Arvind9 wrote: Today was truly a good Friday,lets say my wife was a Christian but from today just like me a Atheists,today she did not go to Church,I asked her why she said there is nothing in these religious practices,I asked her then why were you religious she said it was just a part of our culture but its meaning is irrelevant now,we have everything which even religious people dont get all their life

So today was good Friday in the real sense

Not all believers are practising their religion - in fact things changed a lot - the amount of truly religious and practising people are far less today - a Church is a place of worship - mind you, it is debatable whether you truly need to attend in order to be "right" by your religion - you can have faith and pray basically anywhere it is probably far more respectful and effective praying from the heart than praying stone and wooden statues or other objects in Church - Ask how many people today even pray or know their prayers - a Church sets you in an environment to do so. People who do not go or go less are not necessarily atheists or non believers anymore - people should go based on genuine intentions not as feeling obligated to do so - it reminds me of people who attend during xmas, everyone shakes hands (well before COVID anyway), then the minute they step out of Church they are back to their crummy selves. Like most religious holidays where people act all fake and nice for that day and back to their true self the next day - I know people of other religions who have faith but don't attend service, it might seem unusual though I would believe in some instances, for some religions they attend more. It's important to remember that the God you are praying is not a statue, nor objects on a wall, sometimes I wonder are people praying statues or praying God

You wasted $115 on that ?

valerie wrote: PS. If u look closely at the tree, you can see tasman1 peeking out.

I didn't even notice a tree at first, I looked close but could not see a Tasman1, I even used a magnifying glass, not there,

https://homeguides.sfgate.com/gardening-gifts-plant-lovers-13771630.html

Read this - chalk is only a temporary solution it might not be the best one, it does not kill them it might just delay them, some might get in.

Guess you are better with the that product with a name I can hardly pronounce dia something earth - white powdered stuff, sprinkle some everywhere around the house, I mean sure your house will look like a coke house but it will control the ants, ants might bring some of that powder back to the colony and kaboom Hopefully you did not order the chalk yet I wonder if they are keeping tabs on all the insects we kill in our life,

valerie wrote: I'll rush right out and buy chalk. Does the color matter? I like purple.

I can't say if it works or not, I read it on a web site I have never tried it, I never really had ant problems other than maybe once or twice between window panes, and I used the white earth stuff it worked like c harm, but I never used chalk, the chalk does not kill them, I should have been more specific, chalk does not kill them, they just won't cross a line made in chalk, but I'm assuming some will, it's probably not the best - but can't say for sure I did not try it.
you are better off sprinkling your house with that white earth stuff if you don't mind the inside of your house looking like a coke house

valerie wrote: I've read even piss ants have worker ants. They send out a worker to look for food. If the worker finds it, it goes back to the colony and tells everyone.... HEY GUYS, I FOUND SOME OATMEAL SQUARE CRUMBS and all the ants are gleeful and follow the worker ant back to the food. Then they celebrate by having a parade. Each one carries a crumb of food and they march one by one carrying their heavy crumb back to the colony where they are greeted by old and young ants.

Some people have that habit of eating food outside the kitchen, in the living room, in bed, etc, you might think you are careful but the ants sense those microscopic bits of food - I remember a video that showed some lab testing a used couch and putting it under the microscope all the food crumbs, dust and other stuff BTW, I heard that ants never cross chalk - I don't know if it is true or not, but I heard from a reliable source and I never tried it before.

So if you see ants somewhere on the floor or furniture, just draw a line or circle with chalk, and they will apparently never cross that line.

So if chalk up your floor at the door's entry, chalk up all the window frames, does this mean you will never have ants in your home ? Who knows

I know that white powder stuff really helps, it's called diatomaceous earth, it is safe, you just sprinkle some near doorways, windows, anywhere ants can enter, it works - there is a food safe version that is safe for pets, it also controls insects on animals.

It's a safe non chemical way to get rid of the ants, they eat that stuff and it makes them inflate and explode I think.
this works for small ants, not the carpenter ants, ants with wings, or very large ants

valerie wrote: A piss ant around here is a tiny itty bitty black ant.

It was probably after my oatmeal square. Nothing gets my oatmeal square!

Actually, we've had lots of rain and I imagine the little thing was trying to get dry. I shoulda got it a blankie but nooooo I murdered it.

