Conference back40::soapbox

    true or false:  making new year's resolutions is just setting yourself
    up for failure.

    <---False...
    
    Didn't have a cigarette once this year!
    
    (And yes I did smoke before...)
    
    C

    	I have decided this year to keep a journal of my dreams.
    
    	We (my wife and I) have also decided to have another baby if
    	it is God's will for us.

    Well Joe, I'm assuming that you will write & share that journal of yer
    dreams right here in 'BoxLand.  Thattiz, if publishing it won't cheapen
    ya too overmuchly...  :-)
    

    Journaling dreams?  Sounds occultish to me :-).   Concerning failure,
    folks that try to make themselves believe they are going to do a
    complete makeover of their bad habits, vices etc. are setting themselve
    up for failure.  Pick one or maybe two.  Be realistic.  Set obtainable
    goals.  
    
    Example: Do not vow to lose 400 lbs in 6 months.  Do vow to work at 
    losing weight through changing dietary or exercise habits.  
    
    There are easy ones (for some) like not eating certain foods, reading
    more, spending more time with the family etc.  The world changing
    resolutions are much more difficult if not impossible to acieve.  
    
    Brian

	If I lose 400 lbs in 6 months, well... that would be IMPOSSIBLE! I
wanna lose 20 in 4......

	What do you want to lose weight for Glen ???.

	To be thinner?

    Need to lose 80 lbs but will settle for 60. I`ll just start using me
    Jack Lalane membership again. The best incentive is watching all those
    lovely women who THINK they are over weight jump around.

    
    
    >The best incentive is watching all those lovely women who THINK they 
    >are over weight jump around.
    
    
    maybe for you, but for some, they are the reason that many *don't* go
    to the gym...
    

    i've been a gym regular for 10+ years now
    
    i notice that the "quality" (sorry girls) in the gym has taken a major
    nose-dive in the last year/eighteen months
    
    is this all gyms or just mine ?
    
    has the fitness/shape up craze run it's course ?
    
    ric

    Big hair??? Big Hair???  I know a person who does electrolysis!
    
    

    re: .11
    
    Sheesh - can you believe this????  Thats like asking have you noticed
    the girls in Penthouse have just all turned ugly... what blatant
    ...well I can't think of a word right now to describe it.
    
    :-)

    .10
    Beleive it or not, thats why some go to the gym in the first place. 
    
    No I haven`t noticed any decline in the quality looks of the Women.
    They are all still beautiful and desirable.

    
    
    Re. Last few.....
    
    I just received a free membership to a local gym. I'll let you know
    what the situation is.
    
    RG

    
    I resolve to spend less time doing my hair and more time improving my
    mind and body.

 I'm gonna get up earlier in the AM and go for a long walk before going to
 work (with a shower and a bite to eat in between).




Jim

    I resolve to spend less time improving my mind and body and more time
    doing my hair.

    
    <-- 8^PPppPpPPPpppppppPpPPPPpPPpPpppPPpP

    come here, little boy....heh,heh,heh.....

    This frightens me.

    
    
    I resolve to lose the 20 pounds I've gained in the last two years
    by May 1st, keep it off, and go on a shopping spree in late June
    if I've met my goal.
    
    
    
    Terrie
    

    
    
    	I tell you what Terrie, I'll loose 20lbs and then you buy me
    something....;*)
    
    

	(If Jim lost 20 pounds, he'd disappear!)

	Jim, maybe you should jog even FURTHER during lunch..... of course I
agree with Joanne that you would disappear if you lost the weight.... how many
want Jim to disappear??? :-)

    
    
    	I can sense the scottish replies about to impact.....
    
    
    :)

    Get to the gym more.  
    
    

	Stop wagering on the Queen Victoria Handicap.

    Glen's Back!!!!!

another? Maybe he does have a thing for me. :-)

    
    Should I resolve to be more decisive next year?
    

