If you had to be another dwellar who would it be?

footfootfoot • Aug 16, 2008 11:49 pm
OK,
Let's say you had to choose another dwellar to be, who would it be? This is not to be confused with a popularity contest, it's more like an alter ego.

Just curious, who would it be?
lumberjim • Aug 16, 2008 11:50 pm
jinx...so i could cuddle with lumberjim!
HungLikeJesus • Aug 17, 2008 12:52 am
I think it goes without saying. We all want to be footfootfoot.
lookout123 • Aug 17, 2008 1:30 am
I'm thinking Griff. The point of this would be to be different and it seems like Griff might be my polar opposite.
SteveDallas • Aug 17, 2008 3:19 am
I'd say Wolf, so I wouldn't have to go anywhere when I finally snap.
Griff • Aug 17, 2008 9:15 am
I was thinking Zip but I don't think our lives are different enough. Elspode lives differently. I'll be the pagan.
Clodfobble • Aug 17, 2008 10:12 am
I wanna try on SundaeGirl's shoes. No kids, working in a pub... not something I'd ever have ended up doing on my own.
HungLikeJesus • Aug 17, 2008 11:29 am
The real question is, who wants to be HungLikeJesus?
jinx • Aug 17, 2008 11:36 am
Is it Limey that lives on on an isolated island? I'll take that.
Undertoad • Aug 17, 2008 11:47 am
Yes. SM's talent and job, xoB's attitude, SG's gentle congeniality in Limey's location.
Sundae • Aug 17, 2008 4:05 pm
Oh my! I came to this thread with a little maggot gnawing at me saying, "Well! No use looking for your name here!" So I wasn't. And to see it made my heart swell enough to ping the maggot out. Yeah, blood/ ear-drum connection thing, you know. I know it's not necessarily an admiration thing - but mine are so I allow myself pleasure.

If I had to I'd be one of the Cellar super-moms. And I had decided this before Clod's kind words.
I do like children, despite some of my rants. And I'd always sort of hoped that one day the fabled biological clock would kick in and my fear of screwing them up/ them being a burden (the two fit so well together!) would be overcome.

I'd love to be part of an unassailable family unit. And I figure the only way to do that is by blood or law. Blood is pretty much out and even laws can be changed.

And aside from me, me, me - I admire the heck out of these women. Intelligent, reasonable, level-headed, engaging, funny, factual and fanciful. Fuck being them - I want to be adopted!
limey • Aug 17, 2008 5:30 pm
jinx;476679 wrote:
Is it Limey that lives on on an isolated island? I'll take that.


Undertoad;476682 wrote:
Yes. SM's talent and job, xoB's attitude, SG's gentle congeniality in Limey's location.


[smug]:blush: [/smug]
DanaC • Aug 17, 2008 7:50 pm
Just for one day, I'd like to be Urbane Guerilla. That'd be a trip.
Griff • Aug 17, 2008 8:17 pm
... in an ambulette, to the nuthouse.
classicman • Aug 17, 2008 9:10 pm
DanaC;476746 wrote:
Just for one day, I'd like to be Urbane Guerilla. That'd be a trip.


I'd like to go inside the mind of the one and only .....

Drumroll please...









T-dub.
skysidhe • Aug 17, 2008 11:36 pm
[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]jinx[/SIZE][/FONT]
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[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]why?[/SIZE][/FONT]
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[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]well, she's smart, she knows a thing or two about the mechanics of vehicles, She canoes and teaches her children the skill too. She is teaches herself photography,she expresses a love of nature. She's her own woman [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]and if god thought all that wasn't enough made her beautiful too.[/SIZE][/FONT]
lumberjim • Aug 17, 2008 11:39 pm
you want me
skysidhe • Aug 17, 2008 11:48 pm
:smack:
jinx • Aug 18, 2008 12:09 am
Gosh sky :blush:, that was really nice. Thank you.
BrianR • Aug 18, 2008 2:19 am
I'll be a little bitch and say Mags.

