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  #91  
Old August 9th 03, 05:56 AM
Sharon Harper
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Thank you - although I wasn't tooting my own horn, or expecting
congratulations by what I said. I simply wanted to point out that you can
lose weight. If I did more exercise I'd prolly lose more. If I didn't
occasionally "break out" I'd prolly lose more. But I'm doing it nice n
easy, not banning different foods because they are bad. And I'm doing it as
a diabetic. It is awkward trying to calculate how much food/insulin to have
to avoid hypos. My specialist and I have worked out a rough guide but it
still needs to be fine tuned - too much insulin and I have a hypo and guzzle
anything in sight. Not enough and I go to sleep. So far so good....

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Sharon From Melbourne Australia (Qof DU)
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Member of the Houston 2004 Party Animals
"Loren in Seattle" wrote in message
news:XD_Ya.102824$YN5.71431@sccrnsc01...
Way to go Sharon

Loren in Seattle


"Sharon Harper" wrote in message
u...
Okay, I'm going to step in here and reveal a secret - my starting weight

at
WW. NO-ONE except the weigher chick at WW knows this. I'm loathe to

admit
it because I am deeply embarassed. I weighed in at 125 kilos (that's
roughly 250 pounds). You say your mom is 100 pounds overweight - that

is
not life and death, sad, not beneficial to her health yes, but not

lethal.
You mum needs to work with her GP, and if necessary a specialist. She
doesn't have to alter her life dramatically - just cutting out butter

on
toast/bread can help her to lose a pound a week which would very quickly

add
up. That's what I'm doing at the moment - little changes - and they

have
added up to going from a tight size 26 to a comfortable size 18 in six
months. And what's better - IT HASN'T COME BACK!!


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Sharon From Melbourne Australia (Qof DU)
http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/index.html
Member of the Houston 2004 Party Animals
"Cheyne" wrote in message
om...
I do work full-time... I WORK 60 HOURS a week.... as a pastry chef in
a restaurant in downtown Houston... I live in a CRAPPY apartment,
which I just moved into just so I could take a cut in rent... to help
my mom... I now live on the bottom floor so my mom can come visit me
because she cant walk up stairs at all..I cant take a semester off, I
am enrolled in a private college *Art Institute* where I have 40,000
dollars I owe regardless if I attend or not, my butt is signed into
that for life. If I take a semester off, they bill me for it as if I
was still attending, I also currently have a 4.0 GPA and have a few
women chef scholarships that ride on me being in attendance, or I will
lose those too... So in otherwords, you tell me to give up the only
chance I have to succeed in life to help my mom yet I am doing
everything I can to help her.... I get no sleep.. I work and do
homework all day long... I have no car... I am sewing quilt blocks to
TRY AND raise some extra money besides what I set aside from the cut
in my rent.... I am still a child... what can you say you knew at 22??
The same as you know now???? If thats the case then I should be a
genius?? I have a whole life to learn, and being 5 feet tall doesnt
help any.
My mom is over 100 lbs overweight... she has done the research believe
me... She knows this can help her, everything else hasnt... AT least
its a shot... You make it sound like, if you had a chance to survive
from cancer by getting chemo one more time, you wouldnt do it... just
because it COULD have the possibility of NOT working... Its worth the
try...


You arent trying to slam me, yet everything you said was a direct
slam... I am doing what I can.... I work, I MAINTAIN a 4.0 GPA, I cut
my rent back... I am living on a sandwich a day, sewing quilt
blocks.... and consistently attending all classes and school which run
from 7 in the morning to 11 at night...

I didnt ask to be hurt... and if anything... my feelings have just
been crushed... I didnt ask for you to give me money... I just asked
to trade... :*(

If you were hurt, you would want your daughter to do the same... or
would you be honored your daughter did this?? MY mom doesnt know I am
doing this for her... I just want to repay her for the love and
support she has given me...


CNYstitcher wrote in message

...
Cheyne wrote:

I was referred here by someone in another group in another place

who
also posts here and said that this group likes to trade quilt

blocks.


You really should say who referred you as this is not something that

a
regular member would do


a daughter who is
only 22,

I am just a child asking for some help.


