Random Musings (and associated non sequiturs) v. 3.0

So you can’t use it when away from home. Or on a VPN.

… without paying for an additional “license.”

Licenses belong to properties, not people. If you are in another property with a license, it will still work. If you come to my house, it will not work. And I’m perfectly fine with that because, honestly, there is zilch on the ogglebox that I have any care for at all.

Not watching telly any more due to the amount of chicken and bull droppings that is shown on a regular basis.

I do, however, watch series or movies on my laptop at home, which the ooklets and Frau Ook do as well. Much betterer than telly, you can pause, air your opinion, go for a piddle or whatever.

This made me laugh.

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Gotta lose weight.

When a nice night out is jeans or work khakis because most my shirts won’t tuck in and my black slacks are two sizes ago.

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I hear ya, sooo totally been there. On the bright side, in the last month or so, I’ve had to start fastening my belt one notch smaller! I’m down 15 pounds (-ish, maybe a little more) from my peak weight. Last week, my scale read under 180 for the first time in a long time. This is uncharted territory for me - I spent years trying to get over 135, and actually dropped down to around 105 when I was going through my divorce about 15 years ago. I’m 5’10", so that was an extremely unhealthy weight. I’d say I’ve bounced back :smiley:

Yeah…

Um. if I were James Bond, and I didn’t get out of the laser beam death device, one piece would be under 180. Now, I’m 6’4", so 180 would be close to an unhealthy weight. But 250 would be nice. Or even 280, I was down to that this time last year, but not exactly in a healthy way.

Hmm… I’m what, 6’0, so that’s 183cm. And I’m about 15stone, which is about 95kg or 210lbs.

Apparently this is a “healthy weight” according to the BMI charts on the NHS. I call bull because I have a belly I can balance a pint on if I’m sitting in a lounger.

Really? That’s right on the cusp of “obese” per the US’s chart last I checked.

The BMI has been thoroughly debunked as a complete load of bollocks.

I’m also 6’0, when I was in my early 20’s I weighed around 105Kg (230lb) and I didn’t have an ounce of fat on me. Yet according to the BMI rating I was obese. Back in those days I was playing sport 5 or 6 days a week and I was incredibly fit and healthy - but not according the the BMI.

BMI is a blunt instrument of junk science that should never have been used, and should still not be used.

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Oh, I know it’s a load of crap. Just pointing out the differences between the two guidelines.

According to the US BMI charts, this man is overweight, possibly obese.

Granted, he might be a statistical outlier…

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Looks like a mutant to me. Or possibly from a different planet

Damn… those pics were meant to be private!

I read a report more than a few years back concentrating on some Inuit subjects. They appear well padded to the rest if us, but the subjects (one male, one female, if I remember) had low resting pulse, low blood pressure, low cholesterol, normal blood sugar.

Their genotype is just better insulated.

Looks like I’ll be braving a start to major winter storm to see Rogue One tomorrow afternoon with my kids. It’s a good thing I have a Jeep.

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I should have put in for a vacation day tomorrow

So you can buy that new makeup?

Rouge One? Is that Utla’s new Star Wars tie in for Rogue One?

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Doh! In my excitement, I didn’t even see that

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Relevant "Not Always Right"

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