On Thu, 5 Jan 2012 14:19:32 +1000, "Ozgirl"
> wrote:

>
>
>"Evelyn" > wrote in message
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>> On Wed, 4 Jan 2012 19:32:03 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
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>>>"Evelyn" > wrote in message
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>>>> On Wed, 4 Jan 2012 19:23:14 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>>>> > wrote:
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>>>>>
>>>>>"Evelyn" > wrote in message
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>>>>>> On Wed, 4 Jan 2012 19:03:08 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>"Evelyn" > wrote in message
>>>>>>>news:tv3ag7tse4t451b6qon6fdkcmhcuebi4k7@4ax .com...
>>>>>>>> On Wed, 4 Jan 2012 18:41:28 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>"Cheri" > wrote in message
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>>>>>>>>>> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>> ...
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>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> "Cheri" > wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>>>>> "Evelyn" > wrote in message
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>>>>>>>>>>>>> "All unhappiness is due to the ego; with it comes all your
>>>>>>>>>>>>> trouble.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> What does it avail you to attribute to the happenings in
>>>>>>>>>>>>> life the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> cause of misery which is really within you? What happiness
>>>>>>>>>>>>> can
>>>>>>>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>>>>>>>> get
>>>>>>>>>>>>> from things extraneous to yourself ? When you get it, how
>>>>>>>>>>>>> long
>>>>>>>>>>>>> will
>>>>>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>>>>>> last ?" -- Ramana Maharshi
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can
>>>>>>>>>>>> never
>>>>>>>>>>>> do
>>>>>>>>>>>> anything wise in this world.
>>>>>>>>>>>> ~Helen Keller
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> This is all getting beyond a joke, you all need to take a
>>>>>>>>>>> good look
>>>>>>>>>>> at
>>>>>>>>>>> yourselves, this kind of behaviour towards a fellow human
>>>>>>>>>>> being is
>>>>>>>>>>> shameful. I wouldn't treat a dog in this manner.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> No you wouldn't treat a dog that way, but you and Julie treat
>>>>>>>>>> Susan
>>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>>> way every chance you get, and I never see a word from you
>>>>>>>>>> about the
>>>>>>>>>> FOAD
>>>>>>>>>> that Julie is throwing around all the time. Preacher, take a
>>>>>>>>>> good
>>>>>>>>>> look
>>>>>>>>>> at
>>>>>>>>>> yourself before taking others to task.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>AFAIK, Ozgirl has never said anything unkind to me. However
>>>>>>>>>there are
>>>>>>>>>quite
>>>>>>>>>a few dogpilers in here who are doing it now. Including those
>>>>>>>>>who say
>>>>>>>>>they
>>>>>>>>>don't. One makes bad comments about my canned chicken or canned
>>>>>>>>>broth
>>>>>>>>>and
>>>>>>>>>then complains that *I* say something is disgusting? Complains
>>>>>>>>>about
>>>>>>>>>*my*
>>>>>>>>>buying prepared foods and then posts on how to reuse rotisserie
>>>>>>>>>chicken?
>>>>>>>>>I
>>>>>>>>>don't get it. I really don't.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>And still the question remains. Which post was it that was
>>>>>>>>>supposed
>>>>>>>>>to
>>>>>>>>>have
>>>>>>>>>been of interest to me? I have asked this repeatedly now and
>>>>>>>>>that is
>>>>>>>>>how
>>>>>>>>>this all started. And yet nobody can take the time to answer.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> For your information, a rotisserie chicken is a FRESH chicken,
>>>>>>>> cooked
>>>>>>>> in the store, THAT DAY as opposed to being cooked in my house.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On the other hand, canned broth may have been made a year ago.
>>>>>>>> We
>>>>>>>> have no way of knowing how old it is, not to mention the very
>>>>>>>> fact of
>>>>>>>> it being canned isn't really good for you. Cans are lined with
>>>>>>>> plastic containing carcinogens.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I buy organic boxed broth most of the time. As for cans, I have
>>>>>>>no
>>>>>>>problems
>>>>>>>with eating canned food and I think neither do most people who
>>>>>>>live in
>>>>>>>this
>>>>>>>country/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In spite of that, I occasionally will use canned broth when I am
>>>>>>>> in a
>>>>>>>> hurry too. Fresh is always better than prepared foods. A
>>>>>>>> FRESH
>>>>>>>> chicken (no matter where it is cooked) is not the same thing as
>>>>>>>> something in a can or a box meant to last for months on end.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Fresh is not always better, IMO. Obviously it is in yours. I do
>>>>>>>watch
>>>>>>>Food
>>>>>>>Network and other cooking shows. Those chefs on there are
>>>>>>>advocates of
>>>>>>>canned and boxed broths.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I was just pointing out how on the one hand you get upset with me
>>>>>>>for
>>>>>>>not
>>>>>>>liking something. But you feel it is okay for you to not like
>>>>>>>something.
>>>>>>>And it's not just you. Susan says Tom doesn't eat salmon. No,
>>>>>>>she
>>>>>>>didn't
>>>>>>>say why. But if *I* were to say that I didn't eat salmon, someone
>>>>>>>would
>>>>>>>sure pipe right up and call me out on it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's the way life is......
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Notice that my recipe which had one very small potato for a whole
>>>>>> pot
>>>>>> of soup, and a quarter of a cup of rice, got jumped on too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So what?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyone who doesn't like those items can just leave them out.
>>>>>
>>>>>And yet they jumped on me for saying they were vocal low carbers.
>>>>>The
>>>>>very
>>>>>same person. Yep. Kinda funny! And not in a ha ha kind of way.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Carbs, low carb, high carb, limited carb, these same issues come up
>>>> again and again on these groups. I listen to my dietician. She's
>>>> a
>>>> professional, and I feel better and do well with her advice.
>>>
>>>Uh oh. I can sense the attacks coming now!
>>
>>
>> I can ignore an attack or I can respond to it. Mostly I just ignore
>> it. I don't expect or demand that everyone agree with me. Especially
>> those who have their own point of view and are strongly attached to
>> it. Disagreeing with me is not necessarily an attack either. I try
>> not to see it as such.
>
>Disagreeing is a fine thing, people can argue the merits of both sides
>in an amiable way but sometimes when people disagree they insert
>insidious little digs amongst the amiable words which changes the tone
>and I tend to pick up on those not so subtle subtleties.


We all do that. It may help to consider that they are TRYING to
soften their terminology in order NOT to hurt you. Then you can meet
them half way by ignoring it! Subtle digs can be interpreted as an
attempt to differ without being overtly nasty. Just a little mental
trick!

Evelyn