    Yes, definitely.  Unless of course you decide not to then maybe you
    shouldn't.  HTH.

    
    
    RE: .31  not particularly.

    Maybe.

    Okay folks, step right up!  What aren;t you going to do next year that
    you so much hate yourself for doing this year?  Put on a few lbs/kgs
    that will be rectified in 96'?  What's it going to be this year?  Don't
    wait til the last minute to decide how to better yourself.  Plan ahead, 
    give yourself at least a week this year.  
    
    

    My resolution is to get rid of this peice of junk I'm driving and get a
    new veee-hickel.  I'm contemplating a Saturn.
    
    Other resolutions:
    
    Plan on working out more consistently at the gym and taekwondo
    (tourneys coming up after the new year).  
    
    Plan on watching less TV.
    
    Plan on taking some more night classes, which should help with the
    above resolution.

	To lose the rest of the weight I keep saying I want to lose.

    
    
    	To do some more studying of the stock market and make some wise
    investments....
    
    jim

    
    Spend less time reading the 'Box
    
    
    
    Yeah, right - I've got my money on Hell freezin' over.

    re: -1
    
    Call up lucifer... I do believe it's snowin down there...

    
    To eliminate all ugliness, stress and pain from my life, no matter what
    I have to do to achieve it.
    

    
    160 pounds or bust!!
    

	You want to GAIN weight? 

    
    I'm up to 170 after meals.
    

    
    I just found last year's resolution:
    
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    I resolve to spend less time doing my hair and more time improving my
    mind and body.
    
    
    
    
    I didn't keep it.  In fact, I spend even MORE time doing my hair now
    than I used to.  It's taking me 2-1/4 hours to get ready for work in
    the morning.
    
    I think I need professional help.
    

    I'm a professional!  {wildly gesticulating}

    
    I'm an amateur, but I'm usually helpful.
    

    Deb, have you tried using a potato? Might save you a bit of time.

>    I didn't keep it.  In fact, I spend even MORE time doing my hair now
>    than I used to.  It's taking me 2-1/4 hours to get ready for work in
>    the morning.
>    
>    I think I need professional help.
    
You should marry a hairdresser.  Glen, do you know anyone who's looking for
a cover?

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| You should marry a hairdresser.  Glen, do you know anyone who's looking for
| a cover?

	Nah... if they're a hairdresser, their cover is blown. :-)


Glen

	So how was this Joe guy?

    After much consideration I have decided on the following resolutions
    which are all selfish in nature but if I do not take of me, first, I
    will not be able to help others if I want/need to.  Last year I set
    very few goals, none of which were very specific in nature so I leave
    95' with not a very good feeling of accomplishment.  Given that, I
    resolve to do the following for 96':  
    
    Financials:
    
    Go on a budget, stick to it.  Give myself an allowance prefunded with a
    certain amount and stash any excess in investment vehicles, cash on 
    hand, or debt reduction.  Maintain a minimum balance in savings for
    reserves and emergencies.  
    
    Payoff all outstanding debts with the exception of the mortgage. 
    Credit cards have crept up with vacations and holidays and unforseen
    expenses.  Car loan is doable in twelve months if I divert extra income
    that way.  
    
    Double investments by maxing 401K participation.  
    
    Professional:
    
    Become proficient in UG V10.  
    
    Change careers. 
    
    Attain Level I Coaching Certificate.  Easily done by attending the
    required clinic in January. 
    
    Personal:
    
    Let go of those things that continue to haunt me or act upon those that
    will not go away.  Sounds all encompassing but I have one specific
    issue to resolve.  This will be main source of turmoil and anxiety for 
    96'.  
    	
    Use my club membership or let it go.  For my health, I will use it.  
    
    Use the personal organizer I have or let it go.  For my sanity, I will
    use it.  
    
    Recreational:
    
    Work on my golf game by treating myself to a lesson or two and sign up
    for the league.  Still don't GAS about my score but it would be nice to
    have a higher percentage of good shots.  
    
