Good social relations. Described below is the possible use of vitamins and other nutrients in to help handle different symptoms, diseases and various other circumstances. The most important ones are underlined. Be aware that vitamins and other nutritional supplements cannot replace healthy food, proper living conditions and following the above measures. Comments regarding some vitamins and other nutritional supplements: * B vitamins: Instead of taking the individual B vitamins separately, it is usually recommended to take B-complex, which contains all of the important B vitamins, and in some cases supplement with individual B vitamins if necessary. This will prevent imbalance. * Calcium: Best supplement is Cal-Mag* * Cholin: Best supplement is lecithin. * Folic acid: It is by far the best to get folic acid through the food. Healthy food contains plenty of folic acid. * Garlic: Can be taken in the form of odorless capsules. * GLA: This is a very important sebacic acid and is found in Evening Primrose for instance. * Inocitol: Best supplement is lecithin. * Iodine: Found in seaweed or kelp tablets. * Iron: Should only be taken when deficiency has been detected. * Magnesium: Best supplement is Cal-Mag* + magnesium tablets if necessary. Magnesium powder can also be mixed with the same amount of ascorbic acid powder (vitamin C) and boiling water poured over it. *Cal-Mag is a drink containing calcium and magnesium in a form that is very easily absorbed by the body. It is available as mixed powder or it can be prepared as follows: 1. Mix the following ingredients in a glass: 1 tablespoon (15ml) calcium gluconate + 1/2 teaspoon (2.5 ml) magnesium carbonate + 1 tablespoon (15ml) cider vinegar. The vinegar is important as it makes it possible for the body to absorb the calcium. 2. Fill the glass half full with boiling water and stir until the powder is dissolved. The fluid should now be clear. Fill the glass with cold water. The Cal-Mag is now ready to drink. Use of vitamins and other nutritional supplements in handling different diseases, symptoms and other circumstances (the most important ones are underlined:) Abortion, involuntary: B9 (folic acid), E. Acetyl-salicylic acid (painkiller), prolonged use of: B1, C, E, iron, K. Acid neutralizing medicine, prolonged use of: Iron, K. Acne: A, chlorella, GLA, B6, C, E. ADD, ADHD: See under "Hyperactivity". Aging: C, E, chlorella, GLA. AIDS: Get more information about the dangers of anti-HIV medicine here: Infectious AIDS: Have We Been Misled? . Find out how AIDS possibly could be cured here: A possible solution at last. See also under "Immune system, impaired" below. Alcoholism: B1, magnesium, B6 (against neurological disturbances), B-complex, C, calcium, E. Get advice about successful rehabilitation here: Drug Abuse Consulting Allergy: A, C, B5, B6, B12, calcium, magnesium, selenium, zinc. Anaemia: C, chlorella, iron, B6, B9 (folic acid), copper. Antibiotics, prolonged use of: K. Apathy: B9 (folic acid). Appetite, reduced: A, all B vitamins (especially B1), E, iron, potassium. Arteriosclerosis: E, B3 (niacin), B9 (folic acid), C, chlorella, lecithin. Arthritis: Chlorella, magnesium, A, B3 (niacin), B5, C, calcium, D, E, GLA, selenium. Astma: Magnesium, A, C, calcium, copper, zinc. Bleeding, serious: Iron. Blood pressure, high: Garlic, C, calcium, chlorella, E, GLA, inositol, potassium, magnesium, Ginklo