hAPPY nEW yEAR!

shakiboo · Post by **shakiboo** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 1:36 am

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!!! May 2007 bring peace and happiness to you all!!!

Fargo · Post by **Fargo** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 10:53 am

I might have the first post of the New Year here. Let's keep our New Year's Resolutions. Happy New Year.

1bigsteve · Post by **1bigsteve** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 9:44 pm

Lets party!!

So far my resolutions have been going real good:

1. Watch my exercise routine a little closer (gained a pound or two),

2. Fix-up my house,

3. Buy a new truck and get rid of the old rust bucket,

4. Spend time listening to Georgia Brown's records (her big throbbing alto kills me),

5. Improving my grammer, spelling, and punctuation,

6. Looking for a speech teacher who can help me get the coldness out of my voice,

7. Getting back into painting portraits,

8. Spending more time with friends. I learned that the most important thing in our lives is not how busy we are or how much we get done. The most important thing is to stop once in awhile, smell the roses, and just say a simple hello to the people who truely care about us.

What are your resolutions?

-1bigsteve (o:

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 2:46 am

With that Avatar, I can't imagine a *cold voice!*

Maybe you could picture that little goofy alien when you speak and it might put a smile into your voice?

I don't have any resolutions, but Happy New Year anyway!

snokkums · Post by **snokkums** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 3:04 am

Let's hope the Green Bay Packers have a better year and that Brett stays for one more year.

Hope my back gets better.

Lose some weight.
I think I could go on for ever on the resolutions!!

1bigsteve · Post by **1bigsteve** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 11:23 am

Kat @ Sat Jan 06, 2007 11:46 pm wrote:With that Avatar, I can't imagine a *cold voice!*

Maybe you could picture that little goofy alien when you speak and it might put a smile into your voice?

I don't have any resolutions, but Happy New Year anyway!

When I talk to customers on the phone I have to raise my voice up an octave and talk with a "honey sweetie pie" tone so they wont ask me if I'm mad. I hate having to do that. My friends are use to it but customers get edgy. "Oh my gawd, I'm talking to a killer!" I have to hire a woman to put the voice messages on my phones. It is so humiliating.

We had a speech teacher in grade and junior high school that all of us kids went to see three times a year. When I was about thirteen she had me read a long paragraph in one of her technical books. About five minutes later she said, "Oh, I want you to hear something" and she turned on her Wollensak tape recorder that I hadn't noticed was on the table. I heard this deep, cold voice that sounded like it was coming out of a tomb. I asked her who that was speaking and she leaned over the table, looked me in the eye and said, "Thats you." That was a major shock.

She never did tell me what I could do about it. My avatar represents how I feel inside. Maybe I should get a "Lurch" avatar...

A woman I know does a lot of appearances on TV and voice overs and she has the most pleasant alto. I love to get her laughing because her laugh is so warm and comes from the heart. Some have it and some don't I guess.

I'm going to keep all of my resolutions. I think.

-1bigsteve (o:

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 1:18 pm

I'm glad you explained that! I think I will be more careful at deciding something about someone in future, who has a voice with no inflection. I had not ever thought of it as something innate.

1bigsteve · Post by **1bigsteve** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 2:37 pm

I have plenty of inflection but even in the higher notes my voice has a cold edge to it. Another guy in my vocal octave range may have warmth in his voice while mine sounds like it's coming from the "arctic." My sister has my voice. Not near as bad but bad enough. Poor girl.

Hmmm... maybe I should have gotten into the monster movie business.

-1bigsteve (o:

shakiboo · Post by **shakiboo** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 9:07 pm

Hope you do well with your resolutions! I have only one, I want to lose some weight! Think I'll get the job done this time....Steve, how's your singing voice?

