Hagar9999

Wow, Yratorm - a concise, utterly informed and coldly ruthless assessment of the US situation in iraq. Only to be expected from a person who actually trained with a Ninja Ryu, but still, a brilliant analysis. And (off topic) I think you've had a rather adventurous life - in a way, I envy you. I really like reading your posts, you usually have a lot of interesting things to say, whatever the topic. By the way, I'm glad there's another admirer of Lincoln here Yes, Bush does rather pale before Lincoln, doesn't he. Anyway, glad to know a non-American half-way round the world can have such an admiration for Lincoln, one of America's greatest presidents; and for the 'spirit' of America; and for the ideals of the founding fathers. You have been ruthless and coldly logical when 'taking apart' Bush's policies in Iraq, but when you talk of America itself, your whole tone changes. You actually admire America and American ideals a lot, don't you? - what you call the American 'soul'. And coming from a man like you, that pleases me, somehow. I think America has had some wonderful presidents, and will have wonderful men again who will uphold it's ideals. And no, I don't count Bush among those men.

Some interesting thoughts there, flakes - I concur. I'm actually going to try the 'lifestyle' changes that master_bacarra and Yratorm (in another thread) recommend. I have to admit I'm really out of condition, besides having hypertension and knee problems, and so I kind of thought my descent into complete 'stasis' was inevitable, hehe. But I'm going to make a strong honest effort to turn things around, so thanks for the inspiration, Yratorm AND master_bacarra - I owe you both

Thanks for editing the post - the 'harder' routine was too much for me, I'm pretty much out of condition, and I have hypertension AND bad knees, so it was pretty much impossible without a time-machine, hehe. But the new section on an 'easier' way is good, this is something I can definitely do, so thanks - Yratorm, ellen, opaque, all of you. Great stuff.

Nice. A bit out of my league (I'm an ooolldd man - kiddin, kiddin - well, not that old, really, hahahahahhahahha. But still nice. Good work.

I like this fitness routine, but something on how to lose weight fast would be very nice too.

I'm having some trouble quitting - any advice?

I've traveled a lot, and when you get down to it, people all round the world are pretty much the same - the same qualities and the same faults. And when you think of it that way, it doesn't really matter how different places differ physically.

I think it'll happen - I think to an extent its happening already. English is becoming a pretty international language, and everyone in the commercial world recognizes the value of one common language. So yes, I think it'll come about eventually, but it'll be a gradual process, not all at once.

Very nice, Yratorm. I'm a corporate executive, and while I visit the gym twice a week or so, I am not much in 'condition' - this is a nice, simple, equipment free workout. I'm going to try it - I will let you know how things turn out. And thanks You have put in a lot of work here. I assume that's you in the pics?