Biloba. Blood pressure, low: E, Iodine, B5. Blood sugar, low: Fiber, chromium, B1, B3 (niacin), B5, B6, lecithin, magnesium. Bone breakage: Calcium, D, magnesium, zinc. Bone weakness: Boron, calcium, D, C, zinc. Breastfeeding: A, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B9 (folic acid), C, calcium, D, iron, copper, chromium, magnesium, selenium, zinc. Breath, bad: Chlorella, B6. Bronchitis: A, C, garlic. Burns: Zinc (promotes healing) Cancer: A, C, E, selenium. Cataract: B2, blueberry extract, cholin. Child, born prematurely: E, K. Childhood, 6 months to 4 years: Iron. Childlessness: E, zinc, manganese. Children's diseases: See under "Infection". Circulation diseases: E, B5, C, cholin, garlic, inositol, lecithin, magnesium. Climacteric, problems during: Calcium, E, GLA, lecithin, magnesium. Cold: See under "Infektion". Commissure of the lips, cracks in: B2. Concentration difficulty: B1, B12. Connective tissue, weakening of: A, C, E, silicon, copper. Constipation: Chlorella, fiber, B1. Contraceptive pills, use of: B2, B3 (niacin), B6, B9 (folic acid), C. Cramps in calf: Calcium, E, magnesium. Cramps, infants: B6. Dandruff: A, GLA. Depression: B9 (folic acid), C, E, magnesium, B1, B5, B6, calcium, iodine, selenium. Get more information at Alternative Mental Health Online Home Page Do not take antidepressants. Antidepressants (Prozac and similar drugs) can have serious adverse effects, one of which is an insanity that in many cases has lead to murder of family members and suicide. More information here. Diabetes: Chromium, B6, lecithin, magnesium. Avoid caffeine. Get exercise. Diarrhea: B-complex, B9 (folic acid). Drug addiction: B1, B3 (niacin), B5, B6, B-complex, C, calcium, magnesium. Get advice about successful rehabilitation here: Drug Abuse Consulting. Dullness: Iodine, zinc. Eczema: (See also under "Skin problems"), GLA, zinc, A, B2, B6, chlorella. Eczema, running: B6. Epilepsy: B6, magnesium. Eyes, bloodshot: B2, Cholin. Eyes, catarrh in: A, blueberry extract, C. Eyes, itching and smarting: B2, blueberry extract. Eyesight, reduced: Blueberry extract, A. Fatness, tendency to: (See also under "Overweight"), GLA, iodine. Fever conditions: B1, B5. Flue: See under "Infection". Glaucoma: Blueberry extract, C. Growth, large with teenagers: Zinc. Growth, reduced: Calcium, zinc. Gums, bleeding: C. Haemorrhage, tendency to: Vitamin K. Hair loss: B5, B6, B9 (folic acid), inositol, copper, zinc. Headache: Calcium, D, iron, magnesium. Heart diseases: E, magnesium, C, chlorella, lecithin, selenium. Heart diseases, functional: B1, C, E. Heart, rhythm disturbances in: E, potassium. Hormonal disturbances: E, GLA, zinc, boron, cholin. Hyperactivity: Avoid sugar and junk food; take supplements of niacinamide, B-complex, C, zink, magnesium, chrome, manganese. Get more advice here: Ritalin: One of the most dangerous and addictive drugs available and at Alternative Mental Health Online Home Page Immune system weakened: A, C, chlorella, E, zinc. Impotence: B9 (folic acid), E, iodine, zinc. Indoor stay almost full time: D. Infection: C, garlic, A, B vitamins, E, copper, zinc. Insect bites: C. Intestinal gasses: Chlorella. Irritable: B1, B5, B6, B12, calcium, D, E, magnesium. Itching in eyes, skin or vagina: B2. Kidney disease, cronic: Copper, chromium. Kidney failure: D Kidney stone: B6, lecithin. Labour pains: Calcium, magnesium. Lead