GO ABBA GO!!!

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
For mat class, or with the machines? I have never done a mat class. I think overall having private and semi-private lessons for a time was a great investment; I have a better idea how I should be holding my body, etc. You may already know how. And I don't know how much $25 means to you. ETA if you were an "I'm rich, bitches" person I would say definitely worth it.

For beginners, it's all mat classes. I'm not rich, but it seems that what I learn in mat classes I would be able to do at home for free. Then again I could do jumping jacks and sit ups for free but they bore me.

Core strength and quickness is really important in dragonboating, so I was hoping Pilates would help accelerate that training and motivaate me to get moving on a daily basis. I've grown very lazy this year.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
It's 200mg of ibuprofen, not total weight. They could put it inside a Spree candy coating and it would still be 200mg.

Prescription versions are great--it's a huge insurance sucker play, since the prescription version is often a lot cheaper, esp. after insurance. Why? It's stupid and bizarre. But I insisted my doctor write me a scrip for an allergy drug that's about $3 for 100 pills rather than have me buy the OTC version that costs about $1/pill.

Nice. A discussion about favorite painkillers and ailments. The board ages.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
It's 200mg of ibuprofen, not total weight. They could put it inside a Spree candy coating and it would still be 200mg.

no shit, so 4 200mgs mean you eat 4 coatings compared to 1 coating for an 800mg. believe me, i have the chemistry of drinking/exercising/aging down quite pat. eat motrin fringey, don't listen to them, none of these other socks care for you like i do.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Nice. A discussion about favorite painkillers and ailments. The board ages.

wait until everyone starts in about statins.

it will feel like geriatric central.

[cheval de frise]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
You notched it because a belt wasn't available?

I may be guilty of parsing Hank's words too closely...and that way lies madness.

CDF

(Travel with the wife and previous gf's gets me to double digits, but Less has the all-time high score.)

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by Anne Elk
I was thinking about trying Pilates. The new studio near me charges $25 per hour class, is it really worth it?

My mother loves pilates to the point she's toying around with getting her certification to become an instructor. And she looks awesome. She spends a lot of money for an hour of private instruction twice a week. I don't know that translates to a class setting with a few more people in it.

Is the class using reformers or mats?

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I was offended when I saw Halloween the pretzel packs in the drug store last night. That shit is just wrong. We bought Starburst (me), Junior Mints (me) and Tootsie Rolls (Mr. Man) for the non-existent trick-or-treaters that we won't be home to hand out treats to tonight. Comparitively low fat but tasty!!

The pretzels and goldfish are for the toddlers who won't know better until they are 3.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
The pretzels and goldfish are for the toddlers who won't know better until they are 3.

They know better. It's for the parents standing behind them who smile at you, looking knowingly in that "we're both saving our kids from the cavity creeps" way.

But secretly, when they get a couple doors down, the snicker to themselves about the candyless witch back down the street.

[John Phoenix]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
(Was mine the only weird elementary school where we played crab soccer in gym?)

Nope.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
It was a compliment. I've been to your town a few times and spent a 10 day lost weekend there once. I like it a lot.

It's the one place Billy Sunday couldn't shut down.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
The pretzels and goldfish are for the toddlers who won't know better until they are 3.

that's awesome kids love goldfish the little snack packs?

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Anne Elk
For beginners, it's all mat classes. I'm not rich, but it seems that what I learn in mat classes I would be able to do at home for free. Then again I could do jumping jacks and sit ups for free but they bore me.

Core strength and quickness is really important in dragonboating, so I was hoping Pilates would help accelerate that training and motivaate me to get moving on a daily basis. I've grown very lazy this year.

I think if you take some good classes, you will get more out of an at-home pilates workout because they will kind of coach you on the exact movements and stuff. Again, you may already really know how the scooping thing works. I find it very effective now for just situps and stuff, but they really were strict on me doing it and I had someone staring at me all the time and telling me when I had forgotten and stopped scooping.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
the novel is great.

With any decent author, it goes without saying that the novel is always better than the movie.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
They know better. It's for the parents standing behind them who smile at you, looking knowingly in that "we're both saving our kids from the cavity creeps" way.

But secretly, when they get a couple doors down, the snicker to themselves about the candyless witch back down the street.

Be quiet and drink your (organic, hormone-free) milk. When is your mom picking you up anyway?

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
Be quiet and drink your (organic, hormone-free) milk. When is your mom picking you up anyway?

In her Prius? with ethanol infused gas?

AoN, why is organic milk Organic Cow and Horizon much more expensive in a mainstream food store than say, Whole Foods? Is it the buy it in bulk thing?