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    I'm not educated in any formal sense.

    Most of you here have understood things since you were very young.

    When I was in the 6th grade, I participated in a fundraiser for the school.

    Selling candy bars.

    I was given a box of 20 or so candy bars and was supposed to sell them for a dollar a piece.

    I ate them all.

    I forgot what I did to resolve the issue, but I didn't have the money to cover them.

    My education growing up was stunted.

    I think the last grade I fully completed was the 7th.

    Coffee can make you smart don't you think?


  • #2
    Originally posted by Machinist View Post

    I'm not educated in any formal sense.

    Most of you here have understood things since you were very young.

    When I was in the 6th grade, I participated in a fundraiser for the school.

    Selling candy bars.

    I was given a box of 20 or so candy bars and was supposed to sell them for a dollar a piece.

    I ate them all.

    I forgot what I did to resolve the issue, but I didn't have the money to cover them.

    My education growing up was stunted.

    I think the last grade I fully completed was the 7th.

    Coffee can make you smart don't you think?
    Coffee? no.

    Bacon? Well your brain is mostly fatty tissue. Bacon is mostly fat, and you are what you eat, so Bacon makes you smart!

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Sparko View Post


      Bacon? Well your brain is mostly fatty tissue. Bacon is mostly fat, and you are what you eat, so Bacon makes you smart!
      Reasoning worthy of H_A.
      1Cor 15:34 Come to your senses as you ought and stop sinning; for I say to your shame, there are some who know not God.
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      Scripture before Tradition:
      but that won't prevent others from
      taking it upon themselves to deprive you
      of the right to call yourself Christian.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Machinist View Post

        I'm not educated in any formal sense.

        Most of you here have understood things since you were very young.

        When I was in the 6th grade, I participated in a fundraiser for the school.

        Selling candy bars.

        I was given a box of 20 or so candy bars and was supposed to sell them for a dollar a piece.

        I ate them all.

        I forgot what I did to resolve the issue, but I didn't have the money to cover them.


        My education growing up was stunted.

        I think the last grade I fully completed was the 7th.

        Coffee can make you smart don't you think?
        Not wanting to make light of your self-effacing testimonial but the bolded part sounds like something out of Chunk's confession in Goonies.



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        • #5
          Originally posted by Sparko View Post

          Coffee? no.

          Bacon? Well your brain is mostly fatty tissue. Bacon is mostly fat, and you are what you eat, so Bacon makes you smart!
          Actually that’s true, in a sense. Our brains need fat to protect the nerve sheathing. Some meds for cholesterol, like Lipitor, strip the nerves of that protection, and we switched Mr. mossy to something else when we found that out.

          There is thinking that one of the causes of Alzheimer’s is due to the nerve sheaths being destroyed.

          A doctor in The Big City, years ago, dId a study with epilepsy and found that a high fat diet often actually cured that condition. We learned about that when my husband's boss's toddler had severe seizures, so much so that they were happening dozens of times in a day. He had to wear a helmet all the time.

          They were seen by this doctor and the little guy was put on a high fat diet for a year, I think it was. Butter, bacon, and the best bacon was a canned bacon that I’m not sure we can even get anymore, and other high fat foods. (We used to take canned bacon on camping trips because it didn’t have to be refrigerated. It was real bacon, quite a bit if it, rolled up in a waxy paper and canned. Really good, too, cooked on a camp stove.).

          Within that year, he was completely seizure-free, and to my knowledge has never had another. That was about 30 years ago. Then there was a family in our church who's child had the same issue. We got all the info from Mr. mossy's boss, gave it to them, and they contacted the doctor. Same thing happened. Virtually cured by the high fat diet.


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          • #6
            Originally posted by mossrose View Post

            Actually that’s true, in a sense. Our brains need fat to protect the nerve sheathing. Some meds for cholesterol, like Lipitor, strip the nerves of that protection, and we switched Mr. mossy to something else when we found that out.

            There is thinking that one of the causes of Alzheimer’s is due to the nerve sheaths being destroyed.

            A doctor in The Big City, years ago, dId a study with epilepsy and found that a high fat diet often actually cured that condition. We learned about that when my husband's boss's toddler had severe seizures, so much so that they were happening dozens of times in a day. He had to wear a helmet all the time.