poisoning: See under "Poisoning". Lips, chapped: B2. Lips, wounds on: B6. Liver and bile diseases: Cholin, lecithin. Memory, poor: B1, B2, cholin, lecithin, magnesium. Mercury poisoning: C, Selenium, B5, chlorella. Metabolism, disturbances in: Iodine. Metabolism, increased: B1, B2, B3, B6, magnesium. Motion sickness: B6. Mouth, wounds in: B6, B12. Mucous membranes, infection in: A. Mumps: See under "Infection". Musclecontrol, failing: B6. Muscle cramps: Calcium, E, magnesium. Muscle diseases: B5, E. Muscle weakening: B5, E, potassium. Muscles, numb and stiff: B12. Nails, fragile: Silicon, calcium, chlorella, GLA, magnesium. Nails, cracks in: Silicon, B2, calcium, magnesium. Nails, white spots on: Zinc. Nausea in the morning during pregnancy: B6. Nerve diseases: B1, B-complex, C, calcium, E, potassium, lecithin, magnesium. Nervous exhaustion: B1. Nervousness: Magnesium, B6, calcium, lecithin. Neuralgia: B1, B12. Neuritis: B1, B12. Nightblindness: A, blueberry extract, zinc. Nightmare: B1, calcium, magnesium. Oedema: All B vitamins - especially B1 and B6, C, potassium. Oestrogen, supplement of: B6. Olfactory sense, poor: Zinc. Operations: Iron. Overweight: Chitomax, spirulina. Oxygen deficiency (high altitude, mountainclimbing etc.): E. Pain: Calcium, magnesium. Pale complexion: Iron. Paraffin oil, prolonged use of against constipation: A, D, E, iron, K. Parodontal disease: A, C. Period with severe bleeding: Iron. Pernicious anaemia: B12. Poisoning: C, B5, chlorella. Pregnancy: A, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B9 (folic acid), C, calcium, chromium, copper, D, iron, magnesium, selenium, zinc. Prostate diseases: Lecithin, zinc. Psoriasis: A, lecithin, zinc, B9 (folic acid), B12, chlorella, E, GLA. Puberty: Iron. Pulse, slow: E, iodine. Radiation sickness: B3 (niacin). Email health@vip.cybercity.dk for advice. Rheumatic diseases: C, chlorella, selenium, B5, B12, GLA, magnesium. Rickets: Calcium, D. Schizophrenia: B3 (niacinamide), C. Get more advice at Alternative Mental Health Online Home Page Seasickness: B6. Sense of taste, poor or failing: Zinc. Sexual drive, reduced: E, zinc, iodine, iron, lecithin, manganese. Additionally for men: B9 (folic acid). Sinusitis: A, C, chlorella, garlic, copper, zinc. Skin, cracks and wounds in: B2. Skin, dry: GLA, A, lecithin. Skin problems and diseases: A, B9 (folic acid), GLA, zinc, B5, B6, chlorella, iodine. Sleep, troubled: B1, calcium, magnesium. Sleeplessness: B1, B5, B6, C, calcium, inositol, magnesium. Sterility: E, selenium, zinc. Stomach/intestinal diseases, cronic: copper, chromium, zinc. Stomach/intestinal operations, extensive: A, B1, B2, B5, B6, B9 (folic acid), B12, C, calcium, D, E, iron, K, copper, chromium, magnesium, selenium. Stomach ulcer: A, B9 (folic acid), E. Stress: B5, C, calcium, lecithin, magnesium, zinc. Struma: Iodine. Sun, too little: D. Teeth, poor condition of: C, calcium, D. Tensed up: Calcium, magnesium (in form of CalMag or CalMax). Tensions: Calcium, magnesium. Thrombosis, tendency to: See under "Arteriosclerosis". Tiredness: B1, B5, B9 (folic acid), B12, B-complex, chlorella, E, iodine, iron, potassium, magnesium. Tobacco smoke: A, biotin, C, selenium. Tongue, sore and smarting: B2. Training, hard physical: Magnesium, iron. Virus infection: See under "Infection". Wounds: Zinc, E, vitamin E cream. Wounds, slow healing: Zinc, C.