Close enough - so I guess you had some oatmeal square crumbs on your desk or here and there I've always wondered how ants sense these things, it's like if you forget some snack on your desk, next morning you can wake up and see a colony of ants and wonder, how the hell did they get there, it's almost as if these insects appear out of thin air - they must have amazing paranormal skills to sniff that sugar from miles away

Yeah I guess you killed it, but the good news is that you don't have to worry that it'll crawl through your nostrils and into your brain during your sleep That's why spiders are your best friends in a house, more so than dogs, because the spiders will eat those bugs Ants are more harmful to a house than a spider, you can have colonies of ants invading your house - but I don't think you can have colonies of spiders in your house unless you live in Australia

kanjoormadam09 wrote: some people even if they eat tons of food will never get fat and remain thin. What is the irony behind that?

and some will get extremely fat / morbidly obese but have normal blood tests, it's all about genetics. I guess each case needs to be evaluated, as not everyone is equal - some people do eat a lot and don't gain weight, but they also are very active. There are people who are inactive and eat a lot and don't gain weight, that is quite unusual though, it would mean that their resting metabolism is very high - but watch out, thin does not mean healthy necessarily - some people who are thin may be diabetic too - some people produce little insulin, and insulin is the fat hormone too, some people gain weight easily - BUT it is not the quantity, it's the type of foods - if you are eating the type of foods that spike your insulin you are promoting fat storage, your body is optimised to store fat - if you east foods low on the glycemic index, you will likely maintain your weight - it's all about insulin and glucose control - it's a vicious circle, you get an insulin crash, you are hungry , you eat more. Some people may appear to eat a lot, but they don't do so every single day.
Sooner or later you WILL get fat if you eat more than your body expends in energy, nobody gets a free pass all their life - it's all about the quality not the quantity. You ca be eating little of the wrong foods and gain weight too.

I'd say most people who are obese or morbidly obese got there through food habits - YES for whatever reasons, depression, sadness, food is usually used to compensate for lack of affection, love, and other things, however the main theme is food - and yes there are certain medical conditions and medication that make you gain weight, or stall weight loss, but not to the point where you can weigh 600-900 pounds - but it's a vicious circle, once you develop that food habit, you want more more more food to keep up with your stomach and cravings, this is why people with Obesity find it hard to lose weight - they have developed a bad habit, they are likely very much insulin resistant, and they must resolve the SOURCE of their habit first THEN the food problem. That's why people have the misconception that obese people should just eat less, well yeah, that's only part of the deal, it's more complex than that. Our body is optimised for storage........it's much easier to gain than to lose - the more fat you are the faster you can lose weight, BUT your body quickly downregulates your metabolism so you stall and cannot lose all the weight - when you start eating normal again it takes far long for the body to upregulate - your body was primed for survival and so it favours storing reserves than burning them quick - Most people who are Obese aim at fast weight loss - this is why they can never lose enough weight - only SLOW, but steady weight loss and small changes, will make a big difference long term.

Yeah some people have crazy metabolisms for sure - Some people eat normally and gain weight, what they need is a GOOD doctor and endo to read their test results, there could be easy clues as to why - their insulin levels, their glucose, their levels of Leptin, etc. In America and in the UK Obesity is an epidemic, I'm sure it is quite the same in Canada too - people are eating processed foods and drinking soda I've had that crazy metabolism at some point too, but I was active too - the #1 fuel for the body is glucose, our body can also use fat, but it is optimised for glucose FIRST, if you consume it, it becomes available for energy, if you don't use energy, it is then stored in your fat cells through insulin , ideally once our muscle glycogen storage is full, our liver being the biggest store for most people.

It's not all about doom genetics - sometimes your hormones can be messed up, it can be fixed - but most people do it wrongly - they just go to the doctor and the doctor says "eat less" - They don't seem to teach that in Med School, how to assess weight problems on an individual basis - nope - it's easier to just order bullshit tests, run the bill and make hospitals rich and shareholders happy rather than giving optimal patient care.

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valerie wrote: PS. Thank goodness it wasn't a pigeon!

If it was a pigeon you would have done a great job. Ants irritate us only if harmed. they will also leave the site if we try to avoid them and dont make places dirty with their poos. Many ants even help farmers by reducing the pest. I love ants but hate dirty pigeons

hmmmm, well you would not love them if they were inside your house, all over, and especially not carpenter ants, fire ants or red ants..........and you certainly don't want them inside your cereal boxes unless you want the extra protein

Once you have an ant problem inside your house it is very difficult to control, that and termites

It's unlikely you will have pigeons unless you have a badly insulated roof and a gap large enough where they can enter.

valerie wrote: PS. Thank goodness it wasn't a pigeon!

