From: bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com   
      
   On 02/25/2013 03:42 PM, Jim Beard wrote:   
   > On 02/25/2013 06:18 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:   
   >> On 02/25/2013 01:29 PM, Jim Beard wrote:   
   >>> On 02/25/2013 03:04 PM, Moe Trin wrote:   
   >>>> On Mon, 25 Feb 2013, in the Usenet newsgroup   
   >>>> alt.os.linux.mandriva, in   
   >>>> article   
   >>>> , TJ wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Moe Trin wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>> Both of us got pneumonia shots in late 2011, but our primary   
   >>>>>> cares   
   >>>>>> (different ones) didn't recommend it this year.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> IIRC from my parents' care, unlike the flu shot the pneumonia   
   >>>>> shot   
   >>>>> lasts several years. Let me see... Yes. WebMD says you may   
   >>>>> need a   
   >>>>> booster in five years, but that's it.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> You may notice they make a big-to-do about flu shots in the   
   >>>> fall, with   
   >>>> ads all over the place. _LAST_ year, we saw a similar amount   
   >>>> of ads   
   >>>> and noise about the pneumonia shot, but this year I'm seeing   
   >>>> virtually   
   >>>> nothing about them,   
   >>>   
   >>> I have been keeping an informal eye on this for maybe a decade,   
   >>> and   
   >>> there is rhyme and reason to it.   
   >>>   
   >>> The CDC looks at the threat they perceive (nasty variety,   
   >>> percentage of   
   >>> population not vaccinated, expectation of result if nothing is   
   >>> done vs   
   >>> if something is done), and if the decision is made to make   
   >>> noise they   
   >>> make as much noise as they think they can get away with. Never   
   >>> let a   
   >>> crisis/opportunity go to waste!   
   >>>   
   >>> If everything seems on an even keel, and little to be gained by   
   >>> kicking   
   >>> up a fuss, better to leave it alone than have cynics point out the   
   >>> (actual, and potentially demonstrable) foolishness of a PR   
   >>> campaign.   
   >>>   
   >>>>> I haven't been given one myself because I don't fit in the   
   >>>>> recommended   
   >>>>> recipient list - yet. Not yet 65, and I'm in very good   
   >>>>> general health.   
   >>>>> (knocking on as much wood as I can reach)   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Another one getting big play here is the 'shingles' vaccine.   
   >>>   
   >>> If they get an outbreak in an area, they flog the vaccine hard. It   
   >>> normally is so rare that it probably is not worth the effort of   
   >>> mass   
   >>> vaccination, but with a few cases around that people can point   
   >>> to among   
   >>> their friends (shingles is nasty, even though rarely permanently   
   >>> damaging) they will go for it.   
   >>>   
   >>>>> Won't be long, though. I turn 65 in a year and a half.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> "End of the world coming - film at 11" Yeah, I passed that   
   >>>> milestone   
   >>>> several years ago. Usual problems, but I'm still ticking and the   
   >>>> primary care didn't report anything that far out of tolerance   
   >>>> (other   
   >>>> than the usual "you can loose a few pounds" - gee, I'm so glad   
   >>>> I'm   
   >>>> allowed to do so).   
   >>>   
   >>> My opinions on health care are strongly held, but somewhat   
   >>> complicated.   
   >>> Every person is different, and sorting out pros and cons is the   
   >>> very   
   >>> first and most important task.   
   >>>   
   >>> That said, for myself, I show up for a physical every 3 to 5   
   >>> years, just   
   >>> to see if there is visible reason I should make extra   
   >>> preparations for   
   >>> my death in the next 3 to 5 years. Beyond that, there are some   
   >>> things   
   >>> the medics do well (stitches, minor trama, most bacterial   
   >>> infections)   
   >>> and some major catastrophies that require a pay-the-money or   
   >>> accept-death-or-severe-damage decision. I will happily go in   
   >>> for the   
   >>> former, and promise to think it over carefully (if I can think   
   >>> at the   
   >>> time) for the latter. If I cannot think, next-of-kin has   
   >>> instructions to   
   >>> let me die rather than spend huge amounts of money for heroic   
   >>> efforts to   
   >>> save me.   
   >>>   
   >>> Weight control (and consequent to that, blood pressure control)   
   >>> is not   
   >>> easy for me. My choice of exercise is walking supplemented by   
   >>> weight   
   >>> machines at the rec center, and when I need to lose weight the   
   >>> walks   
   >>> have to be in excess of 15 miles minimum and the weight room is   
   >>> worthless. Given that I hate the cold, my weight tends to rise in   
   >>> winter... Where is global warming when I need it? (Or even local   
   >>> warming. I would settle for either!)   
   >>>   
   >>> Cheers!   
   >>>   
   >>> jim b.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> The weight room should not be worthless in weight loss.   
   >   
   > Operative phrase: "should not be." Nonetheless, "is".   
   >   
   >> Using progressive weights should curb appetite. Further if you   
   >   
   > Again, "should." My appetite does not change that much, but my   
   > metabolism drops in synchronization with reduced calorie intake. In   
   > theory, sessions of intense activity should deal with such, but in   
   > practice this is not a solution I can or will use.   
   >   
   >> change the routine of the use of the weights you should be able   
   >> to get the sort of exercise that will help you lose weight.   
   >> That sort of routine is very high repetitions with   
   >> lower weights so that you are building endurance.   
   >   
   > Nine or 10 machines, one set of 20 reps and a second set of 40 reps on   
   > each. About 1.5 hours per workout, assuming I do not have to wait around   
   > for others to get off machines so I can use them.   
   >   
   >> As for walking 15 miles seems extreme. If I could   
   >   
   > It is extreme, but at one point last summer I was walking two or three   
   > times a week and had to log 25 miles or more each time to lose a pound.   
   > I felt great on the day after a 20-mile walk, but would not lose an ounce.   
   >   
   >> still walk 60 blocks I am sure I could lose weight without   
   >> the sort of dieting that i have to endure. Of course in   
   >> San Francisco to walk 60 blocks you must go up and down   
   >> hill walking in the flattest parts of town. No matter.   
   >   
   > Sixty blocks is closer to 6 miles than to 15. IIRC, San Francisco is   
   > about 7 or 7.5 miles wide, and Geary/Golden Gate Park is about the   
   > flattest east-west route available. If you do north-south, Market and   
   > Mission streets are pretty much level.   
   >   
   > Steep hills do result in trim ankles for the young ladies, but I never   
   > noticed that to be a benefit for the guys.   
   >   
   >> I blew up to 225 a couple of years back so   
   >> I got serious and cut my animal protein ration in   
   >> half and reduced my carbohydrates by a similar amount   
   >> so that after a year or two I am down to 175 which   
   >> is still 20 lbs higher than I would prefer but my   
   >> friends tell me not to fret as I have big bones. This   
   >> loss was without the sort of exercise i would prefer   
   >> to be doing but which is impossible for someone with   
   >> refractory fatigue syndrome.   
   >   
      
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