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Mrs Zen Posted Jul 21, 2004
Started taking notes already, Lil.
'Friendly bacteria' - the ads are nauseating and the products are expensive, but - yes - I do feel better when I am an acidophilous garden!
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Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence Posted Jul 21, 2004
Isn't yoghurt a source of friendly bacteria?
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Mrs Zen Posted Jul 21, 2004
Yep. These are basically fortified yoghurts, and sold for about £1.25 per daily dose.
Big business, bugs.
B
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Coniraya Posted Jul 21, 2004
H has one every morning in lieu of brekkie as he is in too much of a rush to bother with food. I suppose it is better than nothing at all and he says his tummy is better for taking it.
I think I an going to have to give up on trying to deal with the wasp nest myself. I swear they are flying past with two fingers up each time I try to reach out far enough to spray wasp killer under the eaves of the porch. I don't think a single drop has gone in or made the slightest bit of difference. I shall have to call the Council out.
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Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence Posted Jul 21, 2004
1.25 for a yoghurt?? Is that a normal price?
I have just discovered a new cleaning product which I would like to laud. In the US they're called Swiffer dusters; there's a plastic handle on which you can insert a disposable lint-and-dust catching thing. They are totally BRILLIANT for computer equipment. My office suffers terribly from dust and spider webs, and it's fantastic to just lean over the back of the tower and run this thing around the fan vents and the plugs and all, getting in all the corners without dislodging anything.
I'm ordering a case of the things for the computer lab here.
Oh, and I'm serious about the spiders. We don't kill the daddy long legs because they keep out the scorpions, but they can build a great big web in a mater of hours. The other morning I took breakfast out to the garage cat at about 7, then went to get the bowl two hours later and ran into a web that had been spun all over the entrance! So I have to really watch that they don't get into the equipment like they did with my Iomega Zip 250 portable drive.
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Toccata Posted Jul 21, 2004
Live Yoghurt will do the trick, but you should only really need it if your resident "friendly Bacteria" are suffering, ie if you are on Antibiotics.
Even then, then, I believe there has been little proof that it makes much difference.
Any more than that is just marketing
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marvthegrate LtG KEA Posted Jul 21, 2004
Some Daddy Long Legs are not even spiders... They are arachnids, but of a different order.
http://spiders.ucr.edu/daddylonglegs.html
I am glad that my Zoology classes had some amount of effect on my long term memory.
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Mrs Zen Posted Jul 21, 2004
No. I don't know what the usual price of yoghurt is, but it isn't £1.25 per pot.
I used to be able to tell the difference if I was eating a lot of yogurt, but unfortunately the dairy sensitivity means that it cuts both ways these days. I need to stick to soya yoghurt, and to be honest I can't be bothered.
A lot of stuff sold as yoghurt is actually a sterile mixture of modified starch, guar gum, aspartamame, and crap like that.
B
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GreyDesk Posted Jul 21, 2004
The crap yoghurts would be in the 20p price range if bought in bulk; 30p or so singly. Brand name ones add a few pennies more. Ones that do funny things like having fruit or sprinkles in a separate section to the white stuff, call it 40p.
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Blue-Eyed BiPedal BookWorm from Betelgeuse (aka B4[insertpunhere]) Posted Jul 21, 2004
{B4 self-deprecatingly takes the Gilded Cattle Prod award from Chloe, turning it over and over, examining it with awe and true humility. He stands there abashed for many moments, then his brow furrows and he looks Lil earnestly in the eyes.}
Um… Where’s the charger plug-in?
{He can’t keep a straight face and bursts out in laughter. When it finally subsides, he wipes the corners of his eyes and holds his sides as if they were tender and bruised. Eventually, he recovers completely and tucks the Gilded Cattle Prod into the back pocket of his jeans. He nearer to Lil, then leans in close and gives her a hug.}
You always give the best gifts. Thank you sooooo much! Mmmmm-hmm!
Shoot, I don’t need to fret over consistently missing the FTTF Mug, with all the goodies you’ve bestowed so far. But that doesn’t mean I’m not still gonna vie for it in future!
