Re: FN-FORUM: Make my decisions for me!

date posted 21st January 2005 22:53

I'll try and get in before anyone else does.
I realise the misspelling of occasional =96 one of my problem words for=20=

some reason.
not the best of starts for a grammar nazi I'll admit

Dave

On 21 Jan 2005, at 22:03, Lists wrote:

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> Oops! Dictionary.com is US not British. Client is correct (or at least=20=

> in
> agreement with OED).
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>>
>> Gavin, It's lose not loose! Once i'd have let pass by, but 6 times?!
>> Sorry, it's been a bad day today with a client insisting that =
colorant
>> should be colourant "because their competitors spell it that way"
>> regardless of it being checked at Dictionary .com etc. There, that's=20=

>> my
>> rant over as well.
>>
>> New to this freelance network malarky and have just "lurked" for a =
few
>> weeks with just the ocassional (unfunny) comment.
>> I'm afraid all the technical stuff goes straight over my head, so I
>> probably won't contribute much to those threads.
>> Find the recipes, cheese salad sagas etc riveting tho'
>>
>> 'til next time.
>>
>> Dave
>> A budding grammar nazi with a particular aversion to misuse of
>> apostrophes.
>> (god, I hope I haven't made any errors in this)
>>
>>
>> On 21 Jan 2005, at 16:31, Gavin Cotton wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> WARNING RANT ALERT:
>>>
>>> I hate the way people use the word DIET........ There's is NO=20
>>> possible
>>> way to go ON A DIET.........
>>>
>>> Everything you eat IS your diet, if you're fat and want to loose
>>> weight then you simply CHANGE your diet. I think this is the problem
>>> with people today, they think OK I want to loose weight so I'll GO =
ON
>>> A DIET, which sounds SO like a temporary measure to simply loose the
>>> weight!!!!! so what, you are going to GO ON THE DIET, loose the
>>> weight, and then go back eating as you did and go back being a =20
>>> normal
>>> fat bastard again OMG
>>>
>>> And as for people saying, I used this diet and it works.......... =
and
>>> oh no don't do the Atkins, it's dangerous.......
>>> Yeah, ok, the atkins is a bit of an odd one, BUT IF YOU FOLLOW WHAT=20=

>>> IT
>>> SAYS IN THE BOOK............it won't make you ill. These people that
>>> just straight cut out the carbs permanately, or just stop for a =
month
>>> and then binge on them, NO WONDER THEY ARE GETTING ILL...........
>>> BUT, every one of these "diet" plans will not work for everyone.
>>> Peoples bodies act differently to each food type, some people can=20
>>> just
>>> cut out eating carrots, their body can process every other type of
>>> food with storing up too much fat, they could eat loads of Big Macs,
>>> and there body would just process it, but then if they were to eat
>>> carrots it would just alter the chemical balance in their digestive
>>> system, and they turn into a bloater.
>>>
>>> One of the best ways to work out what a good diet is for you is to
>>> have blood tests and urine test that tell the specialists what type=20=

>>> of
>>> foods your body can't process fully, what gets stored as fats and so
>>> on. There is a specialised place in London that does these test in=20=

>>> one
>>> day, and people loose shit loads of weight,. and then maintain a=20
>>> body
>>> fat of around 16% and BMI of about 19, which is spot on.
>>>
>>> Plus, exercise, exercise, exercise, and where possible exercise some
>>> more, but to be honest, with a perfect diet (and I mean diet not,
>>> loose weight quick plan) normal walking around the shops,
>>> up-the-stairs etc etc can be all some people need to do.
>>>
>>> OK RANT OVER
>>>
>>>
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