Was it really worth it?

James Gandolfini washed down two orders of fried king prawns and a “large portion” of foie gras with at least eight alcoholic drinks just hours before he collapsed in his Rome hotel room.

Gandolfini was found in the bathroom of his Rome hotel room during a ‘boy’s trip’ to Italy with his teenage son and later died after medics spent 40 minutes trying to save the TV actor in the ambulance and hospital.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/james-gandolfini-last-meal-heart-1975261

He was a nice guy, a family man and had everything going for him on the home front and in his career. Such an unnecessary, preventable death...such a waste...

I've been known to eat my share of shrimp (prawns) and foie gras during a meal. :blush: But NEVER deep fried shrimp - it's disgusting, and frying destroys the delicate flavor. Shrimp can be steamed or boiled (NEVER overcook) and served hot or chilled on ice, stir fried for under a minute, or grilled. Don't even get me started about the countless ways people destroy shrimp by baking it.

As for the foie gras, the prospect of dying after eating it does not appeal to me. However, I HAVE had foie gras that I've said I would kill for. :innocent:

I would rather have lived & died the way he did than be a "Health Food" addict in New York City.

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Originally Posted by BENESSE

James Gandolfini washed down two orders of fried king prawns and a “large portion” of foie gras with at least eight alcoholic drinks just hours before he collapsed in his Rome hotel room.

Gandolfini was found in the bathroom of his Rome hotel room during a ‘boy’s trip’ to Italy with his teenage son and later died after medics spent 40 minutes trying to save the TV actor in the ambulance and hospital.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/james-gandolfini-last-meal-heart-1975261

He was a nice guy, a family man and had everything going for him on the home front and in his career. Such an unnecessary, preventable death...such a waste...

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Moderation, moderation, moderation.......in all things.

We each march to our own drummer.......Let us not judge.

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Originally Posted by Sourdough

I would rather have lived & died the way he did than be a "Health Food" addict in New York City.

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To each his own, SD.
I would bet all that I own that Gandolfini, given another chance, would have wished a re-do. To see his kids grow, to enjoy life with his much younger 2nd wife, to enjoy doing what he loved more than eating (acting), to enjoy feeling good longer than at the moment of stuffing his face.

Health food doesn't cause addiction, junk food does. Just for the record.
I eat the way my great grandmother might have, before they came up with all the artificial junk, preservatives, antibiotics and
super-sized portions that could have fed a family of 4 back in the olden days. If you tasted "my" food you wouldn't even know it was healthy
--it's all in the seasoning and cooking. I have occasional slip ups but I'm not too bad. I at least try.

The idea of having the desire and the discipline to prep in order to survive TEOTWAWKI and then negate it all by living an unhealthy lifestyle, baffles me. Dieing is easy...it's living with serious disabilities and being dependent on others and the system you loath, is hard.
What guarantee do you have that you'll just keel over in your sleep...or drop dead while humping one of your 60lbs BOBs...or, whatever Ken was fantasizing about?
Now, I don't have any guarantees either that my choices will make me healthy and fit until I'm 100. But I'm just increasing my odds same way you are with all your many preps. Is that really so bad, so worthy of condemnation, or is it it that I also happen to live in NYC while doing it?

Maybe someone, or even you, SD, can explain it all to me so I understand what y'all's beef is. I am always willing to learn.

I'm beginning to dislike this thread. It's ruining my weekend menu planning. :sneaky2:



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Originally Posted by BENESSE

What guarantee do you have that you'll just keel over in your sleep...or drop dead while humping one of your 60lbs BOBs...or, whatever Ken was fantasizing about?

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Care to elaborate on that?

This thread is starting to sound like one of those and then the fight started jokes. Only NOT funny. Please hug it out.
-Sam

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Originally Posted by BENESSE

Now, I don't have any guarantees either that my choices will make me healthy and fit until I'm 100. But I'm just increasing my odds same way you are with all your many preps. Is that really so bad, so worthy of condemnation, or is it it that I also happen to live in NYC while doing it?

Maybe someone, or even you, SD, can explain it all to me so I understand what y'all's beef is. I am always willing to learn.

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Yes, It is that you live in NYC.

Lady B, it is not personal, it is just not graspable that people can live in a sewer and worry about healthy eating.

Obviously SD needs a trip to Gotham to realize the entire city is not a sewer. We all have choices in life but we must also live where we can perform the talents that we have. We all have to watch what we eat if we want to be health enough to survive out own SHTF.

I've read all kinds of stuff about his last meal was/was not elaborate. Here's an article in which it's denied he had ANY alcohol in his system.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment...l-report-says/

Cities are and can be a wonderful place. Offering a view of life that can't be found anywhere else. I love going to the zoo with my grandkids (I doubt many here feed giraffe in their backyard), to the MOSI, the art galleries not to mention some da**ed great cousine. I enjoy the woods but I love the city and I would not trade places with anyone.

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Originally Posted by Rick

.....I doubt many here feed giraffe in their backyard....

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You are CORRECT! If they don't come over to the side door, they are NOT getting fed. :angry:

See? I rest my case.

Was it worth it, for this guy. Giving up eating things that he loved to eat. Working his butt off, running and sweating. All because he thought he'd live longer. He gave up some of the finer things in life, and what did he gain from it. Nothing. He ended up dead on a beach.....at a young age.

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Beach jogger killed by plane likely never heard it

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http://hamptonroads.com/2010/03/beac...never-heard-it

And the irony is the pilot weighed 300 pounds was eating a 2 day old Big Mack and drinking Wild Turkey when he crashed.

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Originally Posted by 2dumb2kwit

Giving up eating things that he loved to eat.

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That convinced me. I'm thawing out that foie gras NOW.

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Originally Posted by Rick

And the irony is the pilot weighed 300 pounds was eating a 2 day old Big Mack and drinking Wild Turkey when he crashed.

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Yeah...and a nekkid woman survived a week or so lost in sub temps in Alaska.
So, given that, why is SD prepped out of the wazoo and still prepping to survive Armaggedon?

What are you guys saying here...or is there a double standard you'd like to confess to and be done with it? :sneaky2:

Godamighty, do you really think everyone who lives in NYC is stupid or are you just trying to pull wool over my eyes? Please notice...I've been a member since 09...I know you and I can read between the lines. (not that y'all are that subtle):tongue_smilie:

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Originally Posted by Ken

That convinced me. I'm thawing out that foie gras NOW.

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And after you're done, run out and have that colossal ice cream sundae, you're so fond of.

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Originally Posted by BENESSE

And after you're done, run out and have that colossal ice cream sundae, you're so fond of.

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If I die, I'll die happy.

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Originally Posted by Ken

If I die, I'll die happy.

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Well ain't that nice?
I'm sure your kids will say...hey, at least he died happy in his 50's...and you're grandkid will say, hey, it's OK...I hardly remember him, wish I had a grandpaw in my life, but a foie gras and crap made him happier so fare thee well...
Of course what you fail to understand is, that dieing will be the LEAST of your problems.

He probably died because he didn't get the crap. If you eat foie gras that stuff will pass through you like goose liver sliding down a wet iceburg.

Actually, I understand the consequences quite well.

I have quite a few obese friends. Not overweight...obese. I love them, deeply! We go out to eat all the time, and we never talk about "weight". It's a sore subject for them and I can't (and never do) say anything about it they don't already know. They order their crap, and I order mine.

I only mention it here because it's a "survival" forum. And because I find a contradiction in prepping to survive in all ways but the one that really counts. The ground zero of survival, as it were. So...forgive me...never meant to offend or preach. I just really care about you, that's all.

BENESSE, if I had to choose to live a life other than my own, and I was limited to two choices - your life or that of James Gandolfini - please don't take offense when I ask you to call me Jim.

Well, no one would because they know you'd never answer. You'd be dead. Just thought I'd point that out.

You know what Elvis would say if he were alive today. "Help me. Help me get out o' this box".

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Originally Posted by Rick

Well, no one would because they know you'd never answer. You'd be dead. Just thought I'd point that out.

You know what Elvis would say if he were alive today. "Help me. Help me get out o' this box".

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True enough, but...........

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...hYdYRHQ11TBarb

That only happens with really good horseradish.

Ken, you assume that I'm living a life of deprivation and boredom. Eating twigs, drinking distilled water, and counting calories. Nothing could be further from the truth...but then you don't know what you don't know.

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Originally Posted by BENESSE

Ken, you assume that I'm living a life of deprivation and boredom. Eating twigs, drinking distilled water, and counting calories. Nothing could be further from the truth...but then you don't know what you don't know.

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That's not true at all. And yes, I'm well aware of what 30 years worth of maximum job stress, smoking, and eating rich foods can result in.

Looking back at it all, I shouldn't have survived my twenties.

It's nice to see that we're all looking out for each other.:whistling:

For the record - I like NYC just fine. I spent a lot of time there during my youth and while stationed nearby.

We all make choices in life, the food we eat being one of thousands.

His last meal makes alot more sense than Whitney Houston's last meal.

My retirement plan is to be dead.

Um, I think you can accomplish that one. Just sayin'. Gettin' dead is easy. Gettin' alive not so much.

Just remember.........

Both Mama Cass Elliot and Karen Carpenter would probably both be alive today if Mama had given Karen that ham sandwich. :innocent:

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Originally Posted by Rick

That only happens with really good horseradish.

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Oh, man......A big ol' juicy pit beef sammich, with some blow your head of horseradish sauce! Mmmmm, mmmmmmm!!!!

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Originally Posted by BENESSE

Well ain't that nice?
I'm sure your kids will say...hey, at least he died happy in his 50's...and you're grandkid will say, hey, it's OK...I hardly remember him, wish I had a grandpaw in my life, but a foie gras and crap made him happier so fare thee well...
Of course what you fail to understand is, that dieing will be the LEAST of your problems.

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Sooo......What problems did Gandolfini have, before he died? Do you call living life to the fullest, a problem.
(Hey, you're the one who used him as the example, in the OP.)

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Originally Posted by 2dumb2kwit

Oh, man......A big ol' juicy pit beef sammich, with some blow your head of horseradish sauce! Mmmmm, mmmmmmm!!!!

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You forgot the onion roll. What is the matter with you? :sneaky2:

Nobody gets out alive Rick.

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Originally Posted by Ken

You forgot the onion roll. What is the matter with you? :sneaky2:

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Sorry. I was all caught up in thinking about the horseradish sauce. :blush:

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Originally Posted by Winter

Nobody gets out alive Rick.

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That's true, Rick.
Life is a sexually transmitted, terminal disease.

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Originally Posted by Rick

" ... You know what Elvis would say if he were alive today. ... "

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What do you mean "if he were alive??" I see Elvis every time I go to Las Vegas. :drink:

S.M.