    Spend more time on my bike, in the woods.  More as a means of enjoying
    the outdoors but the health benefits don't hurt either.  
    
    Go backpacking to Katahdin.  
    
    
    Have a good year everyone!
    
    Brian

    
    I vow to be the same old grumpy misanthropic disheveled teddy
    bear of a reich wing hate monger I've always been...

    -b

I vow to stay awake for an entire class session, at least once during the
spring semester.

    To try and attend Bally`s more frequently.

        Having forwarded Dawn's hilarious Goose-cooking episode with
        daring and whimsy (thanks, Desperado!/Tom P.) over the years, I
        and others of my ken will not be interfering with geese in '96.
        
        &y
        

    .51
    
    > Nah... if they're a hairdresser, their cover is blown. :-)
    
    No pun intended, of course.
    
    ;^)

    
    I resolve to get out of this business. On February 16, I will have been
    in it for 20 years professionally.
    
    

    How many years in total?

    
    22 years. Learned to program in freshman/soph year in high school, then
    got put in a program my junior year that farmed me out to an engineering 
    company. Spent the last year and a half working, then onward.
    
    Worked on VMS 1.0, 1978, and with one exception contract, I have ALWAYS
    worked on Digital machines.  I eat, sleep, breathe, and bleed Digital.

    
    > I eat, sleep, breathe, and bleed Digital.
    
    Oh good, at least you left one off the list... :-)
    
    -b

    
    Not really.  Digital usually does that on ME.
    
    ;^)

    r u any relation to Tommy Lasorda?  :-)

>> I eat, sleep, breathe, and bleed Digital.
    
    That explains the mess that Brian found the other day...
    
    Chris

	Too funny!

    This year I resolved:
        
    >To eliminate all ugliness, stress and pain from my life, no matter what
    >I have to do to achieve it.
    
    The year is 1/3 over, and I haven't done it.  In fact, I've had more
    stress and pain this year than I did last year.
    
    So much for New Year's Resolutions, huh.
    

    What you need is a beer and a massage.
    
    Preferably by a big Turkish bloke pulling your legs about.
    

    
    But I don't know any big Turkish blokes.
    

	I do

    
    Yes, but would any of the ones you know want to massage ME 8^)?
    

    I just changed my name to Ahmet...

    If a big Turkish bloke is in the business of giving massages, I can't
    imagine that he would object to you as a client.
    
    Unless, of course, you're a poor tipper.

    >  Unless, of course, you're a poor tipper.
    
    Personally, the idea of delivering a massage to Mz_Deb would be just fine
    even if she didn't tip me AT ALL!
    
    
    Ahmet.

    
    	Did you hear about the leper who went to a prostitute?
    
    	When he was done he left a tip.
    

    Class.  Real class.

    
    	Binder, remember to avoid me at parties.
    
    	And believe me, this reminder is of a purely selfish nature.
    
    	8^)
    

    didja hear about the leper who was in an auto accident?
    
    
    
    he left his foot on the gas.
    

    
    	Bob, looks like we'll both be hanging around in the corner at
    	Binder's next party.
    

    yep. you can go dressed as Ren, I'll show as Stimpy.

    
    	Which one's the dog?  I keep forgetting.
    

    Stimpy.

    Gimpy.

    He has three legs and arm.

Then there was the leper poker player who threw in his hand.

re .75

And then there was the leper in that particular line of work whose business
fell off as a result of the disease.

    then there was that famous face off by the leper hockey player.

Then there was the leper software engineer who had to drop everything to
get the release out.

    What do you have, when you have 4 lepers in a hot tub?

    

    Porridge.

    
    	[GAK!!]
    

    eeeeewwwww.  i'll say it agin.  eeeeewwwww.

    I second that, Oph.

    Get off that Stimpy thing.  I ain't goin for it no more B^)
    
    
    Mike