airwayman

That's what the wifie said she suspected. I'll tell her about the Pima cotton 400. Thanks

Can we talk about the sheets again? I told wifie about the 600 count sheets that one of you said you felt in the store....seemed smooth as silk but ultimately didn't like after you laundered it. I related this to wifie and she said "these sheets are brand new, I stuck my hand in the package too and they feel like ground up toothpicks on this bed. What was the type of cotton you all decided was best? Wifie wants to tear thin strips off these new sheets and use theem for tomato state tie downs and buy a new set.

Jack, if you don't like meat that's been tortured, rubbed, soaked and painted you ain't gonna get a decent sample of most BBQ. Actually, I like it rubbed and hickory smoked the best....no sauce. I hickory smoke a mean chicken (figure of speech, the chicken was probably not mean, just scared sh**less) on my BGE (Big Green Egg...a ceramic cooker) that isn't soaked in anything. But my pork BBQ has chipotles, brown sugar, vinegar, chinese chili garlic sauce and, ketchup, of all things....yes a dab of plain old catsup or ketchup however you spell it. Don't knock it, stuff is so good, it will make you want to slap your grandma.

Eddie, I'm out of candles, would it be okay with you if, after I cut up the chicken, I light my gas grill instead, and then place the chicken sacrifice upon the grill.......

TJ, others on this list are using censored words to describe your totally ignorant PCP. Your PCP needs to shut the f*&^ up and just say "I don't know, I can't advise you." Two quick stories on how the conversation should have gone: I told my PCP I was going to have WLS (that stands for Weight Loss Surgery---any type). He said "oh really, what kind?" I told him I was looking at the lap band procedure. He said "I know very little about it so I can't advise you but if you're using a doctor in Charlotte I can find out what kind of a reputation he has." He told me "God speed, I'm with you all the way. Let me know if I can help." Second story: I see an endocrenologist a couple times a year for an unrelated blood disorder. I told her I was having WLS the following month. She asked what kind. I told her the lap band. Her words were "really, I've heard about it but know absolutely nothing about it. How does it work?" As I was explaining it she said, "hold on, if you don't mind, let me get Jeanie the nurse, she's overweight and looking for options." They were both excited and wanted to know the details and doctor's name. Both of these were positive events. You need someone positive who is on your team. Your mother gets a free ride...she's jus looking out for her little girl but you need a new PCP, one with a heart made out of something warm.

Welcome to the site. Your story is a carbon copy of many here; diets, emotions, failures, weight up and down like a yo-yo, etc. First things first Yes, you are shortening your lifespan with your weight and your co-morbidities. Are you familiar with the term BMI? It stands for Body Mass Indicator. A simple measure of your height and your weight determines a figure. I didn't copy your weight and height but I think you said something like 328 lbs. at one time (don't know your current weight) and about 5' 2". That's a body mass that is not on my chart but it's well over 50. You need help immediately. Not trying to scare you but you need to put this on the front burner. Why does your doctor not recommend the lap band? Did he suggest a gastric bypass instead? What solution did he offer? It sounds to me like your mother knows zero about the lap band. It is, by far, the safest of all weight loss surgeries, there's simply no question about that. One thing that bothered me was you said you'd like to "try out" the lap band. You don't "try it out." It's a surgical operation done under full sedation and it's for life. Yes, it can be undone, if necessary. But it's not like a new car....you don't test drive it. FYI, many ins. companies are now paying for the lap band procedure. I highly recommend you not put this off any longer. You are the Captain of your own ship. No one is going to steer your ship for you. Take charge, put your good brain in motion and steer toward a new, safer life. Good luck. Airwayman

Be sure and bring the leftovers. I love leftovers. I make soup out of them. Never made the same soup twice. How about, oh, uh, say...leftover barbeque pork, sweet potato, half a chinese takeout something, with a tbsp. of chili garlic sauce, some chicken broth and, oh yes, frozen green peas. Wonderful, simply wonderful. That's a typical lunch for the two of us. Never had the wifie turn stuff like that down. She's a doll. 'Course, come Monday at 7:30a, eatin' that kinda shit comes to a screeching halt. It was fun while it lasted.

I could spend hours in Victoria Secret. Sometimes what you can't quite see is more exciting than seeing the body part naked. A see through frilly bra turns me on! Perfume, all that stuff, great potions to my eyes and nose. Cooking - I can cook a frozen dog and make it taste good. I'm not one for following a recipe unless it's absolutely necessary. I just add and wing it until it tastes good. Helps that my wife will eat anything I cook and love it. She likes good food, sure, but she likes any food she doesn't have to cook. She cleans up. I hate that.

I got it, thanks. Now, how do I "rep" someone?

I clicked on my User CP, I didn't see anything like that?

I wouldn't mind have another wife. I have my cross hairs set on either Shania Twain, Mariah Carey or Carey Underwear..or is it Underwood? I wisely haven't mentioned this to my lovely wife.

My big day is this coming Monday, April 30th, 7:30a. I'll sure miss the pizza and the big steaks but I wouldn't be able to enjoy them if I was dead.

What a coincedence, I felt the same way!! One winter day I watched a lady gift wrap a package in a department store using doubled sided tape. I was immediately in love, all I could do was just stare at her. My mind wandered, I dreamed of being with her, I wanted to propose. But, alas, she finished wrapping my package, handed it to me, and it was all over. It's been two years and I still remember those beautiful double Ds. The package looked pretty good, too.

Yeah, I'm one virile stud. I look a lot like Brad Pitt....only I'm shorter, fatter and my face is different.

The secret is to use double sided tape. Fold each corner so that there are NO raw edges anywhere on the package and use the double sided tape under each corner. That's the professional look.

I read about a doctor who had done almost 1,000 lap bands who said he'd never seen and erosion. I asked my Dr. about that. He said it didn't surprise him as erosions are rare. I myself and not worried about erosion. Eating crap I'm not supposed to and PBing enough to cause a slip, yeah, that concerns me.

Yes you can, my dear.

No, no no...you take corner A fold it to the middle of the sheet, take corner D, fold it to the middle to touch corner A. Then you take corner B and fold it to the middle, take corner C and do the same. Now you take sub corner b and fold it to sub corner C and sub corner A and fold it to subcorner B. You crease the middle of the folded sheet and fold sub sub corner C to sub sub corner A. Then fold A and C over to sub sub D and B. It will now be the same size and the top sheet if it's folded correctly. I'm also a great flower arranger.

You'll feel different when the little bunnies grow up to be big bunnies and make more little bunnies that will also grow up. As you know, rabbits do two thing well, eat and "make love."

I'm not going to leave my band in forever. I'm going to schedule surgery to have it removed and live the rest of my life without any restriction. I plan to schedule this surgery for April 30, 2047. On that date I will have had the band in place for exactly 40 years and I'll be 99 years old. When I get home from the hospital the sky's the limit.

BJean, what's that supposed to mean? Just because I don't know Egyptian cotton form a Q tip doesn't mean I don't like good sheets. Geez, you guys wandered off of booze, sex and rug burns and now we're off on the quality of bed sheet fibers, fer Christ's sake.

A pellet gun isn't caustic. Airwayman

Use blood meal. If that doesn't work a pellet gun will get the job done.

Don't do that stuff on the rug, stick to the percale sheets, much easier on the knees.