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In my case when my weight is going up, it's almost always a portion control issue. I'm shocked at how little I have to eat to keep my weight down--at my height, my age (60), and with my metabolism. I watch what others eat, and I don't know why they aren't huge. I'm a type 2 diabetic, and manage my s...

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That article is fascinating! I have a really hard time getting Ace to eat a consistent diet. Sometimes he'll eat grain, sometimes not, etc. Maybe I should make up a menu made of symbols of his various feeds and hays, and he can select from the menu every night! (In case you're wondering we've done e...

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Sickening.

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Hey, I also feel the cold easily. I'm on his side!

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Otto now holds the record for skateboarding through a "human tunnel" of 30 people.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/tunnel- ... -1.3316130

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Ah, bless. My farrier is also of this quality. What contortions he put himself through to help my Apollo ... there's a special place for folks like this.

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For topping pasta ... Do you like pesto? We make a lot of pesto sauces. Mostly with basil, but also with parsley and other tasty greens. This is an alternative to tomato sauces. For example, we often roast a bunch of vegetables (onion, garlic, eggplant, carrot, broccoli, brussels sprout, etc.) and m...

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I can answer to the post-menopausal migraines. Yes. And, yes, the is a whole range of symptoms.

I have gotten Botox injections for the last year. I've had a grand total of 2 migraines in the past year as a result. Down from pretty much weekly. Check to see if that might be right for you.

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What is string cheese?

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Wonderful! Lovely pic.

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Tabby: "Does November 11 have any significance to any of you?" Dear God, yes. My entire life was lived under the shadow of the effects of WWII. My DH's, too. We didn't talk about it. PTSD wasn't even a term then, and as my dad said "I hired out to be tough." Today I heard a heart...

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Wow. Just beautiful.

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I'd be so stuck just looking at her, I'd never get around to riding!

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I'm so sorry to hear this.

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Ah, sounds just lovely.

It's been perfect fall trail riding weather here. I haven't had the right combination of available horse and cooperating body, but maybe when this patch of rain blows through!

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Sheesh! I am a bit slow on the uptake. I just tried liking a post but ended up liking my own post. I commented on the picture of 89 year old Queen Elisabeth on her pony. Then I cliked "like this post". It was my own post. I should have scrolled back to the original post and "liked it...

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And we now have a ministry of Environment and Climate Change!

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Ah, Mountaineer. It's so hard. Ugh indeed.

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What a lovely fellow! I'm so very sorry for your loss.

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It's going to get better. Never perfect. But better than this.

Oh, and that person you think is your friend. She's not. She never will be. Don't go back there.

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I saw a similar article Tabby. They've chosen people who have worked in the fields relating to their ministries. I think this approach might be one of the reasons that it was easy to find highly qualified women.

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I've been reading this discussion with great interest because as a writer my income depends on royalties on books sold. IOW, making sure that people who use my work pay for it. To me there are two separate issues (a) maintaining control of what you consider private information, and (b) ensuring fina...

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Putting quotation marks around a word that is found in the dictionary and everyday language is just showing emphasis. That is not how I understand it. As I understand it, emphasis is bolding, underlining or all capping. Putting quotes around a word found in a dictionary generally means "I'm no...

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So, what do we think? I don't know much about most of them myself.

But I'm thrilled Stéphane Dion has a place. I've always thought of him as seriously under-rated.

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Okay, I know you aren't laughing. But that was brilliant.

Isn't there a way to change the password on Billpay?

No, wait. Forget I said that. I can imagine the grief that would bring.

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I'm 100% in favour of keeping it all in the Obs lounge because I never know what I'm interested in until I see it.

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Oh, and I quite admired Maureen McTeer. It was a big deal at the time that she kept her own name.

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LOL I guess my post did come across as a bit mean-spirited! I expect I'm reacting as much to what I see as a trend toward "tabloidization" at the CBC as anything. For several days there every time I logged on there was something else--in-depth discussion, photo essay, her opinion on the re...

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I quite like rats, but I know what you mean about having domesticated critters move in and the quandry of what to do about it. We're now dealing with two domestic rabbits that live under our porch. All attempts to live trap them have failed. They clearly know that humans provide food and lodging, an...

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Snork

indeed!

We live up a very long driveway on a dead-end road of 5-10 acre properties a 20 minute drive from the nearest town. Every year I put out pumpkins and get the chocolate bars/goodies just in case ...

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A bad thing happened here, too. I bought Gold Fish (those little cracker things) to take to a friend's house for her toddler's party. I was too sick to go. So I tried some. (a) too salty for babes, I think, and (b) I've discovered another snack food I can't resist ...

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Being a landlord was what made me realize that people can look you straight in the eye and lie. Many people. People you'd think were just fine.

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There would also be a certain percentage of folks that didn't happen to be on when it all went down. I almost missed it, and I'd say I'm a pretty heavy user.

One local friend who doesn't post much just asked me the other day where everybody went.

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You must feel pretty darned good about this!

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Lots of jingles. That's really hard.

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piedmontfields wrote:Love the "scary" teeth part of her outfit (one of my pointers has a bad bit and runs with his teeth sticking out---it is truly frightening!)

Those are the only lower teeth she has left, so she'd proud of them!

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Omigo, Robbie is delightful!

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Okay, what the heck? I really don't care what this woman thinks. Since she was Mrs. Trudeau she was Mrs. Kemper and had two kids. I wonder what they think of the latest developments? Why is the CBC giving her so much air time?

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I just occurs to me that maybe "happy" isn't the right adjective for Halloween ...

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Yuk. Don't like the taste nor the waste.

Have a Tassimo for an occasional special drink--latte or expresso.

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Paris the dog, that is.

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Well fer heaven's sake! Isn't that amazing. I'm so glad you finally got somebody to think a bit.

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Yuck. Sometimes it really does help to try to take it one breath at a time.

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LOL! Made my day.

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Better you found out now. Small consolation, but some. Good luck next time.

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Try it and see. Don't go into long-range plans/commitments. Start casually and see how it goes. But, yes, I have done this and it worked out great. (I've been both rider and owner at different times.)

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Start out with free choice grass hay and if that isn't enough keep switching more of it out for 2nd cut and/or alfalfa. Once the 2nd cut/alfalfa is no longer enough start doing the same thing with grain. Start with the safer stuff and feed as much as it takes, and when that no longer works start ad...

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It's also really important to make sure that older horses are seen by a dentist (a real dentist, not just a vet who floats teeth) every 6 months. :-) This. And deworm for encysted strongyles--Quest. I know it has iffy reputation, but my old guy Ace simply would not keep weight on not matter what we...

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Mountaineer--brilliant. Why didn't I think of that? BBC has gotten me through a lot of rough times.

Silk--the whole situation sucks. Totally. After a concussion my emotions are very very tippy. Having a real reason for tippy emotions at the same time is right up there with rotten luck.

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Concussion? You're supposed to be resting your brain. I know it's awful. It's boring. It makes you want to rip your hair out. But you have to do it. This my dear. Really. And I am so glad it's not worse. I have a lot of down time due to health stuff. I have found the meditation tapes by Bodhipaksa ...

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