MrDuke

Being the cheap sob I am, here's an idea. I'm sure you could go around town and, for $50, show people where they need to insulate.

Well, it's not free, free. It's just free to Stutters so he won't buy this one so I can. And since he's blown me off for 8 hrs now, I'm gonna make matters a bit more stringent. Take THIS!! <stabs Apple voodoo doll>

Will do Playaa.

Be honest. Don't let the excitement affect your ability to show up. Think about things like birthdays, weddings, ANNIVERSARIES, etc. We need feedback to gauge our plans and projects.

I'm getting a poll up. We'd like to get good prelim #s so we can determine ballroom size, sponsor numbers... number of kegs, etc.

Get in line. Right behind the wife, lawyers and accountants. Bloodsuckers... All of 'em!!

We understand. Life gets busy and this place, ironically, can be damaging to a relationship, a job or your education. I respect the fact you can recognize areas in life that are more important than others and have the drive to prioritize matters. You just make sure you pop in on occasion and give us a 'hello' or a heads up! I wish you the best Kris!! Brian

I'll stop the derogatory phone calls and cancel Cousin Guido's trip to Minnesota if you would kindly change your mind. In return, I will GIVE you a lappy; 15" HP AMD Turion 64, ML-34, 800 MHz, 1GB RAM. PM to discuss...

LurKING... LurrrrKING...

Merry Birthday New Year!!

If it involves cans and string... I'm in. I'll be PMing you later. I have till the 5th.

Apparently these forums are flagged as 'games' and get filtered. Needless to say, I'm not happy.

Done. Come on, it's a school project. Help a fellow member out.

<rubs hands together> Oh yeah, there's gonna be one!!

Got anything for kids other than chains and hoses?

Ok, I have the ability to get 4 meters free. You will still be responsible for buying the test strips (that plug into the meter) which are $50 for 10 strips. As long as you know you're paying $5 each time you want to know your ketone levels, I'll get you a meter. Who wants one?

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Ok Pinky, I'll explain it to you. The meter that reads the test strips is free (normally $60), but the strips you put the blood on and insert into the meter cost $5 each ($50/box of 10). If you've been eyeing a new pair of pumps and would rather not spend $50 on ketone strips, you can buy urine ketone strips for about $10. Not as accurate, but cheaper... and you get the new shoes!

The meter is free. Everytime you want to test your blood ketones, it's $5 ($50 for a bottle of 10). Hey, it's a new technology...

Ok. I'm on vacation until the 8th. When I get back I'll dig further.

I just scrolled up to show the wife that I did tell the TD story on the forums. It looks like an end product from an Aliens movie.

Well, if the name of the product is 'electric turkey carver' then, yes, I would've used it. However, I wasn't sure the subject in front of me was a turkey. DNA results are pending...

How do you find this stuff?

Just wow. Here's my wife's TD turkey. I have yet to have a golden brown, juicy bird. Bonus: She made pumpkin pie and forgot to add the sugar. Fark: She gave a pie to the in-laws who then served it to their guests. Papa Johns FTW. WHO'S WITH ME!!!!!!!!!!??

In a healthy, non-diabetic adult, testing for ketones= making sure you are burning fat and losing weight. After you burn your free roaming glucose (created by any carbs you consumed) your body turns to fat for fuel, with ketones being one of the by-products. Since the empirical rule of fuel consumption is glucose>fat>protein, you must burn almost all of your glucose before you can burn fat. Ex: if you've been exercising and burning fat and you eat a candy bar with 100grams of sugar, your body immediately stops burning fat and switches to the candy bar. (All you biochem majors can double check my math) At 4.5cal/gram and 100 grams, that's 450 calories of carbs you have to burn (4hrs) before you go back to fat burning. Until recently, you had to use urine pass test strips to see if you had any ketones present. Since you only pee every so often, that isn't a very efficient method (especially if you squat like Fatty). Now you can use a meter and know exactly where you stand... or squat.