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If you are in Vegas, the Hoover Dam is not that far away (and seriously cool). The Grand Canyon is also a nice day trip from Vegas, and I'd highly recommend it.

You're right, most of it just exists in our own heads. :flowerforyou: The 1% of people who actually would look down on any of us for this (or possessions, or wealth, a job, clothing...and so on) are people who (in my opinion) are broken and must pull down others to feel good about themselves.

This makes me want to play with my food...

My dad was older than this guy (84 when he died in 2005), but trust me -- they knew how to respect women. He'd have NEVER done something like that, though he was a very friendly man and would talk to everyone, everywhere. I'm sure this guy at the gym was creepy when younger too, but it's not as obvious then as when they…

I rarely wear perfume (can't wear scents at work), but when I do, I wear scents from Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab....my current favorite is Cheshire Cat.

Having had a family member who messed up in a very similar fashion at 12 (and was reported to the police)...as bad as it was, the hoops the parents had to jump through to get through this (from the property class, to court, to probation, to a urine drug test, to the fines that the kid had to repay) ensured that the child…

I'd want to look like me when I was 21. :)

This is a great idea, but it really depends on your area. Waiting list here is several years for low income housing.

I'd be a 1956 Chevy Bellair -- unusual, big headlights, nice curves, and a roomy trunk. Truly a classic!

Almost all of what some people perceive as "sabotage" is really just everyone going about their lives and eating their normal stuff and trying to be polite; if someone at work is giving gifts of food to everyone, they're mostly not going to leave you out for fear you'll be distressed over that. Sometimes it's even going a…

Both my kids moved out at 18. However...one had saved since she was 16 so that she could, and the other one had a full ride scholarship, then joined the military when he found he was bored by college. They were ready to be independent pretty early on, and I'm grateful for that. I wouldn't mind a bit if either one chose to…

When you buy nuts (or other calorie dense foods), if you have a hard time with portions, look at the back, then open the package and use little baggies to apportion the entire package into one portion units. Then, when you eat it, you know you are eating one portion and that number of calories. I love nuts and this is the…

If the doc didn't feel qualified to care for this woman, he should have referred her to someone else; and definitely should not have lied to her about hospital policy!

My brother is also a Steve, and he usually goes by The Stevinator. My own name is what the hubs calls me (I am The Cuter, according to him), with bee added (I guess I was channeling Romper Room, with the Dobees and Don'tbees and now the Cuterbee).

When I've found money blowing down the street (biggest I've found was a 20 dollar bill -- it's pretty windy where I live), unless there is someone chasing it or asking about it, I keep it, and the same for any change I find. I've found wallets a couple of times, and tracked the person down. Didn't look for anything other…

The DASH diet is for people who are hypertensive. It was developed by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI); you can get a free booklet on it from the US government. It's supported by the Mayo Clinic. It's a balanced diet that helps lower sodium, increase HDL and decrease LDL and triglycerides. Sometimes…

Oh gosh, yes! I love olives! I didn't really know how much I liked them, though, until I married a Greek guy. Unfortunately for me, since I am watching my sodium, I am currently avoiding them. *sigh*

I am so non-intimidating that lost dogs, children, birds, and cats flock to me. It's a rare stray that I can't get into my car. I am so not-scary that the time I had to put an angry, large, and muscular young male psych patient into 5-point restraints, I told him what I was going to do (and why) and he laid down and let me…

Spaghetti is an easy dish to learn to cook. You can make the sauce from scratch and it turns out well no matter what you do to it, unless you burn it. It's the first thing my own mom taught me to cook, and it's what my kids learned first.

At sleepovers, I'd wait until everyone fell asleep and then read their parents' books (and...some people had books that were really inappropriate!). We lived out in the country, so running away just never looked doable...otherwise I would have been delighted to get away from my bothers!* *I always make this typo...I've…

Well, you know, it's only food. And you're still going to be eating for the rest of your life...so it's not like you can't eat. You can, and you can eat the things you like, just less of them. Plus exercise can be fun if it's something you like doing, and there must be SOMETHING, even just a nice walk in the park. The plus…

My son -- from about the time he was 3 -- was obsessed with first Calvin and Hobbes, and then The Far Side. He would have me read the cartoons, and then wanted me to explain why they were funny, plus he'd ask questions about the back stories of the characters in the cartoon (this was easier with Calvin and Hobbes, not so…

I love mayo, and some things just aren't the same without it. However, I find that the lower fat mayo with olive oil actually tastes better to me than the regular mayo (well...except for the chipotle mayo). But there aren't that many things I eat it on.

I have the opposite -- I am always surprised by the fat lady in the mirror. :smile: I hear that eventually your mindset catches up with your body.

I love dogs, but am still traumatized by the goose & duck flock that chased me as a child, and the quacking might be disturbing! So I'd have to go with the cat with wings...who at least could then get away from my dogs (who are all about barking at the cats they see outside).

If you have a teaching hospital near you, you might be able to be seen in the resident's clinic. It's cheaper and they're supervised so you still get good care.

WHAT?! No French-speaking Nurse box??? That's...just wrong! Obviously, you must add me!

I taught middle school for a year. There wasn't enough time to teach what I was supposed to be teaching. When there's a problem with kids, it's always all about loading something else onto the schools instead of actually asking parents to do their job.

I am sooooo jealous!!! Does your friend want more friends???? :wink:

Sometimes a substitution works -- if what I really want is something cold and sweet, sometimes a frozen chunk of banana is just right; sometimes a little frozen yogurt will work. Sometimes, though, nothing will do EXCEPT Ben & Jerry's. If I want cake, the single serving ones that you can make in a coffee mug fill that want…