Glad to see you've managed to pay your rent. Was that one or two month's money? I remember you saying there was an issue with a recent rent bill being stuck at their end of the chain and can't recall the resolution.

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Ran out of time?
Had visitors?
Fine control of wrists gave out?
Got bored?
etc.
Any one of a long list of things that have no impact on the ability to drive.

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Bob Smith
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Why do certain SETI fanboys not have to follow the rules? The double standard is alive and well here.

•Do not posts comments related to specific moderator actions.

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Glad to see you are making progress on your TV.
Just don't overdo it - it sounds as if you've managed to pick up a bug recently, so take care.

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
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Glad to see you are making progress on your TV.
Just don't overdo it - it sounds as if you've managed to pick up a bug recently, so take care.

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That doesn't sound promising - you should be able to see the back light LEDs even in daylight. Look carefully at the edge of the screen where it goes into the housing and you should be able to see them glowing. Likewise masking around the red (power?) LED with your hand, or a bit of paper you should be able to see it quite clearly.

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Bob Smith
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That's ***** news :-(

Do a check with the TV manufacturer to see if the board on ebay is compatible with your TV, but don't place a bid until you hear back. (By the sound of it that board is not compatible with your TV)

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Bob Smith
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That's a lot of Dew and Doritos.

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I'm glad you are having fun with this contest!

Eric has really cut down on Mountain Dew over the past few years, so I'm sorry I haven't been able to contribute to your point count. I love Cool Ranch Doritos, but I never buy them because I know how weak I am. If I encounter them at parties, I have to force myself to walk away from the bowl.

I used to keep a twelve pack of Mtn Dew in my car's trunk, and it never froze, even in the dead of winter. Tells you something...

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

When is that candy store/gas station opening near you?

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

Too many chips?

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

I`m sure this will be hidden or deleted. But lets try getting some common sense out. I can`t believe not one person has talked to Vic about health issues related to his consumption of several big bottles of Diet Mountain Dew, and at very least several full bags of Doritos daily. I checked what the average male daily calorie intake should be. That is 2 500 calories, or someone that is morbidly obese, as high as 3 200 calories. And that is just to maintain there weight. If those bags of Doritos are 9.75 ounces. then that is roughly 1 600 calories per bag. That means 2 bags are for the most part the daily intake. And I`m sure there are other negative things associated to this. Like sodium intake, Trans fats, etc. I know some will say..."don`t read this post, if you can`t be positive", or "nobody is holding a gun to your head to read these posts",....etc. But really, if your care about Vic. How come not one of you have even tried to talk like a friend and stepped up to the plate and say the obvious. Plus Vic, I`m sure with all the money that you`ve spent on Diet Mountain Dew, and Doritos, that you have already bought at least 1/2 that X Box already. If this gets hidden(like last time I posted in here). Please let me know what rule I`ve broken in Vic Journal(4th installment). There is nothing negative that I have posted(no insults, rudeness,etc.) , just posting data and common sense.

Edit: Added link

https://www.isitbadforyou.com/questions/is-diet-mountain-dew-bad-for-you

scruff35

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Scruff wasn't talking about "full fat" Mountain Dew, which undoubtedly contains horrendous amounts of sugar, but about diet Mountain Dew, which contains all sorts of other things that are just as bad for you as sugar, but in different ways. It is well worth reading the link that Scruff supplied, here it is again:
https://www.isitbadforyou.com/questions/is-diet-mountain-dew-bad-for-you
Looking at the list of issues relating to the ingredients I would hazard a guess that some of your current "health issues" are caused, or aggravated, by your consumption of Diet Mountain Dew.

As I said a long time ago, this campaign is not about the charitable giving away of a number of x-boxes, but about increasing the sales of two items of junk food, and so increasing the profits of two already rich companies.

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Bob Smith
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Give away, another chance for a Xbox One X console maybe.

http://form.e.gamestop.com/ats/msg.aspx?sg1=86f9dce0a55b79f4ba81b531b40d6387a0a957ebca7911997f8a8d734778ac6d

At $570US after taxes/shipping for Xbox One X console I think there are more adults involved than you ever knew or even guessed. I push that to a $6,000US LG 65" OLED 4k TV. Yep definitely a kids game. Har...

Gaming advocacy group: The average gamer is 31, and most play on a console

The average age of someone who plays games is 31 years old. In fact, more gamers are over the age of 36 than between the ages of 18 to 35 or under the age of 18. They are also mostly men, but by a slimming margin. Men make up 52 percent.

https://venturebeat.com/2014/04/29/gaming-advocacy-group-the-average-gamer-is-31-and-most-play-on-a-console

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But those aren't the only health issues listed are they?
What about dehydration - not good if you are suffering from any sort of kidney or bladder problems, and very often confused with other things.
What about headaches, chest pains, shortness of breath - I'm sure you've mentioned some of these recently.
What about difficult getting to sleep and staying asleep? Again something you've mentioned recently.
The list goes on and on, and includes things like causing obesity, which also includes reducing the ability to reduce obesity - that's something you have been struggling to do for as long as long as I've known you.
I forgot triggering joint pain - you are a long term joint pin sufferer, so consuming anything that may trigger joint pain is a bad move.
And upsetting the insulation cycle - this is not good in anybody, insulin is a naturally occurring hormone, and disturbing the natural cycle can have all sorts of unpleasant consequences, many of which don't show for some time.


I too once tried to get rid of some Doritos by dumping them into water, it was quite a shock to see how much they swelled up before I could get them to break up - I can't help thinking this is why I feel bloated after eating a small UK pack (never mind one of those large packs I saw in a fuel station shop last time I was in the US).

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Bob Smith
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Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

What!
Are computer games only for adults/children?
I have played many computer games together with my grandchildren.
They like theme just as I like them.
Elder Scrolls, Skyrim in particular.
STALKER, An Ukrainian game about Tjernobyl.
City and empire building such as Roman, Greece and Egyptian.

Stay Cheeki Breeki:)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnTW6fZz-1E

I used to keep a twelve pack of Mtn Dew in my car's trunk, and it never froze, even in the dead of winter. Tells you something...

What ever happened to the Cool Ranch taco at Taco Bell? The nacho one is still there.

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