Official Bored at Work / Off-Topic Chat Thread II

[Raydeus]

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If you are too busy maybe you should consider some of those 10 min cardio routines twice a day while you get some condition back. Lack of exercise and atrophied muscles are very bad news.

[Armando]

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You could ride a bike. I always find that more gratifying and entertaining than regular workouts. Last Summer I lost some good weight just riding my bike to work every day. Probably not an option for you, but that's besides the point. You could get a blue one and call it Trixie if that helps.

[Taskmage]

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I'm sure it's true I could use more cardio. It's just a matter of finding the time and freedom to get out of the house. Whatever I do during the day I have to take my 3 year old daughter with me and there's no time in the evenings.

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I think I should save up for a stationary bike or a treadmill or something.

[Feba]

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get her a baby seat or trailer for your bike; in a year or two start her off on a bike with training wheels, within a few years bike rides with dad will be one of her favorite things to do, and also a great way for the family to keep in shape.

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the flip side of that post is that if you get a treadmill or stationary bike, you will never use it.

This is a universal fact.

[Taskmage]

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Terrible neighborhood for a little one on a bike. No sidewalks, both sides of the street lined with cars, and people regularly blow through the narrow remaining space going 40 mph =/

[Feba]

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I live in a major Asian city

Your argument is invalid.



(also I'm sure there's a bike path or deserted road or something around)

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just think of how things are going to be three years down the line:

"Dad! I wanna go ride bikes!" "Ok little one, your daddy's been having too many hat cookies lately anyway!"

"Dad! I wanna sit on that strange machine in the basement and my legs go up and down on it!" "What is wrong with you child."

[Armando]

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I think I should save up for a stationary bike or a treadmill or something.

A good DDR pad. Waaaaay more fun.

[Taskmage]

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I don't understand this idea that if I have a convenient way to get cardio in my home, I'll never use that, but for me to go out of my way to shepherd a small child through city traffic is somehow more likely.

[Murphie]

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It doesn't really add up, no.

[Taskmage]

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I live in a major Asian city

And what, your three year old rides bikes there all the time? Or other people ride bikes there all the time? Because that is not a culture that exists here.

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Also ITT: I actually eat hat cookies all the time, guys, I'm just stingy with the pics.

Apparently there is a certain amount of insinuation about my diet and habits that I can take in stride, but that amount is quite low.

[Murphie]

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I made chocolate filled cupcakes this weekend. They were pretty gewd.

[Taskmage]

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On a different note, I did a google image search for "trixie bicycle" and got a pic of a topless older woman holding a leopard print beer can. I don't even.

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I made chocolate filled cupcakes this weekend. They were pretty gewd.

Hmm, around here cupcakes do not get eaten. Only the frosting. Maybe if the frosting went inside the cupcakes ... nahh the kids would just take them apart, scrape out the frosting and leave the cupcake husk.

[Armando]

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Hmm, around here cupcakes do not get eaten. Only the frosting. Maybe if the frosting went inside the cupcakes ... nahh the kids would just take them apart, scrape out the frosting and leave the cupcake husk.

Clearly you must find a way to mix the frosting into the cupcake mix so they can't be separated.

[Murphie]

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Cake balls.

And yeah, I've noticed that with small children as well. I brought a bunch of amazing cupcakes from this local bakery to my friend's mother's birthday party once, and the kids literally just licked the frosting off of the cupcakes and then asked for more.

[DakAttack]

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I don't understand how anybody could love the frosting more than the cake. I make a slammin' cake, and there's always only a thin layer of frosting, which serves only to compliment the texture of the cake. Also it's covered in those star-shaped sprinkles to give it a bit of crunch. Slammin'.