women are my biggest expense…i retired single and date a lot…
Goofyhoofy: If you’re buying new, then yeah, expensive. I hear used ones are cheaper. Just sayin’
Not according to Johnny Carson. He once did a magic trick upon request from a guest, a twelve year old mathematics wunderkind. To the delight of the boy, Johnny made a quarter “disappear.”
The kid thought for a moment, then said, “But you didn’t REALLY make it disappear, did you. Can you make it REALLY disappear?”
“You want to know how to make money REALLY disappear, kid, I’ll tell you. Get married.”
< K2 is critical in getting calcium out of the soft tissues and into the bone. Over the counter lost cost product. Anyone who consumes calcium or takes supplements should be taking it. You want that calcium getting to the bones, not causing calcification of the arteries.>
I read about this several years ago. I took K2 supplements for months (two different manufacturers, both highly rated by customers on Amazon.com).
I stopped taking the supplements because I felt really bad all over. Achy, tired and weak. This went away when I stopped the supplements.
I don’t know if this is an individual reaction or why it happened.
I also stopped taking calcium supplements when a large study showed that it didn’t reduce osteoporosis in postmenopausal women and might increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and kidney stones.
I now eat a large bowl of kale every day for K2. Yogurt and vegetables for calcium. Vitamin D, 5000 I.U. per day when I don’t get sun. One teaspoon of Milk of Magnesia per day. Lite Salt (50% NaCl, 50% KCl) instead of regular table salt. Plus an “Adult Multivitamin” for assorted nutrients (selenium, iodine, B vitamins, etc.)
To keep this on-topic.
Our biggest expense in retirement is taxes. Followed by insurance, although the health insurance is dramatically lower since we have been on Medicare.
<“You want to know how to make money REALLY disappear, kid, I’ll tell you. Get married.” >
Ha, ha.
A middle-aged guy cracked that “joke” in front of us about 30 years ago. I turned to DH and said, “Say, sweetheart, maybe I should quit my job so you can support me.”
People generally need to interact with other people for their own health and happiness. The
main problem is developing a degree of trust in the other person. This also holds true in
marriage - though the issue tends to begun maintaining that trust.
I don’t think there is of necessity any expense differences between married life and single
life. You have individuals and some want to do things that cost more or less money.
Howie52
Things tend to be a matter of individual people and how or why they interact.
Money tends to be used as a cure for problems. But the disease is sometimes more resistant than
the cure supposes.
I’d rather die 5 years earlier than eat kale every day. I’d actually call that a good trade.
I’ve heard that the trick is all in how you prepare it.
Use plenty of extra virgin olive oil…this allows it to slide off your plate into the trash bin much easier.
I stopped taking the supplements because I felt really bad all over. Achy, tired and weak. This went away when I stopped the supplements.
I don’t know if this is an individual reaction or why it happened.
I also stopped taking calcium supplements when a large study showed that it didn’t reduce osteoporosis in postmenopausal women and might increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and kidney stones.
Which is because of a need for K2 to get that calcium out of the soft tissue and into the bone. Sis has osteoporosis. Was put on calcium and it did not help the bone density until she added K2 to the supplement. A Calcium test showed her heart was looking bad also and that too reversed with the K2. I have been taking it for a couple of years now and have never had any issues with K2.
I now eat a large bowl of kale every day for K2.
Sadly, produce these days tends to be very deficient in nutrients as we deplete the soil. Though eating well and exercising is the best first defense against poor health, modern day farming provides us with produce that is much lower in nutrients that previously.
Romaine lettuce has a VERY similar nutritional profile to kale and is much tastier. Kale’s got more protein, but unless you’re a vegan, you probably don’t need to worry about that.
(I’ll eat kale if I must, but can’t say I like it).
It looks like I am in the minority. I really like kale. In fact I like just about all veggies. The exceptions are beets and chard. The geosmin in them give them a dirt like taste that I do not like.
Wendy: Ha, ha. A middle-aged guy cracked that “joke” in front of us about 30 years ago. I turned to DH and said, “Say, sweetheart, maybe I should quit my job so you can support me.”
Don’t get me wrong. I like a lot of vegetables. One of my favorites is another commonly despised one, Brussels sprouts.
Just not kale. I will eat it in a mixed salad. Sometimes. My main objection is it eating it every day. There are so many other foods around that taste better and are still good for you.
"1poorlady sometimes puts kale in soups. Completely hides the taste. As long as it’s shredded a bit, I hardly notice.
But just leaves on a plate? Yuck. Lettuce, arugula, spinach, kale…I’ll pass. That’s what food eats.
1poorguy "
My grandmother used to fix kale and potatoes together. Course she grew kale and potatoes.
Howie52
As I recall she used to add ketchup to the dish when she served herself.
The moral of this story is that you can make the healthiest food unhealthy in how you serve
the dish.
A second moral is that ketchup can hide the nastiest tastes.