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Ditto. I was hoping the Perrio family revisit last night might be a lead-in to some new WATN episodes in September, but there's nothing listed for the next two Wednesday nights -- just other programming. I'm still unemployed, fourteen months now. Still getting an occasional interview, but once they meet me in person and see how old I am and that I walk with a cane, they decide to proceed with other candidates. Can't say that I really blame them, in spite of the labor laws to the contrary. Problem is I'm not quite old enough to retire and receive social security and medicare, so in another few months I'll be stuck -- unless someone decides to hire me before then. Well, I do have an interview coming up on Monday. And the third of my three IT classes coming up on Saturday. The classes are good, they get me out of the house and around technicians again; and the additional knowledge doesn't hurt. P.S. My eating habit tonight has been a grilled chicken sandwich with lettuce and tomato, cole slaw, a side of onion rings, and iced coffee.

Anyone want a Lil Now Now doll?

Ever imagine Dr. Now as a fashion model?

There seems to be a possibility that the series will return in September. TLC's currently-published schedule is showing that the two-part Perrios episode from season six ("One Ton Family") will be rebroadcast on Wednesday September 4: https://www.tlc.com/schedule 😃 ❤️

Looks like Steven Junior is back on YouTube as of this month: raven crow. Three videos posted so far. Oh boy. He doesn't seem to me to have lost much weight, nor to be any healthier mentally either. Perhaps it's to be expected, but I believed he was doing better in his new life in Iowa. 😟

One more shot of the detritus of sleeve gastrectomy, from Dr. Now's Instagram: The following caption was included: "Sleeve gastrectomy - the stomach holds a sizable amount of food. Three to four pints. By reducing the size of stomach down by 20% a person will now be able to eat much less and get full much quick. As a result, loose excess weight."

Those "one-person eating contests" are called 'mukbangs'. And it was Schenee's mukbangs that got me started in that genre. There are so many mukbangers on YouTube. Their channels are monetized and some of them have so many followers and viewers that they make a living posting videos of themselves eating, often every day. It's a big sub-culture. Mukbangers often eat super-hot foods, such as ramen noodles and chicken wings. Some of them will drink almond milk to cool off their mouths. And some will even start off with a shot of Pepto Bismol to coat their stomachs!

This is the series, a one-season from 2014, set in London: The Smoke. Anyway, the woman was twenty-four years old, 465 pounds (said as 33 stone) bed-bound but did not really need to be. The firefighters got her up on her feet, but the structural integrity of the house was giving way and they felt the stairs would not support her weight, so they went for the alternate extraction method. At the end of the episode she's seen in hospital, where hopefully she's going to receive some help with weight loss, though her enabler (mother) has just brought her two large pieces of cake, so the outcome is a bit doubtful. Thanks, OoogleEyes. 😊

Well that does sound a bit excessive. A four-hundred-pounder should be able to walk, but if not, then a couple of hunky firemen should be able to carry her out. Thanks for the tip -- I'll check out the series! 😘

This evening I've watched a 1982 made-for-television remake of Witness for the Prosecution, with Ralph Richardson, Deborah Kerr, Beau Bridges, and Diana Rigg in the roles originally played by Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, Tyrone Power, and Marlene Dietrich. It's pretty good!

When I was a kid in the sixties, there were many italian bakeries throughout NYC, and they were one of the few retail establishments open on Sundays back then. When people would go visiting friends and family for Sunday dinner, it was expected that they would stop at an italian bakery for pastries. The box would always include at least on eclair and one napoleon. It wasn't until many years later that I realized those were french pastries, not italian. 😃

This image was also posted a couple of days ago on Dr. Now's Instagram page, with the following caption: "Season 8, My 600 pounds Life will air soon!" I don't know about in Texas, but when it's summer, January is not considered 'soon'. But September would be. 👀

Some art work posted a couple of days ago to Dr. Now's Instagram page:

What's really confusing is when you visit the U.S. Virgin Islands and find they all drive on the left as in Britain, but the cars are left-hand operated because they are imported from the mainland U.S. 😟

I've based my remarks only on what I was told as a tourist back in the 90s; styles of speech may have evolved since then. But no, 'salt biscuit' is not used in the U.S. I'll have to do some research and try to get to the bottom of this. . . . 😕

