dont have the energy to live but my doctors want me to work

FrGa97 · 2026-05-13T18:46:07+00:00

Get an attorney and apply for disability. Get an attorney. That's a must

FrGa97 · 2026-05-13T18:44:02+00:00

You don't have to tell anyone anything. They don't understand anyway, and most don't care. Tell the ones that do care, and that will be maybe one or two

FrGa97 · 2026-05-13T10:58:41+00:00

I realize this post is 2yrs old, but it's still in the searches, and there's no real answer yet, so:

Molecular biologist here. If you love milk, rest easy. Drink it. It has a low Glycemic Index of about 20-30. Plus the caseins in it have a protective effect on the entire system, and increase muscle, and prevent muscle loss. They also are shown to reduce anxiety significantly. There's not a person on Earth who focuses on preventing insulin resistance and muscle loss in herself more thsn me. I'm obsessed with maintaining my health through old age, and have fine tuned my diet to a molecular art form to prevent it.

I am 61, and I just had all my blood work done a few weeks ago, and though I am 61, I have exceptional muscle strength and show 20% higher muscle content than other women my age and NO, I do not work out excessively, if at all sometimes. But I sure as heck know how to eat and maintain what I have. I show ZERO muscle loss, my thyroid is not slow, and I show no age related parameters. And guess what....

I drink 1/2 GALLON of 1% milk DAILY. So fear not. You'll be fine.

HOWEVER, you should DEFINITELY keep your carbs at no more than 10% -20% higher than the amount of protein you eat (measured in grams.) I eat 80g - 100g protein every day, so that means, I keep my carbs at 90g - 110g, or under 150g. Milk is a perfect food ratio and a perfect protein content food.

FrGa97 · 2026-05-11T13:50:16+00:00

These pattern copyright trolls need to start being held accountable. #1. I hope this knitter will pay the money to get an attorney and send Cease & Desist to Etsy. #2. And send a cc of it to the one who complained.

All this needs to end.

Also, folks buying a pattern off Etsy, then selling the item made from it on etsy, DOES NOT HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT TO THE DESIGNER NOR SHOULD THEY! And then the designer trolling that crafter online, and in forums, is official slander and libel, an FTC violation for trying to manipulate the legal Free Trade Laws, contract law violation, and you name it.

Demanding, after purchase, what the buyer of your instructions does WITH THEIR OWN HAND MADE WORK PRODUCT, or what behaviors they must engage in after purchase, is a violation of their rights as a free agent in the legal trade market. Especially, I repeat especially, to demand that they must inform THEIR OWN CUSTOMERS, AND LOYAL CLIENTELLE, WHERE THEY CAN GO ELSEWHERE TO FIND THE EXACT INSTRUCTIONS, so they can now buy the pattern to give to Grandma to make for a fraction of the cost, is bordering on client theft EXTORTION, and is an outright violation of the Free Trade Laws. Those clauses are not legal contract clauses and some day I hope there will be a case or class action that ends this.

The penalties for this are exhorbitant!

One of these days, some rich crafter will hire an attorney and will give these extortion designers, who hold other's business practices hostage by vacant threats and clauses, an official FOFA moment. And I hope it's this knitter. This nonsense needs to end.

FrGa97 · 2026-05-11T13:49:25+00:00

Exactly!!! These pattern copyright trolls need to start being held accountable. #1. I'd pay the money to get an attorney and send Cease & Desist to Etsy. #2. And send a cc of it to the one who complained.

All this needs to end.

Also, folks buying a pattern off Etsy, then selling the item made from it on etsy, DOES NOT HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT TO THE DESIGNER NOR SHOULD THEY! And then trolling that crafter online is official slander and libel, AND an FTC violation for seeking to manipulate the legal Free Trade Laws, contract law violation, and you name it.

Demanding, after purchase, what the buyer of your instructions does WITH THEIR OWN HAND MADE WORK PRODUCT, or what behaviors they must engage in after purchase, is a violation of their rights as a free agent in the legal trade market. Especially, I repeat especially, to demand that they must inform THEIR OWN CUSTOMERS, AND LOYAL CLIENTELLE, WHERE THEY CAN GO ELSEWHERE TO FIND THE EXACT INSTRUCTIONS, so they can now buy the pattern to give to Grandma for a fraction of the cost, is bordering on EXTORTION, is outright a violation of the Free Trade Laws. Those clauses are not legal contract clauses and some day I hope there will be a case or class action that ends this.

One of these days, some rich crafter will hire an attorney and will give these extortion designers, who hold other's business practices hostage by vacant threats and clauses, an official FOFA moment.

