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Archery - How does it measure up for exercise?
Hi, I've signed up for an archery course for novices. I can honestly say other than what I've read up on I know next to nothing about it. Just looking for some personal experience/feedback from folks as to the benefits. i.e. does it improve core strength, stamina, give an upper body workout & how effectively? Cheers…
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Jawbone Up compatible with Sony Xperia Z2?
Cant seem to find a conclusive answer to this. Anyone else use/used these two devices together? Thanks.
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hip & bone spurs = daily morphine. Roll with me?
Brother had a bike crash few years back. As a result he now can't do much in formal exercise. We've been going to archery recently, but anything that involves standing or walking over long periods wipes out.. Any ideas for alternatives?
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Indoor bike stands - improvised spin routine?
I've been toying with the idea of getting a bike for the cycle paths near where I live. And possibly for the commute to work. However I'd like to double up on it's use during the winter months too. I'm wondering if a bike stand would enable me to do an improvised spin style routine at home? Adding in I haven't been on an…
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Happy UK Mothers Day!
To all the lovely UK mums out there have a fantastic day! Just wanted to say well done to all the hard work you do all year round. Have a good one folks!
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Not bothering to date.. Its all frankly worrying..
I've been single for nearly 3yrs... My last dates have included; someone not calling me back for a month - when they did they told me they'd been clinically sectioned, & wanted to join the French Foreign Legion. A bloke who informed me his ex was blonde, so he was worried my "growler" may terrify him (we'll never know?), &…
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C4's Big Ballet - Good idea or total Gimmick?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2552997/Would-ballet-dancer-taunted-fat-gets-laugh-starring-role-new-TV-show.html
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homeopathy & other wacka doodle-ry.. are you a convert?
My co worker is - she tries to force fed me various sugar pills in the name of pseudo science every time I'm sick. Funnily enough the UK actually still funds homeopathic treatment to a pretty penny or two every year ( cheers Charlie!)... What do you reckon? Method in the madness. Or a load of old balls? *disclaimer - they…
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Slowly morphing into FB? with "like" option?
Exactly what it says on the tin. Do you think the "like" option is going to mean the demise of comments?
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What is your "party piece?"
In the effort of killing boredom at work. I have found I can. a) Still do the "crab" b) Peel a banana with my feet.. What can you do?
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Wanting Snail Mail/ Carrier Pigeon Friends =)
I'm not down with all the new technological advances. So I figure if you PM me your address we can revive the lost art of letter writing. This will also enable me to cut out a lot of time consuming research when I decide to "visit you". Please include a polaroid Thank you :flowerforyou:
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World Wide Dating
This isn't a dating site. However, What a better place to find people with similar interests. Yes, I am single. Send me a message. I live in the UK but am willing to travel. Please PM for address details to send me plane tickets & travelling money. *Disclaimer - I DON'T cook, clean, iron, childcare, dog walk, drive,…
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Broken but not down & out! hip dis
Bike
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The British are we a nation of half pints?
The notion was put forward in another post that people from the UK are in fact all apparently short. This was made in comparison to the US, & the idea was proffered that it may stem from the idea that US milk has growth hormones. I myself am 5'6" & amongst a group of female friends am probably the shortest by an inch or…
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Any micro lighters out there?
Looking for a bit of first hand information & experience stories... Thanks
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Gym Snobbery - are you unashamedly guilty
Someone on my FL just posted that they have signed up for a well known gym franchise. Now personally I think its excellent. Kudos to them for getting out there. However, it rolls back round to the age old debate. "Is my gym better than yours?" In all seriousness I don't care where, how, or what someone is doing to workout.…
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dyslexics of MFP lets unite in the war against bad spelling
I see a lot of post disregarding peoples opinions based purely on spelling. I'm calling them out & stating; it doesn't really matter so long as you get the gist, & frankly if you don't. Then maybe its a personal problem not mine...
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looking for ideas to expand hobbies & interest horizons
As of tomorrow I'll be finishing a beginners archery course. I've learnt many new things including; I have muscles in my back & I don't loathe sport as much as I thought I did. Whilst I'm debating whether to sign up for the club or not. I've decided to embrace the mantra "don't knock it till you've tried it". Bearing this…
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Periodontal disease - any supplementary ideas?
I'm due a deep periodontal clean in the morning (lucky me I know). I've been having general 3mth deep cleans as a matter of course, but apparently that's just not cutting it now. I've tried upping my vitamin C with a supplement, I obviously brush after meals (not a total skank), floss, do regular courses of Corsodyl, & use…
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Black Friday - Yes I would like to purchase a DNA upgrade!
Pretty much what it says on the tin. I come from a seventh generation of frankly Amazonian women. All hold a City & Guilds qualification in filling slinky underwear, & they come in a charming variety of skintones.... So why the frick am I dumpy, pale, & wrestling a crop top to the god damn ground?!!.. Today I'm waving my…
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FREE to good home:1 Procrastinating, mid aged, English woman
Hi, I've been here for a while now. Just looking to add some lovely new folk to my FL as I've had to do a recent cull due to non participators. Although I'm definitely not a friend collector! I'm as the title says a chronic procrastinator, but I do drag myself in for daily roll call. I don't judge if you log 0cals burnt a…
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calling all UK NE County Durham-res!
Hi folks from the NE. I know there is a few of us out there. In the run up to Christmas it would be awesome to get some kind of group together. Any takers?
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"healthy alcohol + antidote pill"
Bizarre, ridiculous, or pure genius? :drinker: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/10442298/Get-drunk-without-the-hangover-on-Professor-Nutts-pill.html
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Remembrance Day
RIP to all those who are fallen on Remembrance Day In Flanders Field In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved,…
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Clocks going back - are you at work?
Third year in a row I've hit on the clocks going back on shift :sad:
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Marriage - is it that important?
I'm genuinely interested in opinions on this. What's your view? *I Threw it out there as a random question really. Clarifying I'm not asking from a religious stand point (cheers wolverine) I see the notion of marriage coming up frequently in the relationship threads. Just wondered if people see it as something important to…
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All raw meat diet
Derek Nance claims the extreme diet helped cure him of a "mystery illness that killed his appetite and made him puke up everything he ate," according to Vice. Nance describes some pretty strict rules for which types of meat he eats (locally-sourced, mostly lamb, never pork) and how he gets his vitamin C (from organ meat…
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NYC - Girls Project. Will it work?
Just read an article that this is going to be promoted in NYC http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/mother-tongue/10381250/New-York-Mike-Bloombergs-body-image-campaign-When-will-we-stop-teaching-kids-that-beauty-is-best.html Here is the campaign web site http://www.nyc.gov/html/girls/html/about/about.shtml More than 20 percent…
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Liverpool Fashion week banning models from sunbed use
Pretty much what it says on the tin. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/liverpool-fashion-week-bans-sunbed-2351863
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No heart attack but i'm off kebabs! - What put u off a food?
Feel a bit daft admitting this but on Friday night I did indeed think I was going to have a heart attack. Massive stabbing chest pain. Which infact turned out to be heart burn/indigestion. :blushing: This was much to my teenage daughter's horror. Mocking via teenagers is so harsh. However, the upshot/downside? It does now…