            They were seen by this doctor and the little guy was put on a high fat diet for a year, I think it was. Butter, bacon, and the best bacon was a canned bacon that I’m not sure we can even get anymore, and other high fat foods. (We used to take canned bacon on camping trips because it didn’t have to be refrigerated. It was real bacon, quite a bit if it, rolled up in a waxy paper and canned. Really good, too, cooked on a camp stove.).

            Within that year, he was completely seizure-free, and to my knowledge has never had another. That was about 30 years ago. Then there was a family in our church who's child had the same issue. We got all the info from Mr. mossy's boss, gave it to them, and they contacted the doctor. Same thing happened. Virtually cured by the high fat diet.
            Well duh! I know everything!

            (I am not a doctor, but I play one on the internet)

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            • #7
              Originally posted by mossrose View Post

              Actually that’s true, in a sense. Our brains need fat to protect the nerve sheathing. Some meds for cholesterol, like Lipitor, strip the nerves of that protection, and we switched Mr. mossy to something else when we found that out.

              There is thinking that one of the causes of Alzheimer’s is due to the nerve sheaths being destroyed.

              A doctor in The Big City, years ago, dId a study with epilepsy and found that a high fat diet often actually cured that condition. We learned about that when my husband's boss's toddler had severe seizures, so much so that they were happening dozens of times in a day. He had to wear a helmet all the time.

              They were seen by this doctor and the little guy was put on a high fat diet for a year, I think it was. Butter, bacon, and the best bacon was a canned bacon that I’m not sure we can even get anymore, and other high fat foods. (We used to take canned bacon on camping trips because it didn’t have to be refrigerated. It was real bacon, quite a bit if it, rolled up in a waxy paper and canned. Really good, too, cooked on a camp stove.).

              Within that year, he was completely seizure-free, and to my knowledge has never had another. That was about 30 years ago. Then there was a family in our church who's child had the same issue. We got all the info from Mr. mossy's boss, gave it to them, and they contacted the doctor. Same thing happened. Virtually cured by the high fat diet.
              What else can be said but...





              I'm always still in trouble again

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Sparko View Post

                Coffee? no.

                Bacon? Well your brain is mostly fatty tissue. Bacon is mostly fat, and you are what you eat, so Bacon makes you smart!
                I eat a lot of avocados for that reason. It's good brain fat. I mostly steer clear of bacon. Although I have an easy recipe for some "bacon" if you're interested in a substitute: Thinly slice an egg plant and marinate them in olive oil and spices for a few hours, then dehydrate. Bacon.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
                  Not wanting to make light of your self-effacing testimonial but the bolded part sounds like something out of Chunk's confession in Goonies.




                  Seriously though, that kid was ten times smarter than I was when I was his age. I was literally on autopilot until about the age of about 25. Sometimes I think I just missed out on a lot. It's like with the candy bars...I remember not having any concept of what I was doing. It was just Neanderthal thinking. Here's some candy. Yummy. Eat.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Machinist View Post

                    I eat a lot of avocados for that reason. It's good brain fat...
                    I love avocados and guacamole. I smear and smash them on everything.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Ronson View Post

                      I love avocados and guacamole. I smear and smash them on everything.
                      I have to read better. Thought you said, "I swear and smash them on everything."

                      That's what I would do with them.



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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by mossrose View Post

                        I have to read better. Thought you said, "I swear and smash them on everything."

                        That's what I would do with them.
                        I swear at them when I cut them open and they are brown inside.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Sparko View Post

                          Coffee? no.
                          Well...

                          Items 1, 3, and 4 seem pertinent to braining.

                          Alas, I won't follow the "Don't doctor it up" advice. I like to add all sorts of pollutants.
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Ronson View Post

                            I swear at them when I cut them open and they are brown inside.
                            I swear at them because they are horrible things. Actually, I've never sworn at one because I've never bought one because I don't like them.


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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Ronson View Post

                              I swear at them when I cut them open and they are brown inside.
                              So, two minutes after they ripen.

                              I'm always still in trouble again

                              "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
                              "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
                              "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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