Diaper Mike 05

That would be Redlands, California. It's an agricultural area that has built up into a city, so it must have been taking that transition into account. It is still on the books but not enforced. I've been to Redlands many times and the police don't stop you for it.

Some of us across the border aren't too far of a drive from Mississauga either. Though those in the US, remember that the exchange rate is unfavorable for us right now and may make what seems like a good price there not very good at all.

I'd take $450, but I think it's about time for me to look into buying some gold. If the price is only going to go up like expected, it would be real worthwhile when it's time for me to retire in almost 40 years.

Yvhuce, I haven't seen them in stores in the United States in over 15 years. I used to wear Attends, even back in 2004-2005 when I was wearing them, I found them to be excellent. They fit me perfectly and I wore them to college fairly regularly. When I moved, I didn't get to get any for about 4 or 5 years, and in that time, they went from perfect for me to an awful product that I couldn't stand anymore. I agree that they can't get worse, so hopefully this sale is a good thing and we will see an improvement in their quality.

What we need to do is close the loopholes on those who contribute nothing among those who are able to contribute other than their laziness. Stop helping people stay out of work by having kids. The only forms of help we should offer is Social Security for retirees, aide for those who are out of work not of their will, those who are unable to work, and some help to those who are working but aren't able to make it. Then you look at foreign aid and who can you cut it from. Then you look other places until you find the all the sources of wasted tax dollars. I know that won't balance the budget, but this country gives way too much to those who help it in no way.

No, they can't. The government cannot create needed PRIVATE sector jobs. We don't need more government jobs, which is all they can create. The only thing that the government can do is create an environment in which job creation has probability to occur, and with Obamacare, and regulatory uncertainty, those who create jobs aren't and are holding onto money to keep the company viable and keep the share prices up if applicable (and those who have a 401k want share prices to be good or else your 401k goes bad).

Green technology is not truly green at all - it's just a way to make you feel better about where your sources of energy are coming from. I was reading a design magazine recently, and combined with my experience, I can tell you that things that seem to be more green start off as making things worse. Chemicals for photovoltaic cells are toxic and have to be stored somewhere when their useful life has run out. Also, consider the following: According to that article, workers in cement and steel mills can be considered as having green jobs despite the fact that cement contributes 5% to "greenhouse gases" and both are very energy intensive to get a product that is useable from. Working in an active manufacturing facility, I see steel and iron cut every day. High amounts of oil-based lubricants are used to produce these products and steel is cut into chips. Many days, you see haze in the air as the coolant and microscopic chips splash up after hitting the guards around the machine. Steel used for windmills will have to be heat treated and possibly carburized. The process of carburization is where you put a piece of steel (XX15/XX17/XX18/XX20 grade) in a furnace with some sort of atmosphere and an agent is released that, when heating the part, causes carbon to infuse into the part. This creates a hard case which makes the piece harder and more durable. At minimum, large energy pieces and pieces that will cause motion over great distances or repetitively will usually be hardened this way, or will be made with a grade that requires thru hardening (XX40/XX42/XX45/XX50 grades). Heat treating is done by making a furnace hard enough to change the properties of metal from one phase to another. This is a very energy intensive process and cannot be replaced or have a process exchanged for it. So, according to the article, as long as you are producing goods that are used for green products, you have a green job. But is it really green at all? Oh yeah, janitors, secretaries, etc. at places that manufacture green technology products are also considered to have green jobs. And my new hope and change - I hope Obama's job status changes from President to unemployed in 2012.

If only you knew the level to which green jobs are bogus, you'd run anyone who is advocating them out of town. It goes deeper than they are expensive and not totally viable for being the only sources of power. I'll expand on this later when I'm not pressed by time. Sarah, YMMV. I was still somewhat low on the scale and got bounced from a job making about $33K a year to one that is making about $27K because of the unpredictability of Obama. Sad thing is I can't find anything in my field with my skills and experience, partly because people want a 4 year degree in my field when there is no such 4 year degree in it! LuvsGurl, awesome answer, I couldn't say it better myself.

I've never had a problem chatting with females when I was single. Why? Because I was willing to chat with almost anyone and didn't let the conversation be lead with the part of my anatomy that resides in my diaper. Seriously, it works better that way.