For reasons not to be divulged.
FStop • Aug 18, 2008 10:03 am
Clodfobble;476663 wrote:
I wanna try on SundaeGirl's shoes. No kids, working in a pub... not something I'd ever have ended up doing on my own.


I'll second that. Couple that great hair with fiddling about in London? Hell yes I'd try that out. Seems charming enough. :blush:
footfootfoot • Aug 18, 2008 10:35 am
skysidhe;476782 wrote:
[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]jinx[/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]why?[/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]well, she's smart, she knows a thing or two about the mechanics of vehicles, She canoes and teaches her children the skill too. She is teaches herself photography,she expresses a love of nature. She's her own woman [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]and if god thought all that wasn't enough gave her beautiful dowas too.[/SIZE][/FONT]

fixed it for you.
Sundae • Aug 18, 2008 1:07 pm
Nope, I fixed it for you!
skysidhe;476782 wrote:
[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]jinx[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]why?[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]well, she's smart, she knows a thing or two about the mechanics of vehicles, She canoes and teaches her children the skill too. She is teaches herself photography,she expresses a love of nature. She's her own woman [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]and as if LJ thought all that wasn't enough he bought her a cracking set of norks to go with it.[/SIZE][/FONT]
Undertoad • Aug 18, 2008 1:20 pm
I prefer to politely think of it as
[FONT=cabresi]She cranked out and nursed two awesome ankle-biters and came out none the worse for wear, 99% by healthy living and 1% by surgery[/FONT]
barefoot serpent • Aug 18, 2008 1:38 pm
gonzo but not forgotten... Nothing But Net
fargon • Aug 18, 2008 1:43 pm
I want to be Lumberjim when I grow up!!!
BrianR • Aug 18, 2008 1:43 pm
He's not quite gone, he just won't answer his phone anymore. Fred (Plthijnx) gets out next month...I'm hoping I can reach them BOTH then.
lumberjim • Aug 18, 2008 1:46 pm
fargon;476846 wrote:
I want to be Lumberjim


when I grow up!!!


these 2 things are mutually exclusive, sorry.
footfootfoot • Aug 18, 2008 3:06 pm
BrianR;476847 wrote:
Fred (Plthijnx) gets out next month...


Out of where?
lumberjim • Aug 18, 2008 3:16 pm
he's been far away visiting a place called 'Carceration'
DanaC • Aug 18, 2008 3:56 pm
Fred (Plthijnx) gets out next month...I'm hoping I can reach them BOTH then.


Clearly that longish period that I was away, more happened than I had realised...
ZenGum • Aug 18, 2008 9:16 pm
I'd missed that too! A dwellar in the big house, eh? Kind of cool, gives our cellar a real underground darkside bohemian feel. Are we allowed to ask why he was in?

Who would I be? So many to choose from....
Ducksnuts - cool car and gets plenty of action.
ZippyT - very nice southern lifestyle
Ibram - so much potential and opportunity
LJ or Bruce - envy their post count

But really I am going to stretch the rules and say i wanna be Lil-Lookout. That kid rocks and he has a great dad.
Lets go PLAY! Or defy bullies. Either way... cool
TheMercenary • Aug 18, 2008 11:05 pm
I would love to be me and try to figure out what the hell is going on inside there..
Aliantha • Aug 19, 2008 12:15 am
Why doesn't anyone want to be me? I don't have to go to work unless I want to. The bills always get paid. My husband loves me. My kids love me. I have a loving extended family who are actively involved in my life. I get to go shopping whenever I like. I have great friends. I live in a nice house in a quiet little township which is close enough to the city to make dining in style still a good option.

And those are just the good things about my life that I can think of right now. There's tons more.

Who wouldn't want my life?
lookout123 • Aug 19, 2008 12:37 am
sorry, you're australian. ;)
Aliantha • Aug 19, 2008 2:34 am
You shouldn't be sorry. I'm very happy being Australian. Wouldn't want to be anything else. :)
NoBoxes • Aug 19, 2008 4:47 am
It's said that variety is the spice of life; so, I would be this one.
Sundae • Aug 19, 2008 5:05 am
Aliantha;476938 wrote:
Why doesn't anyone want to be me?

