Roll Call

[Rachinnj]

Hi Everyone
I love reading the posts and reading all the different phrases from around the world.
I was wondering if we can say what state/country we are from.
I am from NY but live in NJ, USA

[happytmo]

Salt Lake City, Utah

[Lauren]

Hey Rachel!

How are you holding up? I'm in Los Angeles, CA. But I wish I lived in New York!!! :)

Lauren

[lfingers11]

I live in a tiny (one traffic light) village in Ohio. It only takes me 20 minutes to get to columbus though!!
Pam

[GettinSkinny]

I live in the small town of Haleyville, Alabama. ROLL TIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pumbza]

Hi all I live in Gaberones , Botswana in Sunny Africa we are just going through winter now which runs from May to end July!!Ha HA!:innocent4:Yeah lfingers11 we have a few more Robots in our town we have about 300,000 people in the Town about 1,5 Million in a country the size of FRANCE very few people no ques no traffic absolutely wonderful lots of wild animals and Game Reserves!I live about 20km out of town on a small HOLDING were my Mom has a couple of cows some ducks geese lots of chickens roaming the property and we have guinie fowls a semi wild bird 5 dogs about 6 cats its a circus at home!!Ha Ha!Have a great DAY!!:innocent3:

[LesKiya]

I"m in ohio also but about an hour north of Columbus :)

[Rachinnj]

Wow I thought most people were out of the USA. My bad.

P- That sounds gorgeous......

Rachel

[Hugentobler]

Cincinnati, Ohio (looks like us Ohioians are winning)

[Bronwyn]

North Hollywood, CA

[Shasha]

{hi} there Everyone

I simply love this thread – such an interesting idea! {goodjob} Rachel!

Of course, Cohen :cop: Cops are from Cyberspace and they hang out all over the place… :flirt:

[bitten]

East Williston, NY (Long Island)

[SurferGirl]

Born and raised near Seattle, WA. I have escaped the rain and live in the woodsy hills outside of Santa Cruz. Gotta love the Santa Cruz surfing!

[denamarie]

Brooklyn, New York!

[Sharma]

Born and raised west Washington state but live in the center of the sun now in Phoenix Arizona!

[CalamityJ]

Born and raised in Central California, living in Carlsbad, CA. and loving it!! , (30 miles North of San Diego) The beach is wonderful but I could do without tourist season..

[Rachinnj]

Shasha
You don't play fair : )
Rachel

[MIMI]

Cape Girardeau, MO; about 120 miles north of St. Louis Missouri. GO CARDINALS MIMI

[rbride05]

Born and raised in San Diego, California and now live in Reno, Nevada.

[SPDeRosa]

Boston, MA but you all knew that already :)

[Rachinnj]

Yep Yep I did . Do you Payk your cay in the yayd? :)

[pumbza]

Hi Rachinnj is that ENGLISH or is that how they speak in Boston,MA !!Ha Ha!!Sorry no insult intended just had to read the POST three times trying to figure it out!!!:innocent4:

[lfingers11]

Pumbza,
In the US there are so many different accents. My mom is also from Boston and she leaves out all her "r"s in her words. Hope that helps!!
Pam

[pumbza]

Thank's lfingers11 (does this stand for LITTLE FINGERS!) Ha Ha now I understand isn't it GREAT that all of US are so DIffrent ain't LIFE JUST GREAT one has to LOVE it!!!!:innocent3:

[PosterGal]

Great idea - Originally from MI - Detroit suburb, lived in U.P, TX, CA, PA and now Denver, CO . . .where they think I have an accent! Unreal! :wacky:

[Mei Mei]

Hey ya'll. I'm in Texas, but from Michigan. My accent changes depending on which state I am in. :thinking:

[SPDeRosa]

Yep Yep I did . Do you Payk your cay in the yayd? :)

LOL I laughed a wicked lot when I read that ;)

[lfingers11]

It does stand for little fingers. I taught a baby sign language class for a while and then switched that over to my ebay business.

[Rachinnj]

Ahh wicked another Mass thing. I am glad I made you laugh. So I read your other post about the scale. Would you like me to say all the things you would say to me if I said that? LOL
Rachel

[Mama Lake]

I live in Spencer, IN. Welcome to Small Town, USA. We roll our streets up at 9pm.:party1:

[pumbza]

fingers11 thats such a cool reason for a NAME!!! I like ur logic its great it must have been great reward to teach a baby sign class and it must have been difficult to???Have a GREAT TIME!!:innocent3:

[lfingers11]

Pumbza,
I totally stick to that name because if I made up something really cool I would forget it!! :) I have such a bad memory. I use to teach junior high school choir and then after Max was born I decided to stay home. I started classes to learn how to teach baby sign and then I started teaching them at the Dublin Rec Center. It was soooo much fun with the little babies and toddlers. It was NEVER stressful, the first class I was a little nervous meeting the parents. Singing infront of kids is great, singing infront of parents was pure terror at first :) Yes, in my signing class I had to sign and sing. I gave it up when I had Cayden because I was breastfeeding (TMI) and it was an hour and a half round trip. Have a great week.
Pam

[Elizabeth78]

I'm in Surrey British Columbia in Canada!

