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catpower1980: LOL, foreigners think Belgium is paradise then when they get here they get disappointed.
Same here. They like to hang out at disgruntled expat forums online and complain about how hard it is to make friends with the indigenous population.

If something simply falls from the sky, it might be frozen waste from a passenger plane.
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catpower1980: LOL, foreigners think Belgium is paradise then when they get here they get disappointed.
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awalterj: Same here. They like to hang out at disgruntled expat forums online and complain about how hard it is to make friends with the indigenous population.

If something simply falls from the sky, it might be frozen waste from a passenger plane.
Interesting, what was that movie with Steve Martin where he wrote the script, "chubby rain?" That must have been the inspiration.
OK, I have to fess up a bit. I live a handful of hours away from Disney World and about 20 minutes from the beach. However, I can say I've lived down here now most of my life and only saw the ocean about 6 times (including the time I drove down to the keys).

It's one of those things that's kind of in your back yard and you don't think anything about it; however, when you do, you take in its awe and glory every time you get the chance to see it.
Post edited May 30, 2015 by JDelekto
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awalterj: Same here. They like to hang out at disgruntled expat forums online and complain about how hard it is to make friends with the indigenous population.

If something simply falls from the sky, it might be frozen waste from a passenger plane.
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JDelekto: Interesting, what was that movie with Steve Martin where he wrote the script, "chubby rain?" That must have been the inspiration.
Haven't seen the movie, I was just riffing of the aerial myth that passenger planes drop their toilet waste while being airborne.


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JDelekto: OK, I have to fess up a bit. I live a handful of hours away from Disney World and about 20 minutes from the beach. However, I can say I've lived down here now most of my life and only saw the ocean about 6 times (including the time I drove down to the keys).

It's one of those things that's kind of in your back yard and you don't think anything about it; however, when you do, you take in its awe and glory every time you get the chance to see it.
I can sympathize, there's a mountain right where I live and the first time I climbed up on it was 5 years after moving here. Same for the beautiful lake, didn't start swimming in it until I had already lived here for 5 years.
Nevertheless, I can hardly believe you've only been to the ocean 6 times, that's hardcore.
lol
I read labels religiously due to an intolerance to GM Corn and my house, 3 of us, spend about 350 a month.
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clisair: I read labels religiously due to an intolerance to GM Corn and my house, 3 of us, spend about 350 a month.
OT but your post makes me want to start a thread of stupid product labels.
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dick1982: dayum. i spend like 300 singapoor dollars a month on food and i have a job. is belgium giving out passports?
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catpower1980: LOL, foreigners think Belgium is paradise then when they get here they get disappointed. I knew a Palestinian who prefered going back to his country than staying here.
Kind of depend on what you consider to be paradise. I was born here and hate it. Yet lots of people I know think I'm crazy for wanting to leave.
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clisair: I read labels religiously due to an intolerance to GM Corn and my house, 3 of us, spend about 350 a month.
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tinyE: OT but your post makes me want to start a thread of stupid product labels.
dumb labels, dumb warnings, dumb signs, I can't get enough of them... go for it!
Funny how things you say get threaded all out of whack.

We actually spend more because I can't just "buy it off the shelf" and spend more time checking ingredients and looking up che4mical names than I do shopping. Even so we are able to keep our cost down. It means large pots of stew supplemented by rice and home made bread, but we do well enough.
$100 per month.
Quite the sum. On high quality stuff. Saves from having to pay doctors and hospitals later on. A balanced and healthy diet (as far as it can be such) is not only nutrition, but up to a certain degree, disease prevention, as Hippocrates, the father of medicine, once said. Also, in natural products there are excellent diet supplements, such as beehive products or even athletic performance enhancers, without the involvement of chemistry, drugs and commercially available "medication"/supplementation.

Food is an investment for good health and long life. No one should be after lowering its budget and expenses. For any reason. Unless it cannot be helped by any means.
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KiNgBrAdLeY7: Food is an investment for good health and long life. No one should be after lowering its budget and expenses. For any reason. Unless it cannot be helped by any means.
Hmmm somehow this seems contradictory. Yes good food invests in good health; But few of us have the income to eat perfect meals all the time. Often i find myself wanting to eat and i know it's not for nutrition, it's just because i'm bored... Or maybe i'm missing some key vitamin i'm not aware of.

You really mean no one should strive to get low quality/cheap/insubstantial food in order to lower costs. This i agree with whole heartedly, but quite often you can survive quite well with less food, as often most of us in the USA overeat.

This sorta reminds me, i've heard that in other countries the meals they serve/eat is primarily rice (filler) while the juicy bits is relatively small in comparison. This knowledge changed how i ate sushi quite a bit, and i'm quite glad it did.
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rtcvb32: Hmmm somehow this seems contradictory. Yes good food invests in good health; But few of us have the income to eat perfect meals all the time. Often i find myself wanting to eat and i know it's not for nutrition, it's just because i'm bored... Or maybe i'm missing some key vitamin i'm not aware of.

You really mean no one should strive to get low quality/cheap/insubstantial food in order to lower costs. This i agree with whole heartedly, but quite often you can survive quite well with less food, as often most of us in the USA overeat.

This sorta reminds me, i've heard that in other countries the meals they serve/eat is primarily rice (filler) while the juicy bits is relatively small in comparison. This knowledge changed how i ate sushi quite a bit, and i'm quite glad it did.
But of course. Also there is no such thing as a perfect meal. And it does not need to be expensive, but be balanced and have variety. Raw vegetables (the ones that can be consumed raw, that is) is one VERY good thing to eat, fruit (certain ones and in certain places are generally cheap), white meat etc. Certain things like flour, sugar and salt are very bad. Bad alas, they are daily on the table.

Overeating and eating junk food is the real danger. It is appealing. And difficult to resist, both. Negative psychology helps a lot both to overeating and putting much weight in small time, also, which is another trap; more or less, many people today have either negative psychology, or too little time on their hands to get a proper diet and food time.

Another danger is the Genetically Processed Food, which alas, is going to find its way into European markets, soon. American companies press european trade and markets for such an intro and the underground issue/deal, lately, found way into publicity. I fear for the worst. Worst case scenario, i will ban from my diet ANYTHING that can be genetically processed, trying to replace it with other things.