I didn't name names, but you were one of the people I was thinking of in my description.
And your location would be a big draw!
DucksNuts • Aug 19, 2008 5:40 am
ZenGum;476908 wrote:
I'd missed that too! A dwellar in the big house, eh? Kind of cool, gives our cellar a real underground darkside bohemian feel. Are we allowed to ask why he was in?

Who would I be? So many to choose from....
Ducksnuts - cool car and gets plenty of action.
ZippyT - very nice southern lifestyle
Ibram - so much potential and opportunity
LJ or Bruce - envy their post count

But really I am going to stretch the rules and say i wanna be Lil-Lookout. That kid rocks and he has a great dad.
Lets go PLAY! Or defy bullies. Either way... cool


I'd so do you, Zengum!
Shawnee123 • Aug 19, 2008 8:31 am
If it's only temporary, I'll say Flint. He has a nice spouse, nice kids who he and pooka really enjoy, and he knows a lot about music. Mostly, though, I'd like to be inside a brain that's even quirkier than mine!
ZenGum • Aug 19, 2008 9:39 am
DucksNuts;476964 wrote:
I'd so do you, Zengum!


Cor Blimey!:blush:

(better not let you see the '92 Corolla I drive....not so manly...)
kerosene • Aug 19, 2008 10:29 am
I would be you, Ali, but the only big change would be becoming Australian. :3eye:
Juniper • Aug 19, 2008 11:01 am
Aliantha;476938 wrote:
Why doesn't anyone want to be me? I don't have to go to work unless I want to. The bills always get paid. My husband loves me. My kids love me. I have a loving extended family who are actively involved in my life. I get to go shopping whenever I like. I have great friends. I live in a nice house in a quiet little township which is close enough to the city to make dining in style still a good option.

And those are just the good things about my life that I can think of right now. There's tons more.

Who wouldn't want my life?


You and I can switch for a while, dear - our lives sound pretty similar. Only...how's the beer down under? I won't stay in a world without beer. ;)
Aliantha • Aug 19, 2008 7:34 pm
The beer is good here. You can even get that american stuff if you really must.

SG, you're a doll. But you know that already don't you?

Case, there are lots of advantages to being an Australian. You'd love it. ;)
ZenGum • Aug 19, 2008 9:05 pm
On the beer (which I am occasionally), is it true that in the USA there is a limit to the percentage of alcohol allowed in beer (I've heard 2.2% or something)?

If so, my sympathies.
Undertoad • Aug 19, 2008 9:25 pm
Yes. If there is less than 2.2% it cannot be called beer.

Meet Victory Brewing Co's "Twelve". 12% abv.

It will Fuck You Up. And it will be Mighty Tasty while it does!
ZenGum • Aug 19, 2008 9:29 pm
Ah, a minimum strength. A much better idea.

12! Dats some strong stuff!

Beers here range from "light" <2%, through "mid-strength" 2-4%, to "full bodied" 4+%. Most are in the 4.5 to 6% range, although Coopers Vintage is a very drinkable 7.5%.
SteveDallas • Aug 19, 2008 9:33 pm
AFAIK this is not true.

But some places have a limit on what % is allowed to be sold in grocery stores and such. The stronger ones are available, but only in liquor stores along with the hard stuff.
Undertoad • Aug 19, 2008 9:33 pm
About 2/3rds of American beer drinkers prefer the standard American lager, while the rest of us say that's like sex in a canoe, and drink heartier, bigger-tasting stuff.

The ever-popular Bud family:

5.0% Budweiser
5.0% Bud Dry
4.2% Bud Light
5.5% Bud Ice
4.1% Bud Ice Light
4.3% Bud Select
4.2% Busch Light
Juniper • Aug 19, 2008 9:40 pm
Sex in a canoe? Um.....