It's PIIGS, as Ireland is in trouble as well. And yes, Obama has been hypocritical in office as he has denounced enhanced interrogation and has vowed to close Gitmo and yet it aided in the killing of Bin Laden. And Obama has been getting a pass on his breaking of promises. The right isn't shouting so their message is heard - they are shouting because they are angry about the dismantling of our country. One factor that cost me a higher paying job was Obama's election in 2008. It was already slow at the time and I was the first one who was let go due to seniority (the ones let go before me were performance based), and I was let go because of the fact we didn't know if we would produce as much as we did after Obama as they did before. Sadly, I know my old position has not been filled, even though the company has gotten busier, but in manufacturing, hiring is not worth the risk because we don't know when the EPA, Congress, or whatever, will kill manufacturing in this country, thus neutralizing the need for engineering aides. So now I have a lower position (which is a bad story in itself) in another manufacturing company and we're nervous about what next year brings.

Cutting regulation makes manufacturing more feasible in this country again, which means we could employ more people, expanding the tax base. Regulations in business are equivalent to taxes.

Because more taxes on the rich would not close the budget gap. As a matter of fact, people who want higher taxes for the rich truly don't understand how true trickle-down economics should work. One thing people don't want to admit is that trickle down economics do work if not overly regulated. Guess what, we are overly regulated in the United States. That raises costs of doing business, which is why the rich don't invest in businesses like the left thinks they should be (or taxed to death, whatever). We have one of the highest corporate tax rates in the world in the United States. And right now, those who work in manufacturing are worried to death this "recovery" will not be sustained and won't hire workers to the level they need. Capital improvements are down for the same reason. There is also a bigger reason why more taxes is a bad idea, both for the rich and corporations. Obama and the left have taken to attacking people who fly using corporate jets. Do you know how many jobs and the trickle down that occurs when a corporate jet is bought? You have people who are actually assembling the plane, material suppliers are put to work supplying materials, electronics people making the electricals, pilots who fly the plane, and mostly, the worker(s) (who may happen to be CEOs or Presidents or whatever) who aren't on the government roles. The act of flying means there is a staffing need at an airport, who collect wages. All these people buy the fundamental supplies of life (food, clothing, etc.) from these wages, which puts others to work (food, clothing industry, retail, grocery stores, etc.). All this is needed for a true capitalistic and trickle-down economy to work. The problem is, the government regulates and regulates and regulates. Regulations and high taxes means less money is made for a product or service. Wage laws also hurt when they try and make a no skill job have a "livable" minimum wage. Skilled workers will get paid what the market demands, but there is no demand for an $8 per hour hamburger flipper. Too much regulations, high taxes, and wage laws drive jobs out of the country. Why would someone have a factory in the United States when it would cost, say, $5 million to produce a jet, when it would only cost, say $2 million in another country. If the going price for a jet is $4 million, it's not feasible to run your business here. What this country needs to do is get entitlements under control. I'm sorry, but if you think only with your genitals and have kids and never work a day in your life, you don't deserve anything. Social Security, Unemployment, and something to help the disabled who are unable to help themselves is all the help we should be giving out. Instead of overly regulating everything, common sense regulation should be used. Stop "fighting" the war on drugs - it's a sham and we know it. We don't need 3 layers of government in areas (village/town/county in my area) and out of control organizations that say what we can and can't do all the time. As it has been said - we need to expand the base of taxpayers, not make the current base pay more. We have millions out of work who could be put to work as a result of more spendable income that comes with lower taxes. Lower taxes means more to spend means more people need to produce goods meaning more have more money to buy goods.

Have you looked into what is triggering them? I don't have any advice as to what to take for migraines as nothing I have done has helped me in the past, but mine are also triggered by being over-stressed. The reason I ask is because if there is a definite trigger, would it be possible to remove it from your life, or at least limit exposure to it?

I lived there for 19 years and am pretty sure it isn't, unless you're in a pride parade in San Francisco or something like that. What I would change is I wouldn't worry so much about going out with diapers on, and possibly (like a few others have said) would go out in skirts/dresses.

If you find it in the Megapics gallery, it might help those who didn't see it in time to ID it the first time. Though Depend did make a green diaper years ago, and I found them in stores at times up until 2004.

IQ is also a function of age and will naturally decline over the years. I can;t remember the exact formula, but that is the reason IQ tests (at least those that I have taken) ask my age. For the record, my IQ is around 135, and I am almost exactly like Yvhuce in my learning style. I actually dropped out of my 4-year school because I couldn't adapt to lecturers talking to the whiteboard.