In regards to gardens:
I don’t do well with plants. As a teen, is spent a number of months w*rking a plant nursery. I didn’t kill anything while I was there (thankfully), yet I didn’t work any miracles of healing, either. It was a lot of ‘grunt labor’ for us. We planted seeds in vermiculite in little plastic trays, stacked them in the hot-houses to let them germinate, transplanted them in the designated rows after they’d grown sufficiently, transplanted others that had grown enough to be potted for commercial sale, and loaded trailer trucks of the larger bucketed plants that were sent to garden centers in the region. I even learned a bit about PVC pipe irrigation system construction and how to repair hot-house structures. I man-handled countless bags of seed and fertilizer, and generally got grubby every day I w*rked there. There was one young lady I worked with that was really into nature, and she told me how plants ‘have feelings’. She let me read a book that supported that claim, by recounting experiments done to test the responses to care and conversation, pruning and cutting, and the use of various nutrients. It made for a pretty compelling case.
Still, no matter how I handle the plants we’ve had at home over the years, I can’t seem to keep them going strong for any length of time. It’s probably a commitment issue.
I guess I just don’t see them as important as the people in my life. I know they play a key role in our ecosystem (food and foliage), and they do provide an aesthetic higher quality to our lives (flowers and indoor plants), yet I don’t choose to invest time in caring for them. My wife, A----, on the other hand, is marvelous with plants. She likes to surround us with growing things ‘that give us extra oxygen’ in our home. She’s not keen on me bringing her cut flowers for special occasions [bad memories from earlier times, and—they die], requesting instead to have rooted growing plants to commemorate events. That way she has an on-going, living reminder for many years. I can appreciate that.
This Spring, I helped her get a garden started at the back of the house. We borrowed a tiller and I spent a whole afternoon turning over the soil for her, breaking it up so it was loose enough to easily manage the plantings she’d planned. That was the extent of my involvement with the flora. She’s done all the rest: laying out the rows, planting, fertilizing, watering, weeding, and harvesting. We’ve had a problem with an over-abundant rabbit population [new housing construction around the corner has driven many from their former habitat] and there have been a few deer come a-munching what was handy. So A---- had me fashion some metal lattice cages for the tomatoes and other climbing plants, and she tried the trick of spreading human hair clippings [from the local salon] around the perimeter. Neither worked spectacularly, and the critters come a-munching and pilfered the fruits of her labor, though not as regularly. I definitely agree about the produce procured from one’s own garden: it tastes so much better (on the whole) from what one finds at the grocer’s. Perhaps it’s just a subjective thing, subliminally affecting the taste buds in response to the endorphins previously generated during all the effort of planting, etc.
Yeah, right…
B4igetmyhandsdirtyagain
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U195408 Posted Jul 21, 2004
Lentilla, that garbage burger sounds awesome. I already am a big fan of 'kraut, so your friends kraut dish sounds delicious. I once had a dish with kraut & cheese and that was good.
Sorry to hear you're still sore Lil. Have you considered seeing if you have IBS?
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marvthegrate LtG KEA Posted Jul 21, 2004
You are making me hunger for Siegfrieds, the German deli in downtown SLC that I am in love with. The trouble is, I now work 50 miles away from downtown SLC. I miss being able to go to my favourite restaurants for lunch. There are only a few really good places anywhere close to my office now.
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FG Posted Jul 21, 2004
I love sauerkraut on a Reuben sandwich and in a "traditional" dish my German family makes called bruschke (broosh-kee). It's a filling of sauerkraut, caraway and diced ham surrounded by a yeasty dumpling-like dough, brushed with butter and baked until golden brown. They're sort of a German hot pocket.
Hypatia, I'm happy to hear that half-sugar and half-Splenda is working for you. I must try it in my summer pies and other fruity desserts. I've noticed it works best when the dish or baked good is spicy, too.
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Good Doctor Zomnker (This must be Tuesday," said GDZ to himself, sinking low over his Dr. Pepper, "I never could get the hang of Tuesdays.") Posted Jul 21, 2004
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kelli - ran 2 miles a day for 2012, aiming for the same for 2013 Posted Jul 21, 2004
Lil, thanks for the tip, I've just been to look at the RHS advice about it. We did put on some feed and weed in spring - but that seemed to kill everything apart from a bit of the scrubby grass so there were no other weeds to compete with the yarrow. It is very well established here, think we'll carry on with pulling it up and will feed the lawn again.
Why is it a godsend for my diet? I did some googling and found some stuff about it being good for regulating menstrual cycles and for causing/stopping nosebleeds (wasn't sure about that bit). Another site said it was a mild diuretic and others said it was good for stopping intestinal bleeding.
I don't think I want to let the stalks get long enough for i-ching!