These last 2 statements are contradictory. A person who is 22 can

no
longer be considered a child. Also, if the situation is so dire,

not
returning to college for a semester might be a better option -

instead,
what about working full-time to help earn the money needed to defray

the
cost of medical treatment? Everything I have read has said that
gastric-bypass surgery is something that is *not considered for tha
majority of people, and they must be at least 100 pounds overweight.

In reading your original post, you have mentioned issues that affect

my
mother as well - thyroid problems, blood pressure, arthritis. I am

not
asking for help for my mother, but am doing everything I can to see

that
she gets the help that she needs. She is still able to work, adn so

she
does so. She takes medicine for her thyroid, which may or may not

help,
medicines for depression and fibromyalgia, and who knows what else

as
she has chosen NOT to keep me posted of her continuing medical

troubles.
Several times, my DH and I have sent her money to help her out

with
finances because she needed to use her money for doctors visits and
medicines.

I am not trying to slam you, just suggesting that, instead of

furthering
your education (especially if there are children at home that your
mother is having difficutly taking care of), take time to work and

earn
some money to help with everything. College will still be there.







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  #92  
Old August 9th 03, 06:54 AM
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I'm trying to get clear on some of this topic.

As I read the quote from the charter that was posted on this thread, I
don't see any "no selling/advertising" language. The "no
selling/advertising" part seems to come from "ground rules" (made by
whom? binding on whom?) at some later date. Or am I missing something?

The Usenet FAQ mention that advertising may be treated with disdain and
is discouraged, but is not necessarily forbidden. There was even a
mention in the FAQ that a brief, one-time advertisement would not
usually be cause for abuse. Again, did I miss something?

As I reviewed this thread, it did go on quite a while, and got sarcastic
and disrespectful, before anyone actually mentioned to Cheyne that her
advertising was "against the rules." The conversaton among the RCTQ
insiders treated these rules as though they should be universally known.
A newsgroup newbie might not even know there are FAQ. (I have no idea
how new Cheyne may be; perhaps she *should" have known better.)

I don't know if Cheyne is for real or not, but more clarity and
gentleness on our part at the very beginning of this thread might have
kept the heat down.

Philip

  #93  
Old August 9th 03, 08:23 AM
KCK
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wrote in message
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I'm trying to get clear on some of this topic.


Same here. I don't read the group for a week and have to catch up. :-)

As I reviewed this thread, it did go on quite a while, and got

sarcastic
and disrespectful, before anyone actually mentioned to Cheyne that her
advertising was "against the rules." The conversaton among the RCTQ
insiders treated these rules as though they should be universally

known.
A newsgroup newbie might not even know there are FAQ. (I have no idea
how new Cheyne may be; perhaps she *should" have known better.)


I reviewed the various threads too, using Google to help me "catch up"
on what I'm reading here.

I don't know if Cheyne is for real or not, but more clarity and
gentleness on our part at the very beginning of this thread might have
kept the heat down.


Cheyne is an unusual name, so it wasn't too difficult to do a Google
search. At first, I was looking for connections to "our" (well, many
other groups share in this) usenet troll to whom I'd prefer not to give
credit (the old-timers know her well), as she is always willing to add
to her growing portfolio of tomfoolery, so it is conceivable that the
referenced email which Cheyne does not claim was the work said troll,
but I digress).

If this Cheyne is the person she says she is (and not an impersonator),
then I've just read a flattering (well, I think so anyway) article about
her and a few of her peers from the web archives (originally from the
Houston Chonicle back in 2000), about a young woman of 19 who formed a
company to do something about the drug abuse present in the rave parties
they enjoyed attending. This certainly fits with the entrepreneurial
person we've met here, so her defending what's left of her Google
presence, is certainly justified, as it will likely be read by a future
employer unless she is lucky enough to be running the dang company
herself.

Yes, that's probably a duel-edged swoard defense, but pretty much brings
it all back around to the original theme. Hey, I'm not taking sides,
just presenting what I've read.

And remember folks...whatever you write here will be here for your
grandchildren and everyone else to read.