Anyway, when I think of Australian beer, the first thing that comes to mind is Foster's. Which isn't bad, but I suspect there's better stuff out there.

I'll drink Bud usually, but if I want to splurge I go for something like Newcastle or Michelob Amber Bock.
lookout123 • Aug 19, 2008 9:43 pm
Guinness, mmmmm.
Harp, mmmm
Red Stripe, mmm. good for the beach, beyotch.
Cicero • Aug 19, 2008 9:47 pm
Pilau is the obvious choice here, I think. Those snausages sound awesome! :) (and the tarts)
Aliantha • Aug 19, 2008 9:48 pm
fosters is the stuff we sell to you lot in the US. Not too many aussies will touch it with a barge pole...unless they're really desperate. For example, if that's all that's left in the esky.
Undertoad • Aug 19, 2008 9:50 pm
Juniper;477119 wrote:
Sex in a canoe?


The old joke is: "Coors Light is like sex in a canoe. Fucking close to water."

I had to wait for someone to ask, you see.
squirell nutkin • Aug 19, 2008 10:20 pm
Where the F are you Homber?
we have Budweiser der konig auf beers which is, despite it's clarity, 5.5% and some of the nutkins drink Spaten which is 7.6% and then there is Samichlaus which is 14%.
But in Utah all bets are off...
skysidhe • Aug 19, 2008 11:08 pm
speaking of beer

I like the wheat beers/flavored fancy pumpkin ale and apple cider beer if I am going to drink one.

There is an american beer that is black ale. It's quite a stout one I can't remember the name. I don't drink that one because I am a light weight.

I can't stand Fosters and Guinness and bud.

Corona tastes like a Miller of which I like along with Michelob.

I can't tolerate beers much because of the yeast. The yeast gives me a headache right off.



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SteveDallas • Aug 19, 2008 11:47 pm
I'm fond of a good wheat beer. But I really haven't had any beer, except for maybe a couple at a party, in years. I've been strictly on the hard stuff.
jinx • Aug 20, 2008 12:04 am
I like a nice girly "flavored beer". It's not really beer at all, but that's what it says it is on the label. It's the cheese food product* of beer.





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Clodfobble • Aug 20, 2008 12:35 am
People go apeshit over Shiner and Fat Tire around here. Those two and Dos Equis are practically all you ever see. Is that stuff even available in other states?
xoxoxoBruce • Aug 20, 2008 12:44 am
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Elspode • Aug 20, 2008 12:53 am
Griff;476654 wrote:
I was thinking Zip but I don't think our lives are different enough. Elspode lives differently. I'll be the pagan.


Strange...I was gonna say that I would be you, because *you* truly live differently. I'm just behaving like a man whore and blaming it on my spirituality. :D That said (mostly in jest), your home and lifestyle are amazing, and you should seriously consider adopting a Pagan spiritual path, because you've got all the other stuff down pat. Well, okay...you're gonna want a couple of girlfriends. The goats aren't going to have the same effect, I fear.

My second choice is to be LJ. I don't really think I have to tell anyone *why* I might make that choice, do I?
zippyt • Aug 20, 2008 12:55 am
New Belgium ROCKS !!!
Skinny dip and Mother ship are Great summer beers , tripple is the BOMB in winter , so is -2 below , strong , tastey beers !!

Blue Paddel is good year round !!!
Sundae • Aug 20, 2008 8:25 am
jinx;477161 wrote:
I like a nice girly "flavored beer". It's not really beer at all, but that's what it says it is on the label.

Ah no, here and in Europe (we're not really Europe you know) the beers aren't just flavoured. You can get really good tasting fruit beers and ales. I love them, and I don't really have a sweet tooth. Fruli is a gorgeous Belgian drink - 70% wheat beer, 30% strawberries. I can down the first pint (19.3 US ounces) in 10 minutes because it's such a thirst quencher. Six gulped pints later I remember it's 4.1%. Oops.
Shawnee123 • Aug 20, 2008 8:33 am
Cicero;477122 wrote:
Pilau is the obvious choice here, I think. Those snausages sound awesome! :) (and the tarts)


I don't think it's nice of you to call DanaC a tart. Hmmph.

