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Some people say have a lots of holidays for long life, other say you have to be busy and active, take another hobby, memorize poems so that your brain cells are moving.
Then there is another option with bananas. t-p, it really is the way you tell 'em!  Seriously though, I've know two people over the years who made it past 95 (one to 102!), and they both swore by bananas as well. Hmm... <off to grocers> |
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« Reply #271 on: 16:47:58, 24-04-2007 » |
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Of course, my grandmother never said what it was that she did with the bananas.... ....sorry. (skulks off to naughty corner with big grin)  |
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« Reply #272 on: 17:00:38, 24-04-2007 » |
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With regard to a new hobby I have a viola here given to me. I sound awful on it. My friend told me: Why do you want to play viola badly when you can play piano well?
Back to banans they are really good, I love them. How many banans a day for longivity do you need?
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« Reply #273 on: 17:44:10, 24-04-2007 » |
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they both swore by bananas Kitty, Is this a chance for another of your "Separated at Bith"-type pictures? Tommo |
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« Reply #275 on: 18:18:27, 24-04-2007 » |
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Back to banans they are really good, I love them. How many banans a day for longivity do you need?
I do eat a lot of them, but I've heard you shouldn't really eat more than 2 a day because the potassium content is too high. I don't know if it's exactly meant to poison you, but maybe the risks outweigh the advantages at that level of consumption, or something like that. I don't think I really want to live to 100, though. I think I'll be fed up by 67. Maybe I should actually give up the bananas. (Though they do make you feel good, and I wouldn't even enjoy living till 67 if I felt unhealthy.) |
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« Reply #277 on: 19:12:36, 24-04-2007 » |
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HELP!!! I know this is ridiculously trivial, but can anyone remember that trick for getting chewing gum off clothes? I`ve forgotten what it is and some swine deposited their gum where it waited silently for me to come along and sit. Grrr. They`re brand new trousers! .
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« Reply #278 on: 19:20:39, 24-04-2007 » |
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I don't think I really want to live to 100, though. I think I'll be fed up by 67. Maybe I should actually give up the bananas. (Though they do make you feel good, and I wouldn't even enjoy living till 67 if I felt unhealthy.)
I can't resist replying to that, because I am 67. I find that "old" is about ten years older than one's actual age. At the moment I agree with you that I wouldn't want to live to be 100, but who knows what I'll think when (if!) I'm 99? Curiosity makes me want to be alive. What will happen next? Will I ever have a granddaughter? Will there ever be another truly great composer? What will come out next in the garden? The only things I now feel quite sure of, alas, are that there will never be world peace, nor will there ever be a government that everyone approves of. |
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« Reply #279 on: 19:21:59, 24-04-2007 » |
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Removal from fabrics is best achieved by placing the affected item into the freezer for a few hours, whereupon the chewing gum can be cracked off. Any remaining gum may then be removed by using liquid lighter fuel on a clean cloth, although this should always be tested first on a hidden section of the fabric.
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google seems to bring up freezing tips like using a bag of ice, but,unsure if it was gum,but, think saw something once, think you put a piece of a4 over the gum,iron it and the gum sticks to the paper
test on a small area first, i maybe totally confused with something else...
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ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh Iron - To remove chewing gum from carpet or fabric, put paper towels on top of the gum and heat with an iron set on low to medium heat. The gum will melt and soak into the paper towel. Move to a fresh area on the paper towel until the majority of the gum is gone. http://www.ehow.com/how_113088_remove-chewing-gum.html |
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« Reply #281 on: 19:29:27, 24-04-2007 » |
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Mort, I've a feeling it involves putting a brown paper bag over the affected area (presumably the other side from the one with gum on it) and then ironing through the bag. But I've never done it myself ... Mary, you're probably right. I'm 27 now and when I was 17 I don't think I even knew how I'd make it through another 10 years. But I went for 67 because that sounds to me like it's still in the prime of life, not because it's old. I'd rather go too soon than too late.  |
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« Reply #282 on: 19:29:32, 24-04-2007 » |
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Feezer first, then get the teeny bits out with the iron method!
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« Reply #283 on: 19:36:07, 24-04-2007 » |
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I think I'll be fed up by 67. Anyone would be after eating 48,910 bananas. |
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« Reply #284 on: 19:42:10, 24-04-2007 » |
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Mary, you're probably right. I'm 27 now and when I was 17 I don't think I even knew how I'd make it through another 10 years. But I went for 67 because that sounds to me like it's still in the prime of life, not because it's old. I'd rather go too soon than too late. I think I was a lot more worried about things when I was 27 than I am now. As Oscar Wilde is supposed to have said, "Youth is wasted on the young". I'd really appreciate being young now! |
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