[CalamityJ]

lol.... I was going to comment on the "Wicked too" ... I had a bunch of friends from Mass and that was another figure of speach they had in common. love it!

[pumbza]

Pam you are really BRAVE and CLEVER I would blow out on just trying to get the signing right NOW imagine singing as well in front of the children's parent's as well you are surely very BRAVE!!!Ha Ha!!:innocent4:Anyway I really don't sing because I really SUCK it's definitely not a TALENT I have!!!Ha Ha!!!Have a GREAT time and ENJOY yourself!!!:innocent3:

[carebear]

I am from Reno NV I know of four people doing 1pd including myself. not all on the forum.

[Peeps]

I see there's some fellow Buckeyes here! I'm also from Ohio about an hour north of Columbus out in the country.:party1:

[Mei Mei]

Welcome Carebear and Peeps!
There are also some Michigan fans! Hopefully we can all get along though eh? :) (I'm actually from Michigan, and my husband is a UofM grad, and I am UT grad, so I have allegiances to both.
Mei Mei

[Sharma]

Gee, is anyone else here from the great NW besides me? I'm from washington state but reside in arizona.

Fingers11...I'm fluent in sign and have taught many a sign class and have subbed for D/HH teachers...SO much fun! :)

[Sharon]

Hi Guys,
I'm from down under in New Zealand, land of the long white cloud (Aotearoa)and sheep, I had been wondering where everyone was from, it's been an interesting read. Don't know anyone here on the program, so you guys on the forum have been a great support and chat buddies.

TTFN
Sharon :love6:

[SurferGirl]

Hi Sharma,

I'm from Washington state too! I live in California now but part of me will always miss Washington, even with all the rain! When it is sunny, there is no more beautiful place. So lush and green, and all the people are so happy when it's sunny. Here we're so used to it, that I think we take it for granted. I'm sure it's similar in Arizona.

[PhyllisRis]

I live in Michigan near Ann Arbor, the home of the Michigan Wolverines! But, none of my family attended the UofM. My son graduated from a private engineering school in Flint MI and my daughter just graduated from the United States Air Force Academy and is now in Texas for Intelligence school.

[MIMI]

Phyllis, i have a son that live in Alabama and he LOVES the WOLVERINES. I don't know why, but he always has. Congratulations on you daughters success. I also have a son in the military, he is in the army and stationed in South Carolina, he has been to IRAQ twice. The first time was when the war began and at that time he was in Ft Bragg in the 82nd Airborne Infantry troop in North Caroline and then he went to Ft Campbell Kentucky and was sent back over to IRAQ. Thank God he made it home safely. Anyway, enough about my family, sounds like your daughter is doing great. :)

[Sexymama]

Born and raised in Huntington Beach, California. Now live in Lafayette, Oregon, a very small town in the middle of wine country.

[CalamityJ]

Hey sufergirl... I can't agree more.. Washington State (western Washington) is one of the most beautiful places I have ever lived... Every season holds spectacular wonders...

[Mei Mei]

Phyllis,
Lucky you! I'm from Michigan, and really wish I could visit right now. We've been in the hundreds here in Texas.Everything is dying in this heat/drought. I always miss Michigan in the summer. My husband graduated from UofM and went to law school there. He is the biggest fan you could imagine. It is in his family's blood :) Go Blue. I was at the grocery store when we were down in Florida, and there was an old guy, in a wheelchair with an oxygen tank. He had a Michigan cap on. I walked over to him, smiled and said ,"Go Blue!" He got the biggest smil on his face. Once a fan, always a fan.

MiMi and Phyllis--thank your children for me for their service. I am proud to be an American and very thiankful for our armed service heros. I know the media doesn't portray it that way, but Most Americans are very proud of them!!!{grouphug1}

Blessings,:praying:
Mei Mei

[pumbza]

Ditto to what Mei Mei has said I think the whole world OWES AMERICA BIG time for risking there sons & Daughters and Loved Ones To COMBAT TERRORISM on a HUGE scale!!I don't wan't to start a serous debate but I think the REST of THE WORLD LEFT AMERICA ALL on there own to defend the WORLD as a BIG BROTHER with no support from the other countries who should have JOINED in!!And now the WORLD CRITIZES there EVERY MOVE but I am afraid to SAY AMERICA was right ALL ALONG!!!I however don't think it was IN VAIN after 9/11 I think the Terrorist have been given a VERY Bloody NOSE!Anyway enough of that but yes thanks to all the AMERICAN DIET BUDDIES who have sacrified a lot for the WAR effort I think it was well worth it!!!Have a GREAT DAY!!!

[PosterGal]

Thanks Pumbza . . .nice to hear supportive opinion from elsewhere.

Ditto Mei Mei!!:)

[MIMI]

Thanks, Pumbza for your great support of our country. MIMI :party1:

[PhyllisRis]

Thanks for all the support from around the world for our US Troops! I agree with Pumbza....and I think, even with all the critisicm that Pres. Bush is receiving these days, that 30 years from now history will show that he and the military advisors were dead on with their decisions!! BTW....President Bush was the speaker at the Air Force Academy graduation this year. The ceremony was outside in the football stadium and the weather was cold (upper 40's farenheit) and rainy. President Bush stayed out there in that crummy weather for the WHOLE ceremony AND saluted and shook the hand of EVERY graduating cadet (all 1012 of them) as they received their diplomas!
Phyllis

[PhyllisRis]

Mimi.....so, your son likes to jump out of perfectly good airplanes, huh??? Lori did her one jump in order to pass her Jump class and that was it....she thought she was gonna die!! AND she's not usually afraid of ANYTHING!....she was my daredevil little kid!
Thank your son for me!! Is he gonna make the military his career??

[MIMI]

Phyllis, my son is a dare devil. He wanted to do the hardest thing possible and that's what he did. I freaked out when he told me that he was going to be JUMPING OUT OF PLANES. I can't tell you how much i worried about him, but GOD was good, as always and brought him home safely. He joined the ARMY right out of highschool and has been in there ever since. He told me that this was what he was going to do when he was 13!!! but, i thought he would change his mind.......not him. Anyway, yes this will be his career, he will be able to retire when he's in his early 40's. He has been in the military for almost 8 years now. Oh, just one more thing that i must tell you. He is a SHARP SHOOTER as well!!!!! I freaked again. One good thing is that he's attending college while he's in the military so when he does retire he can work and still Retire from the army. I will let him know how my 1pd friends appreciate him. :bighug: MIMI

[PhyllisRis]

yes...we appreciate all our soldiers!

[MIMI]

Phyllis, sounds like you've got some smart kids. I know, i do too, it's just really hard to think that you're children is trained to shoot guns :elmer: We have a lot in commom. I'm looking forward to watching your progress. We can get SKINNY together. :) MIMI

[Sher558]

I live in Washington State Sharma:party1: I live on beautiful Whidbey Island. I get to go to Eastern Washington on Saturday. I am actually flying from SeaTac to Spokane with my two boys. I did not want to drive with a five year old for 7 hours. LOL

[CalamityJ]

Hey Plumbza.. I echo the THANKS for supporting our country!! That is soo nice to hear especially since many of us have friends and children in the Military... Its hard to listen to the media, according to them the entire world hates us... And of course everything is the Presidents fault... The Senate and Congress are the largest culprits of our problems..

[pumbza]

CalamityJ YOU must realise that the MEDIA SUCKS because as usual GOOD NEWS does not sell so why not create bad NEWS we have it here as well its so bad here we can't even sue the PAPERS for the RUBBISH they write so I know how YOU feel!!!Ha Ha!:innocent4:What I do say if the MEDIA critises YOUR country that means AMERICA is doing GREAT and the right things I just feel sorry for YOU PEOPLE sacrifising YOUR KIDS for others but thats what GOOD Humanitarians DO and YOU will be LOOKED after ESPECIALLY by GOD because YOU are trying to help YOUR FELLOW MAN!!!I LOVE AMERICA I love the POSTIVENESS and THE WAY of the AMERICAN DREAM and like all things sometimes things are not PERFECT but the IDEA is GREAT and ONCE AGAIN we are all HUMAN we make mistakes but at least we CAN TRY!!!We all don't hate YOU and why does everyone want to do what AMERICA does because they do it so well so give credit where credit is due and like any country there are some parts that are not great like poverty unemployment the current financial situation etc but no one expects AMERICA to be PERFECT its NOT POSSIBLE!!!BUT YOU ARE OUR BIG BROTHER and thats so GREAT have a GOOD DAY and be PROUD of YOUR COUNTRY!!!:innocent3:

[Rachinnj]

Pumbza
Have you ever been to America?

Rachel

[Mei Mei]

Pumbza,
You are so right! Most of us do love our country, but a small minority of America haters seem to hold the reigns on the media. Good point: if everyone hates America so much, why do they immitate us?

Jane I agree, the President is one man, house and congress are made up of many. He has made some mistakes, but as Pumbza points out--no one is perfect. (Except God) :praying:

I never like it when people criticize without offering solutions. It is easy to sit back and criticize someone. Any ding bat can do that. The real courage comes from fighting for what we believe in, supporting our troups, voting to express opinion, and being good citizens. Do you know they don't teach good citizenship in school anymore? Let's keep praying for our country. :flag: In God we trust!!!
Mei Mei

[pumbza]

Hi rachel I went to AMERICA a while ago to Miami and Atlanta and Missisipi and NEWYORK and I loved every moment of been in such a VIBRANT COUNTRY and I enjoyed my TRIP immensely!!!:innocent4:It was a diffrent country for us and I enjoyed the people who were really friendly and NICE people I found SOME retailers in NEWYORK arrogant but that happens all over the WORLD and they have so many PEOPLE living in NEWYORK it must be DOG eat DOG when it comes to Business so I can UNDERSTAND this !!!Atlanta was so NICE and we went to the COKE office we were PART of reatilers coming to AMERICA to learn how to do things in a MORE modern way and I really ENJOYED some of the REALLY big SUPERMARKETS which are HUGE and the HUGE variety of PRODUCTS it was a EYE Opener!!!Ha Ha!!:innocent4:But overall we had a GREAt time we went to preservation Hall in Burboun street in Missisippi and many other PLACES a really nice trip all around!!!I would really like to see AMERICA again MAYBE WHEN WE HAVE DR COHEN REUNION GET TOGETHER ONE DAY!!!Ha Ha!!!Have a GREAT DAY!!!:innocent3:

[Rachinnj]

pumbza
We should so do that. When we all get to our goal weights. We should have one big get together.

[MIMI]

Pumbza and Rach., sound like a super idea. Would'nt that be cool. Maybe, we can make it happen. :) MIMI

[pumbza]

MiMi I spoke to Bronwyn and Mrs Peel about this on my thread "What HAppens to OLD COHEN DIETERS..??" and made the suggesting there I bet everyone wouldn't mind doing that but obviously its a matter of timing and ORGANIZATION But it could be FUN!!!!Ha Ha!:innocent4:Imagine the MENU would be a FULL DR COHEN menu would that not be GREAT and maybe we could meet the GREAT MAN DR COHEN but NO questions about the DIET can be asked ELSE he will not be able to chat with anyone!!!Ha Ha!!!Imagine the site of all those HAPPY ex FATTIES what a positive VIBE would that be!!!!Ha Ha!Have a GREAT SUNSHINE DAY!!!!:innocent3:

[MIMI]

Pumbza, that sounds so cool. Maybe it can happen? MIMI

[Rachinnj]

Ha HA Pumbza I bet Dr. Cohen would come if we give him permission to use our before and after pictures. Imagine that advertising a room full of people who his diet worked for.

Rachel

[rbride05]

PUMBZA

Maybe next time you come to the USA you can check out the states on the west coast (california, oregon, washington and nevada). We have some lovely scenery and tons to do out here. I like your plan for the 1st annual reunion of 1pd dieters. Keep us posted. I for one would love to see Africa and New Zealand (Hi Sharon!!!).

[757 flyer]

Belleville, Mi USA
In the metro Detroit area for those out of country

[pumbza]

Hi there MiMi ,Rachinnij and rbride05 757 flyer Yeah I agree I VOTE for February 2009 when all things LIKE CHRISTMASS and NEW YEAR and School kids back to school is OVER what do YOU all think????YES MIMI it can happen I suggest YOU ALL POST a THREAD at "What HAppens to OLD COHEN DIETERS..??!!!So we can encourage others!!rbride05 I would love to come to the west coast of the states and AFRICA and NEW ZEALAND wait for YOU with OPEN ARMS!!Ha Ha!Yes rachinnj DR COHEN would definitely BENEFIT from all us DIET BUDDIES TOGETHER but it would be GREAT to meet the GREAT MAN who all gave us a NEW lease on LIFE!!!Ha Ha!Have a VERY VERY nice DAY!!!!:innocent3:

[Rachinnj]

That works for me. I am more than willing to help organize it.

Rachel


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[Shasha]

{hi} there Everyone

I just love this thread and reading a summary of where everyone is from… won’t some of our new Diet Buddies please come and share where they live… ?? :flirt:

I would really love to keep this thread alive!{cheerleader}

[MyMiaBody]

WA but moving to Highland, UT