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I kind of love this story... :smile:

I'm 42, no kids, no dogs, no husband (or wife, for that matter). And quite happy that it worked out that way. I intentionally did what I could to make it work out that way... I'm certainly not the only one in my circle of friends. Nor among my coworkers. I don't find it socially awkward at all. Every once in a while I meet…

I think there's a difference, though, between honest mispronunciation and the intentional, 'ugly american' style mispronunciations (see the earlier post about 'Frisco' and 'Cali' for a prime example, lol). I live in a fairly touristy area, we get tourists all the time, from all over the world. Many of them have…

I'm laughing, but this one drives me nuts. I'm not even from Nevada. What is it with the deliberate and ridiculous mispronouncing of the western states? Makes my ears bleed. Nevada is the worst, but what about Oregon? My own home state isn't quite as bad, but I still have to remind people it ends in an O and not an…

Agreed 100%! And they do it like they think they're being cute, too. Definitely some nefarious behavior there...

I wanna play! Here are mine: - You're downtown - You own a suit - It's summer and 100 degrees and you wore snowboots (or it's winter, 30 degrees, and snowing and you're *NOT* wearing the local uniform of snowboots with shorts and a hoodie). - It's summer, and you're so sunburned it hurts to look at you. - It's winter, and…

<raises hand, bounces up and down in chair> Ooooh, oooh, me, me! 42, over 120 pounds lost so far (about 70 courtesy of this site), just over twenty left to go. Definite geek. And nerd. Bookworm, gamer, browncoat, engineering job... ...let's see, what else? Two comic cons in the last five months, in two different cities…

I bet between us all, we have more than a few plus-size resources. When I had money, I liked things like Pyramid Collection (available in "goddess sizes" at no extra charge). Mixed bag, but a lot of nice things. Lacy and ruffled stuff. When I didn't, I usually did Woman Within, which is now One Stop Plus. A lot of deals to…

Altering is tricky. Some things don't alter well, you'll find as you go down sizes that things are not just smaller, but cut *very* differently. That being said, I have had about 50% success altering my old 3X stuff. I even have a few shirts that I have altered several times. Some things alter fine but look truly awful,…

I alternate between baking soda (with or without the ACV rinse) and conditioner-only wash. Usually every other day It did take a few weeks to finally get rid of all the gross, sticky, waxy buildup from the silicones and waxes in all of the mid-range and high-end shampoos/conditioners I was using before (which is how they…

Ye gods, who would choose only one? Why would anyone do that to themselves? :sad: That being said, I mostly do Steam/GOG these days, though I do have a 360, and until recently had an original xbox, too. There's a DS sitting around here somewhere, as well. I finally ditched my Genesis about two moves ago (7-ish years?) I'm…

Not sure why the weird fascination with a random point in childhood for comparison, but why not, I guess... In HS I was about 5-foot-7, around 190 pounds. Size 12 or 14 ish. Today, a few weeks after my 42nd, I'm 5-foot-10 and 177. Same bra size, same shirt size, almost the same pants size, one larger shoe size. Completely…

Well, compared to you, I'm south, lol. In Stockton (*technically* NorCal but bordering on Central). Gamer, nerd, bookworm, cartoon-watcher, meme-lover... and also 5'10. But I'm working hard on becoming a non-Californian again (I have always hated it here, but that may be as much Stockton as anything, hahahaha). I started…

Agreed that finding the right exercise can change the world! RA from birth, here, plus a few other things in that same family of conditions, and I do have some flares and bad days, but the more I exercise, the more I *can* exercise. And the more weight I lose, the less I hurt, too. I even managed running for a few months.…

I've been here a while, and had some losses before joining, but I'm at about 30 pounds left to go. Does that count? Also, I'm in Stockton and not Sac (for the moment, I'm job hunting in Sac). Oh, and I'm 42 and a bit... Well, I'm kinda close to where you are, fitness, age, and geography wise, lol. I'm here every day, and…

See what happens if I actually spend a day or two not logged in? Lolol.

Aargh. I have almost clicked the button on this one several times. I've successfully resisted temptation, but this thread does not help. Maybe it will pop up on the next Steam Sale. Then I can play it in lulls in the hunt for a job, which I need to support my Steam habit, which keeps me occupied in lulls in the hunt for a…

I have super-sensitive skin and that annoying tendency for ingrown hairs if I so much as walk past a razor, so I feel your pain. Some things that reduce or eliminate those problems for me (some of these have been mentioned before): Exfoliate. I use Sunshine Spa Vanilla Orange Brown Sugar Scrub. Turn the water temperature…

I have to go with no. Or at least, not enough to matter. I *am* one of those people who fidgets all the time. Even when I was at 300 pounds, lol. And now at 178, it's no different. Or maybe I would have hit 400 at rock bottom without the tendency to fidget? Scary. :laugh:

Hahaha, I've just been talking about this. I alter what I can, but some things will look weird no matter how skilled or extensive the alterations, because they're tailored to a completely different shape than what I have now. So those that are still good but won't take alterations well get donated to the one local charity…

It is weirdly difficult (and expensive! and I shop at the cheapest places around), I just dropped some off at the local hospice shop yesterday, and it was a wrench. Thankfully I have some good old-fashioned sewing skills and can alter much of my old stuff, but some of it is either not worth altering or the cut and style is…

I have this all the time now! I'm still adjusting, and it's still weird. I've just gotten to the point where I can't really wear anything from the plus section (some things in the juniors plus section I can do, but that's because juniors sizes/odd number sizes have a *lot* less room in the boobs and butt, lol), and there's…

I don't like to consult walkthroughs ever. But I'm also a veteran of the early days of gaming, where there was no internet and there were no walkthroughs, not to mention no quest journals or objective markers or maps, lololol. You had a notebook and maybe some graph paper and wrote everything down. That may affect my…

This is so me. I don't really like sweets, I don't like pastries or baked goods, I don't like chocolate, I don't like candy (there are a few exceptions to all of these, and they're mostly peanut-buttery). But salty-crunchy is my favorite food group. Followed very closely by spicy-cheesy. I put garlic and onions or peppers…

I'm pretty sure I'm more of a nerd than a geek, too, but I never let it stop me, lol. Also, there is no such thing as "too proper" - the current corporate buzzword is "strong communication skills" lol... Though as someone who, in a former career, has been paid large sums of money to make it appear that my coworkers…

I love all of these things so much I'm actually posting in the forums instead of lurking. What have you done?!

The current one is Eek! the cat - one of my favorites back when it was on. I will go look at the others later, when I'm not wasting time I should be using to get dressed and out the door... :drinker:

I read more science fiction books in an average year than normal people read [any] books in an entire lifetime. I have Steam and XBox Live installed even on my phone. I spent this past weekend at Sacramento Wizard Con. I have spreadsheets for my weight loss and exercise. I maintain a current membership in the Society of…

I do it. Too hot to go outside, or too wet, or too late/early (that mugging time of day, lol). I have pretty much the same things to say: It's not ideal, but it's something. I will do half an hour to 45 minutes. TV helps, or music (with or without headphones). You will get more out of it if you lift your knees higher than…

Welcome, from a fellow (if a bit older, lol) gamer girl and geek! Mostly Steam and Xbox, these days, in between re-careering in engineering... I'm also a huge bookworm and maker. And hitting my local stop of Wizard World Comic Con this weekend (so excited, most of the cons around here have moved south to try to cash in on…