Many present day low-carbers have an advantage over the mid nineties low-carbers.

We didn't get sick with the Induction Flu so many complain about now. But they sure are luckier when going off plan.

Typical 1997 post: Went off plan last night for a celebration. Had Fettuccine Alfredo, followed by Tiramisu.
Sooo delicious. On the way home we stopped at Dairy Queen for a soft cone. I'll be up a pound or two tomorrow but I have no regrets.

Typical 2007 post: Went off plan last...

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The history of Valentine's Day is obscure, and further clouded by various fanciful legends.

The holiday's roots are in the ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia, a fertility celebration commemorated annually on February 15.

Pope Gelasius I recast this pagan festival as a Christian feast day circa 496, declaring February 14 to be St. Valentine's Day.

One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome.

When Emperor...

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Thinking back to the late forties, fifties, sixties.
(I was born in 1942)

What we ate back in those "early years":

Breakfast: Corn Flakes, Wheaties, Shredded Wheat, Cream of Wheat
Lunch: cold cuts on white bread and fruit
Dinner: meat, vegetable, mound of mashed white potatoes (or rice)

We drank juice, milk. In the summer - lemon/orangeade (real sugar)

I did not have any overweight friends. I was considered skinny.

We were healthy except for things they hadn't cured yet.
(I had a friend...

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Today's Headlines:

Beagle, a Breed Long Unsung, Wins Best in Show

Snoopy would be pleased. His breed, long passed over for glory, had finally triumphed.

“He’s the most perfect beagle I’ve ever seen,” Jones said at a news conference, where Uno hopped on the judge’s legs trying to get at his water.

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Spielberg boycotts Olympics

Urges Beijing to exert political leverage on Sudan's government to help end the crisis in Darfur.

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How important are manners in our daily dealings with people? Our co-workers, friends, and family?

Within my family, extended family and acquaintances manners still seem to be alive and well.
Even my three year old grandson knows ... "No thank you" and "Please".

But from reading at various boards I'm not sure our slice of the world is representative of society in general.

Quote I read recently that impressed me:
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