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If your 5’3 athletic build 125-135.. if not athletic 120-125

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I’m exactly 5’3” and that’s at least 20 lbs too high for me. I also have bones the size of matchsticks, though. Maintaining my weight has been more of a battle in the last few years (thank you, Post-40 Metabolism), but I’ve still managed to keep it between 98-103 without doing anything crazy.

Part of that is due to having such a small frame—tiny bones are less forgiving, so I quickly start feeling uncomfortable at just a few lbs over the top end of that range. My clothes don’t fit right, I have less agility, I get winded more easily, etc. And of course those things tend to compound and exacerbate the entire situation, so I try to course correct early.

I truly can’t imagine how awful it would be with 70+ more lbs. That’s almost a whole other me. And even if you’re of sturdier stock than I am, there’s no way carrying another 40-50% (at minimum!) of extra weight on your back every day wouldn’t negatively affect your health or quality of life. :wah:

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You make a very fair argument (which I really appreciate). Personally, I just don't see the point in letting myself get outraged over something I can't control. We're really arguing semantics here though. I agree with y'all that most, if not all, of the USAID funding should be eliminated and it's frustrating to see my tax dollars going to such waste.

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When you put it in those terms, it’s easier to understand your perspective and accept that we’re not so far apart, at least on the fundamentals. Appreciate the thoughtful response.

Looks like the tornado-warned storm north of Katy may have put one on the ground. Pretty good CC dropout showing.

Field of Dreams did it better.

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Treating the waiters like sh*t
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I've been surprised in my life at how common this is.

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Been awhile since I’ve been in the dating pool, but in my professional life this is one big reason I take candidates for any position that remotely involves management/leadership skills out to lunch for their second interview.

Seeing firsthand how people treat their “subordinates” teaches you far more about who they really are than any CV, reference, or dating profile.

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So what...I'd the rest of us end up with a better and safe existence...Free market allows that.

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That’s been my biggest argument for years. People say that we shouldn’t vote for Trump because he’s only out to enrich himself. Okay … even if you accept that as fact (and ignore the probability of his opponents having the same goal), how exactly is that a problem if we we’re ALL much better off in the end?

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Your 13 keys were fricked just like you.

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The thing is, they really weren’t. Had he applied them correctly they would have had solid predictive value, but instead he let his own bias confound them.

He fricked up his own system because he, the sole proprietor, couldn’t use it objectively. :lol:

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I will once again pile on that liberal women are very unattractive.

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What I find so hard to understand is that this seems to be the image she’s deliberately trying to cultivate. She’s never going to be classically beautiful, but what healthy, stable woman goes out of her way to make herself less conventionally attractive when she knows she’s in the public eye?

And yes, I do realize I just answered my own question … but the point still stands. I guess it also doesn’t help that in her case she’s been rewarded with the attention she appears to have been seeking.

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ETA: what I did notice was that Lincoln parish went for Trump. I'm not an expert on the area, but I know that's where Grambling is, and I've driven through Grambling a few times, it's depressing. I really would have thought it would have been blue.

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If you’re not familiar with the area, you may not realize that Ruston is also in Lincoln Parish (just a very few miles from Grambling, in fact). Between the permanent residents and the LA Tech student body, you’re looking at a comparatively much more conservative/Republican demographic that outnumbers the combined population of Grambling U and Grambling proper by at least a 3:1 margin.

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200,000 tickets sold x $1300= $260,000,000. Where do they come up with the other $240,000,000?

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They sold 200,000 tickets, but there were probably 200,000 more people who came to NOLA to tailgate in the hopes of getting tickets but didn’t. They still spent their share of money while they were there.