This reminds me I've heard of news where people had trapped pigeons in their attic - after reporting unusual noises in the ceiling, some couple called inspectors to go up there and see where the noise is coming from, rats, carpenter ants, cockroaches, snakes, NOPE, it turned out to be pigeons - I think it was a finished attic, they must have gotten in through a wide vent or gap I dunno. Actually an attic is a great place for pigeons to live, they are attracted by them.......

https://www.skedaddlewildlife.com/blog/pigeons-starling-which-one-in-attic/

So next time you hear some noises up there, one of these days it might end up being pigeons, and you will remember the pigeon topics

What you should say however is - at least it was not a wasp - it's easier to catch an ant than a super sized wasp.
and with those instant kill sprays you need good aim, otherwise if you miss, they get a turn

valerie wrote: I killed it. Now I feel bad. Have you ever tried to catch and release a piss ant?

How big were they ? Aren't these the yellow ants that smell like piss ? I've never encountered one, I've encountered human sized one before, with 2 arms and 2 legs - I've worked with some too

This is the time of year where they start to show up - you should not have any in the house though, but if you leave your door open a lot or bad screens on your windows, they can come in - or if you have cracks in the window frames, walls, etc. Well at least it wasn't a carpenter ant

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We've had rain rain rain and storms and tornado warnings. I think the tiny piss ant managed to find it's way to my desk for help. Did I help it? I killed it. I feel so bad.

Maybe it was looking for that hidden candy bar you hid in one of your drawers ? or you brought it in with you - you know what they say, if there's one there are many - why your desk now ? Well better inspect your desk and look for any holes, there might be a nest full

Next time you could capture it in a zip lock and release it outside, I'm sure it will be thankful

valerie wrote: Happy Good Friday, Passover, Easter.

And hippity hoppy Easter Bunny, Easter egg, Easter basket, Spring, Lillies, day.

I may need to google how in the world they came up with bunnies and eggs for a serious religious event.

It's because it's like any other holidays that people don't know the true meaning of, like Christmas, they have turned these dates into commercial holidays for the retail industry - so for Easter, it's the time for the eggs and chocolate bunnies, this year they include E-Coli and other crap - check on the recall of Kinder Egg surprise. So in Easter it's egg hunting and chocolate bunnies and Christmas, it's gifts under the xmas tree and stuffing oneself. Ask a random git on the street what these holidays are about, and their answers will be predictable - so yeah I guess someone just threw a dart on some random place on the board and it landed on Bunnies, so he/she decided to take a second attempt, and sure enough, it landed on chocolates.........SOLD! Ask today's generation what is the meaning of Thanksgiving.............NOW ask someone in retail the same questions

So what are we celebrating this year ? Love ? Peace ? Hope ? Are the Easter Bunnies going to wear masks this year ? Are we going to see chocolate in the form of COVID,

No day is ever dull around here

valerie wrote: I think some of the scandals are true but I also think for the most part they were a two way street.

Depends on scandal - I'm talking about the sex scandals - was Barker showcasing his prize ? this kind of thing happens a lot in show business - Apparently he was sued for millions and settled, and some cases were dismissed, there are too many scandals in show business. They made more news about a hand slap on Oscar night than some of the pedophiles and sex predators in show business.

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That one gal, Holly I think was her name, she was over the stated weight that she was hired and no matter the cause of it, I think she was let go because of it even after they gave her plenty of times to reduce.

To reduce - compared to how fat people are TODAY,s he was thin Besides isn't that discrimination ? All these models do is just smile and touch the products, they are not doing porno Are people playing a prize game or rating the models ? You would think in 2022 this would not be an issue, it's not like she was 900 pounds. To be honest I never expected Bob to retire - I always imagined that he would host the show until he drops dead during a taping

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People that are over weight either by choice or by birth or by meds, should not expect jobs and all of society to make accommodations for them.

Not everyone is fat by choice obviously - some people have shitty metabolisms they literally get fat by just looking at food - whilst some people have crazy metabolisms they can chomp down enough food to feed an entire family and not gain a pound - that was me in my very young years Some people gain weight despite doing all the right things, weight gain is NOT always about food - OK in America maybe most of it is about food choices BUT not all fat people are fat because of food - but when it is due to food, there is misconception - if you go to a gym and work out for 4 hours on a treadmill then go back home and eat an entire large pizza and drink 2 x 4L bottle of Cherry Coke, then chances are you won't lose weight, you will gain Unless the job description said "We need only attractive, thin females weighing no more than x pounds" then they cannot fire base don weight, that is discrimination, unless her weight prevented her from doing her job, clearly it was not the case.

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Madison91 wrote: Here, $1-$2 per day.

It will come back , do not worry , every year one or two month are bad , I am used to that

AHAHAHA for me it is a month every 2-3 years good

Finally a 2 digit earning day, congrats

It looks like many things if you use your creative imagination

It can look like a broken baguette OR it looks like the next COVID variant

OR pigeons in a blender .........or a giant turd in the sky, yep that's it, that's exactly it

valerie wrote: It depends on their contract.