Had my tv lunch with the food doctor bloke today - went quite well, I got him to answer lots of my questions. He thinks I haven't been losing much in the last couple of weeks because I am exercising too much and should restrict it to 3 gym visits a week. Will write a match report in my journal later.
Been looking at honeymoon destinations Don't think the budget will stretch but I would love to go to Bora Bora
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Agapanthus Posted Jul 21, 2004
Don't mind me. I got very little sleep last night I'm too tired for words and the latest weirdest manifestation of said tiredness is weeping at no provocation whatsoever and I haven't washed up and I haven't got dinner started and I haven't done the ironing and I read a book with a sweet bit about family love in it and I blubbed and I watched the news and I blubbed and now I'm all on my tod staring at the ironing pile and can feel prickling in the corners of my eyes... I was planning on saying something witty and erudite about Bora Bora and Woody Allen and gerberas (has anyone else seen 'Everyone Says I Love You' or am I talking worse gibberish than ever?) but it's all gone wrong. Tea and tissues. That's what I need. Please excuse me. I just needed to have a good whine. I shall hush up and go hide in the corner now.
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kelli - ran 2 miles a day for 2012, aiming for the same for 2013 Posted Jul 21, 2004
Ah lass, you just need a proper night's sleep! Insommnia does horrible things to your emotions, I know, I cried at an episode of Home and Away last time I had a bout of it.
Is your fiance home? I'd order a cup of tea, then a cuddle, then a warm bath and early night (with more cuddles) if I were you.
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Agapanthus Posted Jul 21, 2004
Thankyou
Alas fiance has had to work late and won't be home until 8 at the earliest, so I have to make my own tea... And knowing my luck the poor chap will be all frazzled and it's-been-a-hard-day and needing a cuddle himself. Isn't it lucky that people can cuddle each other.
(that last being the soppiest remark that ahs passed my lips for the past four years or so - I must be in a bad way)
On a more practical note, I don't suppose anyone knows where you can buy that fabric that you can iron onto clothes to strengthen weak spots/ line cuffs with? I'm having a please-don't-make-me-darn crisis as well. So much for all the sewing lessons I had at school.
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Blue-Eyed BiPedal BookWorm from Betelgeuse (aka B4[insertpunhere]) Posted Jul 21, 2004
Kelli, one thing that happens when you exercise regularly is that your muscle density increases. You're toning your muscles by putting them to work more often and with more resistance. This will burn away a certain amount of fat and, in its place, the more toned and denser muscle tissue can contribute to what seems to be more 'weight'. This displacement obviously only goes so far, yet the overall effect of the physical activity will help you continue to 'sculpt' your form. Eventually, your body will find its equilibrium point. Then it's up to you whether to pursue even more strenuous exercise ["We aw heah to...PUMP you UP!!!"] to bulk out, or to simply keep to a regimen that will help you maintain your form. [Good thing you're not Odo Ital, a Founder, on DS9. Imagine the moment-by-moment concentration ~that~ would entail!]
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- 61: Mrs Zen (Jul 21, 2004)
- 62: Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence (Jul 21, 2004)
- 63: Mrs Zen (Jul 21, 2004)
- 64: Coniraya (Jul 21, 2004)
- 65: Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence (Jul 21, 2004)
- 66: Toccata (Jul 21, 2004)
- 67: marvthegrate LtG KEA (Jul 21, 2004)
- 68: Mrs Zen (Jul 21, 2004)
- 69: GreyDesk (Jul 21, 2004)
- 70: Blue-Eyed BiPedal BookWorm from Betelgeuse (aka B4[insertpunhere]) (Jul 21, 2004)
- 71: U195408 (Jul 21, 2004)
- 72: marvthegrate LtG KEA (Jul 21, 2004)
- 73: FG (Jul 21, 2004)
- 74: Good Doctor Zomnker (This must be Tuesday," said GDZ to himself, sinking low over his Dr. Pepper, "I never could get the hang of Tuesdays.") (Jul 21, 2004)
- 75: Phil (Jul 21, 2004)
- 76: kelli - ran 2 miles a day for 2012, aiming for the same for 2013 (Jul 21, 2004)
- 77: Agapanthus (Jul 21, 2004)
- 78: kelli - ran 2 miles a day for 2012, aiming for the same for 2013 (Jul 21, 2004)
- 79: Agapanthus (Jul 21, 2004)
- 80: Blue-Eyed BiPedal BookWorm from Betelgeuse (aka B4[insertpunhere]) (Jul 21, 2004)
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