I considered the tapeworm idea, SINSULL, but I think I'm just naturally skinny. The only time I ever started to get a bit of a tummy was when I drove a taxicab for 6 months, and spent 12 hours a day sitting in the wretched thing, eating junk food on the run. That sedentary a life can cause anyone to get a potbelly. It vanished quite soon after I quit driving cab.

There's another factor too. I have never married. I note that nothing on Earth can put weight on people like marriage does. I think it's psychological.

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Thinking of you often, Rick...I hope you're doing better.

- LH