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Depends on the type of sugar. Obviously, if the sugar is a fructose-type sugar, it gets absorbed more slowly and is diabetic friendly... but that'll depend... some natural sweeteners are absorbed very slowly (with a low Glycemic index... which tells you how fast your body absorbs them...), but most fruit juices contain some white sugar... which has a GI of 100... which is the worst it can get... others that are all-natural might have one of between 40-80...

This just means you aren't going to get a sugar high... but you're still getting sugar.

Calories are calories... and unless you burn them, too many calories are bad... so, yeah... it's ironic... ironic for me, as a diabetic, that the only "healthy" option when it comes to drinking at a restaurant, fastfood chain or coffee shop is a diet soda, since everything "healthy" contains a lot of darn sugar. :grumpy:
 
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I've got my Best Man's speech down to just under 10 minutes, but is that way too long? Given my penchant for ad libbing and general blathering, it might be a couple of minutes over that on the day anyway - I don't know what to trim off though, since I've only got a brief intro about how they met, a few funny stories about my mate, and then a soppy dedication to the married couple... I know it should be about 5 minutes, so what should get the chop??
 
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I've got my Best Man's speech down to just under 10 minutes, but is that way too long? Given my penchant for ad libbing and general blathering, it might be a couple of minutes over that on the day anyway - I don't know what to trim off though, since I've only got a brief intro about how they met, a few funny stories about my mate, and then a soppy dedication to the married couple... I know it should be about 5 minutes, so what should get the chop??
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10 MINUTES!!!!!

When I gave one for my brother and one for my best friend they were both ad-libbed 3 minute, max, speeches about how awesome he is and how awesome the two will be together.
 
I would be okay with 10 minutes if you, like, showed pictures of galaxies exploding and stuff. :p That would be fun.
 
:lol:

I was thinking about using Powerpoint, but that would be going a bit far... and besides, nobody (and I mean nobody) wants to see some of these pictures :D

I've trimmed it down dramatically now, but I think I've kept the essence - I need to keep a story from each of his four best mates, so I've sacrificed some of the detail and superfluous blather... about to give it a proper run through now 👍 (it's now 6 minutes...!)
 
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niky
Depends on the type of sugar. Obviously, if the sugar is a fructose-type sugar, it gets absorbed more slowly and is diabetic friendly... but that'll depend... some natural sweeteners are absorbed very slowly (with a low Glycemic index... which tells you how fast your body absorbs them...), but most fruit juices contain some white sugar... which has a GI of 100... which is the worst it can get... others that are all-natural might have one of between 40-80...

This just means you aren't going to get a sugar high... but you're still getting sugar.

Calories are calories... and unless you burn them, too many calories are bad... so, yeah... it's ironic... ironic for me, as a diabetic, that the only "healthy" option when it comes to drinking at a restaurant, fastfood chain or coffee shop is a diet soda, since everything "healthy" contains a lot of darn sugar. :grumpy:
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I was wondering about the sugar, since most fruit juices contain anywhere from around 50% to 100% of the sugar content that a soda has. And orange juice isn't even that sweet.
 
So my aunt's b-day is tomorrow... yeah. THAT day.

Here's the problem. before we ever had 9/11 nobody I think really said happy b day to her. We're all here while she's in L.A. so it's that much harder to remember I suppose. Then 9/11 happened and now it's a lot easier. Sad, but true. So, do you think it's a bad thing to recognize her b-day, not, or just assume screwed either way?
 
It's still her birthday. Other stuff is irrelevant. Lots of people were born on August 6th (Hiroshima bomb,) I graduated high school on June 6th (D-day,) and some people were born on September 14th (the day Hitler became Der Führer.)

If your family has a poor record of recognizing her day, maybe you want to change that for her sake, but not because it's that day.
 
I have a question about the legalities of these certain companies.

Background first, I found 2 "Gas Money" cards on my TL. I got home, scratched one, lost. I scratched the 2nd, won. It said, if you have 3 matching icons, you win. I got 3 gas pumps, and apparently, won a jackpot. I called the number only to get a busy tone. After a bit of googling, I discovered they're not legit winnings. Everyone I read always got 3 gas pumps (nothing else) on the 2nd card which seems to counter the 1/100,000 chance. Most of them called the number only to get a busy tone. Those who did get through were told to go to a seminar. Some went, and paid $24.95 for some program and were told they would be receiving free airline tickets. When some people got their tickets, it was actually a voucher that said, "Free tickets w/ a purchase of a vacation", something that was not told at any meeting. Now, when asked if there was a contract, everyone said yes, that it was a 2 page contract with nothing in the fine print that said anything about the tickets requiring a vacation purchase or anything about fees in this program. In other words, a scam.


Now (whew), my question is how are these legal, if they're scams? I was under the impression a contract had to give all information about any fees & required information the salesmen might not necessarily tell you, or the company would be committing a crime withholding that information. Nobody's tried to sue the company (it does have a poor record with the BBB), but shouldn't these be shut down by law if the contracts aren't telling everything they should be? Or does our US laws actually allow certain information to slip through the cracks?
 
I still don't understand why US laws still allow the sale of the zillions of useless "fuel saving" gadgets, even though the EPA has proven they don't work... hydrogen boosters, fuel pills, intake "vortice" devices. Granted, you have to be pretty stupid to fall for that, but still...

That kind of thing is the worst of all... marketing scams... Never... never go for anything promising free stuff... if you're lucky, you're forced to endure a 30 minute to 1 hour marketing spiel... if you're unlucky, like those SOBs in your story, you'll have to pay for the spiel and the food they allow you to eat.
 
niky
I still don't understand why US laws still allow the sale of the zillions of useless "fuel saving" gadgets.
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Because we don't think taking advantage of stupid people should be illegal.
 
Duke
Because we don't think taking advantage of stupid people should be illegal.
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:lol: Yeah... but it isn't very sporting.

Actually, what gets me is the advertising... while some "fuel savers" and "power adders" have been (rightly) sued for false advertising, others still get away with it.

Why can't they have the same marks cigarettes have? "Warning: use of the Air Vortex/Tornado/Whatever can be dangerous to your finances."
 
Because we like to protect idiots from themselves, but not necessarily from other people?
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That's the part I don't get... if McDonald's can be sued for millions for selling coffee to someone who doesn't know not to drink and drive... why can't companies that purposely set out to make a proft from idiocy be penalized? It's a crazy world.
 
niky
:lol: Yeah... but it isn't very sporting.

Actually, what gets me is the advertising... while some "fuel savers" and "power adders" have been (rightly) sued for false advertising, others still get away with it.
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Probably because it is the same problem that the FDA has with the herbal remedy guys. By the time you can properly test and check it against it's advertising they have made much more than you can fine them.

Then, they go and make a new company and do it again.

Or if they can show a .001% average benefit then they are not lying.
 
how do you get an automatic car to do an 11 stripe?

like, i don't know, a ford taurus with a retarded transmission, but high torque.

all i manged to get it to do is burn rubber for like a foot after changing from gravel to pavement.
 
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BCR, Get off the internets or I'll barge in there and strangle you! You can't! The car isn't powerful enough!
 
You could do the Clarksonian method of writing the number 11 in a foreign language.
 
Sage
You could do the Clarksonian method of writing the number 11 in a foreign language.
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:lol: that is hillarious.

but seriously i can get it to make a lot of screaching when i slam on the peddle but i get too Chicken and i make a sort of gay tiny 22

oh i never thought of this but it's a FF so...
 
"Gay" is NOT a synonym for "crappy". And ask Doug what happens when you try to do too many burnouts by abusing your automatic transmission.
 
niky
why can't companies that purposely set out to make a proft from idiocy be penalized?
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Because that's capitalism, and anything that's capitalist can't be wrong!

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Duke
"Gay" is NOT a synonym for "crappy".
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The time for preventing this from becoming an american English mainstay has long, long since passed. The word is on its way to becoming a vague negative adjective with no remaining connection to either of its previous definitions (happy, homosexual). What's wrong with that? Language changes.
 
What's wrong with it is that people are offended by it. I note your specification of "American English", but perhaps you'd do well to remember that this site is not purely viewed by American citizens.
 
The problem I have with the phrase is that it is often used to mock or deliberately insult, and often does carry with it unpleasantly homophobic overtones. I for one am unconvinced that people use the term simply to mean substandard or rubbish, hence why I think it is only sensible to advise people to refrain from using the term, unless they want to be misconstrued as being homophobic.
 
Wolfe
The time for preventing this from becoming an american English mainstay has long, long since passed. The word is on its way to becoming a vague negative adjective with no remaining connection to either of its previous definitions (happy, homosexual). What's wrong with that? Language changes.
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Language does evolve, but not always for the better. Should we all no longer insist on proper spelling or usage just because some people do not care?

Gay is a word with a meaning identifying a specific group of people. It has evolved a new derogatory sub-meaning based upon fear and hatred of the people in question. Why should that be acceptable?

If I went around and called anything that was funny looking a jigaboo, would that be acceptable? It's a new meaning for the word based on a stereotype. Should be fine, in your book.
 
GilesGuthrie
What's wrong with it is that people are offended by it. I note your specification of "American English", but perhaps you'd do well to remember that this site is not purely viewed by American citizens.
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So why is "wanker" not blocked?
 
Because it's a derogatory term for a person based upon their attitude towards others, not upon their race, creed, or sexual orientation.
 
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