The second was the one I had been thinking of. The first I didn't think you used -- that is our definition -- I thought you always used 'salt biscuit'. The third, well yes we use that too. 😇 As a pedestrian in London I found the roundabouts quite challenging. I'm used to traffic lights that make the cars stop so that the people can cross the street! The city where I had the easiest time crossing streets was Auckland, New Zealand. They had three-way signals at all the intersections I found, so that pedestrians never had cars turning behind their backs (one of the hazards in NYC). But they made up for it in the steepness of the hills; some of them were so steep I had to take them at a run or I wouldn't have got up them at all! 😧

Just one clarification for you here, Londoner. Your sweet biscuits are our cookies, yes, but your salt biscuits are our crackers. I know that crackers are something entirely different in the UK, not even food at all. 😄

Yes, Maine is beautiful, I have been several times. A long coast line with rocky beaches, light houses, parks, fresh seafood. Best time to go is summer and early autumn, as later in the autumn can be quite cold, like winter already. You might like to include Vermont and New Hampshire and make your first trip to the US to visit the northern New England states. 😍 The Green Mountains of Vermont are something special, as are the White Mountains of New Hampshire. 😊

Not quite puff pastry, biscuits are a little more substantial. As they say a picture is worth a thousand words, if you have a few minutes a video like this one might make it a bit clearer: I would just add that I don't know how common it is to pour molasses over the biscuits, as this fellow shows at the end. I think many people would just put butter, unless they are going to make the white gravy for them. People will east biscuits by themselves for breakfast, or as part of dinner such as with fried chicken or stews.

Welcome, Londoner! Thank you for joining, I do hope you will continue to join in the discussions. I've been to the UK, spent most of the month of August 1991 in England, Scotland, and Wales, and got to Northern Ireland a few years later. I loved everything about it except the lack of air conditioning, even in some of the hotels. People tried to explain that it's only hot like this a few weeks a year, but those were the few weeks I was there! 😃 Kandi and Brandi are two of my favorite poundticipants, and they've done so well. Yes, Marla was deep-fat frying in bed, Penny did that too. There has been quite a proliferation of fast food restaurants in the past few decades. When I was a kid, in the sixties, all we had was McDonald's and KFC too. Although there was another chicken fast food place, which is long gone, called Chicken Delight ("don't cook tonight, call Chicken Delight"). But in NYC, where I lived (and still do) we could also pick up pizza, whole or by the slice, and sandwiches from the delicatessens. Fast food restaurants tend to vary by region. In the early seventies my family lived briefly in North Carolina, where they had a few fast foods that we did not have in New York, including a good burger place called Hardees. A place we did have was Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips (which I loved, "the meal you cannot make at home"). It was the first time I ever put vinegar on french fries (chips). A british person once told me he thought the closest thing to an american biscuit would be a scone. I suppose so, but they are rather different. Some british television series I like include Black Mirror and The Crown. I am dying for the third season of The Crown, though it will be bittersweet when it does arrive as I know I will miss terribly the actors who have portrayed the young Elizabeth, Phillip, and Margaret. Can't understand why a british series would have cast the american John Lithgow as Winston Churchill, but he worked hard at it and I think he did pretty well. I've learned a lot about recent british history from The Crown. 😊 Cheers for now, and please come back soon!

I am grateful for the fellowship as well. I don't think I've mentioned it here, but I've been unemployed for the past year. Trying to get hired for an IT job at my age (58) is like finding a needle in a haystack, but must keep trying. Had a pretty good interview this week, the first in-person interview in three months. They seemed to like me, but that has happened before. Time will tell. I rewatched Marla today myself, after reading your post CC. Marla had one terrible attitude, right until the end. Does make one wonder why she bothered going to Houston. In her follow-up she and Dr. Now parted ways. She still had her terrible, disrespectful attitude. But she is one person who, although she left the program, has been very successful. Recent photos and videos show that she looking terrific. This recent article about is interesting: https://starcasm.net/my-600-lb-life-marla-update/ I wondered too, CC, why they couldn't check her weight until she was willing and able to stand up. Maybe the hospital used at that time didn't have the type of beds that could weigh the patient.

There was some discussion recently of television programs from New Zealand, and I remember mentioning the film Whale Rider. For anyone who has not seen it, or who might like to see it again, it's available on Amazon as part of IMDbTV, free to watch with ads: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07JCV9J3L

The latest on the good doctor's Instagram: Caption: No matter how difficult the situation may be, we as a doctor should not lose hope for the patient.

That sounds like Brandon, season 7 episode 7.

Here's a lovely photo Sarah posted to her FB page last month. 😍 Either she has a better wig/weave or her hair has grown back: