On Thu, 8 Mar 2007 21:25:06 -0600, "Dave Moore"
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"MassiveProng" wrote in message ...
: On Thu, 8 Mar 2007 04:58:03 -0600, "Dave Moore"
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: "MassiveProng" wrote in message ...
: : On 7 Mar 2007 13:56:47 -0800, "The Librarian"
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: : On Mar 7, 2:56 am, "Dave Moore" wrote:
: : Damn, for almost a week I have been forgetting to
: : post about my recent experience. So, since
: : I finally remembered;
: :
: : Not long ago I started noticing that when I would
: : play the guitar I was missing a lot of the strings.
: : Also I was doing weird stuff like bumping into
: : the edges of doorways on occasion,
: : instead of gracefully passing through them.
: : Sometimes when standing still, it would feel like
: : my feet were sliding apart in this kinda weird
: : almost spinning sensation. Sometimes numbness
: : in the hands.
: :
: : Anyway, finally, it dawned on me that perhaps
: : 30 years involved in electronics with a good
: : 20 of them heavily involved in prototyping guitar
: : amp designs, might have taken it's toll. So I did some
: : research online and discovered that indeed my symptoms
: : just might well be those of lead poisoning.
: :
: : To make a long story short, for the last couple
: : of months I've been munching mass quantities
: : of Cilantro, about 1 bunch/day.
: : Also I've been supplementing with selenium.
: :
: : Both supposedly have chelating agents in them that
: : can help rid the body of metals.
: : Anyway, after about 2 month's of this, I am noticing
: : my coordination has improved immensely
: : when playing the guitar, and no more
: : weird numbness or spinning sensations as of late.
: :
: : I suppose this is all a bit anecdotal, but thought I'd relay
: : my experience anyway FWIW.
: :
: : I also read about how lead poisoning was what
: : made the Hat makers go mad and is where the
: : expression "Mad Hatter" came from.
: :
: : I thought it was mercury.
: :
: : This struck me a bit funny since my wife
: : and I have an animal shelter for cats. I'm
: : thinking about changing my screen name to
: : "The Mad Catter" :-)
: :
: : BTW, also I have a lot of dental fillings
: : starting to break lose, so I have to wonder
: : if some of the metal toxicity might also be
: : a result of mercury from crumbling amalgum.
: :
: : At any rate, whatever the cause, heaping servings
: : of Cilantro and a supplement of selenium seem
: : to be keeping it in check.
: : I plan to look into Chlorella which also is
: : purported to have chelating properties.
: :
: : bet you smell funny, like an Indian or a Mexican ;P
: :
: : Cilantro dental odor is more than a little foul. Mixed with
: : cigarette odor and you almost puke.
: :
: : Riding the bus in North San Diego County is a nightmare when it is
: : full of Mexican illegals on their way "home" from working the local
: : farms.
: :
: : Nauseating even. The odor, and the fact that "home" is here.
:
: Then there's the frijole factor to consider.
:
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: Como esta frijole?
:
: Which is a funny way of saying how have you been. :-]

Don't you mean how have you bean ?

No. The literal trans is "How are bean?" or How is bean?"

So the "Funny way of saying" refers to what it is supposed to mean
or be like, as in

"How have you been."