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Greetings,
Quotaholics:
Good news for
Kirsten. Not so much for me. I walk. I walk fast but not as fast I did
25 years ago. But it is a quick pace and I do it every morning before
work. I don’t run at all. I walk.
According to CBS News, jogging
is good for you. In fact, the study they reported on said that jogging
can definitely increase your lifespan.
Danish researches reviewed data from a long-running study called Copenhagen
City Heart Study. They tracked 20,000 people since 1976 with an age range
of 20 to 93. They separated out the joggers from the non-joggers. There
is no other mention of any other exercise activity or other health issues
such as obesity.
There were 1,116 male joggers and 762 female joggers. These people were
compared to non-joggers out the remaining pool. Joggers were asked how
often they jogged and what their pace was - slow, average, or fast.
There were 10,158 non-jogger deaths and 122 jogger deaths. That means
that 56% of the non-joggers died and only 6.5% of the joggers did. Men
were able to live, on average 6.2 years longer than their non-jogging
counterparts while women added 5.6 years to their life spans when measured
against non-joggers.
The study says that jogging is not too strenuous for middle aged people
and could improve oxygen intake, raise good cholesterol, lower triglycerides
and blood pressure, improve heart function, immune function and bone density,
prevent obesity, and make people feel better psychologically.
A link in the article also sends me to another CBS piece on Americans
receiving total
knee replacements. There are over 4 million Americans over the age
of 50 with fake knees. This was one of the procedures I did ad nauseum
when I was a nurse. There are several different types of implant and you
can have either a kneecap replacement or not along with the joint.
These do not last forever. The knees I assisted with had titanium (usually)
pieces that were placed at the ends of the two bones with a plastic spacer
piece in between. That plastic spacer would eventually wear through and
that caused a problem. There are 500,000 Americans who have had two replacements
on the same knee.
The reason for so many bad knees (and hips and ankles and …) is that
we are a nation of overweight people. (Another article I looked at is
predicting that we will soon have an obesity rate of 42%.) Obesity puts
too much load bearing stress on the joint and causes deterioration. Each
step, when you are overweight, places more stress on the joint than it
was actually designed for. Athletes also injure their knees by improper
activity levels and not adequately healing after an injury.
Doctors also discourage their post-operative patients from high-impact
sports, "including jogging". The replacements are adequate,
but they are not just as good as Mother Nature made.
I’m unsure what to do now. I know I get my heart rate up to a higher level
and that my activity kevek is enough that on days when I’ve pounded the
pavement a bit harder (faster) than usual, my feet ache. I know the damage
caused by impact and figure if it hurts my feet, it is also hurting my
ankles, knees, and hips. I’m not clinically overweight, but weigh more
than I would like, so I continue to walk. But this old broad isn’t taking
up running any time in the near future even if it means a few more years
tacked on at the end of my life when I’m old and senile.
Do you jog or run? How far and fast do you run? Do you walk for distances?
Do you know how far you walk each day? Do you know what is a suggested
amount of steps to take daily? (I walk at about 3.7 miles per hour and
when I was younger it was 4 mph.)
Do you have a joint pain issues? How are your knees doing? Would you take
up running to add a few years on to the end of your life? (Remember, you
never get to add them to the middle, what you do is postpone the end.)
Sedately,
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You can
only come to the morning through the shadows. - J.R.R. Tolkien
Freedom
means choosing your burden. - Hephzibah Menuhin
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Used Car
[Thanks Cliff]
Jane was having a
lot of problems trying to sell her old car because it had 200,000 miles
on it. One day she mentioned this to a friend, who said, “There is a
way to make the car easier to sell, but it’s not legal.”
“That doesn’t matter,” Jane whispered, “if only I can sell the car.”
“Okay,” Jane’s friend said. “Here is the address of a friend of mine.
He owns a car repair shop. Tell him I sent you, and he’ll turn the odometer
in your car back to 60,000 miles. Then you should be able to sell your
car.”
Jane quickly made the trip to the mechanic. Two weeks later, her friend
asked Jane, “Did you sell your car?”
“No,” she replied, “why should I? It only has 60,000 miles on it!”
