Vagueness and the Aftermath - A sporadic diary

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Couldn't get a good pic. Bad light/rain... that's my excuse anyway.

This is my best effort.  (That's the little bastard on the left)

Click to see full-size image.

[Redsgirl]

I've always added salt to my food.

I know I shouldn't, but I started back in the days when everyone did it, and it wasn't bad for you.

I've managed to cut down a bit. I don't put salt on Sunday roast or carvery type meals any more, but I can't manage things like eggs, chips, chicken, salad etc without adding a sprinkle.

Am I the exception rather than the rule these days? Are there many salters out there? What are your 'Must add salt' foods?

BTW- Is that Lo Salt any good?

I'm a huuuuuge salt freak and Lo salt is pure shite imo. 

I've been trying to cut down a bit because it's not a good habit to have at the best of times, but esp bad if you're missing a thyroid.  Everything still gets a hit, but the hit is probably more 'normal' now.  Never use it in cooking though unless a recipe calls for it.  Don't want to push my addiction on others in the house.

Why is salt bad if you have a thyroid prob, Laxie?
Interested as I've had half mine removed, and the other half is struggling apparently. I wasn't advised to avoid anything though. Fill me in please

I'd cancer so they removed the lot.  Initially I was told to keep salt intake super low because it would cause trouble when they gave me the radioactive iodine.  Afterwards they told me to continue with low intake because it could affect the 'levels', but I can't remember exactly what was at risk. 

I do know when you go 'hypothyroid', you crave salt.  LOTS of it.  That's been the case with me since last September.  My meds dose wasn't right for me any more, but it takes ages to get it right when it goes haywire.  Thyroid med levels way wrong, drinking pints of water to beat the band and eating salt like it's going out of style....helloooooooooooo massive weight gain.     Ah well.  It'll be right again soon enough.

Why'd they remove half of yours?

I had a lump on it, needle biopsy wasn't conclusive so they removed the half with the growth just to be on the safe side. Thankfully, it turned out that I have a condition where your immune system fights your own thyroid, the lump was just it fighting back!
I asked about the salt as I'm cheerfully killing the bit I've got left now, and I'm really struggling to lose weight. I am on tablets, and I thought about every other aspect of my diet except this.
Suppose I hoped you'd say "Stop the salt, and see the weight fall off"
Hope everything is O.K. with you, did you get the all clear after your treatment?

[Rod Paradise]

Couldn't get a good pic. Bad light/rain... that's my excuse anyway.

This is my best effort.  (That's the little bastard on the left)

Click to see full-size image.

Nice one Red, I'd have been sitting ploughing through the books trying to ID that. We'd a couple of really vividly coloured siskins at the feeders this morning, just long enough to lift the camera, turn it on, point it, then the little @£$%ers left.

[mondatoo]

I used to use salt all the time, then I just totally stopped, agree with Jonmw, lots of meals it makes absolutely no difference to.

[Machka]

Thanks for all the salt replies.

I suppose I'm just going to have to try Lo Salt for myself, but I fear it will suffer the same fate as other substitutes I've tried and found wanting.

Quorn mince, turkey rashers, skimmed milk, alcohol free larger, low-fat mayo, inflatable women....

Pretty much all my life I'd used semi-skimmed milk, except when I was a kid and used to have the gold top (I think) that came with a massive dollop of cream on top, if you were lucky enough to get it before the birds did.

Last year I decided to change to skimmed milk which I'd always considered to look like tasteless white water. 

After about a week of using it, I'm a chain tea drinker and cereal guzzler, I can't say I noticed any difference.

I'm sure the % of fat difference given the amount of milk I get through must make a health difference in the long term.

[technolog]

I'd go so far as to say I prefer skimmed milk over the fattier varieties, even when drinking a glass. All the taste and none of the fat imo.

[technolog]

While getting dressed this morning I noticed a strange phenomenon. My belt is shrinking.  It's not just the one belt either, they're all at it.

