Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
Holy sh*t, talking about oatmeal gets my goat. I was suffering from gout and I tried everything I possibly could. Gave up meat. Gave up alcohol. Reduced carbs to bare minimum. But instead switched to oatmeal. I would get the raw oats and make myself a small oatmeal and enjoyed it, given that I had given up everything else.
And, darn it if the gout didnt come back and hit me with a vengeance. Doctor was baffled. (I am sure he thought I was still putting away some red meat daily, they way he looked at me).
Thats when it hit me - Oatmeal. Its FULL of carbs!! That was the culprit. So what if it had tons of fibre, the cabs undid everything.
I gave up oatmeal that day and never looked back. I enjoy red meat in moderation, low carbs, no sugar or alcohol, and drip lime + soda drink daily, and never felt better!
Black cherry juice, it comes in a concentrate, something about black cherries that helps dissolve those crystals that accumulate in the joints. Ouch!
Yep I drink that too! If you add lime and soda to it it's actually yummy too!