Hey Eric, brave and bold post here. Thank you.

Nice find! Although, I don’t think it’s quite the same thing as replacing “so” with “very” in those cases would be quite awkward. Especially in the first instance where “so” is quantified by “as this” and the second “so” is done so by any previous explanation of the handicap (is that referring to the “curious…

And how the word “so” came to have the same meaning as “very” is beyond me...

huh, interesting. This never occurred to me. In college, I took several years of French, German, and Italian simultaneously as part of my opera training (now before anyone “in the know” pipes in with “opera singers can’t act” I was an actor LONG before I started in opera). The classes were so long ago, but I aced them…

I wouldn’t know that. I should have mentioned that this was many years ago when we did this.

Also, Peterson Real Fyre gas logs carry a lifetime warranty. I used to work at a fireside shop that sold them. People would come in with a broken ceramic log. If we didn’t have the replacement readily available as a separate piece, we would open a new box and remove the correct piece and hand it over to the customer.

Craftsman: we took my grandfather’s 50 year old broken wrench to Sears and they handed us a new one. No questions, no paperwork.

I’ve had “Office Mobile” on my Samsung s5 for quite a while now... is this something new?

2500 - 3000 cal diet 40:30:30 P:C:F macro ratio plus protein/creatine, Single Sets, Super Sets, Strip Sets, Pyramid Sets, etc. with weights to failure alternating through muscle groups each day. I’ve gained quite a bit, but it’s taken a while. Wide shoulders, but my chest bone structure is actually somewhat concave.…

Can this please be required reading for everyone starting a new fitness program? I’m an ectomorph, I get it, I accept that, and I’ll do my best with it.

Yes, I was going to post this and am glad you did. Mustard on the bread is the very reason my dogs don’t get to eat the insides of my sandwich! They’re waiting... always waiting...

Hey Melanie, FYI, the link to “How to Freeze and Store Food | Cook Smarts” goes to lifehacker.com/undefined

Then there’s the old joke:
Society: “Be Yourself”... “No, not like that!”
It’s also funny how people tend to believe that everyone else is a sheep, but don’t realize that they belong to a group themselves and follow a philosophy or merely reiterate what someone else has said, absorbing the thinking as their own when…

I heard they do this in France... ?

Awesome! You’re the bestest!

Kristin, would you arrange for a skylight to be installed in the office here, please?

I wonder why they chose a 7:1 ratio instead of the 4:1 that you typically see advertised.

Since posting this nearly 3 years ago, I’m now on 0.7 acres and use a riding mower. Haven’t had to sharpen the blade yet.

"group ex" means "group exercise classes"

ok, you completely misunderstand. We instructors don't use the DVDs; we are the instructor. No Tony, no Dreya, no Pam the Blam. We take the place of the DVDs. People do this for various reasons from better accountability by showing up with a group to wanting individualized instruction.