Did you know Barker is 98 years old!

That's it ? I thought he was close to 137 So yeah he's 98 years OLD indeed and he still earns a good royalty from Price Is Right - deserved, he made the show what it was, I dunno if any of the scandals about him shagging his colleagues true or not, but he was a one of a kind host and he connected with people, unlike the fake they have right now and the new direction of the show - no wonder he is unhappy about that - I think they pushed him out to retirement, it's funny watching clips of him hosting the show when he had black hair

One thing Amazon makes it right when you have issues with your order, BUT the catch with Amazon is that executives are monitoring accounts and banning non profitable accounts - you see Amazon is a bottom line only company, if they are not making money off of you, they kick you out permanently. This is true - so for instance if you return too many items or get too many courtesy credits, etc, you get eventually kicked out. Amazon does NOT reveal the threshold obviously but they do keep tabs - even if your returns are as a result of being deceptive or the credits you get are because of their issues and not your own fault. I've only had a few issues with Amazon, one time product was shipped to wrong address, it was the correct street number, but the wrong street Fortunately I was contacted by the person who noticed the box on their door step - so an Uber driver who cannot read street signs or use a bloody GPS !!! Anyhow, I managed to get a refund for the shipping equivalent from Amazon, even though I am Prime, I pay for perks, which I did not receive, so they credited me $6. Another instance where I was promised one day delivery, and had to wait 2 extra days for delivery because item was not in stock despite being marked in stock - So Amazon gave me a $19 credit towards my next Prime renewal. Another time, I ordered some hard drives, they came in a box loose with poor packing, the drivers were clicking and producing lots of corrupted data and unrecoverable errors. SO they refunded me the entire price of the drive, and asked me to keep the drive. I've never actually returned stuff on Amazon, but I know they keep a track of all those credits you get, even if not your fault - there have been instances where people have been cut off from Amazon because they were not profitable enough - if Amazon is losing money from a customer, they will deny them service and ban them. Amazon has always made it right by me when I had issues though. I think the price hike is excessive but for people who order frequently or for the streaming alone, it's worth it, it's just as every one is raising prices here and there - I mean 20-40% price increases, but it's funny, do people get a 40% raise on their salary ? Never happened

valerie wrote: Rotators would rotate links. Some people that referred others to a program would place their refs links in the rotator. Then they would advertise using the rotator link. Every time someone would click on the link in the ad, a members ref page would come up.

But there was a problem with that.

Ohhhh yes I remember, I knew I heard the rotator somewhere, didn't Jim own one or was it AdHits ?

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Say you had 100 members in the rotator. They did not rotate in any kind of a sequence. So johns page might come up twenty times during the advert and Mary's might come up only five times, etc.

Wow that sucks, talk about clumsy coding - so essentially a random number generator. Good coding would be to make it fair, use a random sequence but make sure the same position is not chosen again until the others are chosen, or after a set number of positions are chosen - there are ways to make a controlled random environment, but I guess coders are usually too lazy - yeah that method sounds unfair, especially considering the nature of traditional RNG on computers

valerie wrote: Just depends on their legal contract.

Actors are paid an amount to be in a movie. Most likely they are not paid anything else. If they are paid 10 million for the movie contract, that's it.

Yes the contract is for the MOVIE - but eventually the movie comes out on DVD / BluRay and or streams online, streamers have to pay licensing fees to the studios, so in theory actors receive some residual from that. I know for a fact TV series work like that, when the show gets syndicated and show re-runs they get paid, I don't know if it is a legal obligation for movie studio to pay residual, I've never starred in a movie before but from a business perspective it is likely. Besides actors never deal directly with anybody, all the deals are done through their agents, including finding them roles, $$$ negotiations, etc. All the actors do is sign the contract(s) - could it be that agents later make sure the studios or networks pay their residuals, maybe, it's all about money. If Johnny Carson was alive, he'd get paid for those Carson re-runs

Bob Barker, still gets paid a big residual from the show, even though he retired so many years ago - He said it himself during an interview when asked about his discontent with new host and the direction of the sow, he said he wants what's best for the show he does not hate the show, he earns a sizable residual income form that show.

I think only principle performers and actors get residuals, if a show is syndicated, gets, redistributed or streamed, but extras obviously not There could be exceptions of who gets Royalties and who doesn't.

Jerry Sienfeld for example, well he earns around $40 million A YEAR only from residuals for Sienfeld alone - that's crazy, that's good retirement money right there for doing nothing