tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post1675544314272068839..comments2024-03-28T15:17:43.056-04:00Comments on Stayin' Alive: Methusaleh PlanetCervanteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-9198866190539744162009-09-30T15:10:38.517-04:002009-09-30T15:10:38.517-04:00I didn't say that well. I should have said .....I didn't say that well. I should have said ... This is going to stretch out a woman's post-menopausal, low-estrogen years? And comment about bones follows. <br /><br />Yes, my god kathy, imagine what 30+ additional years of bearing children would do to a woman's essentials?Bixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263963508785739508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-31554149779535752502009-09-30T13:30:42.624-04:002009-09-30T13:30:42.624-04:00the bits i could find on dr. google find a correla...the bits i could find on dr. google find a correlation between very low body weight and early menopause, in addition to the disruptions of cycles that you noted.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-77127398716780138292009-09-30T12:20:41.901-04:002009-09-30T12:20:41.901-04:00As far as I know it does not delay menopause, that...As far as I know it does not delay menopause, that's on a different clock. Interestingly, though, young women who are extremely lean have delayed menarche and may also miss periods. This happens, for example, to long distance runners. So perhaps if you start young it would also delay menopause, that could be an unknown.Cervanteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-1000984128106230912009-09-30T12:08:52.814-04:002009-09-30T12:08:52.814-04:00bix, i know i've got to worry about the bones,...bix, i know i've got to worry about the bones, but the idea of extending reproductive capacity for another 30 years is nightmarish to me. done my time, raised my kids. i don't have any interest in passing as younger than i am. perimenopause has messed with me for many years, and i just want it over with already.<br /><br />maybe that's a selfish desire for instant gratification [knowing "instant" in this case means waiting at least a year for menopause to be official]. maybe i find the idea of immortality uninteresting because it is so clearly impossible.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-65251693540488930652009-09-30T08:27:46.811-04:002009-09-30T08:27:46.811-04:00So, it's not that it extends reproductive year...So, it's not that it extends reproductive years? This could stretch out a woman's menopause? For, what, another 30 or 40 years? Those bones, those bones, those dry bones.Bixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263963508785739508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-45834392609145972932009-09-29T15:12:09.287-04:002009-09-29T15:12:09.287-04:00Jose Saramago wrote a delightful little book about...Jose Saramago wrote a <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2008/10/27/081027crbo_books_wood" rel="nofollow">delightful little book</a> about what happens when death stops visiting a particular country. The first half made me laugh out loud, which drew strange looks from fellow passengers on the bus. Worth a read. His cynical observations about insurance companies' ability to make a profit no matter what happens is quite timely.C. Coraxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-33225460263948772462009-09-29T13:49:06.661-04:002009-09-29T13:49:06.661-04:00the prisons also charge indigent inmates for medic...the prisons also charge indigent inmates for medical care. a lot of guys put off visits because they can't afford the $5. one lawyer told me a horrifying story -- her client is terminally ill and he decided to turn in his oxygen equipment, he just wanted to go peacefully without further intervention. so, the prison cleaned out all the money in his account to pay for the oxygen equipment, leaving him w/o means to get a last few treats from the canteen. bastards.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-7007378252752019042009-09-29T13:45:24.514-04:002009-09-29T13:45:24.514-04:00yes, but he's not letting enough out to comply...yes, but he's not letting enough out to comply with a federal court directive to reduce the prison population by something like 40,000. that dispute is ongoing.<br /><br />by coincidence, the prison guard union is a very powerful political force in CA.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-42712961608556044362009-09-29T13:43:55.697-04:002009-09-29T13:43:55.697-04:00Yeah I believe one guy is doing life for stealing ...Yeah I believe one guy is doing life for stealing a slice of pizza. <br /><br />I heard Ahnuhld was going to let some prisoners out, not any third-strikers but people convicted of minor crimes. Is that true?Cervanteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-40443597170505144592009-09-29T13:43:55.091-04:002009-09-29T13:43:55.091-04:00on a broader note, we have known for ages that com...on a broader note, we have known for ages that comprehensive sex/health education, permitting women educational and political and economic opportunities, and providing comprehensive family planning is very effective in limiting population growth. <br /><br />we are not doing all of this in our own country, much less assisting fully in other parts of the world. the people most in need happen to be those with the least political clout. the people most opposed have religious or economic interests that fail to consider either individual rights or global needs.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-87509219405760247542009-09-29T13:30:18.239-04:002009-09-29T13:30:18.239-04:00well, it doesn't seem likely that prisoners wi...well, it doesn't seem likely that prisoners will be getting long-life pills anytime in the forseeable future. california's entire prison system -- we're number one! -- is under a federal receivership for its tendency to kill inmates by denying them medical care. the state is trying to get out of the receivership with the argument that we're in a budget crisis, we can't afford minimally humane treatment for prisoners. and we don't want to let any of them loose, even 3d strikers who committed some petty crime for their ticket to life in prison.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.com