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[MurphOnMillerAve]

She seems absorbed in thought, contemplating something....

.....your punishment for tormenting the bears,

Guilty. Where do I sign'in ?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

She seems absorbed in thought, contemplating something....

.....your punishment for tormenting the bears,

Guilty. Where do I sign'in ?

Just present your credit card(s) and obey every command.......it will only hurt.....a lot.

[J. S. Bach]

Well, fie on all y'all:

[rogruth]

Here is a message i received from an ebay buyer. 2 minutes after my item ended he tried to back out.
Dear Seller,

I would to apologize to you up front about my recent bid. Due to some thought I am no longer interested in purchasing the spectrum plans. I am sorry if I caused any inconvenience towards you. Just not the right time for me due to financial reasons and bidding miss judgement.

Have a good Memorial Day,

Jeff
Reply

Robert,
Is that the end of this matter or is there something that can be done?
I have never bought or sold on e-bay so do not know how this stuff works.
What can you do if the buyer "suddenly" realizes the funds are not available?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I wonder at what point she said to herself that she was perhaps going too far with the lack of self-control and abundance of flesh.

[webenda]

Well, fie on all y'all:

That is Gina Gershwin-Varney (April 25, 1960 - April 4, 2015), daughter in law of Art Varney, the "Art" in RichArt. Gina's maiden name, Gershwin, comes from the George and Ira Gershwin family.

Image of RichArt engine:

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I think Gina said she topped out at 900 pounds when she held the Guinness World Record for Heaviest Living Woman. Gina was recognized by Guinness World Records as the world record holder for the "World's Heaviest Model". Her model photos still wander around the internet. This is the second time I have seen on MTJ the photo that Dave posted.

Gina's weight problem started when she noticed her legs swelling while she was living in Alaska. Doctors there told her she was just fat, "Lose weight." Turned out she was not "just fat." She had Lymphedema. By the time she was correctly diagnosed, it was too late. Lymphedema severely restricted her ability to exercise and she easily lost control of her weight.

Gina managed to lose 100 pounds through restricting her diet. Still way too heavy, Gina requested by-pass surgery, but no doctor wanted to do the surgery on her because of several risk factors, including her liver disease. Finally, she found a willing doctor and had Roux-en-y Gastric Bypass in December 1997. She eventually lost 400 pounds. What was it like to go from 800 to 400 pounds? "I can get up and go to the bathroom now!!! I can roll myself over to prevent bed sores. But my skin still splits open and all this water runs out of me." Gina suffered from edema also. A lot of her weight was from water retention.

Gina died April 4, 2015, from complications due to liver failure.

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Wife, Mom, daughter, writer, friend.

[Roy]

Why are we posting photos of pathologically fat persons? Is this considered funny? A play on "gross" sexual imposition? I don't want to be a humor nazi, but barf.

[robert.]

Roger, For me that is the end. I'll ask ebay to cancel this transaction. If i force the guy to buy it. He will only complain about a false quality issue.Then i'll need to pay return shipping to me and refund him everything he paid. Ebay does not take any action against these kind of buyers. On the plus side he told me about his buyer's remorse before he received his item.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Ok, maybe back to our regularly scheduled silliness........

[rogruth]

Roger, For me that is the end. I'll ask ebay to cancel this transaction. If i force the guy to buy it. He will only complain about a false quality issue.Then i'll need to pay return shipping to me and refund him everything he paid. Ebay does not take any action against these kind of buyers. On the plus side he told me about his buyer's remorse before he received his item.

Thanks, Robert.

[HONDO74]

Ok, maybe back to our regularly scheduled silliness........

Seems appropriate.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Why are we posting photos of pathologically fat persons? Is this considered funny? A play on "gross" sexual imposition? I don't want to be a humor nazi, but barf.

Perhaps noteworthy. And perhaps an inspiration to exercise and get control of calorie intake. At least, it does for me, from whom no apology will be forthcoming, sir. Not at all. She's the one electing to pose uncovered shoving chocolates in her trap-door. Period.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

And perhaps an inspiration to exercise and get control of calorie intake.

And have a cup of coffee....

[Roy]

Yes, coffee is one of the approved addictions of the day.

[webenda]

Why are we posting photos of pathologically fat persons? Is this considered funny? A play on "gross" sexual imposition? I don't want to be a humor nazi, but barf.

Perhaps noteworthy. And perhaps an inspiration to exercise and get control of calorie intake. At least, it does for me, from whom no apology will be forthcoming, sir. Not at all. She's the one electing to pose uncovered shoving chocolates in her trap-door. Period.

Gina took a lot of flak for doing that, as did her husband for enabling her. He said he helped her because it gave her some enjoyment in an otherwise miserable life.

Ever once in a while, Gina's husband would come back to his office in a bad mood. I once asked, "What is wrong?" He said he came upon a bunch of engineers looking at a monitor laughing. He went over to see what it was and there was one of his wife's photos on the screen. He loudly told them, "That is MY WIFE you are laughing at!" Utter silence followed as they changed the screen to something work related.

Sometimes one moment of poor judgment haunts us for the rest of our lives. Moses (bible guy) is an example of that. After spending 40 years leading the Israelites to the promised land, Moses was not allowed to enter because of a mistake he had made years earlier.