Tiddies next

[Laxie]

While getting dressed this morning I noticed a strange phenomenon. My belt is shrinking.  It's not just the one belt either, they're all at it.

Tiddies next

It's all he ever thinks about FFS!   

[gouty]

Tom

I need to know your thoughts on that guy on your table at start of deepstack?

He just never shut up when he was in a hand. Was he doing it only when heads up or in multi way pots?

I saw you sat there with a loads of hankies in your ears. Hahaha. He was tilting players on my table across the room so how did you feel about those kind of antics at close hand?

Alex

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Tom

I need to know your thoughts on that guy on your table at start of deepstack?

He just never shut up when he was in a hand. Was he doing it only when heads up or in multi way pots?

I saw you sat there with a loads of hankies in your ears. Hahaha. He was tilting players on my table across the room so how did you feel about those kind of antics at close hand?

Alex

I thought it was bang out of order tbh. He did it every hand because he played every hand. The worst thing was, he didn't say anything original. He just kept repeating the same phrases parrot fashion, very loudly, virtually without stopping for breath.

It was the first time I have ever considered calling the floor for what I considered to be unfair speech-play. (Players couldn't think, he was so constant and so loud).


The decision was taken out of my hands unfortunately. He called my 4 bet pre with 45 and cracked my aces. 

If I was ever to share a table with him again, I think I would ask the TD to intervene. I think his behaviour spoiled the game for the whole table.


"Come on call, I want you to call"

"I'll show you if you pass"

"I have the nuts"

"I'm in front but you can catch up"

"That's the money card"

"Come on call, I want you to call"

"I'll show you if you pass"

"I have the nuts"

"I'm in front but you can catch up"

"That's the money card"

"Come on call, I want you to call"

"I'll show you if you pass"

"I have the nuts"

"I'm in front but you can catch up"

"That's the money card"

"Come on call, I want you to call"

"I'll show you if you pass"

"I have the nuts"

"I'm in front but you can catch up"

"That's the money card"

[smashedagain]

Will Kassouf is the guy in question and is like that all the time. he travels with Joe Grech of all people and i believe he maybe a barrister in london.

[Karabiner]

What happened to DTD's "no speech play until it's heads-up" rule?

That guy was on my starting table in the £150 yesterday for about an hour. I actually found him quite amusing for a while but wasn't disappointed to see him depart as the whole act is somewhat repetitive.

[typhoon13]

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE

1930's 1940's, 50's and 60's.... First, we survived being born to mothers who drank while they carried us & lived in houses made of asbestos.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, raw egg products, loads of bacon and processed meat, tuna from a can and didn't get tested for diabetes or cervical cancer.


Then after that trauma, our baby cots were covered with bright coloured lead-based paints.


We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets or shoes, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.


As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.


We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle...


Take away food was limited to fish and chips, no pizza shops, McDonalds , KFC, Subway or Nando's.


Even though all the shops closed at 6.00pm and didn't open on the weekends, somehow we didn't starve to death!


We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.


We could collect old drink bottles and cash them in at the corner store and buy Toffees, Gobstoppers, Bubble Gum and some bangers to blow up frogs with.
We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soft drinks with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because......


WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!


We could leave home in the morning & play all day as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.


No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.


We would spend hours building our go-carts out of old prams and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes.. We built tree houses and dens and played in river beds with matchbox cars..


We did not have Playstation's, Nintendo Wii, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 999 channels on SKY, no video or DVD,
No mobile phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!


We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones & teeth & there were no lawsuits from these accidents.


Only girls had pierced ears!


We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.


You could only buy Easter Eggs & Hot Cross Buns at Easter...



We were given air guns and catapults for our 10th birthdays,


We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them!

Mum didn't have to go to work to help dad make ends meet!



RUGBY and CRICKET had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! Getting into the team was based on
MERIT


The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of.
They actually sided with the law!


