Moonies Meeting Moonies

[Roger -Dot- Lee(Admin)]

Originally posted by marillion13662
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a8/...2/4adb6674.jpg
teermin8r, Me, Martha, VAX [/b]

One of these days Vax is gunna smile, and either his face is gonna break or the rest of the world will come screaming to a halt.

So Vax, didja ask them when they were gonna come down to Atlanta?

Roger -Dot- Lee, would pay good money to see them.

[mossy]

Yes k, very sensible. But vax on that bearskin rug might be worth a few bob. With Martha's permission of course.

[VAXman(Admin)]

Originally posted by Roger Lee
One of these days Vax is gunna smile, and either his face is gonna break or the rest of the world will come screaming to a halt.

Trust me, I smiled aplenty this weekend. I had a wonderful time... but only those I had it with were lucky enough to see it.

Originally posted by Roger Lee
So Vax, didja ask them when they were gonna come down to Atlanta?

Roger -Dot- Lee, would pay good money to see them.

I'll put in the suggestion. Unfortunately, I don't carry as much clout as the band's manager on those decisions.

[Roger -Dot- Lee(Admin)]

Originally posted by VAXman

[Vaxman smiles?]
Trust me, I smiled aplenty this weekend. I had a wonderful time... but only those I had it with were lucky enough to see it.

I'd imagine so. I only wish I could have been there for that. I could have assisted Mar with the sight-seeing and guide responsibilities.

[Again, from Vaxman]

[Marillion coming down hyah to God's Country(TM)]
I'll put in the suggestion. Unfortunately, I don't carry as much clout as the band's manager on those decisions.

That, as they say, is all one can ask.

Roger -Dot- Lee, hell, I'd even help with the logistics and adverts if so required.

[Rick and Roll]

I have actually seen vax smile plenty..the requirements:

1) Guinness
2) Prog
3) cameras
4) Microsoft bashing
5) combination of the above

As for the rug....don't you remember vax?

[sharcnorris]

I suggest for Compromising pictures of VAX, the bribes should go to Martha

[kirk]

hey rick~ you are to be congratulated for
losing 40 pounds! seriously, you look 10 years younger.
so, how'd you do it, cut the carbs?

vax, that tail may be longer than mine..it's pretty close.

p e a c e

kirk

[teermin8r]

On my trip to San Francisco (You've already seen the pics of Mr. and Mrs. Vaxman and nadina and myself) I was lucky enough to be picked up at the airport by none other than Jack Foster III. We had a lovely lunch together. The waitress snapped this pic for us. BTW, his new cd is great. Pick up a copy for yourself. (Shameless plug )

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a8/...2/b7ff9a4d.jpg

[Rick and Roll]

Originally posted by kirk
hey rick~ you are to be congratulated for
losing 40 pounds! seriously, you look 10 years younger.
so, how'd you do it, cut the carbs?
p e a c e

kirk

Well I don't feel so happy about it today..my brother had a party and had shrimp, crabs, and fish and cake and.....

Then I went to see an old friend turn 40 and had meals again... and beer. I gained six back

Anyway....sorry father kirk for the confessional...here's how...

1) I'm home on Mondays, so I cook my lunch for the week. I make chicken or meat and mix it with a vegetable and rice. Bland, but I'm a bland guy. I also eat a salad with fruit. I have this affinity for "filled" crackers and trail mix, which I also eat. I think I'm eating too much for lunch as of late, but it saves me from fast food or eating on the run. I work at three part-time jobs, so I don't want to worry about going out to eat.

2) Cutting down. I have this self-control issue....I am very measured and organized, yet I am impulsive and don't have a good rein on my self-control. So I used to eat everything I see. I just eat less now.

3) Running. I don't do weights (it would aggravate my chest wall issues, which of late have been a lot better), so I get out as soon as I wake up and go a mile and a half (run 1/2 walk 1/2) four times a week. I'm done by 6:45.

4) Sodas....out. I used to love a Pepsi and ice cream at 10:30 at night. No more. I've been slacking a bit of late on the late snack, but it's not too bad. I was only drinking diet Ginger Ale for a while, but have since switched to root beer or diet soda. The problem with that is that there's more sugar in them than a Partidge Family tune, but total abstinence would be too hard to maintain, so I expand it a bit. But definitely no more regular soda...I think that's a major factor.

5) Losing the weight was quick, but gaining back the weight is a fear. So I've been indulging in the occasional milk shake or dessert, so I'll be less inclined to say fuck it this is too hard.

Basically I just got pissed off at myself and tried those things without an outside plan.

Thanks for asking....

[Rick and Roll]

Originally posted by teermin8r
On my trip to San Francisco (You've already seen the pics of Mr. and Mrs. Vaxman and nadina and myself) I was lucky enough to be picked up at the airport by none other than Jack Foster III. We had a lovely lunch together. The waitress snapped this pic for us. BTW, his new cd is great. Pick up a copy for yourself. (Shameless plug )

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a8/...2/b7ff9a4d.jpg

cool...a bit dark though...wasn't sure it was you until I saw the "OU" logo

About the CD...I will sometime. Gotta play it too on the show.

No problems with the shameless plug for Jack's CD. I have a copy (thanks to Jack) and it IS superb!!!!!!!

Thanks for the pix guys and gal. Always great to see Happy Moon folk.

Hope to meet a few more of you myself in the next few days/months/years............how sadistic is that????

[VAXman(Admin)]

Originally posted by Rick and Roll
Well I don't feel so happy about it today..my brother had a party and had shrimp, crabs, and fish and cake and.....

Then I went to see an old friend turn 40 and had meals again... and beer. I gained six back

Anyway....sorry father kirk for the confessional...here's how...

1) I'm home on Mondays, so I cook my lunch for the week. I make chicken or meat and mix it with a vegetable and rice. Bland, but I'm a bland guy. I also eat a salad with fruit. I have this affinity for "filled" crackers and trail mix, which I also eat. I think I'm eating too much for lunch as of late, but it saves me from fast food or eating on the run. I work at three part-time jobs, so I don't want to worry about going out to eat.

I'll second that. I met Rick several times... he's very bland!

Seriously, the carbs in the rice... give 'em up! Fruit... lots of carb. Trail mix... more carbs and fats too (there are nuts in your mix?).

Originally posted by Rick and Roll
4) Sodas....out. I used to love a Pepsi and ice cream at 10:30 at night. No more. I've been slacking a bit of late on the late snack, but it's not too bad. I was only drinking diet Ginger Ale for a while, but have since switched to root beer or diet soda. The problem with that is that there's more sugar in them than a Partidge Family tune, but total abstinence would be too hard to maintain, so I expand it a bit. But definitely no more regular soda...I think that's a major factor.

Soft drinks are evil... Look at some of these numbers:

Sugars Content of Carbonated Non-Diet Soft Drinks / Sugars grams per 12 fl. oz (360 mL)
Minute Maid Orange Soda (Coca-Cola Co.) / 48
Mountain Dew (PepsiCo) / 46
Pepsi / 41
Dr Pepper (Cadbury Schweppes) / 40
Coca-Cola Classic / 39
7Up (Cadbury Schweppes) / 39
Sprite (Coca-Cola Co.) / 38

For comparison, 40 grams of sugar is 10 teaspoons! That's gross!


Calorie Content of Carbonated Non-Diet Soft Drinks / Calories per 12 fl. oz (360 mL)
Minute Maid Orange Soda (Coca-Cola Co.) / 180
Mountain Dew (PepsiCo) / 165
Dr Pepper (Cadbury Schweppes) / 160
Pepsi / 150
Coca-Cola Classic / 140
Sprite (Coca-Cola Co.) / 140
7Up (Cadbury Schweppes) / 140

For comparision, a *pint* of Guinness is 125 calories.

[kirk]

i second that soft drinks statement.

besides sugar/carbo loading, you're treating your
insides to an acid bath. if you want to swear off,
it's easy to gross yourself out~
place a small piece of beef in a glass of cola.
2 days later, the meat's 100% dissolved.

pennies take about 2 weeks.

try substituting roasted almonds for your trail mix.
they're a protein, and recent studies show they
lower cholesterol. observe portions, don't overdo it.

try things like fat free ryecrisps and organic almond butter
for a more nutritious version of filled crackers.

the main thing is, don't beat yourself up for an
occassional slip. it took years to put the weight on,
it takes time to adjust the habits.

i say if you can lose weight or slow the alchohol intake
while raising teenagers, you need to write a book.

k

[VAXman(Admin)]

Originally posted by kirk

i say if you can lose weight or slow the alchohol intake
while raising teenagers, you need to write a book.

[Roger -Dot- Lee(Admin)]

Originally posted by VAXman

WHS.

And if you want to see what Coke does to ones innards, dump some on a rusted bolt. Overnight the rust will be cleared.

After seeing that, I switched to Mountain Dew.

All the sugar, twice the caffeine. Wait: that's Jolt.

Ah well...

Roger -Dot- Lee

[kirk]

yeah, you know Coke actually uses the syrup to
clean their truck engines...???

the tanks carry the acid/corrosive emblem.
if a syrup tanker wrecks, hazmat teams do the cleanup.

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seems like there's a few of us here in the
"teenage endgame"

all i'll say is, monitor the ipods, mix cds from friends,
view the history of net sites visits.
you don't really know what they're listening to.
it's easy to dismiss it as "that's what my parents
said about the beatles"...that gets a carlos mencina
"deet dee dee".

if you spot insane clown posse music or merchandising,
ignore doug adams and PANIC!! seriously.

k

[Rick and Roll]

Originally posted by kirk
i second that soft drinks statement.

place a small piece of beef in a glass of cola.
2 days later, the meat's 100% dissolved.


i say if you can lose weight or slow the alchohol intake
while raising teenagers, you need to write a book.

k

Didn't Primus do a record about that?:

Well, maybe I should start writing. Wait...I think I transferred my intake to him

[roger]

say doctor, I'm still good with Oreos®, right?

[VAXman(Admin)]

Originally posted by roger
say doctor, I'm still good with Oreos®, right?

Three (3) Oreo cookies (the mfg's suggested serving size) is:

Calories: 160
Calories from fat: 60
Calories from carbohydrates: 94
Calories from protein: 2

Sugars: 13g
Protein: 2g
Total carbohydrate: 24g
Saturated fat: 1.5g
Sodium: 210mg

10g of sugar is a teaspoon.
2400mg sodium is a teaspoon of salt.

If you eat the suggested serving size, you're probably OK.

[jazzraptor]

Hi all:

It was fun to meet the TeerminEIGHTor! Chris e-mailed to tell me that he was coming into S.F. to see Marillion, and asked if I wanted to go. Sadly, I couldn't make the show, but I was happy to be able to get together with Chris for pizza and beer! Thanks Chris! (And thanks for the shameless plug!)

If anyone else is visiting San Francisco . . . I can't promise that I'll pick you up at the airport! But e-mail me, and who knows!