Just kiddin' guys!

Actually, I was thinking it would be cool to be Dana as a "who would you be" option. And I like Cic, too...she's fun.

Oh hell, I want to be pieces of all of you.
classicman • Aug 20, 2008 9:27 am
Shawnee123;477199 wrote:
Oh hell, I want pieces of all of you.






fixed it for ya.
BrianR • Aug 20, 2008 10:12 am
I found a pizza place here that serves good German beers.
I may not even pronounce what I drink, but I like German beer better than American beer anyway.
HungLikeJesus • Aug 20, 2008 11:39 am
I'm still wondering why it's "If you had to be another dwellar" instead of "If you could be..." Are you running from something, footfootfoot?
Sundae • Aug 20, 2008 12:45 pm
Perhaps because if it was, "If you could be..." people would feel the need to justify the change. This way, you skip that part and get straight to the reason for the preference.
skysidhe • Aug 20, 2008 12:53 pm
oh yeah, girly girl beers rock!
squirell nutkin • Aug 20, 2008 12:58 pm
Or it's so people won't try to pull crap like "I don't want to be anyone else, I like me just fine."

But then this is the cellar, home of self loathing...
Shawnee123 • Aug 20, 2008 12:59 pm
squirell nutkin;477236 wrote:
Or it's so people won't try to pull crap like "I don't want to be anyone else, I like me just fine."

But then this is the cellar, home of self loathing...


And ass kissing! :D
DanaC • Aug 20, 2008 3:09 pm
Cic, Pilau would return the compliment, but he's kind of attracted to being Pie....because he likes pies.

Beers. Oh I do like my beerlies. My favourites are ales. I may have already mentioned this half a dozen times ....stuff like Bishop's Finger, Fox's Nobb, or Old Speckled Hen. As a teen I rather liked Old Peculiar.....can't touch the stuff now, or Owd Roger.
limey • Aug 20, 2008 6:31 pm
zippyt;477174 wrote:
New Belgium ROCKS !!!
Skinny dip and Mother ship are Great summer beers , tripple is the BOMB in winter , so is -2 below , strong , tastey beers !!

Blue Paddel is good year round !!!


DanaC;477250 wrote:
Cic, Pilau would return the compliment, but he's kind of attracted to being Pie....because he likes pies.

Beers. Oh I do like my beerlies. My favourites are ales. I may have already mentioned this half a dozen times ....stuff like Bishop's Finger, Fox's Nobb, or Old Speckled Hen. As a teen I rather liked Old Peculiar.....can't touch the stuff now, or Owd Roger.


Okay, okay .. you two guys bring the beers, I'll provide the accommodation. Scotland is not great for beer.
Just let me knnow when you're on your way!
squirell nutkin • Aug 20, 2008 8:35 pm
limey;477281 wrote:
Scotland is not great for beer.

Belhaven!
If it's not Scottish it's CRAP.
ZenGum • Aug 20, 2008 9:42 pm
BrianR;477221 wrote:
I found a pizza place here that serves good German beers.
I may not even pronounce what I drink, but I like German beer better than American beer anyway.


After three or four beers you sound like a German native speaker.

Ahfta dree or foah beiren du schound laich a ... Geutshe natiff schpeeker....

I wonder if there is a causal connection here...



(And I love the way this thread blends cellarite-identity swapping with beer. :D )
Crimson Ghost • Aug 20, 2008 11:39 pm
BrianR;477221 wrote:
I like German beer better than American beer anyway.


It's just like I've been saying for years....

German IS better.
Sundae • Aug 21, 2008 7:25 am
Two World Wars and one World Cup....
BrianR • Aug 21, 2008 10:25 am
I usta could speak German fairly well.