Our parents didn't invent stupid names for their kids like 'Kiora' and 'Blade' and 'Ridge' and 'Vanilla'


We had freedom, failure, success & responsibility and we learned HOW TO
DEAL WITH IT ALL !


And YOU are one of them!
CONGRATULATIONS!

[smashedagain]

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE

1930's 1940's, 50's and 60's.... First, we survived being born to mothers who drank while they carried us & lived in houses made of asbestos.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, raw egg products, loads of bacon and processed meat, tuna from a can and didn't get tested for diabetes or cervical cancer.


Then after that trauma, our baby cots were covered with bright coloured lead-based paints.


We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets or shoes, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.


As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.


We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle...


Take away food was limited to fish and chips, no pizza shops, McDonalds , KFC, Subway or Nando's.


Even though all the shops closed at 6.00pm and didn't open on the weekends, somehow we didn't starve to death!


We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.


We could collect old drink bottles and cash them in at the corner store and buy Toffees, Gobstoppers, Bubble Gum and some bangers to blow up frogs with.
We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soft drinks with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because......


WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!


We could leave home in the morning & play all day as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.


No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.


We would spend hours building our go-carts out of old prams and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes.. We built tree houses and dens and played in river beds with matchbox cars..


We did not have Playstation's, Nintendo Wii, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 999 channels on SKY, no video or DVD,
No mobile phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!


We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones & teeth & there were no lawsuits from these accidents.


Only girls had pierced ears!


We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.


You could only buy Easter Eggs & Hot Cross Buns at Easter...



We were given air guns and catapults for our 10th birthdays,


We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them!

Mum didn't have to go to work to help dad make ends meet!



RUGBY and CRICKET had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! Getting into the team was based on
MERIT


The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of.
They actually sided with the law!


Our parents didn't invent stupid names for their kids like 'Kiora' and 'Blade' and 'Ridge' and 'Vanilla'


We had freedom, failure, success & responsibility and we learned HOW TO
DEAL WITH IT ALL !


And YOU are one of them!
CONGRATULATIONS!

Officially I am an old man sneaking into the group born in dec '69

[typhoon13]

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE

1930's 1940's, 50's and 60's.... First, we survived being born to mothers who drank while they carried us & lived in houses made of asbestos.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, raw egg products, loads of bacon and processed meat, tuna from a can and didn't get tested for diabetes or cervical cancer.


Then after that trauma, our baby cots were covered with bright coloured lead-based paints.


We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets or shoes, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.


As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.


We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle...


Take away food was limited to fish and chips, no pizza shops, McDonalds , KFC, Subway or Nando's.


Even though all the shops closed at 6.00pm and didn't open on the weekends, somehow we didn't starve to death!


We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.


We could collect old drink bottles and cash them in at the corner store and buy Toffees, Gobstoppers, Bubble Gum and some bangers to blow up frogs with.
We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soft drinks with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because......


WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!


We could leave home in the morning & play all day as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.


No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.


We would spend hours building our go-carts out of old prams and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes.. We built tree houses and dens and played in river beds with matchbox cars..


We did not have Playstation's, Nintendo Wii, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 999 channels on SKY, no video or DVD,
No mobile phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!


We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones & teeth & there were no lawsuits from these accidents.


Only girls had pierced ears!


We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.


You could only buy Easter Eggs & Hot Cross Buns at Easter...



We were given air guns and catapults for our 10th birthdays,


We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them!

Mum didn't have to go to work to help dad make ends meet!



RUGBY and CRICKET had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! Getting into the team was based on
MERIT


The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of.
They actually sided with the law!


Our parents didn't invent stupid names for their kids like 'Kiora' and 'Blade' and 'Ridge' and 'Vanilla'


We had freedom, failure, success & responsibility and we learned HOW TO
DEAL WITH IT ALL !


And YOU are one of them!
CONGRATULATIONS!

Officially I am an old man sneaking into the group born in dec '69

Never, someone pointed you out to me yesterday, and i would of said April 58 !!!!!!!!!