Bill L

The other lines are on the outside, start at the bottom, and go to 90 degree angles. One to the right an the other to the left.

I have an old iron fence on my back porch that I want to repaint.

It has a lot of old, chipping paint on it. I tried to hit it with some sand paper and a wire brush. It didn't really do anything and seems like it would take forever.

Are there any chemicals or mixtures i can buy / make to get it to soften up the paint. Or, preferably, to melt it off...

So, I'm Italian.

I mean, I'm American obviously, but my Heritage is mostly Italian...

I can make a killer red sauce. From scratch. I'm talking starting with crushed tomatoes, garlic cloves, spices, cheeses, etc, and ending up with some authentic sh*t... My dad taught me. He's the man.

But every time I've ever made it, I put some sort of meat in for flavor. Now, I'm not a big meat eater. I put some turkey meatballs in (made from scratch too... ya huuurrrd!) or maybe some sausage.

It makes the sauce taste sooooo much different (and better, even though I don't like meat that much...)

Well, recently I met this girl, and she's HOT. I'm talkin' about a body that is ON POINT, pretty, funny, smart (masters degree!), the works. She's a full fledged, bona fide, vegetarian, which I think is cool. I was close once, but then I lived abroad and it got hard, so I bailed on it.

Anyway, we've been on a few dates and I've mentioned my kitchen skillz. Girl can eat, and loves pasta, so I want to cook a guido-licious dinner for her on the next date.

So here's my question... How do I make a meat sauce with all the taste of that greezy goodness, but without the meat? If there any non-meat product that I can substitute to at least get the flavor?

I know that question was a lot longer than it needed to be, but, like a good red sauce, I think attention to detail is the most important part.

Thanks,

Bill

I am white.

OK so I answer a lot of Weight Loss and Exercise questions in the Diet Section of Yahoo Q&A. But now I want to ask one.

I was about 275 Pounds about 6 years ago. Through Diet and Running, I lost a lot of weight over the course of about 3 years. I got down to about 160 lbs by eating right and working out. I have been this size for about 4 years, and of course, I am very happy.

I have NEVER shaken my gut. Some of it is skin, some is still fat. Any advice? I still eat pretty healthy and I am a MARATHON Runner. I DO go out drinking with friends, but my 40 miles a week and good diet should take care of that!!!

My question is, how to get rid of my stomach? Running daily and good diet doesn't seem to be enough.

I downloaded a bunch of movie torrents and got them converted to avi's. None of them have audio so I am pretty sure I am missing the proper codec. I search yahoo answers for peoples codec advice and downloaded some codec packs with no luck (but I just realized I haven't re-booted. I dont know if thats a problem). ANYWAY, I want to convert these to MP4 files for my iPhone anyway. If I do this in their current "no audio" state, will they stay that way or will I get Audio after I convert them? If I wont, does anyone have any more codec advice? Thanks.