There is a good-sized German population here in the arsehole of Texas. A few good German restaurants too.

I can get by in either English or German at the eateries and even the bakery. But I've forgotten too much to converse well.
LabRat • Aug 22, 2008 9:28 am
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squirell nutkin • Aug 22, 2008 5:51 pm
I would be footfootfoot. Just for a day. Then, not so much anymore.
Clodfobble • Aug 22, 2008 6:24 pm
*snicker*


I don't know man, I don't think you're smart enough to be the old footster. I'm pretty sure he can spell "squirrel," for one thing. :stickpoke:
squirell nutkin • Aug 22, 2008 7:29 pm
Clodfobble;477675 wrote:
*snicker*


I don't know man, I don't think you're smart enough to be the old footster. I'm pretty sure he can spell "squirrel," for one thing. :stickpoke:


Not when he's as drunk as I ma.
*snicker back*
SteveDallas • Aug 22, 2008 8:04 pm
Anybody can spell "squirrel."

Not so many can spell "squirell."
footfootfoot • Aug 22, 2008 8:45 pm
:thumbsup:
TheMercenary • Aug 24, 2008 6:22 am
Back on topic. I want to be Ali's husband, LJ so I could have Jinx, Labrat's Hubby, Cicero's boyfriend, Ducknuts bf, And DanaC's one night stand... :thumb:
binky • Aug 24, 2008 6:57 pm
ZenGum;477103 wrote:
On the beer (which I am occasionally), is it true that in the USA there is a limit to the percentage of alcohol allowed in beer (I've heard 2.2% or something)?

If so, my sympathies.


A microbrewery about 10 miles from me makes something called Lobotomy Bock that is 10.8%
Aliantha • Aug 24, 2008 8:11 pm
TheMercenary;477832 wrote:
Back on topic. I want to be Ali's husband, LJ so I could have Jinx, Labrat's Hubby, Cicero's boyfriend, Ducknuts bf, And DanaC's one night stand... :thumb:



Why?
TheMercenary • Aug 24, 2008 8:15 pm
Aliantha;477908 wrote:
Why?
Cause I think you're hot. Even if your prego.....
Aliantha • Aug 24, 2008 8:16 pm
lol...nice. that's the best compliment I've had all day thanks Merc. ;)
TheMercenary • Aug 24, 2008 8:39 pm
Well you are. So there. You frigging hottie!

I think you were hot before you were prego... Hey but that was just me...

and of course your hubby... :D
Aliantha • Aug 24, 2008 8:41 pm
Well I guess anyone who's into boobs would like pregnant chicks considering the epic proportions they grow to. lol
Clodfobble • Aug 24, 2008 9:03 pm
And it's so sad when they eventually go back to normal... :(
xoxoxoBruce • Aug 24, 2008 9:12 pm
No no, it adds variety.:yum:
Aliantha • Aug 24, 2008 9:37 pm
I don't know about that Clod. Mine never shrunk after my first couple of kids. That could have something to do with me getting preggers with my second one only 6 weeks after giving birth to the first and then just carrying a bit of extra weight ever since then. Before i had the kids I was a nice manageable C cup, but ever since I've been at least a D, sometimes double. I hate to think what I am now, so I'm just poking myself into my old bras for the time being.

I think also because I had no luck with breast feeding, I didn't get so much of that saggy look after the kids. I've decided to avoid the disappointment this time round and just go straight to formula, so with any luck, I'll still have nice boobs after I guess.
Juniper • Aug 24, 2008 11:11 pm
Ali -- I breastfed and I don't think it affected mine in a negative way. I think it has more to do with gaining/losing weight, not nursing. I'm such an oddball, I didn't gain any weight with either of my babies. Nada. 'Course, I was on a diabetic diet, and that helped.

I have gained quite a bit since, though... (sigh)

I gotta say, I'm a BF advocate...give it a shot, it is SO much easier. And just because you had no luck last time, doesn't mean you won't now. My first didn't want anything to do with it, but my second was a champ.

