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Joint issues are more prevalent in the obese, and, should an obese person need a knee or hip replaced, the outcome is almost always less successful than in a patient of normal weight.

It amazes me that you can consider yourself the better guy in almost the same breath as saying that you threw a tantrum. Dexter gets put in time out when he acts like that.

I'm supposed to get it Monday night into Tuesday; time to panic, because my plow guy is down with pneumonia.

Oh, please, not the HAES party line. Obesity is always unhealthy; it just takes time. You don't notice anything yet, yet being the operative word. If nothing else, by the time you're 45 or 50, your knees, your ankles, and your back will tell you how unhealthy obesity is. That is, if you don't develop hypertension and/or diabetes before then.

Well, if that's what you meant, I can't tell you about any of the animals on your list, but I can tell you to never eat woodchuck.

yeah, and it's cold enough in these parts so that they stay fresh for a while. Y'know, I've got a retaining wall next to the driveway that needs to be replaced...

I suppose that it does keep out the riff-raff.

OK. Thanks - it is better without that.

You have to keep replacing the old ones with fresh.

The roadsides would be a lot cleaner.

This is rather distressing, mostly because I can't quite figure out where all the arms and legs are.

Then I will be pleased to collect dead hookers for you - for architecture.

Naw, don't do it - unless you're collecting them, too.

That's good. Every young man needs a hobby, and I will be happy to help Ric with his dead hooker collection (for science).

I thought so.

...that when I'm driving on the thruway and I see a large black garbage bag on the side of the road, that I automatically think "dead hooker"?

Coffee, cigarettes, and old, bad horror movies .

Duct tape.

If it's a mammal, you can eat it. Just don't eat polar bear liver - 4 oz of polar bear liver contains a lethal dose of vitamin A.

Hey, do you want to get slapped? Actually, work is therapeutic - one needs to be in a routine as far as sleeping and meals, and one has to think about something other than how miserable one is. And getting something accomplished is a great boost to one's self esteem. And as far as solving your issues, well, you've made a step. You got a job. Now that you know you can get one, you can get another one and keep it.

I fucking hate weather. I finally came home yesterday, and it looks like 3 of my trees were trashed by an ice storm. Now I've got to wait for the snow to melt and the lawn to dry up so that I can get all the branches out and see what's actually left. And it doesn't look like it'll be very soon, because it's supposed to snow today.

Razors pain you, Rivers are damp. Acids stain you, Drugs cause cramp. Guns aren't lawful, Nooses give. Gas smells awful - You might as well live. (Dorothy Parker, Resume)

Don't quit your day job - oh, wait...

Redundant thread is redundant.

Yeah the phone alert woke me up like 3 times to tell me it was back on, and I didn't even know it was off. Here, you can call the regular police line and get an ambulance or fire trucks, but this is a small town. I don't know what you'd have to do in a more urban setting. Edit:Actually, here you can call the firehouse directly, too. Since it's all volunteer, you can call there for an ambulance as well.