One factor that affects some people's ability to lose or maintain weight is stress. I work in a stressful position (there is no real need for it except the people I work for wanted to make it that way and won't take the necessary steps to fix the issues I have brought up to them - and no, I can't give up my job as much as it would help) and during times of low or normal levels of stress, my weight stays or goes down. When things are a total mess at work, I can't do anything to even maintain my weight level (mostly because of the exhaustion that comes with it - and no, going to the gym while exhausted is NOT a good idea, no matter what "experts" say), let alone lose anything. And D4M, working out as hard as you can becomes counter-productive at a point. You work too hard, you're naturally going to want to eat. I have heard a good rule of thumb is your appetite - the proper work out will make you feel it and sweat, but your appetite will not increase by much, or not at all afterward. If you're really hungry afterward, or need to eat a lot more after you workout to feel normal, it's too hard.

Even when I first tried Attends in 2003-2004 they were good. They fit me perfectly, looked good, and were just awesome. The downgrades since then even are drastic and I can't wear them anymore. But yes, Attends used to be a lot better than they are now.

FedEx is bad business to business as well unless you are a huge account with them. I personally would rather use UPS when applicable.

I work in manufacturing, and will throw my 2 cents in on the issue. And I'm really not caring if I get flamed at this point, but this is an issue that needs to be looked at by people who use these products daily. New Pig is the same thing as Pig mats. ABU just re-branded them. Pig products aren't designed for diapers, and just because it is a universal use product doesn't mean it is for use with urine. Pig Products, in my experience, work better with large volumes of liquid that are sitting in the area (pooling water, for example) where the product has time to absorb the water, not when it is being wet on like during urination. Please read the MSDS for Pig Products before you continue to sell them as a diaper insert. Due to their nature, they may not even be suitable for continuous use against the human skin. As I stated, they are for use in industrial environments. I'm not familiar with the composition of a Pig pad TBH, but (again) I do know that they are not for use in a diaper. Annie, the reason they look like they were cut by hand is because they are perforated to be torn off in sheets instead of having to be cut by a knife or scissors. They probably sold you a pack that had been torn apart into the individual sheets. Also, I could tell you how they would work for absorbing urine, but I won't get into that on this board. Diaperliz, please do not try and educate people on markups on products. Unless you work for ABU, or someone there has told you explicitly what the wholesale cost per pad is, you do not know the markup on a product. Depending on the volume they sell and the wholesale cost, it could be any amount less than 100% (in terms of gross profit margin, which is the amount of the cost that is profit). $.63/pad is the cost from pig. Right there the GPM is 10% if it is sold for $.70 each. ABU, you were grasping for straws with your example of the AIO. A company can make suitable similar products if it is so inclined. A waterproof cover with an interior that is absorbent will generally work as a diaper if the proper care is put into making it for that purpose. You're comparing an AIO which can be made from the manufacturer of an original product that is designed to absorb and keep heat contained while having a waterproof/oilprrof outer cover and asking them to possibly change the internal material to absorb liquid. The Pig pads are not comparable, as they would have to be changed in total composition of the material in the product to quickly absorb. Please, as I mention earlier, check into the MSDS, which is on the site, to see if there could be any issues using it with continual skin contact. You're opening yourself up to more trouble if people start getting illness/issues because you're selling them a product being used for purposes not intended and hiding that fact from your consumer.

Worst idea ever. Government doesn't favor the rich, it favors those who do nothing and want free handouts. If that were to happen, all business would collapse as there would be no reason to start a business if you were going to end up like the lazy bum who does nothing. Achievement is only taking what you are naturally given and making the most of it, while taking a few chances along the way. Like they say, water finds it's own level, and people do to. And people should be rewarded for taking chances and being successful doing it.

Unemployment taxes are paid by employers, not your taxes. And to everyone saying tax cuts for the rich do not accomplish anything - the point made by Redneck is right. No poor person ever created a job. And the second thing is that people who have ideas that could take off may cull their achievements some to avoid Obama's tax increases. If I were to start a business, I would make sure to limit my and the company's earnings to pay less in taxes. $200,000-$250,000 starts meaning small business owners and people who have made the effort to be successful. And I refuse to pay more to those who refuse to get a job and wave around their benefits card around like a badge of honor (those who are making an effort and just can't make it aren't advertising their cards - it's out of their wallet, in their hand, swiped, and back in the wallet in record time because they are actually needing it even though they'd rather be off the system).

That's a big 7. LOL, It almost fills up my monitor.

El Nino years are fun, I lived through a few of those. Makes me love blizzards here even more - I hate rain and El Nino years are just brutal. And make sure you stay off the San Andreas fault too, I used to live within a mile of it - scared me to think what would happen if the big one hit that area.

Isn't that the truth. Like someone said earlier, make civil unions have the same status of marriage now and allow any consenting adults to marry how they would like, and the government is only involved for tax purposes and nothing else.