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I am always amused by health-food fanatics like Ms. Bacon. They are going to die just like the rest of us. This always seems to come as a shock to them. One of my friends has followed a health-food regime for 35 years, and has been vegetarian for the same amount of time, and last year at age 68, her doctor told her she had a serious heart condition. This was sad, but her first reaction was "Why did I follow this healthy diet all those years if it wasn't going to prevent heart disease?" She is seriously bummed out.
Why has it not occurred to anyone that the "tablet" the Greek lady is looking at might be a mirror? Mirrors were very expensive items in ancient times, made of polished silver or bronze, and only wealthy women and goddesses owned one. A mirror might easily be mounted in a folding case to protect it. I'm not saying it IS a mirror, just that it MIGHT be a mirror. Her position does suggest that she might be looking at herself in a mirror. Ladies did that kind of thing quite a lot, and still do. Of course most archaeologists are men, so they might not think of this right off.
And while some experts say it can't be a wax tablet because the lady isn't holding a stylus, why could it not be a wax tablet that she is READING??? It might seem odd to carve an image of a beautiful lady reading a wax tablet, but it's not impossible.
You won't stop all illness, but a healthy diet will reduce the chances. Some people who smoke 40 a day will live to 90. The chance of them doing so is lessened. People who say 'My Grandfather did this and lived to that age' should be ignored.
What you say is true, but I think it depends on what you call a "healthy diet." The food I ate when I was growing up 60 years ago was much healthier than anything I can buy in supermarkets today, and people used to be much more physically active, which is as important as diet. Genes play a big part as well.
All the "health food" and "organic food" they sell today is two to four times as expensive as supermarket food, and ordinary people can't afford to buy it, so it does them no good. Ditto for most of the "healthy" supplements people are always pushing on me. I'd like to see Ms. Bacon's food budget.
Can one obtain these Big Salty Nuts from Down Under here in the USA?Asking for a friend.
it looks like an ancient wine opener to me.
who was it that said: "why do married people live longer than single people? they don't. it only seems longer".
I am always amused by health-food fanatics like Ms. Bacon. They are going to die just like the rest of us. This always seems to come as a shock to them. One of my friends has followed a health-food regime for 35 years, and has been vegetarian for the same amount of time, and last year at age 68, her doctor told her she had a serious heart condition. This was sad, but her first reaction was "Why did I follow this healthy diet all those years if it wasn't going to prevent heart disease?" She is seriously bummed out.
Why has it not occurred to anyone that the "tablet" the Greek lady is looking at might be a mirror? Mirrors were very expensive items in ancient times, made of polished silver or bronze, and only wealthy women and goddesses owned one. A mirror might easily be mounted in a folding case to protect it. I'm not saying it IS a mirror, just that it MIGHT be a mirror. Her position does suggest that she might be looking at herself in a mirror. Ladies did that kind of thing quite a lot, and still do. Of course most archaeologists are men, so they might not think of this right off.
And while some experts say it can't be a wax tablet because the lady isn't holding a stylus, why could it not be a wax tablet that she is READING??? It might seem odd to carve an image of a beautiful lady reading a wax tablet, but it's not impossible.
And you have to call them Igor or Igorina. (R.I.P. Pterry Pratchett. *sniffle*)
Good luck with those cordyceps mushrooms Ms. Bacon. they are a parasitic fungus that is known to prey on insects and spiders.
You won't stop all illness, but a healthy diet will reduce the chances. Some people who smoke 40 a day will live to 90. The chance of them doing so is lessened. People who say 'My Grandfather did this and lived to that age' should be ignored.
What you say is true, but I think it depends on what you call a "healthy diet." The food I ate when I was growing up 60 years ago was much healthier than anything I can buy in supermarkets today, and people used to be much more physically active, which is as important as diet. Genes play a big part as well.
All the "health food" and "organic food" they sell today is two to four times as expensive as supermarket food, and ordinary people can't afford to buy it, so it does them no good. Ditto for most of the "healthy" supplements people are always pushing on me. I'd like to see Ms. Bacon's food budget.
If you buy a jar or can of any type of salted nuts, they are salted by, wait for it... soaking in salt water.
It's obviously a laptop and she's applying to model for the Wonkette logo.
Laptops or wax tablets? Sheesh, it's obviously a box of chocolates; the holes were used by tiny aliens to hoist the load from South America.
She's the one selling most of it.
Obviously a box of pre-Castro Cubans.
It works on EVERYTHING!
first the burning of the gifted dicks at Malheur, now Fat (Rat Bastard) Tony... it is shaping up to be a tough year for dildos