And since I haven't said it yet, Congratulations!

Um, maybe I won't be you just now, after all. :)
wolf • Aug 25, 2008 12:41 pm
I would be ... Griff.

Grifftopia is very close to my Utopia, although too much of the house is above ground (at least as far as he's let on).
skysidhe • Sep 1, 2008 7:28 pm
The two other people I would also like to be are:

zippyt http://cellar.org/showpost.php?p=480019&postcount=2034


and Crimson Ghost because ...well I don't really know. I guess because he is a ghost. No one thinks badly of ghosts.
Crimson Ghost • Sep 1, 2008 11:57 pm
skysidhe;480034 wrote:
The two other people I would also like to be are:

zippyt http://cellar.org/showpost.php?p=480019&postcount=2034


and Crimson Ghost because ...well I don't really know. I guess because he is a ghost. No one thinks badly of ghosts.


Thank you.
Griff • Sep 2, 2008 11:15 am
wolf;478018 wrote:
(at least as far as he's let on).


:cool: You know the drill.
Aliantha • Sep 2, 2008 6:37 pm
Juniper;477957 wrote:
Ali -- I breastfed and I don't think it affected mine in a negative way. I think it has more to do with gaining/losing weight, not nursing. I'm such an oddball, I didn't gain any weight with either of my babies. Nada. 'Course, I was on a diabetic diet, and that helped.

I have gained quite a bit since, though... (sigh)

I gotta say, I'm a BF advocate...give it a shot, it is SO much easier. And just because you had no luck last time, doesn't mean you won't now. My first didn't want anything to do with it, but my second was a champ.

And since I haven't said it yet, Congratulations!

Um, maybe I won't be you just now, after all. :)


Thanks for the advice Juniper, but I've made my decision already. Besides, formula feeding makes it very much easier to allow someone to babysit when necessary, specially if you're a woman who doesn't make enough milk to express. My two older boys seem to be doing very well even though they were never breast fed, so I don't really believe all the hype about it anyway even though there are plenty of advocates who will quote a million studies as to the benefits.

Each to their own. ;)
footfootfoot • Sep 2, 2008 6:50 pm
There is a bit of backlash from the pro breast feeding groups which some mothers who can't, or for their own reasons choose not to breastfeed, say makes them feel badly about their choice.

If it works for you then great, if it doesn't don't feel guilty or paranoid about it even though the la leche types are talking about yu behind your back and suddenly grow silent when you walk into the room. Act as though it were a normal lull in the conversation and had nothing to do with you.

Then hit them with, in as loud a voice as you can muster without shouting,
"How dare you axe me with your moral judgements you cow?"

That'll fix 'em.

Mrs. Foot "took one for the team" as they say, she breast fed and she feels her dowas are the worse for the wear and she would sooner vote for McCain than have a boob job (I recuse myself) but that's her chioce.

Her best friend had one boob which didn't work at all and the other one didn't produce enough milk to feed hibernating chipmunk so she fed formula. It's all good, the baby is fine and alert and healthy, so as they say in my neighborhood "Don't believe the hype" http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ASjH7X-jAY4

Rock on! Dowas rewl! [/nutkin]
footfootfoot • Sep 2, 2008 6:54 pm
Oh and for the record I'd, if I had to be another dwellar, I'd be all of you. There's a lot of love in the room tonight and I feel it too.
I'd be the cellar. But I'd have a little corner that was always damp, especially when it rained and I'd put a sump pump there and that's where I'd keep Marichiko, rkzenrage, and other dwellars who've been banned for general nutkinness to the nth degree. spammers and others like that would still go into the burn pile and not the compost.
lookout123 • Sep 2, 2008 6:57 pm
with Lil Lookout Mrs L breastfed but had a hard go of it. We think now he just ate too inconsistently for things to work properly. She had the boobs done three years later. 2.0 breastfed like an absolute champ. we were kind of worried because we'd heard the hooter expansion packs could make it harder... but they worked like a charm.

that's my breastfeeding story. next?
Aliantha • Sep 2, 2008 6:59 pm
That's nice of you to say foot3, and my condolances to your wife after the distressing loss.

