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sean:
I see Honest Dski has put out the summer selection.

Patrick:
...did they have to do that?

Orbert:

--- Quote from: Cartilage Head on 15 May 2008, 12:13 ---CAREFUL ORBERT OLDER GUYS AREN'T ALLOWED TO COMPLIMENT YOUNGER LADIES ROUND THESE PARTS

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I was being careful.  I said I hope she doesn't mind.  You know, like how you say "No offense, but..." right before you say something to offend somebody.

And what's this bullshit about Joe Hocking being the oldest?  I'm older than him, and I'm not even the oldest.

jhocking:
I went swimming today! I am so out of shape that I could only swim for half an hour, and now my arms are dead, but I exercised!

Eris:

--- Quote from: 20 jazz funk greats on 15 May 2008, 12:55 ---i guess i'm in the extreme minority here, but i am a girl that has never had a problem with her body.  i've always been skinny, but not to the point of looking unhealthy.  and i don't want my breasts to be any bigger or smaller than they currently are.

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I'm with you there to a degree. I never had a problem with it at school, because even before I lost any baby fat I had I was still ridiculously skinny (at one point I was perfectly healthy, but under the 45kg minimum weight limit for if I wanted to donate blood. This was when I was 15), but I was healthy and my friends would vouch that I ate more than they did. Now I get very antsy if I go under a certain weight, so while I could benefit from going to a gym and getting fitter I know from experience that I will probably lose weight quickly before the muscle mass takes up the slack and I get really uncomfortable in that period. That and I'm incredibly lazy.

Most things I don't like about myself on occasion (or at least like to complain about) are thing I can't change. I will never get any taller than I am now. I will not miraculously be able to bend my back properly (though maybe one day I will remember this and not bang my head on the seat in front of me at the movies when reaching for my bag). My wonky shoulders that no one notices are not going to get any less wonky. My big sticky-out ears will always be big and sticky-out. I know this, and don't hate these things about me, more that they irritate me on a fairly regular basis. It's like the yappy dog next door. It annoys you, but you're not going to go kill it; you deal with it and hope that one day you forget about it.

I was less concerned with my body when I was younger because I didn't really care. I made no effort, so it didn't matter whether I was pudgy or had bad skin or frizzy hair. After I started looking like a walking skeleton and had people starting to look at me making assumptions, I was more critical of how I looked and that is what has stuck, I guess.


Man, I like to talk in here, don't I?

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