1bigsteve · Post by **1bigsteve** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 1:18 am

Singing voice? Whats that? No, all the singers are on my mom's side of the family. I can't sing a note. I'd love to learn. I saw singer Judy Henske perform a couple years ago and while we were sitting and talking some of her friends came up. As Judy was introducing me to them she was imitating my voice but I didn't catch on until I noticed her friends all grinning at me. It was a bit embarrassing but she and I had a good laugh over it. Judy has a big, deep alto voice with a heart big enough to match.

If you want to lose weight, Pam, try eating four or five small meals. You will end up eating fewer calories daily because you never eat when you are starving. Cut back on the carbs a bit and increase your protein. Exercise every day and the weight will come off. A friend of mine is 58 and stays in shape with 2 hour daily workouts. She does 300 sit-ups every morning and still weights the same as she did at 19. Proper diet and exercise works. Luck and magic pills doesn't. Have fun with it.

-1bigsteve (o:

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 1:51 am

I switched from in-between-meal snacks like chips or crackers to fruit and also cereal.
Instead of ice cream- popscicles or sherbert.
Smaller portions- and eat slowly and savor every bite.
Benjamin Franklin says to swallow every bite before taking another.

I hadn't realized I wasn't doing that until I read that tip.
Look at fat content. No more than 30 g. of fat per day. I try to keep it at 1/2 that tho.
And sometimes raw veg's for crunch- like baby carrots.
And drink plenty of water and NO diet soda.
Good luck!

shakiboo · Post by **shakiboo** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:26 pm

Thanks Steve and Kat for the diet tips! ugh the older you get the harder it is to get rid of the unwanted pounds!!! lol but I'm gonna give it a try! Steve when you were talking about your voice the voice of Darth Vader came to mind, is your voice like that?

bobarth · Post by **bobarth** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:36 pm

I have the same resolution every year.

Never go over Niagra Falls in a barrel.

It's one I have been able to keep so far....

1bigsteve · Post by **1bigsteve** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 1:42 pm

shakiboo @ Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:26 am wrote:Thanks Steve and Kat for the diet tips! ugh the older you get the harder it is to get rid of the unwanted pounds!!! lol but I'm gonna give it a try! Steve when you were talking about your voice the voice of Darth Vader came to mind, is your voice like that?

No, I don't sound like Darth Vader, thank goodness. James Earl Ray's voice has some warmth to it. I can sound friendly when I raise my voice an octave and pay attention to what I say and how I say it. I just hate having to do that. Judy Henske spotted my voice first crack off the bat and she got a big laugh about it. People just see me as a big friendly teddy bear until I open my mouth and then I'm "The Killer From Hell!"

Like Kat said make sure you get enough healthy fat in your diet, Pam. A person can starve to death if they don't get enough fat. Take things slow and easy then gradually build up. Get your mind and body used to the idea of exercise and healthy eating. Get some dumbbells if you don't have any and develop a program. Don't worry about getting "musclebound." You will never look like Dave Draper. It may take weeks or months after you get up to speed before you start loosing weight. People who start a weight lose program on June 1st to lose enough weight by June 10th to get into their thong are in for a surprise.

Weight lose and health improvement take time and commitment. I've been enjoying it for 37 years. Have fun with it. And no matter what, don't ever compare yourself with those 80lb. bean poles in those women's magazines. Those women are dropping dead like flies. Women need more fat on their bodies than men but unfortunately that is not the message being delivered to the female population. Personally I like curves on a woman. "Boys in dresses" don't do much for my taste. Be happy with your progress and when you feel you have reached your ideal weight then that is it. Who is to tell you otherwise? Don't ever let someone force you into their pigeon hole!

Let us know how it goes.

-1bigsteve (o:

1bigsteve · Post by **1bigsteve** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:03 pm

bobarth @ Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:36 am wrote:I have the same resolution every year.

Never go over Niagra Falls in a barrel.

It's one I have been able to keep so far....

I love you resolution, Bobbie. I have several I know I will always keep:

1. I will never jump out of a perfectly good airplane,

2. I will never ski down a vertical mountain,

3. I will never jump a motorcycle over 18 greyhound buses,

4. I will never pierce my tongue, eyebrow, ear, nipples, nose, eye, head, brain,

5. And I will never dye my hair purple!

Hey, in California you see these things.

