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  1. Govtgirl

    Anyone do their own acrylic nails?

    I LOVE my acrylic nails, and have never had any problem going to the salon in my neighborhood...until I got fungus on 2 nails :( I will get them removed and let them heal, and am thinking I would rather do them myself so I know they are done cleanly and properly. I have a steady hand, so I...
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    great transformation

    Wow. I really am curious though, how some people can lose so much weight so quickly and be so very toned, and others can do it and still have a bunch of loose skin. Like, many of the Biggest Loser people....after big weight loss with TONS of exercise, they can have all the loose upper arm skin...
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    Just found out.....

    :eek::eek::eek:***CONGRATULATIONS!!***:eek::eek::eek:
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    Need TACKY gift ideas!

    The best tacky gift you can find is the one that none of use can imagine or suggest, and you will find it at a thrift store, flea market, or antique shop. That's where I found a plastic cigarette dispenser that was shaped like an elephant. You lifted his tusk, and a cigarette popped out of his...
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    I don't know if...

    That's a riot!! :eek:
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    The only way to get things done around the house...

    ....is to have company over! :eek: My husband and I have been in our house 6 years, and although we've done some improvements, a lot of little things were left undone. Until we hosted Thanksgiving dinner.... THAT'S what finally compelled me to: - hang and re-arrange pictures in the dining...
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    Sun damage removal?

    Are you using Retin-A and something with hydroquinone in it (like Obagi's "Blender")? Retin-A is just a miracle cream in my opinion, and the hydroquinone is a skin lightener. The Obagi brand has 4%, the highest I know of, and you can buy it at the dermatologist. That combo will zap a lot of the...
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    Talks of Mammogram Screenings AFTER 50

    Hey I never said insurance companies were humanitarians! Holey moley gimme some credit! :eek: I totally understand that they are a business, businesses are out to make money, and the "greed" that they are accused of are the stockholders banging on them demanding profits. If anybody on this...
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    Talks of Mammogram Screenings AFTER 50

    Exactly! As Mark Twain said, there are lies, damn lies, and statistics. Sorry, I never should have quoted a statistic in the first place, they are really meaningless, therefore I can't trust the Prempro statistics or studies either. Well, thank goodness a government official has promised us...
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    ex-tanners

    Sunscreen and Retin-A!! Retin-A will really help wipe out some of the wrinkles from sun damage, and helps build the collagen in your skin. I've been doing this since I was about 27, I'm 48 now, and my skin looks pretty darn tootin' good, ifimustsaysomyself! ;)
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    Talks of Mammogram Screenings AFTER 50

    But breast cancer rates have dropped in the US, "..between 2001-2004, incidence rates decreased by 3.5% per year." Whether it's thermography or mammograms, if the government thinks it's not necessary, and if you're under a government health care option (cough cough, curious timing of this...
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    ex-tanners

    One of the benefits of thinking I was fat when I was a teenager, is that I wouldn't ever been seen in a bathing suit in order to get a tan! :p So, I NEVER had a tan when I was young, and only for one very short period in my 20's (like, 2 months) I got a base tan in a bed, then quit because I...
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    ex-tanners

    Even if you don't get cancer (and i know it's hard for people to imagine that it could happen to them) one thing for sure, you will most definately get thick, leathery, wrinkled skin and look 10-20 years older than you are. There's no doubt about that, it will happen with unprotected tanning...
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    Talks of Mammogram Screenings AFTER 50

    "Lucky" was in quotes, as in ironic. People are wondering how to pay for the health care bill. If women don't need to be screened until their 50's, then that is one way for the govt to cut costs while assuriing everyone that their health won't suffer.
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