There is clearly no room here for anything remotely fun anymore. Every post now HAS TO be dragged down by negativity by someone. While I empathize with the people who have band problems, you are letting it rule everything in your life. I have known people with terminal cancer who had more upbeat personalities (and I'm dead serious about that. My mother was one of them.)

I've always said that everyone needs to feel open to post here - band successes and those whose bands failed them. I understand the need to warn people about the hazards of the band, and to let them know your experience, but to let it color EVERYTHING on this forum serves no purpose.

If anyone wants help with their band experience, message me. Some of you are members of my private group and can find me there. And I may post when someone here really, clearly, honestly needs help. But other than that, you probably won't see me all that much. I just don't see the point of being a member of what has become another failed band board.

Posted it and, of course, got a snide negative comment about the band. I give up. There is no saving this board.

LOL - baby steps, kid! 

I'm 63 

YOU ARE NOT!!!! 

Pesky computers never want to play nice! 

I'd like to see a link to his original opinion, not from a DS site.

Next up, you have to try a Smart Car. Or, as I say in my New England accent: a Smaht Cah.

I sat down about 7 years ago (on a very bored day!) and created this list that has now taken on a life of its own and been reposted about a thousand times. 

HOW MUCH WEIGHT HAVE YOU LOST?

1 pound = a Guinea Pig
1.5 pounds = a dozen Krispy Kreme glazed donuts
2 pounds = a rack of baby back ribs
3 pounds = an average human brain
4 pounds = an ostrich egg
5 pounds = a Chihuahua
6 pounds = a human’s skin
7.5 pounds = an average newborn
8 pounds = a human head
10 pounds= chemical additives American eats each year
11 pounds = an average housecat
12 pounds = a Bald Eagle
15 pounds = 10 dozen large eggs
16 pounds = a sperm whale’s brain
20 pounds = an automobile tire
23 pounds = pizza an average American eats in a year
24 pounds = a 3-gallon tub of super premium ice cream
25 pounds = an average 2 year old
30 pounds = cheese an average American eats in a year
33 pounds = a cinder block
36 pounds = a mid-size microwave
40 pounds = a 5-gal bottle of water or average human leg
44 pounds = an elephant’s heart
50 pounds = a small bale of hay
55 pounds = a 5000 BTU air conditioner
60 pounds = an elephant’s penis (yep, weights more than his heart!)
66 pounds = fats and oils an avg American eats in a year
70 pounds = an Irish Setter
77 pounds = a gold brick
80 pounds = the World’s Largest Ball of Tape 
90 pounds = a newborn calf
100 pounds = a 2 month old horse
111 pounds = red meat an average American eats in a year
117 pounds = an average fashion model (and she’s 5’11”)
118 pounds = the complete Encyclopedia Britannica
120 pounds = amount of trash you throw away in a month
130 pounds = a newborn giraffe
138 pounds = potatoes an average American eats in a year
140 pounds = refined sugar an avg American eats in a year
144 pounds = an average adult woman (and she’s 5’4”)
150 pounds = the complete Oxford English Dictionary
187 pounds = an average adult man
200 pounds = 2 Bloodhounds
235 pounds = Arnold Schwarzenegger
300 pounds = an average football lineman

DH and I have been going to the gym so much lately that he asked me last week if we qualified as "gym rats." [Note: I evaluated our personalities and determined that we are "GYM FERRETS."]

Working out so much, I had been expecting to see weight LOSS, but after a month of staying of the scale (to preserve my sanity), I found that I weighed exactly the same. I wasn't happy, but I wasn't all that bummed out, either. However, in the past month I have had at least a half-dozen of my fellow gym-goers tell me that they can really see a difference in how I look. THAT makes me really, really happy.

PS: My husband, that S.O.B., has lost 15 pounds.

BACK ATCHA!

Ginger:

You owe it to yourself and to your baby to just focus on YOU and your pregnancy, for now. Forget about your weight, forget about fills. Have your baby, both of you get strong and healthy, and THEN start thinking about your weight.

As for your surgeon, if you can't get him to take your insurance, ask him if he will cut you deal on a cash payment for the visit.

I went through a bunch of old forum pages today, just to see what we USED to talk about, back when it seemed like we were all friends (friends who agreed to disagree at times) and this forum was FUN. What DID we talk about back then?