I regularly back up all the data that I really care about, so I suppose I could do what you suggest. Or I could just buy a new machine altogether. Either one of those is still a hassle (in my...

I've done that before, but the problem is that many (not all, but some) of the names are sufficiently cryptic that I'm afraid to stop them, since I don't know what they actually do. I guess the...

I've got a couple of Dell desktops and this is one. I looked back at some email confirmations that I have from Dell and I've got one from August 2005. The other machine (which is this one) was...

I have Spybot installed and run it occasionally. Actually, it's been quite a while since it found anything. I also use the file shredder that is part of, or associated with, Spybot. That I use a...

My computer has become ridiculously slow. What can I do? (More info needed re how/where/when the slowness occurs?) Does anyone have recommendations for software (free would be great, but not...

Amen, brother.

Sounds so easy. Not to pick just on you, because there's talk by others in this thread about good teachers and bad teachers, but I don't think that's so easy to evaluate. Not that that's really a...

I think your priorities are inappropriately skewed. You should be suggesting to your buddy that his hideous wife become a client of a local plastic surgeon. (I won't even get into the horror of...

For the reasons I gave (at least), I think it's better to hold back early than late. But even if you're held back early, you'll still always be "the old kid" in your class and people will likely...

I lost touch with three. (We moved after second grade.) The fourth was me. Two, both girls, skipped. Another boy and I didn't skip. Looking back, I think I would've been well-served by skipping:...

Too many words for you to understand, apparently? I thought this part was clear: "absent compelling circumstances, I'm in favor of keeping kids with their age group."



The proper question is...

Really? I wouldn't be so sure. I think people commonly make the mistake of thinking there's less going on with with small children than there really is. On this particular subject, I can tell you...

I'm pretty sure you're wrong about that, but if you're going to hold back, sooner is better than later. (And edit to add - the fact of being held back now can be a source of stigma in later years,...

Agree with the above. As you noted, there may be some stigma to holding her back, even though the kids are young. "[N]ot quite keeping up with reading and writing but is a pro at math" and "also...

I got that, but it still seemed to me as though the OP is looking for a place that meets those criteria and fits his/her sensibilities, rather than one that meets those criteria and fits theirs. ...

Agreed. Is the OP my brother?

How about you adjust your head to think as they do, rather than insisting they think as you do. Then try to help them decide. Your suburban retirement hell may be...

I thought it was hackneyed and tiresome. And banal. And trite and boring and shallow and pedantic. I give it a 10. I could dance to it.

In the same vein, the first I ever heard of Groupon was last November when one of the moms from the U8 soccer team I coached forwarded a 50% off Groupon email deal for everyone to use at the team's...

Whatever is really going on there, I'm pretty sure James Bond is already working at putting a stop to it.

Took it again and got 7/12. Practice, practice, I guess.

8/12. I shame myself. Also didn't notice the red highlighting, which is disappointing. I want to learn.

Ditto. Really do not like. Are there, perhaps, some user settings that can be changed to address the things Buzzworthy mentions?



And this too.

I think it sounds like a pretty cool idea, but, then, I'm not very good at business. I'm not your customer, either, but I'd guess there are plenty of them out there.

Small neighbor children are usually pretty slow, for example. Especially the fat ones, who are, happily, also the most healthy for you.

OK, I think I get what you're saying there at the end, and I didn't before. (I didn't see stated above what I understand you to be giving as the conclusion of the Helsinki study, and I didn't click...

Yes, yes, I'm sure you're right.

I pretty much agree with Danno (yet again) and others, except that I also thought aren't Tibetans Buddhists, which reminded me that we stopped over at the house of...

Help me out. Are you referring to the Helsinki study mentioned above?

What do you think about the question I asked before? Is a single controlled study commonly taken as dispositive proof of a...

I vote for these as two funniest so far.

I ate a couple of bowls of cereal two different times this weekend and felt a bit of "head dead" (not sure if that's an expression other people use or just something I"ve incorporated into my lexicon...

Yes, that's what it means.

I thought it was bad enough to be moved to make the point repeatedly to my wife (who, as usual, didn't really care). Pretty boring. And did elementary schoolers make...

OK, I was just trying to be nice before. Spats, you're really not even reasonably intelligent. You just read a lot and accumulate a bunch of information. You have pretty much no idea how to...

None, I hope. We're trying to eat more in that vein, which is a way I like to eat, anyway, so good for me. I hope.

I've given careful consideration to your thoughtful post.

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Yes, one of my other "questions" concerned this. On the face of it, the conclusion of the study, as reported in that blog post, doesn't provide support for Spats' assertion. Presumably, even if you...

I agree with everything you say (there may be minor quibbles - or not - but I don't think it necessary to consider it all painstakingly enough to tease that out). I think you missed my point(s). I...

:nonono2::nonono2::nonono2:

You really are fucking immune, man. No disparagement of Viva intended, but he is not, by a long shot, the only person here qualified to bust your balls. You seem a...

Yeah, I have a question. Why is the blog post that you read at that link different from the one I read? Here's a bit from that blogger:


I should say, out of fairness, that the result wasn't...

reanalysis of the dietary data = pure speculation.

I did not know that.

Spats, isn't a lot (or, at least, some) of what you do re-analysis of dietary data? So, pure speculation - is that what...

I call bullshit on that too. I'm 6', I lift some and have got some muscle going on (more than on advres - no offense, just a point of comparison), and 170 is a good weight for me (I target about 175...

I thought moobs was funny.

Really, thanks for sharing. I didn't delve into the details of your regimen yet, but will: the improvement in the pictures is clear and, actually, looks comparable to...

But why? This gets to a basic thought I have about what I understand at least part of the argument for paleo to be. (And I admit I know very little about nutrition - much less than many posting in...

That's a bit unfair to dumpy. Dumpy, my advice is to keep visualizing Janet Reno. That always works for me.



Janet Reno, dude. Janet Reno.

And, as usual, Spats has discovered it, to share with us all. Shocker.

I'm firmly in the Iceman camp.

Busted! There's no such thing as a zillion. Bazillion is the correct number.

... with a side of Adam. So strong and confident.

Another possibility. Though the (effective) penalty (precluding going to states) seems too draconian (especially since swearing seems - to me, who cusses up a storm - pretty lame for a DQ in the...

No, it won't help her driving at all.

Talk to the coach. Knowing only what you posted, and assuming it was for the swearing, it seems unfair enough that it's worth letting the coach know your take on things. There may be nothing to do...

Actually, yes, free ski check and I use it, but it's a bit out of the way and sometimes I'm tired or lazy or just planning a relatively quick in and out.



Yes, forgot to mention that - another...

Two weekends ago I rode the lift up with two tween girl skiers who were going poleless. Caught my attention as a bit unusual. Chatted them up and found out they were sisters, 12 and 14, from a...