--

KCK ( in Texas)
Take out the DOG before sending email


  #94  
Old August 9th 03, 02:10 PM
Flossy
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This thread seems to be going round in ever decreasing circles.............Im
bored with it now. I think it might be the time to stop posting to it and
perhaps it will just fade away.

Flossy
Malvern England
***** Queen of Plaids ******
http://photos.yahoo.com/flossy3353

  #95  
Old August 9th 03, 02:13 PM
AliceW
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Hopefully, circling the drain!

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Alice in NJ
RCTQ - "Royal Cybrarian"
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"The older the violin, the sweeter the music."




"Flossy" wrote in message
...
This thread seems to be going round in ever decreasing

circles.............Im
bored with it now. I think it might be the time to stop posting to it and
perhaps it will just fade away.

Flossy
Malvern England
***** Queen of Plaids ******
http://photos.yahoo.com/flossy3353



  #96  
Old August 9th 03, 02:26 PM
Charlotte Henson
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Thanks!
I don't really know. The black will obviously recede. How can I use that
most effectively?
I'm really still in the planning stages. I'm searching the web trying to
find pictures of how others have done it effectively and see what I
think "works".
Will keep you posted! Thanks for the support!
-Charlotte

wrote:

Personally I don't know why they think that this quilt is advanced. I
would say that it may be intermediate due to the different blocks needed
and getting the layout right. The actual blocks themselves are easy.

I think the colors suggested sound great- which ones to be the background
and which to be the "accent" color?

Good luck

Julie
Richmond, VA


  #97  
Old August 9th 03, 03:18 PM
Miriam \Mim\ Spencer
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where's Tassie?? somewhere I should know about??


"Sharon Harper" wrote in message
u...
Yup! Rewarded myself plenty at the show Jayne and I went to a couple

weeks
back and am looking forward to rewarding myself at another in September

and
then all through our Holiday in Tassie (never realised there were so many
LQS down there!

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Sharon From Melbourne Australia (Qof DU)
http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/index.html
Member of the Houston 2004 Party Animals
"Pat in Virginia" wrote in message
...
Sharon:
Mazel Tov!! I am proud of you. Are you rewarding your success
with quilt books and fabric? You deserve it.

Now I have to leave for monthly Day Guild Meeting. We have to
bring 'Dogs' .... weird/funky/ugly projects. I have one to show
... wonder if it will be voted "Least Likely to Get Into
Houston!"

LOL ... Have a great quilty day y'all! PAT in VA/USA

Sharon Harper wrote:

Okay, I'm going to step in here and reveal a secret - my starting

weight
at
WW. ...cut...
added up to going from a tight size 26 to a comfortable size 18 in six
months. And what's better - IT HASN'T COME BACK!!





  #98  
Old August 9th 03, 04:12 PM
Cindy S.
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It sure would - people would die from laughing if they seen me nekkid.

Cindy from MO




"Charlotte Henson" wrote in message
...


Nurse Ratched wrote:
GO BUFFS!



Is that anything like GO NAKED? ;P

Nurse Ratched (remove "cuckoo" from address to reply)


Well, as silly as that seems, I think we'd solve a lot of problems that
way!!!



-Charlotte




  #99  
Old August 9th 03, 04:53 PM
Fabric Lover
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Ok ladies,
I don't know about you, but I have read enough wineing and complaining
from this poster to last me forever!

The subject wil not die, *but* you can apply a 'kill filter' to your
e-mail and it will go away.

I am using Agent to read this newsgroup and if you are too, you can
simply add her to the kill filter list so I will never receive another
message from her on the list. She may send them, but I will never see
them!

If you are using Outlook, you can block the sender, or block the
subject.

This is just my suggestion.

Huggs!
Fab
Patriotic Scrappy Jane 29.2.3.599
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  #100  
Old August 9th 03, 05:33 PM
Cheyne
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Thank you Philip.. I am new... I didnt know that those were the
rules.. but no one ever offered them to me.. instead they choose to
call me troll and knock me down. If they had just said it from the
beginning I would have respected that but they had to disrespect me
before ever saying anything.
 




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