...> writes: I can't believe I wrote "hot and ready." I meant "hot and red-faced." LOL That may be my worst (or best) typo ever. There's a dial-up transmitter remote control system that I know can be made to answer the phone with "Hello, I am hot and ready." A friend of mine has the one at his station set up to answer with "Hello, Bozo, this is Spanky speaking here." umar

... for people with similar BMI. I think there's that too. When I worked in London and commuted by underground I noticed no matter how quietly and calmly I took things, in the summer I'd end up dripping with sweat in the carriages, whereas there were some city gents wearing suits and ties who weren't sweating at all. In fact part of my lifelong aversion to neckties is that I sweat in ...

... I had water to drink, I was still dehydrating. I remember once riding in quick, steep hills in Belgium, with temperatures going above 40 degC, and I was riding for a full day. Somewhere towards the end of the day my body refused to take in more water, and I my condition dropped like a rock. I got really sick and we arrived very late at our destination. My primary partner didn't ...

...: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/bmi-calculator/NU00597 Interesting. Playing around with that a bit I learned that when my weight topped 18-20 months back, I was at the very high end of "normal" (I thought I was above, but apparently not), and though I've lost about 30 lbs since then, I still have a good margin down to "underweight". Whereas to even hit the upper ...

...lost about 30 lbs in six months. Felt great. and I agree that the overuse of vehicles has many detrimental effects, but I think that the level of mobility that societies have seen over the last century has been more beneficial than not. The vehicles themselves are not the Evil, it's our application of them as society. I think it's also the case that our society is organized ...

... afford a new car right now anyway," so we went for it. Well, it ended up lasting just fine for five or six more... labour," sort. So if we're talking about how long a car will last, then do we end that number at the point where the person decided not to... point at which you decide to scrap it was the same as its quality-related end of life. Yup. In my case, it wasn't that the 72-...

... fashions, so the fashion conscious had to keep buying new clothes. Car makers do the same thing. While I think it's true that cars could last longer, I don't know that 95,000 miles as an end-of-life figure is anywhere near typical. We're just replacing our car right now at 374,000km, and many of my co-workers have cars that they're still driving well into the 450,...

... afford a new car right now anyway," so we went for it. Well, it ended up lasting just fine for five or six ... labour," sort. So if we're talking about how long a car will last, then do we end that number at the point where the person decided not to...computer, you can't with any fairness claim that the the point at which you decide to scrap it was the same as its quality-related end of life....

... fashions, so the fashion conscious had to keep buying new clothes. Car makers do the same thing. While I think it's true that cars could last longer, I don't know that 95,000 miles as an end-of-life figure is anywhere near typical. We're just replacing our car right now at 374,000km, and many of my co-workers have cars that they're still driving well into the 450,000+km ...

... changing fashions, so the fashion conscious had to keep buying new clothes. Car makers do the same thing. While I think it's true that cars could last longer, I don't know that 95,000 miles as an end-of-life figure is anywhere near typical. We're just replacing our car right now at 374,000km, and many of my co-workers have cars that they're still driving well into the 450,000+km ...