Not a bad past couple of days for me but... ...my sister was sick yesterday for most of the day. My brother was constipated for three days (castor oil worked) My mother is sick this morning (throw up sick - too much birthday chocolates it seems - at least i HOPE that's what it is!) sister's baby has the poops. Blech- I'm taking my vitamins!!! I wipe every doorknob as i pass through the house with the inside of my shirt. Been washing my hands - it doesn't take much to get sick, but it doesn't take much to prevent it either. Getting a couple of animal trapping jobs for my brother this morning - there are bats in one high rise condominium (high rise in Naples is 19 stories) - and bees came back at an old site. So he'll be happy to hear about the one, unhappy to hear about the other. Not an exciting life, but it's mine and it's good enough ;-) -- oh, that and the non-egg laying hens I let out of the chicken coop last week and my goat: Fred is okay with the white chicken roaming around his pen. But there is a tan chicken that drives him nuts. He goes "bluh-bluh-bluh" and sticks his tongue out and stomps his feet at it. It's pretty amusing to me, but then again, i'm easily amused. Ken

to all 232 people who read my friend's fubar - my brother pooped! And the answer was: ::: drum roll please ::: CASTOR OIL! I found a bottle in my medicine cabinet. Gave him 4 tablespoons. 2 hours later - it was TIME! He left the dart game in our barn and said "Success!" and went up to the house. Nobody thought of that - although everybody had FANTASTIC ADVICE (I think!!) - but it's what we had at hand, and it worked. The answer is had.

If you follow this link, you will see BabyJesus talking about the experimental new mumm setup. http://fubar.com/blog/9/570586 I'm torn myself. Making family/friend/fan mumm's really cheap can encourage dialogue among people who already know each other and getting to know each other better (sorta like MySpace - no offense intended). But it can close off otherwise interesting mumm's to the general populace, which would stink for someone who is at a lower eschalon working their way up. Making the "everyone" mumms very expensive can create a sort of elite that can create global mumms. I myself can create 39 global mumms at my current score before I run out of fuBucks. Now this will not only make me think twice before posting a mumm - but three, four or five times before spending 5000 fubucks. This can be good as it takes a LOT of the bs out of the public arena and into a more private scope. So, the reasoning is something I do understand. I happen to like a lot of the inane mumms - but I also like that people who are perhaps new to mumms (as I was, a big whopping two/three days ago) - can get corrections from the public at large. Of course, those who used Mumms for their ongoing conversations that had nothing to do with the mumm itself - that was irritating. But not so different than a bar. So, yeah, I'm torn. I can see this helping in the foaf (FRIEND OF A FRIEND) department as people in my mumm/friend "bubble" are different than my friend's "bubble" and when one of us sees the other's mumm and sees who comments on it, it can provide some nice opportunities to become friends with the other's friends. but I do think it'll need some tweaks. For example, I'd like to see the ability for a friend-mumm to be upgraded to an everyone mumm by a vote via fubucks - a PROMOTE THE MUMM donation - something like that. One would be able to donate their fubucks to bring a mumm up to the public eye, sorta like friends pushing a shy friend up to the stage for karaoke. Anyhow, these are my thoughts, and the main reason I posted this, is so you can find the link for babyjesus' explanation of the mumm-shift, instead of sitting around wondering, "Uh, something changed but I can't figure out what it is yet". Thanks for listening! Hope I didn't sound too complainy - I just like to see what people think.

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You know you are too old to Trick or Treat when: 10. You get winded from knocking on the door. 9. You have to have another kid chew the candy for you. 8. You ask for high fiber candy only. 7. When someone drops a candy bar in your bag, you lose your Balance and fall over. 6. People say: "Great Boris Karloff Mask," And you're not wearing a mask. 5. When the door opens you yell, "Trick or ." And can't remember the rest. 4. By the end of the night, you have a bag full of restraining orders. 3. You have to carefully choose a costume that won't dislodge your hairpiece. 2. You're the only Power Ranger in the neighborhood with a walker. And the number one reason Seniors should not go Trick Or Treating... 1. You keep having to go home to pee.