Days off, Grilling, Dr appt and beer

On Sat, 24 May 2008 07:59:57 +1000, Alan S
<loralgtweightandcarbs@gmail.com> wrote:

>On 23 May 2008 11:48:56 GMT, Chris Malcolm
><cam@holyrood.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>>Michelle C <bookbug_35@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> "Johnnie McCoy" <johnniemccoy@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:d47Zj.31674$%g.11683@trnddc08...
>>
>>>> I think the problem is, it's hard to deny yourself eating pleasure when
>>>> nothing obvious happens if you don't. For example, if I didn't test, I
>>>> wouldn't know I had diabetes.
>>
>>> Yeah, I think for some people complications in the future are too esoteric
>>> compared to instant gratification and no immediate punishment.
>>
>>I personally find procrastination so rewarding that I've become
>>extremely good at it.
>
>SWMBO believes that if procrastination was an Olympic sport
>I would have a cabinet full of gold medals. With a special
>cabinet for jobs around the house.

Come on, you'd never have gotten around to building the cabinet.
Amateur! <G>

>But I'm happy to procrastinate on diabetes complications;
>thus I take a long time to eat (a good trick is to talk a
>lot at the table, Trink:-).

Good point!

>I also tend to procarastinate at trying medications that
>haven't been around very long.

Sadly another good point.

On Sat, 24 May 2008 18:51:33 +0100, Trinkwasser
<spam@devnull.com.invalid> wrote:

>On Sat, 24 May 2008 07:59:57 +1000, Alan S
><loralgtweightandcarbs@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On 23 May 2008 11:48:56 GMT, Chris Malcolm
>><cam@holyrood.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>Michelle C <bookbug_35@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>> "Johnnie McCoy" <johnniemccoy@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:d47Zj.31674$%g.11683@trnddc08...
>>>
>>>>> I think the problem is, it's hard to deny yourself eating pleasure when
>>>>> nothing obvious happens if you don't. For example, if I didn't test, I
>>>>> wouldn't know I had diabetes.
>>>
>>>> Yeah, I think for some people complications in the future are too esoteric
>>>> compared to instant gratification and no immediate punishment.
>>>
>>>I personally find procrastination so rewarding that I've become
>>>extremely good at it.
>>
>>SWMBO believes that if procrastination was an Olympic sport
>>I would have a cabinet full of gold medals. With a special
>>cabinet for jobs around the house.
>
>Come on, you'd never have gotten around to building the cabinet.
>Amateur! <G>
>

I will - as soon as they award the medals to me. But the IOC
sub-committee on procrastination is still deliberating on
the venue for their first meeting. Since 1896.


>>But I'm happy to procrastinate on diabetes complications;
>>thus I take a long time to eat (a good trick is to talk a
>>lot at the table, Trink:-).
>
>Good point!
>
>>I also tend to procarastinate at trying medications that
>>haven't been around very long.
>
>Sadly another good point.

Yep.

Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
--
d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg
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"Oleg Lego" <rat@atatatat.com> wrote in message
news:8s8f34h6piqq552klhq93oodfsghuhmhr8@4ax.com...
>
> On Fri, 23 May 2008 16:19:27 -0500, BlueBrooke posted:
>
>>On Fri, 23 May 2008 20:14:18 +0100, Trinkwasser
>><spam@devnull.com.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>>On 23 May 2008 11:48:56 GMT, Chris Malcolm <cam@holyrood.ed.ac.uk>
>>>wrote:
>>
>>>>I personally find procrastination so rewarding that I've become
>>>>extremely good at it.
>>>
>>>I'm going to start tomorrow
>>
>>Procrastinating?
>
> I was going to start last week, but I never got around to it.
>
> --
I was going to read this thread days ago, but didn't get around
to it.

Robert Miles wrote:
> "Oleg Lego" <rat@atatatat.com> wrote in message
> news:8s8f34h6piqq552klhq93oodfsghuhmhr8@4ax.com...
>> On Fri, 23 May 2008 16:19:27 -0500, BlueBrooke posted:
>>
>>> On Fri, 23 May 2008 20:14:18 +0100, Trinkwasser
>>> <spam@devnull.com.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 23 May 2008 11:48:56 GMT, Chris Malcolm <cam@holyrood.ed.ac.uk>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> I personally find procrastination so rewarding that I've become
>>>>> extremely good at it.
>>>> I'm going to start tomorrow
>>> Procrastinating?
>> I was going to start last week, but I never got around to it.
>>
>> --
> I was going to read this thread days ago, but didn't get around
> to it.
>
I havta add this to my list one of these days, gota start that list one day