On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 15:57:58 +1000, Jeßus wrote:

> On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 07:30:19 -0500, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:59:28 +1000, Jeßus wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 2 Jun 2010 22:44:18 -0500, Sqwertz >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:01:32 +1000, Jeßus wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Carby foods certainly work on me - one of several reasons why I
>>>>> normally tend to avoid them, especially during the day (albeit not
>>>>> religiously).
>>>>
>>>>When I was low-carbing, I couldn't sleep unless I ate some carbs..
>>>>Sometimes a couple-few tablespoons of metamucil or plain psyllium
>>>>husk worked, but give me two pieces of generic white bread and my
>>>>eyes would start to water and this warm, satisfied feeling came
>>>>over me and it was lights out.
>>>
>>> And that is the problem with refined carbs - they have that effect and
>>> thus become so very, very addictive. Hence the legions of obese and
>>> diabetic people in the west.
>>
>>Oh, so you're turning this into a US bashing thread.
>
> "The term Western countries (sometimes the West or the Occident) is
> somewhat imprecisely defined - derived from the old dualism of East
> (Asia) and West (Europe) - now used to refer to wealthy and
> industrialised countries, as the inheritants of European societies,
> and their colonial legacies. The term is sometimes used as a synonym
> for the Western societies.
>
> Depending on context, the Western countries may be restricted to the
> founding members of NATO in addition to Germany, Spain, and the
> non-aligned Austria, Finland, Sweden and Switzerland. A broader
> definition might extend to Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea,
> the Republic of China (Taiwan), Israel and some of the more prosperous
> Warsaw Pact states."
>
> http://www.fact-index.com/w/we/western_countries.html

You're right, it's never considered to be North America.

Lay off the crack and pedal forward.

-sw