9/14/2003: Ad on pregnant abdomen

We had forehead advertising on the IotD before, now... pregnant belly advertising. How much to rent out your 8-months-pregnant abdomen for a day as you walk around London? L250 (about $400)

Wonderful photo. Does the daily rate vary depending on the degree of pregnancy? More belly, more advertisement.

Welcome to the Cellar Yos. I suppose she gets paid up front. Wonder if she has to refund prorated if she goes into labor during the day?

Always possible she gets more for going into labor while wearing the sign. After all, Doctors & nurses might constiute better demographics for the advertisements.

That is a pretty sweet deal all the way around. $400 and some healthy exercise for an expectant mom who has to obviously be out and about being seen for the day.

If they'd use ordinary large bellies and bottoms, tens of thousands of Philadelphians could break the cycle of poverty.

Wonder if she needs to use sunscreen. The thought of a sunburn on a stretched out pregnant belly doesn't sound good.

There's no sun in London.

Not much sun but enough. I got fried there in May riding in the top deck of a tourist bus. That was the last sun we saw that week.

was about to say. London/England had one hell of a sumer this year (last good one I remember was '96). I'm hoping for a killer snow season after all this heat...

Jaguar you should try living in Atlanta GA. After August we're generally ready to head for Alaska to escape the oppressive heat & humidity. One good thing about the humidy is the pregnant bellies get plenty of moisture to minimize stretch marks.

I currently attempt to live in Atlanta, GA. You aren't kidding about the oppressive humidity.

This is one godawful state. Nice bellies around here, though.

Atlanta's not too bad. I've got 28 years here and I don't sweat anymore. Of course, if it drops below 60, I can't feel my fingers...


GBA

DNK

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Originally posted by Yharr I currently attempt to live in Atlanta, GA. You aren't kidding about the oppressive humidity. This is one godawful state. Nice bellies around here, though.

You mean this kind?

Oh yeah! Thems southern bellies.

http://cellar.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3838

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Originally posted by Yharr You mean this kind?

Sweating just gets rid of water. It doesn't burn fat at all, and can be very detrimental to your health if you don't replenish what is sweat off.

And the alcohol you replace the water with is lighter. Is that how UT is losing weight??

On the other hand it gives them plenty of canvas to work with.

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Originally posted by EdZachary On the other hand it gives them plenty of canvas to work with.

Great, Ed.

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Originally posted by LUVBUGZ Unfortunately, I think prego bellies offer higher real estate value for advertisers than beer bellies, but who knows, you may be on to something here, scary

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Originally posted by plthijinx c'mon luv, haven't you ever been to a NASCAR event?

Brilliant, EZ, just brilliiant! Superb first post. Welcome to The Cellar!

Thanks Els. Glad you liked it. I wonder what your response would have been had I used an MTV logo instead... I was THAT close.

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Originally posted by EdZachary ...Before jumping in I read a number of recent threads and you know..your comment sounds like a diagnosis

WTF???!!

I think BUGZ has some "issues".

LB...you've gotta count to ten, breathe deep, and re-read stuff before you get upset. Really.

Ed was clearly just making some friendly banter, there...that's why he *does* fit in on the Cellar, as you noted.

Easy...easy...breathe deep...1...2...3...and so on.

You have astonished 99 44/100% pure, who is, as she states, "infrequently astonished".

You seem to be turned up to 9 a lot of the time. Turn it down to 4, perhaps, is what people are offering as friendly advice.

I can't help it, I have to laugh aloud. I make a stupid little post to the new guy where we are bouncing sarcasm off each other and I attract the Cellar Big Guns like flies on shit. Surprisingly enough it's Wolf, Els, and the Biggest Gun of them all, UT. I guess my mere presence is offensive . It would appear I have answered my own question about still being a Newbie. OC is right. That antibitch chick came in here a ripped all ya'll a new asshole without knowing anything about any of you and you didn't give her half the ass-kicking I'm STILL getting. Well, I'm embellishing a little here, but not much. Within a short time span most of you guys/gals were apologizing left and right to her, but I still can't manage to make a friggin' joke without pissing everybody off

[joke] I think it is time to start requiring some sort of html switch like [joke] [/joke] so as to avoid further confusion. [/joke]

      Forget it guys. Telling Bugz to relax is never taken as 'friendly advice'. I'm really not sure why...
      Anyway, let it ride, she'll cool down in a minute and we can all move on and enjoy our posting expieriences.

      Speaking of which, the guy on the left kinda looks like 'Tank' Abott. If he's half as tough I'd leave'm alone. Of course it's hard to say since the only time I remember Tank smiling was before he got new teeth and he was grinding his knee into a mans face at the time.

I can (almost) swear that LUVBUGZ smilies look somewhat different to the rest...

LB,

I do believe that if you got to know me better, I would really annoy you. People like me are very annoying to people like you. I... I don't know how to describe it, but we just are. People like me are really just an annoying pebble in your shoe, when you can't really stop to shake it out.

I mean look at what happened. I posted what I thought was a single, simple line of helpful advice, and you took it to mean that you remain geniunely and universally unliked.

I know that if I continue to post, I will end up HIGHLY annoying you... it's kind of inevitable. So we need to come up with some agreement, where you don't post on my threads and I won't post on yours, or something.

Please don't beg to differ as I know we will wind up simply fighting unproductively. I just know it.

But UT, isn't it YOUR forum?

No need to hide IMNSHO.

Dagney

Who is offering a free HIPAA shoot to anyone who wants to come and lend her the munitions.

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Originally posted by LUVBUGZ Whew, that was relatively painless, Thanks Dag. I may need to "borrow" your new sig line and post it with everything I write. You mean to tell me YOU have "personal issues". I don't believe it. Have fun in your reality, wherever that may be

      Yeah, I misspell occasionally. Because of this I never say anything about the misspellings of others. If you can find where I have I'll make a thread and beg forgiveness. So go ahead and look.
      Why do you choose to be mean to me anyway? I was trying to smooth things over for you. Ah well. By the by, I have nothing but love for you sweet 'ums.

Point taken and understood. (I didna know that!)

But I truly don't think you - or anyone else should feel the need to hide, censor themselves, or otherwise watch what they'd say because of one person.

I know - I don't annoy you NOW, because you know so little about me. As you come to know me, you will find that you call me an enemy.

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Originally posted by Whit       Yeah, I misspell occasionally. Because of this I never say anything about the misspellings of others. If you can find where I have I'll make a thread and beg forgiveness. So go ahead and look.       Why do you choose to be mean to me anyway? I was trying to smooth things over for you. Ah well. By the by, I have nothing but love for you sweet 'ums.

Trust me, you've not crossed over to the point where I _hate_ you. But keep pushing me. Trust me, you WON'T like it.

You haven't bothered me until today. I've been able to ignore you. (Not really a HUGE problem, you've fallen off my radar)

However, out of the blue, you single me out as being MEAN to you, and I never was. I was polite, I was well spoken, well intentioned, and well thought out. I told you I'd drop it. And I did, never to be mentioned again. You said you would as well, but apparently you're not as good as your word.

But that still wasn't good enough. You had to bring it up, totally unrelated, on a thread I was NOT involved in. I refuse to have my name drug through the mud by someone who just wants/needs/craves attention. And I'm not going to apologize for saying what I'm saying right now, because I mean it.

And I'm going to do something I've not done here before.

Lower myself to your level.

Get a fucking grip girl. If you can't handle intelligent conversation without thinking it's about you. Log off and go home. If you can't deal with sarcasm and jokes without thinking it's a direct attack. Log off and go home. If you can't leave the past where it belongs, log off and go home. Like I told you before, AOL is taking new members daily. Perhaps that's more on your level. I even have a few free cd's I'll send to you, just to shut you up.

Sorry, I'm not going to fall on my knees and grovel for your forgiveness. Anyone who knows me, will know I do NOT do that. For anyone. Ever. Period. I DON'T like you, and I've done my best to not come out and say that. You are an arrogant, childish, self centered brat. And you NEED to grow up, get some thick skin, and stop thinking the world revolves around your little shit collecting life. Trust me, it doesn't. (And it doesn't revolve around mine, just so you can't come back and say that I'm claiming God-like powers)

Now, I'm done with what I have to say to you. Period. You've left my radar, my planet, and my universe. When you get a grip, I'll consider looking in your general direction. Maybe. If I've got nothing better to do. And my toenails always need painted. (Which is a nice way of saying that I'll ALWAYS have something better to do - Just so you don't get a little inkling of hope that I'll change my mind)

Now, that I've got THAT off my chest, I'm going to go deal with reality. Perhaps you need a dose of that yourself.

Dagney.

Congrats to you

"I got married today" Said OC....

Best wishes and best of luck! A wonderful day to do it too!

Dagney (who's counting the days till her wedding too!)

Remember BUGZ, you always hurt the one you love......

Let's move the BUGZ bits to another area of the Cellar.

      OC! Congrats or condolences, take your pick. Seriously, best wishes to you and yours. Oh yeah, take the advice Bruce hinted at and forget the Cellar, just for tonight. Have fun, later.

Duh....what's HIPAA?

Health Information Portability and Acessibility Act, or something like that.

It's the new batch of federal laws that relate to patient confidentiality and information sharing ... Short version, it sucks rocks, not that anyone is doing anything differently than they ever have, but that there is now more paperwork that you have to do to prove you're doing it.

Sucks big rocks...

It's basically the revamping of how HealthCare is done. Electronic Transactions are being standardized (In a VERY painful manner), taking all of the current 1000+ proprietary formats, and making them all the same, for each insurance company. Standardizing how information is passed, what is passed, what's done with it when it gets to where it's going.

It also covers security of privately held Health information (PHI). (I can't just lay your medical records on my desk and walk away from it). And privacy of PHI I can't spray paint your diagnosis on the billboard on 95. But if YOU do it, it's okay.

But one of the best benefits of HIPAA is that it mandates portability of your health insurance. If you move from one job to another, and you've had health insurance for over 18 months continuously, it MUST be offered to you right away.

It's a huge pain in my butt, (the electronic transactions are what I'm working on) and sends me home in a foul bitch-o-matic mood most nights, but in the long run, HIPAA will be good for everyone.

Dagney

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Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce Well then, Just why in hell do you care what's going on here?

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Originally posted by LUVBUGZ I know EZ, I could tell you were joking by your smilie, I was joking too, hence my smilie. But do you see what I mean, look at Wolf's post right after your's. Now she thinks I have "issues" . .

I like him. Hey, he even let me punch him in the face a couple weeks ago. Isn't that what friends are for?

      Actually Juju, lets be accurate.
You to punched me in the face lots of times a couple of weeks ago, but only 'cause I asked you to nicely. I really appreciated it too.

      Sigh, you yanks are wimps. We'll tade a few shots then kick back and BS for awhile. Get a couple of beers if I drank. No wonder you haven't had a yank in the Oval office in over a decade.

      Sigh, actually it's a green belt in Jarvis Kholen's Combat Grappling. For those of you that don't know anything about martial arts what the colors of the belts mean varies so widely system to system that you shouldn't bother with paying attention to it. Juju assumed Blue because I sent him a copy of my instructors emailed announcement of my receiving my blue from a couple of years ago. It was a grueling test that I felt for days afterward and some of the details were noted in the email. Anyway, until recently I had a teaching certificate but I lost it due to not being able to make the required number of training trips while I was unemployed.
      Juju was helping me in my training by striking me while I was pinned this means I have to escape quickly or take lots of unnecessary shots. And yes, for those of you that were wondering, I do want him to hit me as hard as he can. In addition to the 16 oz. gloves Juju was wearing I had a mouth piece in. When he gets better I'll add protective headgear.

Whoops, sorry about that. I was just not paying attention to the colors, per your instructions.

Hey if you guys come to blows.......aw, nevermind.

      Hey Bruce, anytime you want to join in, feel free. We promise not to break you or anything!

Not me, dude. I learned that it's more efficient to just plug 'em and go find the ladies. That way I'm not all sweaty when I find them, too.

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Originally posted by juju Well, Whit actually has a blue belt in "Martial Arts grappling", and has agreed to teach me a few things. I had boxing gloves on at the time, so I don't imagine it hurt him too much.

      Like I said before, I've advanced beyond blue belt.

I am NOT a peanut!

Relax.

      Um, Yharr? I think you missed the joke. Let's try again.

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From me: Like I said before, I've advanced beyond blue belt.

ego? arrogance???????????

naaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

THERE WAS A JOKE!??!?!

Guess I should read the thread before posting.