I'm pretty comfortable with my choice to be honest. I put up with all the cracks the last couple of times around, and I was far less prepared for it then than I am now. I just hope the baby is healthy and happy. Everything else is secondary at this point. :)
classicman • Sep 2, 2008 10:44 pm
God attitude Ali. I think today with all the technology we have and as advanced as we are.... everything will be just fine.
Clodfobble • Sep 2, 2008 11:44 pm
lookout123 wrote:
She had the boobs done three years later. 2.0 breastfed like an absolute champ. we were kind of worried because we'd heard the hooter expansion packs could make it harder... but they worked like a charm.


Wait, she breastfed after implants? I had always heard that wasn't possible. Interesting...

A friend of mine did a mix of both formula and breastfeeding, whichever was more convenient at the given time, but the few times some busybody questioned her use of formula she would ask them, "Haven't you ever heard of a breast pump?" and give them a look like they were completely retarded--even if it was actually formula in the bottle.
lookout123 • Sep 3, 2008 11:12 am
not only is it possible, she actually had a much easier time of it. the milk actually flowed better this time.
TheMercenary • Sep 3, 2008 11:45 pm
Clodfobble;480340 wrote:
Wait, she breastfed after implants? I had always heard that wasn't possible. Interesting...

A friend of mine did a mix of both formula and breastfeeding, whichever was more convenient at the given time, but the few times some busybody questioned her use of formula she would ask them, "Haven't you ever heard of a breast pump?" and give them a look like they were completely retarded--even if it was actually formula in the bottle.

Completely possible. There is no contraindication to it.
HungLikeJesus • Sep 3, 2008 11:57 pm
Ok, in truth, I'd like to be lookout123.

But without the kids or the soccer.
lookout123 • Sep 4, 2008 11:52 am
Nice.
HungLikeJesus • Sep 4, 2008 12:07 pm
lookout123;480884 wrote:
Nice.


(I was just amusing myself trying to picture you without kids or soccer. It's like picturing easter eggs without the colors.)
footfootfoot • Sep 4, 2008 12:15 pm
HungLikeJesus;480888 wrote:
(I was just amusing myself trying to picture you without kids or soccer. It's like picturing easter eggs without the colors.)

Or a bottle of Corona with out the lime or the beer...
lookout123 • Sep 4, 2008 12:17 pm
very true these days. strangely enough before Lil Lookout (oops baby, if there ever was one) I was strongly opposed to the existence of children and I refused to believe soccer was worth putting my beer down for.

I worked all day, drank all night, ran around with strippers, knew a dozen drug dealers private numbers, and mothers held their children tighter when they walked past me at the mall.

Now I'm the guy mom's ask to drive their kids home after soccer practice and after I went out for a birthday party this weekend I was hungover from my 4 beers.

Times change.
xoxoxoBruce • Sep 5, 2008 11:50 am
You were fortunate they changed for the better. :thumb:
Urbane Guerrilla • Sep 6, 2008 7:04 am
Pour enough beer in me and I just get more like myself.

Enough coffee does the same thing by a different road.

Waitwaitwait -- rkzen was banned? For cause? :eek: I thought he was just sick!
richlevy • Sep 7, 2008 1:06 am
Well I couldn't be Sundae Girl or Jinx because if I was, I'd just stay at home and play with my tits all day. Honestly, I don't know how those women ever leave the house.:p
lumberjim • Sep 7, 2008 1:10 am
that's exactly what i always say!
Clodfobble • Sep 7, 2008 10:15 am
I was going to say, "No, think about it, do you sit there and play with your penis all day?," but then I realized...
jinx • Sep 7, 2008 7:54 pm
:lol2:
DanaC • Sep 7, 2008 7:58 pm
I wanna be fresh.....cuz he's about to git some. Oh yeah!