From: Bill Bonde {Colourless green ideas don't sleep furiously) on


Donna Evleth wrote:
>

> Apparently it did not satisfy her enough,
> she is now into rock climbing.
>
Have you seen the youtube video of the world's fastest *insane*
rock climber?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-oc-lhqpIA
From: Mxsmanic on
Bill Bonde {Colourless green ideas don't sleep furiously) writes:

> They found no evidence that runners were more likely to have
> injuries in those areas that people claim they are more likely to
> be hurt in. I've heard this before and from other studies. The
> problem is if you hurt your knee, let's say playing a sport, and
> that damage gets worse over time. A normal knee can take running.
> It's the stress that is important for the bones. This is why
> running (or backpacking I suspect) are important.

Fine. Go ahead and jog. I'll pass.

> It's well known that people who aren't too skinny tend to live
> longer.

Unusually skinny people die younger, but so do unusually fat people.
From: Mxsmanic on
Bill Bonde {Colourless green ideas don't sleep furiously) writes:

> You can't be serious. They are on their phones talking to someone.

People on phones are just as real as people in person.

> They aren't saying high to passers-by. That's what happens in the
> rural setting.

In the rural setting, you hardly ever see anyone at all.

> They know each other!

A lot of people in big cities know each other. A typical big city contains
thousands of tiny neighborhoods in which a great many people know each other.
From: Mxsmanic on
Bill Bonde {Colourless green ideas don't sleep furiously) writes:

> Complex carbs take longer to digest, giving you energy over a
> longer period. When backpacking, I'd avoid the simple surgars until
> the end when I needed quick short term energy for the final push.

All carbohydrates are digested very rapidly. Fats and proteins take much more
time and do not produce the massive spikes in blood glucose that carbohydrate
loads can produce.
From: Mxsmanic on
Earl Evleth writes:

> Where do you get corn tortillas in Paris?

I haven't paid much attention. I just buy tortillas, without checking to see
if they are wheat or corn flour. Most of them are probably wheat. I've
occasionally found things like tamales, though.