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10 hours ago, timendres said:

... The real risk is having a lifetime of savings wiped out by a serious illness ...

Well said,

Yes, no one wants to end up the richest person in the grave yard,  but there are essential things that must be maintained and med insurance unfortunately in one of them.

Even a non-life threatening event as in a vehicle accident could equal the cost of a house depending on how many days they keep you in an ICU, plus the obligatory add-on's, $30 for an Aspirin, etc.

And whether you survive or not makes no difference.

That debt will still follow you to the grave, or on to other family members or entities and hound them in perpetuity until they're paid.

In the west health care is basically a for-profit enterprise.

They only control a disease, though they could probably cure it if so motivated but no money in that.

Easier to get into Skull and Bones at Yale then enter into this ridiculous process, 

but Kudos on proving the theoretical possibility that it can be accomplished at all.

... Your papers appear not to be in order, you will kindly step out of line and accompany the guards ...

Already there's a thriving business in fake vaccination records in the west,
as businesses and corps start mandating employees be vaccinated.

19 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

... Touurism is now gone forever. They killed the industry. Shot it in the heart. Trillions of dollars in infrastructure wiped out. Permanently ...

Permanently ?

There wasn't much left after the 2004 Tsunami either,
a lot of infrastructure wiped out, but like weeds it grows back, 

patience young grasshopper,

I use to think it was special calling myself a millionaire,

until a met a billionaire.
 

It's all relative, people buy as much image as they can afford,

That Porsche probably isn't busting the bank for the owner. 

17 hours ago, wprime said:

Rubbish - he didn't die from "rolling on his phone charger". Phone chargers are 5V DC, that's harmless.

 

He died from something else such as shoving his wet fingers into the 240V AC plug it was connected to.

The output is 5vdc, but the line input to the charger is 240vac, 

If exposed conductor on cord he may have very well been elocuted.

On 7/2/2021 at 8:15 PM, Presnock said:

Basically, looking at the animal/insect world, heartbeat is a fairly accurate measure of longevity ....

There are several studies that seem to correlate to this, it seems metabolic rate determines much, basically a finite number of heart beats.  
Use slowly like a tortoise and live a hundred years, use them up quickly like a humming bird and live only a few, it's relative.

This invariably leads to Googling ourselves.

Not recommended, ignorance is bliss.

23 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:

Well said ... does it mean that everybody lives in his own reality that is subjective only ...? And what is really ' real ' then ? Or is an objective ' reality ' , that is shared by most , only existant , because it is believed to be like this by most people ?

Well , reality might be more than we can know now  ...

 

oh , I need to go and take my pills ... 55

... there is no spoon, ...

17 minutes ago, smutcakes said:

... Point is that if you want to buy and you find something you really like, just buy it. Live in it, enjoy it and dont sweat whether its appreciating or deprecating in value- in 10-15-20 years it will be what it will be ...

Sage advice and I apply this to anything I want to buy.

Life is short, don't stress over price-point, unless of course you're looking to be the richest person in the cemetery. 

Good timing, been needing a new pair,

On 5/13/2021 at 9:59 PM, The Cipher said:

...  If you don't feel comfortable buying crypto, don't buy it. In fact, if you're a retiree and you do feel comfortable, at least hesitate before establishing a (risk-controlled) position and make sure you know what you're buying and why.....

 

Sage advice and the voice of reason,

Some high-end retirees / pensioners who invested early and cautiously

are being racked with anxiety from FOMO,

The reality is there simply isn't enough time to recover from a huge investment mis-step because, well, we're not dead yet but we can see it from here.

At some point I will include some crypto in my mix but it will certainly be conservative.

1 hour ago, blackcab said:

Normally, whoever claims the body will have to settle the hospital bill before the body is released.

If no body claims the body then I'd assume it would fall on the Embassy ?

At some point a decision on the disposition of an unclaimed body will have to be made.

Maybe there's a pauper's graveyard ?,  cremation ?

15 hours ago, Walker88 said:

 

 

... All QAnons, Lunar-tics ("fake moon landing"), 9-11 Truthers, and "Stolen Election" types would be required to repeat their entire primary education, ...

Don't forget the Flat Earthers,

2 hours ago, Lacessit said:

I would decree everyone on the planet older than 10 has to play a minimum of three rounds of golf every week, tapering off permitted after age 70.