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I realised
fairly early that the ‘wisdom of the ages’ - whether from 3000 years
ago or yesterday - often was simply and perfectly adaptable to the context
of the football arena, and immensely valuable. From my regular morning
habit of reading, I would write down any wise, pragmatic and smart quotes
and ideas that struck me, and that I felt could be of use in coaching.
I
think he must have an egg-timer - every four minutes, he blows the whistle.
(On Queensland referee Barry Gomersall)
Talent
is secondary to whether players are confident. – all from Jack
Gibson, Australian rugby league footballer and coach who died on this
day in 2008
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Great
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[Thanks Bruce]
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My Scariest Moment |
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I didn’t
receive anything from Cliff today. The internet must have eaten
it!
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Kirsten’s
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Email Kirsten
Kirsten called in sick today. (Well emailed anyway) Get well Kirsten!
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Lunacy |
"Things that upset a terrier may pass virtually unnoticed by a
Great Dane." - Smiley Blanton
This
morning was Saturday. That fact has no religious significance to me,
but it is one day of the week that I can do pretty much what I want.
Well, that is what I think on Friday, but by the time I am jolted awake
the next day, I am reminded that some members of my family think life
should begin at 5:00 a.m. when there happens to be a squirrel in the
yard.
Daisy
and Molly are West Highland terrorists. For those of you who may not
be familiar with the breed, they are little white dogs. We came by them
because my sister, San Antonia was living on base housing where her
two Westies were not welcome. We took them in, and despite our vet’s
assurance that a 14 year old male was not capable of putting a 3 year
old female in the family way, four puppies were born. Our vet thought
it was a false pregnancy until he took an x-ray.
We
kept two of the false puppies, and San Antonia took two. By the time
she was able to keep dogs again, she asked us to keep the male because
he had lived with us for 2 years by then, and she thought making him
adjust to a new home might not be the kindest thing. She took the female
with her.
I love
our little noise makers. They are nearly 15 years old now, and their
yap is as strong as ever. Daisy sings most frequently, especially when
it rains. After all, there is no reason to think G-d doesn’t need a
little white dog’s view on the weather. TJ, The Golden Retriever and
Molly are happy to join the chorus, but only in emergencies. This morning,
there was a three dog alarm and it happened early enough to ruin a perfectly
good Saturday. My guess is that there was more than one squirrel in
the yard, and Daisy couldn’t handle the barking detail by herself. Tomorrow
is Sunday. I can only hope that the wild life gives it a rest and let’s
our dogs take a break. Does anyone out there know doggy language for
"day of rest"? I don’t care what faith my dogs profess, but
a little canine respect for the Lord’s day would serve me well right
now.
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Odds and Ends - Did you know that 1 in 10 people live on an island;
that during his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold only one painting,
"Red Vinyard at Arles"; that 28% of Africa is classified as
wilderness, but in North America it’s 38%; that Charlie Chaplin once
won 3rd prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest; that it takes
more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to
begin with; that chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from
crying; that Sherlock Holmes never said, "Elementery, my dear Watson";
that Humphrey Bogart never said, "Play it again, Sam" in Casablanca;
and they never said, "Beam me up, Scotty" on Star Trek.
Help -
we need limericks. Try this fill-in.
I once
kissed a girl on her _______
Hints:
Here’s a great new rhyming/composition tool. http://www.writerhymes.com/
There’s also a great rhyming dictionary at http://www.rhymezone.com/
Limerick rules. http://freespace.virgin.net/merrick.sheldon/limerickrules.htm
Submit
Opening Line
Submit
Limerick
My
monkey was furry and red;
so I stroked it on top of its head.
The night, it was cold;
but my monkey was bold,
as it lay down with me on the bed.
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The
limericks have all gone to pot
as readers are writing them… not!
What should I do?
I’m feeling quite blue.
I guess I’ll step out for a shot!
(or 2 or 3 or 4 or more)
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Re: Secret Service
All
this incident does is reinforce a few stereotypical things I’ve noticed
about many men in positions of authority: first, the breathtaking
sense of entitlement that seems to take over once they have any power
at all, and second, the propensity to think with the wrong head. None
of this surprises me, except I am perhaps a bit bemused at the lack
of discretion. Seriously…does anyone really believe this isn’t fairly
common? The only difference between these Secret Service men and many
others is, they got CAUGHT. They were indiscrete. And I’m sure this
has been going on for decades, and was no doubt part of the unwritten
culture of the Secret Service (and no doubt, many other agencies,
government or otherwise). Now that’s it’s out in the open, of course,
heads roll, and people get blamed, yadda, yadda…the big question
is, despite the public outcry, and the Powers That Be scrambling to
makes changes, will anything really change? Or will they just relearn
how to get away with it? - Cynically, OhioKat
I think they should all
have been fired.. Huntington should have been fired for gross stupidity!
Time for the Secret Service to work on the ’secret’ part. - Dan
Isn’t that what usually happens in such cases???!!!! Some go scot
free while others are severely punished???!!! - Skeeter
I’m never surprised by reports
of corruption around money and power. I don’t think that a democracy
can survive letting both work together. We form governments to implement
our collective decisions, creating a power structure as a public good.
Private wealth, OTOH, and despite all it’s rosy propaganda about "trickle
down" is not a public good. It is usually accumulated by manipulation,
not by outstanding contributions. Financial wizards should be paid
as accountants, not given the keys to the vaults of our exchange utility
to tax us like the Princes of old. They certainly should not have
private armies partying at public expense, even though that is among
the least of their crimes overall. Eccentric millionaires are not
the only hope for innovation. Central planning for progress can get
dreadful in just a generation, but, recognizing that, we might set
up a lottery for the job of dispensing a million bucks from time to
time where it might do some good, with residuals voted on by those
affected. The best innovators, like Jamie Lerner, would get more chances.
Talent will always work just for the sake of self-expression - we
only need to provide enough resources for the work, not a mountain
of gold as motivation. In many interesting and significant psychological
tests, money type rewards actually reduce performance. - Bob of the
North
Re:
Spring
You
left out WEEDING! So far, this has been the Year of the Dandelion!
Millions of them turned our lawn from a sea of green to a forest of
yellow popsicles on white-ish stems standing as high as a foot taller
than the grass. Mow ‘em down? Ha! Those things seem to sense the coming
machine intent on chopping them down and simply bend over and let
those newly sharpened blades slide right over them. Next morning there
they stand again. Then they go to seed - round white puff balls waiting
for a wind to blow a few MORE millions of them everywhere. There are
more seeds in a dandelion than there are winged maple tree seeds!
They have one benefit that I know about - honey bees like the dandelion
pollen. Or, if you are one of the folks who pay kids to pick baskets
full, you might make dandelion wine out of them. I know one guy who
loves their leaves in a salad.
The
other weed in our yard that is currently making a few black plastic
bags fill up is crab grass growing in a couple of flower beds, dug
out one at a time. Arduous labor! I am about half done. No matter
how many plants I dig and destroy, next year I’ll have to do it again.
I suspect our whole housing development was once a crab grass field,
and seeds and roots go down a foot or more into the soil. This is
purely a chore for the purpose of showing off. One bed is a long row
of Peonies, currently budding, and the other is another group of plants,
rose bushes and other lovely things, currently overwhelmed by the
two above mentioned Pests. Both are in the front yard.
In the back yard, not so bad. Veggie bed is plowed and ready to plant
things like tomato plants, currently housed in a small "greenhouse"
- cold frame - getting acclimated. The peas are up and starting to
need strings not yet strung for their climbing convenience. Onion
plants are doing nicely. Fruiting plants also looking good. The rain
barrels were full, now about half full, but more rain is due today
and tomorrow. Dark clouds loom on the horizon. I call this Monday.
- Nancy L in Ohio
Re:
The Storm
Ranina, that was beautiful!!!!
You
describe perfectly the thunderstorms of the MidWest. I too love them.
No matter whether we have heat or a/c on in the house, if there’s
a storm in the middle of the night, the window goes open so we can
hear and see the wonders of a beautiful MidWest thunderstorm - there
is no better sound anywhere on earth! - Noella
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