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Skriven 2007-02-08 11:14:10 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Michael Loo
Ärende: NOT THE SAME 21 70208
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 -=> Quoting Michael Loo to Glen Jamieson <=-

 ML> http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=651451
 GJ> I tried looking up that, but as I am not a paid-up flyer, I couldn't
 GJ> get past the first page of flyertalk.
 ML> Interesting. I don't pay either, and I have almost full access.

Maybe you have friends in high places...
 
 GJ> Taxi drivers are
 GJ> banned from discussing politics and other contraversal subjects.

 ML> Which of course only encourages them. Things I've heard about in
 ML> the last couple years range from the wisdom of having (foreign)
 ML> prostitutes work the streets to how Singapore should align more
 ML> with China and worry about those nasty Muslims in Indonesia to
 ML> the inequity of the speed limits on the East Coast Highway, all
 ML> spiced with a dose of admiration for the foresightedness and
 ML> saintliness of Minister Mentor Lee.

In past years, talking to business associates in Singapore, I learnt
quite a lot, from the iniquitous 200% sales tax on private cars, to
the fact that the (Lee) government restricted car insurance to be
taken out using only one company, which also happened to be owned by
Mrs Lee.  Most of the foreign prostitutes were from Malaysia.  They
also ran a sideline business in marijuana import and sales.
 
 GJ> one of them getting his bow and arrow and fatally shooting the other.
 ML> Somehow there's something charmingly backward about that.
 GJ> I hope it doesn't result in a government ban on unlicenced bows and
 GJ> arrows, or I would be in trouble, as I have a couple of bows and a
 GJ> bunch of arrows from PNG.

 ML> Remind me not to discuss religion with you.

You are quite safe, as the bamboo strip "strings" on both my bows are
broken, and I don't have any more strings to my bows.
 
 GJ> Title: Sago Grub Sate with Peanut Sauce

 ML> I'd give it a try, especially if the heads were removed.

I haven't tried them, but if they are anything like longicorn beetle
grubs the jaws are quite hard, and not nice to eat - particularly raw,
as they are then likely to bite back.
 =
 ML> I ate roast beef at least three times a day, ungarnished,
 ML> 8 to 12 oz at a shot.
 ML> That's 1500-2000 Calories a day, all protein.
 GJ> Not really.  There would be a lot of fat in that as well - possibly
 GJ> 10% or more, which has a much higher calorific value than protein.

 ML> Well, the cut of beef I used runs 493 Kcal per 300 grams, so
 ML> you can do the math.

Say, 3,000 per day or more.  OK for moderately vigorous exercise.
 
 GJ> What would be really interesting is the effect of a diet like that on
 GJ> your body.  What were your weight, cholesterol, blood sugar, blood
 GJ> pressure values before and after.

 ML> I would guess same, same, marginally lower, marginally lower.
 ML> Hap would guess lower for the first. Ian would probably guess
 ML> lower for the second.

Better to measure, rather than guess.  Scientific precision!  What
would be particularly interesting would be to perform successive
weekly experiments on the same subject (you), using 100% meat, 100%
carbohydrate, green stuff, fish, beer, or red wine.
 
 GJ> That sounds ominous!  I have noticed that some animals become savage
 GJ> when fed on too much raw meat.
 ML> [baring teeth]

   Down!  Get down, boy!  Down, I say!   AAaarrhhgh!  [Thump]

 ML> My recommendation is for you to eat
 GJ> nothing but mildly curried lentils for 2 weeks.
 ML> Were I to do something foolhardy like that I'd probably
 ML> hop a plane to Australia and run, foaming at the mouth,
 ML> to form an unholy and dangerous partnership with Chooky.
 
Shudder!!!  That would be the end of civilisation as we know it.

 ML> I believe I could live on an all-protein diet - for a
 ML> week, a month, a year, a decade. The only thing I could
 GJ> The length of time you could live on a diet like that would probably
 GJ> be determined by the length of your life, which might not be great.

 ML> Had I not in the past promised Carol I'd refrain from
 ML> doing so, I'd have been happy to put this to the test.

As I have commented previously, how fortunate for us all that you have
been blessed with such a guardian angel!


... The average person thinks he isn't.
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