I would legalize every illicit drug, with the proviso any crime committed under their influence gets the same penalty as if the person was not.

I would legalize prostitution, abortion and voluntary euthanasia world-wide.

I would ban all  religious instruction in schools as a form of brain-washing.

Every student would have to attend and pass a minimum number of hours of education in physics, chemistry and biology. The people that fail would repeat until they passed.

People can accumulate as much wealth as they want to. There would be a limit set on what heirs could inherit.

Some very good points,

I'll sign off on the golf thing too as long as it involves a clown head, windmill, and colored balls ???? 

17 hours ago, internationalism said:

...  but there are medical miracles - he already had one.

Often it's placebo effect,

but as previous poster stated, misdiagnose is not uncommon.

Like any problem in life, the first solution is can I throw money at it to make it go away.

For those of means, escalating insurance costs will not be a problem, those on fixed incomes will have to make some difficult decisions.

A lot of us may not be there yet but we can see it from where we're at.

Do I want to languish on my deathbed with just a room fan or upgrade to air con and a view,
what I do now will dictate what I can do later.

As other posters have alluded to, experienced car buyers may be suspicious of a full repaint, even sections touched up as it usually indicates some repaired damage.

Professional paint shops can paint smaller areas to OEM specs with no problem,  

17 hours ago, robblok said:

Ketosis also does not work when there is no caloric deficit. This has been proven in laboratories. Really for someone knowing about keto you have a lot information lacking. 

 

 

As others already have put you on the ignore list I find you entertaining, 

Never shy about admitting you're the oracle on all things health, fitness and dieting, and steadfast in always having to have the last word, 

You will reply to this, you can't help yourself, prove me wrong, lol

On 4/15/2021 at 3:03 AM, tonray said:

By all means, drop her so you can hook up with someone even worse.  

Sage advice indeed,

Better a devil you know, than one you don't,

On 4/15/2021 at 3:03 AM, tonray said:

By all means, drop her so you can hook up with someone even worse.  

Sage advice indeed,

Better a devil you know, than one you don't,

On 4/21/2021 at 4:51 PM, robblok said:

Just for the record I don't think you have a good idea about what keto means. If you have normal days in between then you will be out of ketose in no time. That negates the whole " supposed" benefit of turning your body into a fat burning machine when you get into ketose.

 

I say supposed as keto is not that much more effective as caloric restrictions. In laboratory tests (gold standard) its shown not to work much better as caloric restrictions.  Having said that for some people it works for others it does not.

"Just for the record" actually I think I do, 

the op is trying to lose fat, there's more than one way to achieve that.

... Ketosis is a metabolic state in which your body uses fat for fuel instead of carbs.

It occurs when you significantly reduce your consumption of carbohydrates, limiting your body’s supply of glucose (sugar), which is the main source of energy for the cells.

Following a ketogenic diet is the most effective way to enter ketosis ...

On 4/21/2021 at 4:23 PM, jackdd said:

You are throwing together "Keto" and "intermittent fasting", these are two different ways to diet, which can be combined though, Keto on its own has nothing to do with fasting.

Regarding: "where its now forced to convert body fat to sugar for energy": This is nothing exclusive to Keto or IM, this always happens with any diet that puts you in a caloric deficit, this is just how our body works.

 

Did you also try this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inedia

You are correct in that both can be related to dieting,

My point was in some forms of keto there is no net loss of daily calories, thus you are technically not dieting, you're substituting fat for carbs, 
The op is trying to lose fat.

.... 

Ketosis is a metabolic state in which your body uses fat for fuel instead of carbs.

It occurs when you significantly reduce your consumption of carbohydrates, limiting your body’s supply of glucose (sugar), which is the main source of energy for the cells.

Following a ketogenic diet is the most effective way to enter ketosis. Generally, this involves limiting carb consumption to around 20 to 50 grams per day and filling up on fats, such as meat, fish, eggs, nuts, and healthy oils (6Trusted Source).

It’s also important to moderate your protein consumption. This is because protein can be converted into glucose if consumed in high amounts, which may slow your transition into ketosis (10Trusted Source).

Practicing intermittent fasting could also help you enter ketosis faster. There are many different forms of intermittent fasting, but the most common method involves limiting food intake to around 8 hours per day and fasting for the remaining 16 hours (11Trusted Source).