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I can't remember the last time I heard it. Its not surprising that some wouldn't recognize it. Also, it was only used by a certain type of guy. I never once heard my father say it.

I only ask if seriously interested, partly out of consideration for the guy, but also as a time management tool. I dont like to spend a lot of time cruising RM, but sometimes, the flesh is weak and I have to trick myself into limiting my time spent there.

It helps a lot of he has great abs. I don't think it would be much fun if he didn't have fabulous abs. Punching a guy with great washboard abs in the gut is very sexy.

I had a FB a long time ago and we got into gut-punching. He introduced me to it, and I've never done it with anyone else. It was very, very hot. But that also may have been a result of a strong chemistry between us.

I met the guy who played Mr. Whipple in the Charmin' commercials. I worked in management at an upscale hotel. A bunch of "D-list" celebrities were staying in the hotel for some sort of fundraiser. I was chatting with Mr. Whipple and, without my asking, he whipped out one of his headshots, autographed it and handed it to me. It was mildly astonishing.

They're sort of in the same part of the city. The Curran Theater is close to Union square. I've only been to the Nob Hill Cinema once and I don't quite remember where it is.

And then there's the Kelvin scale, which makes even more sense. 0 on the Kelvin scale is absolute zero- total absence of thermal energy.

OTOH,a freezing point of 0 and a boiling point of 100 makes a lot more sense than a freezing point of 32 and a boiling point of 212.

One of the reasons I know the metric system as well as I do is because I have a scientific background. People in the sciences tend to know the metric system backwards and forwards.

39.3 inches, I believe.

There was a plan decades ago for the US to go metric. I learned the metric system in grade school. Our teachers said it was important to learn because the US would be going metric in 10 years. Never happened, obviously.

Thanks for explaining. Some actually think it is a reasonable topic for discussion

I thought Avalon was the champ at starting inane threads. Guess I was wrong.

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I don't remember people actually wearing them, but the VFW used to give them out in return for donations at certain times of the year. They called them "buddy poppies." My father would bring his home and give it to one of us to fiddle with.

My cell phone charging on the bedside table.

That was generally an age of creamed dishes - chipped beef, ham, chicken, eggs, tuna, potatoes, various vegetables. Now, I find bechamel sauce to be an extremely rich sauce that I almost never use.

Stuffing waffles with a savory bread stuffing? Bread with your bread.

I could imagine it on waffles. When I was a kid, we frequently had creamed chipped beef for dinner, usually with mashed potatoes, but occasionally on toast. When I was in the army, we often had creamed chipped beef for breafast, with toast or biscuits. With toast it was called " shit on a shingle."

When I was in the Army, we referred to kilometers as "K's"

You probably sit most of the time now. Getting out and moving around a little can only have beneficial effect on your activity level.

Back then, they didn't have all the oral agents they do now. The only one I can think of was called Orinase. They didn't have recombinant insulin, only pig insulin. There were different types based on how fast it worked: regular, lente, semi-lente and ultra-lente.

Diabetes care then wasn't that different, albeit more primitive. Instead of testing with a glucose meter, patients tested their urine with test strips. They put people on low-carb ADA (American Diabetes Association) diets. Just like now, there were those who took responsibility, embraced the regimen and remained healthy in spite of the disease and others who didn't and ended up going blind, losing feet, etc, etc.

I think they're simply divine. Rochester, NY, where I grew up, is thick with them. I lived close to an Italian restaurant where a lot of the Italian firefighters used to like to get lunch.

I like hazelnuts, but only to bake with. In fact, other than salted, mixed nuts which make the best snack and raw almonds, nuts are only good for cooking and baking.