The previous due date was the 8th of December. The doctor today told us that he puts her as due on the 27th of November and it's going to be a girl! I'm so excited!!! =D
- David Cook
Can i ask, the Dr told you it was a girl from the above scan? In the UK, they arent allowed to tell you the sex anymore unless you ask for the 4D scan which costs!
- Alan (Giraffes)
The doc was very confident in the scan. He showed us the lack of boy parts and moved on. He said no one has ever come back and told him he was wrong.
- David Cook
from fftogo
Congratulations David!!!!!!! that is great news!! :)
- Susan Beebe
Thank you everyone! =D Debbie is already planning the girly clothes and we're going through our name book tomorrow. We both agree that we want something pretty short. Nothing more than 2 syllables.
- David Cook
Thanks guys: it's not too bad once you figure out what are decent alternatives for things you like to eat. The only thing I miss greatly is pizza.
- Mark Trapp
You can write a hilarious sitcom called "Mark and his Giant Pants" now. Think of the possibilities! Also, congratulations!
- James Ferguson
Man, Charlie Sheen would have nothing on a pair of pants and a laugh track.
- Mark Trapp
Mazel tov, Mark! Also, provide a list of what you generally eat day-to-day.
- Akiva
Awesome job! About 5 years ago I lost around 90 lbs in 2 months or so...and not in the best way. Since then I have gained it back and am looking to lose it again for good. Any tips you have are greatly appreciated!
- Chris Topher
Chris: in my experience, the key to weight loss is caloric intake: everything else is tangential or helps with other aspects of health. So, math has been my main tool: I calculate my basal metabolic rate and my calorie allotment daily (keeping in mind 3,500 calories is roughly equal to one pound), and try to maximize the amount of food I can eat for my calorie allotment. A few comments...
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- Mark Trapp
Great job Mark! I'm interested in following your journey. I've lost 60 lbs in the last year by concentrating on whole natural foods. Similar to your diet, I've gotten rid of sugar, refined grains and most processed food. I've found (personally and from research) that eating "real" is a key factor to health. Food created by nature and not created/modified by people in a laboratory.
- Vaughn
With your calories so low, you don't experience any hunger during the day?
- Vaughn
Vaughn, I think Mark eats a lot of "mass" but not high energy, so remains sated when he eats despite the low caloric intake.
- Mo Kargas
Right: I'm constantly eating (every 3 hours) and each meal fills me up.
- Mark Trapp
I've only lost 3 pounds over the past week. I'm already a failure! [runs out of the room crying; runs back in, grabs a bag of Funyons, runs back out again]
- Akiva
Thanks, Ginger! Akiva: I lose about 3 pounds a week; anything more and the fat police say you're losing too much weight too fast.
- Mark Trapp
Well, then, Trapp, I am nipping at your heels then.
- Akiva
We're finally going to take this big glass tube of coins to get it counted. How much do you think is in it? The person closest without going over (The Price is Right rules) gets half of it in an Amazon gift card.
The majority of it is coins, but it's been collecting other stuff, like that cork there, old MUNI passes, and free passes to strip clubs in Vegas. The plastic muscle man figure is for, uh, scale. Your most recent guess is the one I'll consider authoritative. Get your guesses in by Monday, May 31st, 11:59pm Pacific time.
- Andy Bakun
The value of the MUNI passes is zero, since they are expired. The value of the strip club passes is their face value ($25), if they'd still work, but for the purposes of this, they have no value, they are just pieces of paper.
- Andy Bakun
This collection of coins was started in Chicago back in 2004 or 2005, when this jar was acquired. I was inspired by a similar thing my grandparents had, a magnum wine bottle, that they kept their loose change in. I dumped a previous collection into it initially, bringing it about a 1/3 of the way full. The entire collection moved with me to San Francisco in 2007, that's when the MUNI passes started to be added.
- Andy Bakun
$120 (mentioned this in the fb post, but posting here as well)
- Jon Ursenbach
12 more hours to get your prediction in!
- Andy Bakun
$1099 - Sorry my guess is late, ill take 1/4 instead.
- Todd Figlio
Okay, sorry this is taking so long, we got a sick Mom in the house, so I couldn't go get 'em counted last night. Going now. If anyone wants to get their guess in, the deadline is extended until I get back from having them counted. I found some interesting things buried in it (which didn't take up any kind of significant space).