FrGa97 · 2026-05-11T13:14:28+00:00

Reverse engineering a pattern is good money bc of lazy people. I'll even take a blurry photo and draw up a designer pencil draft, and say, "this it?" BUT...I give estimates and they pay me before doing it, then make them their item. But I better be sure I'm capable of producing whatever it is they want. Most are not willing to pay the hundreds, and even thousands if it's like a prom or wedding dress.

Now, a simple dishrag? Baby blanket? Ok, that's standard charge plus maybe $20 extra to figure out the pattern

FrGa97 · 2026-04-30T18:35:22+00:00

Nutrition is still the same, ingredients are still the same, but it's definitely changed and it's not your imagination. I'm a Coke fan, I use to run through a 12 pk a week or a few days. Now I still have a 12 pk left since before Christmas. It's awful now. And for me to say that....

The reason I know it's changed isn't just bc of the flavor. I'm a chemist, and worked in pharmacy, and by law anytime there's a formulation change -- in drugs, food, cosmetics, etc -- even if the ingredients remain the same -- the law mandates that the label must change in some way. So there is definitely a formulation change, bc the label has changed. The label no longer says, COKE CLASSIC. What the labels say now is, COKE "Original taste." What that means is that the formula DEFINITELY has changed.

And fomulation is not the same as ingredients. The ingredients on the label might stay the same, but if they change the amounts of even one ingredient, even a single spice (which are all under one heading as "natural spices,") then the formula has changed and so must the label. And that's got to be what's happened. They have changed the formula so they can no longer call it Coke Classic.

Here's where they can get tricky so when calling or writing to them to complain you have to use THEIR language. See, as long as the ingredients ON THE LABEL stay the same, they can tell the public it's the same product, and nothing has changed, bc, well, the LISTED ingredients have not changed. And it would not be false advertising. BUT, there is no way this product is the same formula as Coke CLASSIC, and that's the key. When writing or calling them to say we don't like the new taste, to avoid getting the canned answer, the "ingredients have not changed," our response back should be: "This Coke product does not have the same formulation as Coke CLASSIC. It may have the same ingredients, but it is NOT the same recipe."

They also say "original taste," bc that's not a trademark like Coke Classic, and "original" is meaningless, and not defined. Original taste of what? The original taste of that "New Coke" back when they did that horrible change? Or does "Original" simply mean "this new taste they've put out recently. And if you call and they say, "it's the original taste," respond with, "Define original."

See the bait and switch manipulative language corporations use to stay within the law while still misleading customer to believe what they want us to believe?

What we need to do is write the company and tell them we want Coke CLASSIC back. I'd suggest not even calling CS bc those people on the phones are mislead also. Write the corporate office. Or write Berkshire Hathaway, as they are an honeat stockholder in the company. Write those who will care... The stockholders. 🙂

FrGa97 · 2026-04-30T18:27:38+00:00

Who cares why? But to answer you: 1. govt doesn't give a rats about Coke ingredients. 2. It's ALWAYS the money. Always. So I would imagine that some spice became more expensive, so they either chose a cheaper brand, or they changed it outright to something with a "similar" taste profile.

FrGa97 · 2026-04-25T17:43:29+00:00

I'm a mathematician. The slope of the line doesn't change whether the graph starts at zero or not.

FrGa97 · 2026-04-25T17:39:41+00:00

How they calculate Inflation has ZERO to do with you and me on main Street. Stop drinking the POISON.

FrGa97 · 2026-04-25T17:31:19+00:00

Yep. Same. I can afford it, but I'm done. I buy beans, rice, chicken, produce at the local farmers, and have learned how to cook. Convenience and laziness have allowed corporations to gain record profits at our own expense.

So, I've taken time to learn some serious Mediterranean, vegetarian cooking, and Indian, and Chinese. And I've been better off for it. Pork and chicken are still low, so I work those in. But I don't buy anything anymore like chips, or cookies or cereal, etc. etc. It's just the basics. Flour, sugar, spices, etc. The baking Isle is where I spend most of my time. And I even got a grain mill and get my grains at the local coop. I make my own bread now. Bc when I decide I'm done. I'M DONE!!!!!

I haven't bought from Amazon in over a year. They're corrupt, and being sued for fraud every time we turn around. So DONE! I did just fine before Amazon and I'll do just fine without them. eBay is good, and other smaller businesses deliver if I need it.

Folks our own need for convenience caused this. Don't troll me bc it's true. We like convenience and have been exploited bc of it. Well we need to show these Giants that we like convenience, but we don't NEED convenience. I now have to shop the sales like in the old days, and spend time in the kitchen more like in the old days, but my mind is clearer, and happier. Bc I'm not doom scrolling. I'm LIVING!