I like Franklin Covey too, Bobbie. It's a excellent method of time management. It works wonders for me.

-1bigsteve (o:

bobarth · Post by **bobarth** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 4:45 pm

Hi Ya 1bigsteve

Missed seeing you around, glad you are back. Oh those are some dandy resolutions too. I do like to keep my word and this resolution lets me do it...

I am going to fess up, I have never read that Franklin Covey book, always wanted to and never had the time. But I do like some of the quotes in there.

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 4:49 pm

Well, with a dripping axe like the one you got there- you can do anything you want!

theebmonique · Post by **theebmonique** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 4:49 pm

I USED to jump out of perfectly good airplanes.

Tracy...

bobarth · Post by **bobarth** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 4:54 pm

Kat @ Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:49 pm wrote:Well, with a dripping axe like the one you got there- you can do anything you want!

Oh Kat I just got paint on it, I need to burn the old thing......

1bigsteve · Post by **1bigsteve** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:15 pm

theebmonique @ Mon Jan 08, 2007 1:49 pm wrote:I USED to jump out of perfectly good airplanes.

Tracy...

The only way I'll ever jump out of an airplane is with it strapped to my back. I'm scared to death of heights. At Yosemite there is a place called Glacier Point. You can lean over the edge and look 3500 feet straight down! My knees turn to mush. I have dreams of my 5 year old niece falling over the side onto a ledge and I have to climb down to get her with no rope. I wake up in a sweat everytime.

Heights are not my thing.

-1bigsteve (o:

theebmonique · Post by **theebmonique** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:49 pm

Acrophobia 'happens' when height is 'relative', in other words when you can 'relate' to how high you are, like when youlook over the edge of something. You can relate to how high you are because there is something close to you that helps you compare the distance.

I am not fond of heights either. However, when you are in an airplane, 3000(+) feet above the ground, there is no longer anything connecting you to the ground so that you can relate to how high you are. Honest.

Another thing about skdiving is that many people think you get that "elevator" feeling when you jump out (the freefall part)...not true. The reason we get "that" feeling when we are in an elevator, is a matter of physics. You are going from 'no motion' to 'motion', or vice versa. However when you jump out of an airplane, you already have forward motion from being in the plane, and all you do is change direction of the motion...therefore no "elevator" effect. Honest.

Tracy...

1bigsteve · Post by **1bigsteve** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:43 am

Sounds reasonable, Tracy.

I remember a guy setting a world record sky dive from a balloon in 1960 from 100,000 feet or so. A few years ago I saw the film he shot of himself jumping out the door and I got to thinking that I could almost jump out too because all I saw below him was clouds, no hard ground. Maybe the higher up we are the less fear we have a height. Perhaps its the fear of hitting the ground that scares people more than the falling itself, or maybe the helpless feeling of being totally out of control while falling.

Either way I would still feel better with that plane strapped to my back.

-1bigsteve (o:

theebmonique · Post by **theebmonique** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:57 am

Maybe you could try the wind tunnel...

http://skydiveperris.com/

Tracy...

1bigsteve · Post by **1bigsteve** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:06 pm

Now that looks like something I could manage. At least until the blower goes out and I hit the floor.

-1bigsteve (o:

1bigsteve · Post by **1bigsteve** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 5:19 pm

bobarth @ Mon Jan 08, 2007 1:54 pm wrote:
Kat @ Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:49 pm wrote:Well, with a dripping axe like the one you got there- you can do anything you want!
Oh Kat I just got paint on it, I need to burn the old thing......

"Paint?" Oh, Bobbie, you are sooooo naughty!

-1bigsteve (o:

bobarth · Post by **bobarth** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 5:31 pm

1bigsteve:

Who ME????

:littleangel:

he he

1bigsteve · Post by **1bigsteve** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 1:24 am

-1bigsteve (o: