3 responses to “Musings from a 40-year-old”

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   Kelly

   Wednesday, July 26, 2006

   Dang. Long, eloquent post lost… just like that. Did it arrive in your inbox? I’ll check back later and attempt to recreate it if not.

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2. 

   Maisy

   Wednesday, July 26, 2006

   Kelly, sorry, I didn’t get it. Sometimes there is a dumb “server error” on this site, which I don’t comprehend as to why it’s here, but it’s connected to MySQL I think.

   Anyhow, it’s something that happens on Boards, to me, and it IS very frustrating to lose a long post, or even a short one, any of them that are GOOD in ones estimation of their own writing 😉

   I have found that if something odd happens, like here, the server error, if I hit “back” I can reclaim the page where I was writing and the comment is still there, USUALLY it is there, using Firefox, at least. I don’t know about IE since I don’t use it for anything but “have to in order to see that …” kind of situations.

   I can’t recall how much I’ve lost over the years, but I do say to myself now and then, “write it in a text file. and THEN paste it in the comment/board section” or “write it in the comment space and hit ctrl-all and ctrl-c every other paragraph” or some such thing … but I never make a habit out of it, since things generally go fine. KWIM?

   It just reaches out and bites you when you least would want it to. :rolleyes:

   Thank you for trying, at least. And if you want to try again, feel free! (Of course!)

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   Kelly

   Wednesday, July 26, 2006

   I tried going back to it, but the comment box was blank and I had the right settings in IE so that it should have worked, so I suspect it was really eaten. I used to always copy the text before I hit the submit button, but I’ve gotten lazy about it lately – this computer has so few problems, unlike my previous one, that I’ve quit taking that precaution just as a routine.

   Anyway, what I said before was that I’ve started doing Pilates, using this book: www.amazon.com/gp/product/076790396X/

   (Maybe my attempt at a link is what messed it up before, so I’m just pasting the URL here instead of making a hyperlink. Does hyperthinking allow HTML in the comment box?)

   If you’re not familiar with Pilates, it’s a strenuous but low key workout designed to strengthen, tone, and streamline the muscles, improve breathing and posture, increase fluidity of movement, and help you de-stress.

   I’ve put on weight with every baby, but what really did me in was the resurgance of asthma after my surgery two years ago – more than a year on steroids and nearly on bedrest really took its toll on my energy levels. I suppose Pilates will help with weightloss as fringe benefit of getting healthy and strong again, but so far what I like best about it is that when I do it in the morning I feel more energetic than usual, and when I do it at night it seems to improve my sleep.

   Oh, the other thing is that most exercise is just so bloody boring but one of the strengths of Pilates is that it engages your mind, and I find that to be absolutely indispensable.

   And one more thing – I have three Pilates videos but they don’t teach the basic principles of Pilates explicitely, and I find it’s much much more effective to know from the outset what the philosophy is, and to have things so clearly explained, so that I can know not only how to do the movements, but why, and what to focus on for each movement to make it successful.

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