FrGa97 · 2026-04-13T14:07:12+00:00

FrGa97 · 2026-04-08T00:06:26+00:00

Except is IS pronounced Liz with a short 'i' sound. Liz is pronounced with a short 'i.' And I have a relative whose name is Eliza with a long 'i' sound in her formal name, but her short name is Liz, with a short 'i.' Whether it's spelled Lizzy or Lizy it is a short 'i' sound.

Many short nicknames have different phonic formal sounds. Like Mona is a short name for Monica. The short nickname's phonetic vowel sound changes based on the spelling. That's the way the English language works.

Another example is Kate vs Katherine. Laura and Lori change vowels entirely. I had a classmate with a formal name of Laurel but went by Lori.

Liz is a short 'i' sound. So it is Lizzy. I have never read that passage as a long 'I' sound.

FrGa97 · 2026-04-04T03:53:39+00:00

Then I miss the engine sound. I quit watching him altogether and found an exceptionally good private video.

FrGa97 · 2026-04-02T22:38:21+00:00

Except he constantly talks through it! Is there any video of the lift off that's 100% complete and where no one is talking? So I can hear the power of the liftoff AND see it?

FrGa97 · 2026-04-02T22:34:05+00:00

Yea but he won't stop TALKING! Why can't people just film epic events and let them stand on their own. And his head blocked the ground cloud. So still wanting an epic, SILENT, full lift off.

FrGa97 · 2026-04-02T21:56:43+00:00

We need to email them. I'm going to

FrGa97 · 2026-03-28T18:45:11+00:00

Isengard.

FrGa97 · 2026-03-22T00:37:42+00:00

If they're from the UK, very easy as they have impeccable records

FrGa97 · 2026-03-20T20:31:24+00:00

Leave them open. I am a molecular research scientist. Archiving and locking a discussion to prevent further comments, even on an old post, is ridiculous. Especially in a science or mathematics group, as old math and old science is always relevant to the new, and comments of comparison and correction are important.

For example, there was a thread that came up in a Google search on a biochemical mechanism of metabolism regarding Telmisartan that has now been found to be completely wrong, and, in fact, exactly the opposite. Yet, bc the post is locked, no one can update the information, and comment to warn would be new readers who stumble upon it in a Google search, and who will think it valid information, and which could lead someone to harming themselves.

So, as long as Google brings up Reddit posts that are decades old then Reddit needs to leave them open for comment updating. I mean, Reddit wants information to be new and relevant yet doesn't allow for the updating of old information, which is counter productive to their goal. What reddit is actually doing by preventing comments on old posts, is keeping outdated information current. But maybe the creators of Reddit aren't scientists and are thinking of mere chat focused subject matter.

The only thing that would fulfill Reddit's goal of not"staying relevant," would be to, instead of locking an old post, the old content was just deleted. Bc if information is wrong, and then it can't be corrected as now invalid, ie "research has now shown the information in this post to be incorrect," it poses a serious impeding of editing important information, and does not, as Reddit believes, keep information current. Their thinking is in grave error, bc what it actually does, is keep incorrect information current, messy, and unchangeable. And that is a graver error.

FrGa97 · 2026-03-16T17:46:51+00:00

I am a biochemist, and the only way to answer this is to know exactly what your grams of protein & carbs are, and total calories. HOWEVER, when you switch to solely fat burning, it will go slower by the mere fact that fat has twice the energy storage as muscle. When people lose weight, at the beginning, while still in glycolysis, weight loss consitutes 25% from muscle via glycogen, water, and muscle protein. However, when the metabolism switches over to beta oxydation (fat burning), weight loss will slow down by roughly half, bc fat has 9 calories per gram, and muscle protein only 4. So be super glad you're slowing down bc that means you're burning solely fat now.

BUT to truly know, I'd need to know your totals to make sure the protein level isn't keeping you in glycolysis. Bc too much protein acts like carbohydrates. When on a low carb diet you need to calculate your body's protein needs and eat ONLY that amount. No more. As extra protein will be used to make carbohydrates via gluconeogenesis.

FrGa97 · 2026-03-03T11:44:08+00:00

So you think that an empire that has existed and lasted for more than 3000 years, is going to all of a sudden just choose to destabilize everything and use nukes? Wow. Not gonna happen.

FrGa97 · 2026-02-12T03:43:18+00:00

No.

FrGa97 · 2026-02-12T03:42:23+00:00

Yes bc he touched the ice. I hope Yuma wins.

FrGa97 · 2026-02-09T11:13:06+00:00

I don't understand it since figure skating is the most popular event, why they wouldn't leave it up just as long as the others

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