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We need commentators like that to just make people laugh.
I just saw ABC news report on a 100 yr old woman who started lifting at 91 and kept on. I think the report indicated she could deadlift 65 lbs. I used to use the weight machines in the gym like a leg press and lat pulldown (for arm strength). For the latter i reached 80 lbs. But then somewhere along the line outside of the gym I got some tendon pain and had to lay off minor lifting like hoisting plastic bins of out-of-season clothes from one spot to another.
Since the Covid shutdown, I've been hoisting those bins ok. (We really need a storage facility). Our gym is open and I'm thinking of going in and see how I do. And perhaps resuming the rowing machine.
This 91 year old lady looked pretty good, I couldn't tell that she was anywhere near that age. I think she made the Guinness Book of World Records.
When being in the vicinity of guys using the weight machines it used to annoy me endlessly that they would let go of the weights too soon, making them loudly clang down. That's not good weight control. I made a point of releasing the weights slowly and quietly. It was all I could do to keep my mouth shut. It would have backfired. I'm sure.
Since the Covid shutdown, I've been hoisting those bins ok. (We really need a storage facility). Our gym is open and I'm thinking of going in and see how I do. And perhaps resuming the rowing machine.
This 91 year old lady looked pretty good, I couldn't tell that she was anywhere near that age. I think she made the Guinness Book of World Records.
When being in the vicinity of guys using the weight machines it used to annoy me endlessly that they would let go of the weights too soon, making them loudly clang down. That's not good weight control. I made a point of releasing the weights slowly and quietly. It was all I could do to keep my mouth shut. It would have backfired. I'm sure.
That's amazing! Since I had the baby (and covid), I haven't stepped foot in a gym except for a few weeks ago--I went and did some laps in the pool. It felt amazing and I was almost weightless. I have no delusions about how I look, but for the first time in my life, I appreciate my body for what it's done and what's doing.
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@Madam Bijoux
oh yes! And I would really, really enjoy a series that is high fashion and nice to watch again. Besides Gossip Girl and SATC I don’t know any and both are… well… old.
oh yes! And I would really, really enjoy a series that is high fashion and nice to watch again. Besides Gossip Girl and SATC I don’t know any and both are… well… old.
Congrats on going back to the pool. I have access to a pool and used to swim a fair amount but the chlorine fries my hair. Swimming can be a serene and relaxing sport. It may not burn the calories of other work-outs but it just makes a person feel good in a way that a stationary bike (which I have) does not.
I've heard people describe Covid as painful. Is that from the difficulty breathing? I really would appreciate if you would describe what having Covid is like, especially since you pulled thru (congrats on that, too). If this isn't a topic you want to talk about, that's fine.
My brain is so fried from sleep deprivation, I meant to say during the COVID period/pandemic. Thankfully I haven’t had COVID yet and my family and I are all fully vaccinated against it. I’ve also heard it as being painful and people have lost their sense of taste and smell. My job in the food industry as a product developer requires my sense of taste and smell--it’s the most important part of what I do. I’ve gotten tested a few times for medical procedures or as a precaution—thankfully, negative. I have gotten a cold a few months ago where I feared the worst but it thankfully wasn’t COVID.
Have you tried a saltwater pool? I was at two hotels pre-pandemic and they had saltwater pools...blissful and much easier on the skin and hair.
So, you're like a person that creates perfumes or wines, the "nose" is super important.
How do you "clear" your nose between sampling foods? How did you get into the product dev arena? (pm me if you want).
For quite a while I worked with farmer-owned co-ops, writing about what works and what doesn't in collective marketing of foods. Now I'm retired.
I'll have to ask about these saltwater pools. They sound very promising.
Yes, exactly like that but for flavors instead of scents. We use coffee beans to clear our noses and usually to clear our palates, we use saltine crackers or water. We also use spittoons where we spit out our beverages...but for what I worked on, I tended not to spit it out just to make clean up easier. With certain things it's easier to get fatigued, but I built up my tolerance to it over the years. I once worked at a sauerkraut company where we often I kind of fell into it, I wanted to be a doctor but after volunteering at the hospital I realized that wasn't what I wanted to do. I love food, and I had volunteered at my college's food science labs, so I had that experience. This was during the recession 12-ish years ago so I worked my way up the "food chain" (bad pun intended).