- Andy Bakun
I made it! Most influential British Twitter users revealed - Telegraph (UPDATE: wow - thanks so so much guys. Can't believe the love i have on here.) - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technol...
Hi, Zee ! je vais de ce pas jeter un coup d'oeil chez les Britons ;-)
- Desirade
zee - gifted followers = default list/suggested user list - when a media outlet reports on "x account has y followers" it's almost like there needs to be a notation that they were given the followers as a freebie.
- Allen Stern
i thought that everyone has agreed to used "listed" as the new 'count that matters' -- there's more of a meaning to listing someone and there never was a suggested list... however... the more followers you have the more chances to be listed there are ( i guess )
- Chris Heath
Seriously? Did you get a Droid too, Yo?
- Mona Nomura
No. I couldn't justify spending $550 on it. :(
- Yolanda
Is it AT&T or the iPhone that's making you switch to Droid?
- John Wang
from iPhone
Both - I was blown away by the snappy responsiveness of Droid and I really miss the push notifications displayed on top. Also, the little things make it fun i.e. the security connect the dots unlocking. The handset itself feels really good in my hand and I think the accelerometer on Droid is more accurate (?) responsive (?) than the iPhone. The keyboard doesn't feel as junky as people...
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- Mona Nomura
I messed around with my friend's Droid. Believe me, I do want one. I loved how much faster it seemed and the display was sharper. I just couldn't get one at the discounted rate and the regular price is just GAH!
- Yolanda
I played with a Droid on sunday and it rocked. I've always been super zealous about the iPhone but 2 years of dropped call and AT&T service has soured me big time. And then, having messed around on a Droid, realized what a quick responsive OS really feels like -- and the download / upload time was easily 10x better than iPhone.
- Marko Bon
I used the DROID exclusively for two weeks when reviewing it. It's a good phone, but it doesn't beat the iPhone in my book. I did say in my review that it's the first true iPhone competitor though, and IMO it's the second-best phone on the market.
- Andru Edwards
Marko - agree on all counts. Dru, I think it's a BB competitor - true business users can finally have a phone that is fun, too. The mail system on iPhones STINK. Android exchange implementation blows Apple's away.
- Mona Nomura
Care to share the original, Mona? Me likey.
- Mark Douglass
my brother-in-law, iPhone guy from day one, just took the side-by-side test in preparation to switch to the Droid, says that lack of multi-touch is a "bigger issue than expected" for him, can't zoom in on web pages. Also says that in comparison the browser is "laggy for swipe-scrolling." But says he loved the keyboard despite the bad press he read about it. ( @docbrody )
- Marko Bon
That pic was taken yesterday under a rather high does of phenobarbital. I'm still in the hospital bed, waiting for the neurologist to go over my xrays, cat scans, and MRI with me. They're giving me Dilantin to keep future seizures at bay. I feel like I'm in a bad dream!
- Sarah Lane
I hope you can get home in time for some Mad Men.
- Jerry Perez
Our thoughts are with you, Sarah. Let us know if there's anything we FF'ers can do to help (even if it's just keeping you from being too bored waiting for doctors to see you)...
- Thomas
My heart dropped when you twittered that!I've had them for 25 years.When your Tongue starts to heal drink milk it will help with the pain.My prayers are with you.
- Brian Campbell
"I honestly find the price a little high when you consider that it is "just" the software. For about double the price you can buy a hardware model. However, I'd be willing to spend the money, especially after seeing the early positive reviews. I am waiting for some information from Navigon though. What about traffic info? What about radar warning? Future map updates? Missing features such as km/h, km to destination, estimated time at arrival / time left."
- Mark Douglass
"I honestly find the price a little high when you consider that it is "just" the software. For about double the price you can buy a hardware model. However, I'd be willing to spend the money, especially after seeing the early positive reviews. I am waiting for some information from Navigon though. What about traffic info? What about radar warning? Future map updates? Missing features such as km/h, km to destination, estimated time at arrival / time left."
- Mark Douglass
"I honestly find the price a little high when you consider that it is "just" the software. For about double the price you can buy a hardware model. However, I'd be willing to spend the money, especially after seeing the early positive reviews. I am waiting for some information from Navigon though. What about traffic info? What about radar warning? Future map updates? Missing features such as km/h, km to destination, estimated time at arrival / time left."
- Mark Douglass