Posts by lowden

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Hey, watch the language!

by cyberguy in

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ive used many expletives in my life, especially when ive hit my finger with a hammer!

however, ive seen some words and expressions used recently on this board that should be edited-out in my humble opinion!

okay, if you absolutely need to use a curse word, just put the first letter then some ***.

lowden

Little Toe you're one of the posters i genuinely enjoy reading. Scots that i know have the same jovial vein.

Peace to ya

Lowden

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Hey, watch the language!

by cyberguy in

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ive used many expletives in my life, especially when ive hit my finger with a hammer!

however, ive seen some words and expressions used recently on this board that should be edited-out in my humble opinion!

okay, if you absolutely need to use a curse word, just put the first letter then some ***.

lowden

Get off yer high horses!!!

It all depends on the context of the point/argument.

If someone said something derogatory about my children or another sensitive issue, then i may very well swear and curse at them.

Unless it's swear word after swear word and patently offensive, then there is surely NO issue.

Live and let live.

Love You All xxxx

Lowden

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Favorite Rock Band?

by 5thGeneration in

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there is a rock in rio thing happening and i thought i would ask what every ones favorite bands are.. mine are:.

above the crowd: rush (in the rock world they would be the anointed!

) lol.

Led Zeppelin are the greatest rock band of all time IMO, always will be, for many reasons. If Jmmy Page had lived in the time of the great classical composers he'd have been right up there with Beethoven. A supremely gifted man.

If anybody puts mentions U2 i'll throw up. Bono's ego has become soooo big i'm starting to think he's mentally ill. Tosser!

Peace

Lowden

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Another @$#%^! witness song stuck in my head!

by nsrn in

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i have "forward you witnesses" playing over and over and over and over and over in my head today.

i am trying to sing something else but it keeps cropping up...surely there is a pill for this!

lowden

LMAO at collegegirl.

'Praise Jah with me, our god and.........thingy....'

Peace

Lowden

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Jehovahs (Hidden) Message Revealed (Why no TV ministry?) Terry Walstrom

by Dogpatch in

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jehovahs (hidden) message revealed

by terry

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lowden

Wow......What an article!! Brilliant!

Peace

Lowden

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I have to make one of the toughest decisions of my life

by unbeliever in

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i am not even sure why i am posting because its so personal but i could really use some advice.

i am also embarrassed that i got myself in this situation.

there is this guy that i have known for a couple of years.

lowden

Unbeliever

The title of your thread is true.

As a parent of 3 teenage boys i have experience of parenting and find myself agreeing with the central tenet of the above posters, although under_believer sounds a little cynical. I admire you greatly for not going through with an abortion and feel you have guts to go forward as a single mother. I was given up for adoption by my mother and i feel that your child will love you more than you could ever understand when you tell them the story surrounding their upbringing. If you don't love the guy and can't see yourself with him, then you know you've got to stay put. Don't EVER give in to emotional blackmail, the fruit will be bitter. My heart really does go out to you.

Peace and much love and understanding to you.

Lowden

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Do you think that most "thin"people have hatred towards "heavy" people?

by booker-t in

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i know this might sound abit "paranoid" but as i mentioned on other posts before i am a "heavy" person who is losing weight.

so far i have lost 65 pounds and i am still losing through a "strict"diet and exercise.

i was at a restaurant the other day and there were 4 "thin" people sitting at a table across from a "very heavy overweight" man.

lowden

Looking Glass

I presume you refer to my post, saying i made a blanket statement about why people are fat.

If you are then i suggest you READ MY POST AGAIN!

the NUMBER ONE reason why people gain weight is officially......Lack of PHYSICAL EXERCISE! It is not eating too much.

By saying NUMBER ONE it implies that there is a NUMBER TWO, THREE, FOUR and so on. There are therefore other reasons why people are fat, as you describe. NUMBER ONE means, main, primary, first etc and in the context of my statement, negates the possibility of a 'blanket statement'.

Do you also refer to me as 'less informed'? Think before you post!!

If i am not the one you refer to in your post, ignore the above.

Lowden

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Do you think that most "thin"people have hatred towards "heavy" people?

by booker-t in

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i know this might sound abit "paranoid" but as i mentioned on other posts before i am a "heavy" person who is losing weight.

so far i have lost 65 pounds and i am still losing through a "strict"diet and exercise.

i was at a restaurant the other day and there were 4 "thin" people sitting at a table across from a "very heavy overweight" man.

lowden

Reading through these comments reinforces what a prickly subject this is

I'm a qualified YMCA General Populations Personal Trainer, part of which is a diploma in 'Nutrition and Weight Management'.

Listen, the NUMBER ONE reason why people gain weight is officially......Lack of PHYSICAL EXERCISE! It is not eating too much. That may sound strange but it's true. Exercise increases our Basal Metabolic Rate (different types of exercise being more effective than others) so if you ingest 3000 calories in a day but only burn off 2500, then by the end of the week you have an excess of 3500 calories, or one extra pound of fat (3500 cals in every pound of fat). It doesn't take long to burn 500 cals with a bit of exercise and THAT is what i think JStalin was alluding to. This is why fat people (what's with the 'heavy'..drop it) incur derision and jibing. An underactive thyroid, which induces slow metabolism enough to make someone obese, is not a common condition.

Very often though, people get fat due to low self esteem and this is more likely the psycological reason behind obesity (comfort eating). This therefore puts the obese person in a self destructive cycle that NEEDS to be broken. This is also why it is VERY CRUEL to jibe.

Being fat and particularly obese is not normal, the body struggles to cope and so it is BLOODY DANGEROUS and needs to be addressed.

If you are overweight, for your own sake, for your loved ones sakes please try and do something about it. Also, tell small minded jibers to PISS OFF!!!

Peace

Lowden

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