From: starkid@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Lance Sanders)
Subject: Re: AMC: TAN: 1993
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 18:34:46 GMT
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On Mon, 04 Jan 93 15:03:23 -0800, sandra@felix.filenet.com,
in Message-ID: <9301042303.AA24426@fritz.filenet.com> writes:
 
>...I have a list of "Resolutions I'm Not Going To Make This Year".  You 
>know, the kind you don't make because you know that you don't have a 
>snowball's chance in hell of ever keepin' them. 

   BZZZZT!

   Just when you thought it was safe to post "impossible" resolutions...


>                        New Year's Resolutions(NOT!)
>
>        3.  Go to the gym/spa on a regular basis.
>            [ Finding a parking space, squeezing into those
>            butt flossing workout togs, seeing my figure flaws
>            multiplied many times over in those mirrored work
>            out rooms.......Nope, just ain't worth the
>            aggravation:-)]


   You're right. It's not worth the hassle. The key to working out 
regularly is to have routines that are easy (read LighteningFast), but 
effective. 

   A recent Sun-Times "Medlife" article indicates that the Cardiac 
Rehabilitation and Exercise Laboratories in Michigan have found that just 
11-minutes of _high-intensity_ exercise can be more beneficial than an hour 
of moderate-level stuff, like walking or bicycling. 

   Subjects that ran on a treadmill for 11 min./3x a week achieved better 
heart and lung fitness than those who undertook a longer, but less 
strenuous regimen. 

   I can vouch for the effect as far as benchstepping is concerned (11 
inch bench - max. safe limit for someone w/ no knee problems).
   Legendary Abs works too: 6 minutes total. So you could get a really good 
workout in just over 15 minutes. Amazing but true; no joke. I'll crunch 
actual numbers for you via email if you like.
   Add a 15-20 min. "No Slack-Off" (tm) barbell routine when you feel up to 
it, and we're talkin' a _complete_ workout in 35 min. At home. [Of course, 
in the summer, Bike City. :)] 



>        4.  Learn to cook the old-fashioned way (with an oven).
>            [Although I can nuke with the best of 'em, I just never
>            quite got the hang of real cooking.

   One word: healthy (veggies/fish). Another word: fast. Thinking about 
abandoning the oven, buying a Black&Decker Steamer and a Grillmaster, and 
setting up shop in front of the TV. An electric wok comes to mind, also... 


        
>        7.  Get some plants to brighten up the apartment.
>            [Somehow I 've managed to kill every plant I've ever had,
>            even a cactus(yes folks, you read correctly, a cactus).


   A.   Low-light plants
   B.   Overwatering is the major killer of houseplants. Use clay pots and 
        a hydroponic (non-dirt) medium for maximum aeration (Hoffman's 
        Fertilmix: A.H. Hoffman, Inc., Landisville, PA 17538).

     [A 2% peppermint soap solution (Dr. Bronner's Peppermint 18-in-1) in 
      distilled water makes an excellent cleaning/shining spray.] 

   C.   Start w/ a fluorescent light garden in a bedroom until you get the 
        hang of it. But get those plants!


   In a NASA experiment headed by Dr. B.C. Wolverton [ Foliage Plants For 
Improving Indoor Air Quality/ NASA- John C. Stennis Space Center/ 39529-
6000 ], various air pollutants were injected sequentially into two air-
tight chambers and circulated by a fan. Different plants were introduced 
into the chambers, and their ability to absorb the contaminant was measured 
at intervals of 6 and 24 hours. 

   The best plants (removal of volatile organics (formaldehyde, benzene, 
etc., carbon monoxide) listed in descending order: 

   * Philodendron oxycardium (heart leaf philodendron) 
   * Philodendron domesticum (elephant ear-best at low concentrations) 
   * Philodendron selloum (lacy tree philodendron) 
   * Chlorophytum elatum (spider plant) 
   * Scindapsus aureus (golden pothos) 
   * Aglonema modestum (Chinese evergreen) 
   * Aloe vera 
   * Brassaia arboricola (mini-schefflera) 
   * Spathiphyllum "clevelandii" (peace lily) 
   * Peperomia obtusifolia (peperomia) 
   * Draceana fragans "massangeana" (corn plant) 
   * Sansevieria trifasciata (mother-in-law tongue) 
   * Tradescantia sillmontana (oyster plant) 

   
   Benzene-specific plants: 
   * Gerbera jamesonii (Gerbera daisy) 
   * Chrysanthemum morifolium (Mums) 
   * Spathiphyllum mauna loa (Peach lily) 
   * Draceana deremensis "Warnecki" 
   * Draceana marginata 
   * Draceana deremensis "Janet Craig" 
   * Draceana fragans "Massangeana" (corn plant) 


   One plant equipped with a carbon-filtering device can do the work of 15 
to 20 plants whose leaves alone are purifying the air. 
   In a symbiotic relationship with bacteria that break down the chemicals, 
the roots "literally eat the chemicals". 

   The apparatus contains a charcoal filter system connected to a 
watertight, motorized fan enclosed in a sort of squirrel cage. It's 
attached below the pot holding a plant, so the mechanism isn't seen. When 
plugged in, the fan pulls smoke and toxic chemicals out of the air and 
through the carbon for filtering to the roots. 

  Two firms are marketing the device: 

   Bio-Pure/ P.O. Box 20593/ Tampa, Fla. 33622-0593/ (813) 839-8617 --- 
Prices range from a 8 in. unit designed for cleaning a room 10ft. by 12 ft. 
for $59.95, to a 20 in. unit with dual fans for $169.95 that can clean a 
room the size of a cafeteria. 

   Jack Reber/ Bio-Safe, Inc./ Box 37/ Industry, Texas 78944/ (409) 830-
8772 

   Once you feel confident, get into bromeliads, which give off oxygen 
in the dark.




>Subject: Re: AMC: TAN: Bayms' Most Excellent Sun-Times Article
>Date: Mon, 04 Jan 93 08:54:45 -0800
>From: sandra@felix.filenet.com
>
>Say Lance, what does the "K" stand for?
>
>>#  Kevin. Should I change it? :)
>
> ...I have a mild case of MNE (Middle Name Envy).  I don't have a middle 
>name so sometimes I'm inordinately curious (ok envious :-) about people who 
>do. 

   :)
   Now I don't feel so bad about changing mine to:
   Thor --- God Of Thunder.

   Looks like AMCr.a.t.s will have to assume the responsibility and give 
you a MN. I'm thinkin'..........hmmmmm......Janeen. Could work. :) 

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