What you did sounds really cool, I love farmer's markets! I'm sure for local growers the margin of profit isn't that big, so I think it's wonderful what you were doing with them.
The Four Seasons in Maui and the Westin in big island Hawaii were the properties where they had saltwater pools...usually we never stay at anything that fancy, but it was our honeymoon pre-pandemic (summer 2019).
@skybluesky
I had never been on a farm before I went into agriculture. I had a small garden, the plants came up although the rather chilly summer meant the radishes took almost 3 months to ripen. I didn't know anyone in ag. My interest was piqued by a booklet I requested from Hershey Chocolate when I was 10 or 11. I was hoping they would send samples
but the book turned out to be more valuable b/c it was about food manufacturing. I thought that there would always be jobs in the food industry.I started out in ag at a time when typically small, independent family farms (the kinds of farms shown on calendars) were being displaced by large scale corporate-led factory farming. Typically farmers did things their own way, after all, they were their own boss.
Such farmers decided what, where, when and how to produce.
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Corporations sought to standardize and expand ag production according to consumer preferences. Under the corporate umbrella, farmers were no longer independent entrepreneurs, instead they became contract growers following the specifications established at the corporate level. This reduced the seasonality of production, improved animal health (no more "garbage feeding" of pigs), expanded product variety and stabilized prices. Major ag industries like dairy, livestock/meat packing, grains, etc., underwent similar adjustments such as contract marketing, but at a difference pace.
All these adjustments affected the supply chain (not the food chain per se). I didn't work up the supply chain but across it, comparing how these economic transformations affected opportunities for collective marketing.
Personally, it was an adventure going halfway across the country to study ag in the Midwest. Would I like it? However, I thought there would always be jobs in the food industry.
New product development in the food industry like you're doing sounds tremendously creative and exciting. You guys anticipate and address consumer preferences which is what modern marketing is all about.
Farmers markets seemed to be doing very well until Covid struck. I don't see any reason why they couldn't snap back once the pandemic is under control.
You must be a good cook. Am I right?
@skybluesky
I had never been on a farm before I went into agriculture. I had a small garden, the plants came up although the rather chilly summer meant the radishes took almost 3 months to ripen. I didn't know anyone in ag. My interest was piqued by a booklet I requested from Hershey Chocolate when I was 10 or 11. I was hoping they would send samples
I started out in ag at a time when typically small, independent family farms (the kinds of farms shown on calendars) were being displaced by large scale corporate-led factory farming. Typically farmers did things their own way, after all, they were their own boss.
Such farmers decided what, where, when and how to produce.
.
Corporations sought to standardize and expand ag production according to consumer preferences. Under the corporate umbrella, farmers were no longer independent entrepreneurs, instead they became contract growers following the specifications established at the corporate level. This reduced the seasonality of production, improved animal health (no more "garbage feeding" of pigs), expanded product variety and stabilized prices. Major ag industries like dairy, livestock/meat packing, grains, etc., underwent similar adjustments such as contract marketing, but at a difference pace.
All these adjustments affected the supply chain (not the food chain per se). I didn't work up the supply chain but across it, comparing how these economic transformations affected opportunities for collective marketing.
Personally, it was an adventure going halfway across the country to study ag in the Midwest. Would I like it? However, I thought there would always be jobs in the food industry.
New product development in the food industry like you're doing sounds tremendously creative and exciting. You guys anticipate and address consumer preferences which is what modern marketing is all about.
Farmers markets seemed to be doing very well until Covid struck. I don't see any reason why they couldn't snap back once the pandemic is under control.
You must be a good cook. Am I right?
Thank you for explaining everything. You're right, there are always jobs in the food industry and I'm not earning the big bucks (which never has been my interest), but people always need to eat. Where I live on the East Coast (and before I moved on the West Coast), the farmer's markets have still been crowded even with covid controls. I haven't been to one myself since the pandemic started in 2020, but I try to shop at local shops that get their produce from local suppliers.
I actually am just an OK cook, I don't make anything fancy but I like to make basic things, easy things like stews and soups and stir-fries.
Most of the time, my jobs have been pretty mundane during the day-to-day but I will admit it feels good to see my products on the shelf.