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The way some people
see it, our economy is in ruins because of the hordes of welfare mothers popping out kids so they can get more money. As though the amount they get could ever come close to what it costs to feed, clothe and care for a child! I'm not suggesting they have babies just to get on the proverbial government teat, but Oklahoma is #1 in the union for teenaged/unwed pregnancies. It probably really *is* a drain on the economy. If I sound bitter about it, it's because of a select few girls. The WEP program requires they "work" a few hours a week (we're talking about 6 hours a week) to get their check.So they send them to nonprofit org's (that they choose,) and they're really just volunteers kind of. The ones we get at the shelter have no intention of turning a hand. They want to stand and yap all day, or play with the animals. We try to "teach" them good work eithics, but it's a lost cause. At the shelter we get handicapped adults from the Work Activity Center, inmates from the Work Release Program, offenders who are serving a Community Service sentence, the WEP mothers. I'd work with the handicapped adults any day than the WEP mothers. Or even the inmates. Sherry |
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On 21 Nov 2004 00:00:45 GMT, eener (SUQKRT) yodeled:
In article , Kreisleriana wrote: The point is that the Bible doesn't even really *have* a consistent model for marriage, as the God-botherers claim. That's because it is not a book, but a collection of books by many authors over hundreds of years. Well, yes. Now get the people who think it sprang directly all at once out of God's head to understand that. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com |
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dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers at omcom wrote on 11/21/04 6:49AM: My pet peeve, though, are the people who, dripping with self-righteousness, have to comment on the shopping cart contents of anyone who's a little fatter than skeletal. "You don't really *need* that, do you dear?" they'll say, pointing to any high-calorie item. Seriously, there ARE people who are that rude! I am not slim. I am overweight. I am fat. The other week was the cycling club annual dinner & award ceremony, which I had to be at as I'm racing secretary and had organised the trophies, engravings, medals and the production of the programme for the event (my printer had been working overtime, as had I). Whilst at the dinner, in the middle of the main course, a person told me about how, if I wanted to stay slim & healthy like him, I should not eat a meal such as the one on the plate... the fact is, he had exactly the same on his plate as me, which he was eating... a couple of other people, during the evening, made comment about how if I want to be healthy, I should be eating A, not eating B, doing C, not doing D. Did I ask these people for their advice? No, they simply felt it was perfectly acceptable to tell me how so much better they are than me with the "If you want to be slim like me..." I resisted the retort of "There *is* one thing fatter than my arse in this room, and it's your mouth.", but god knows how. Is my eating anything eating causing them to get cancer due to "passive eating"??? No. I may not be slim, and I can cycle 100 miles on a bike, but hey, aren't we fat people supposed to be lazy, good-for-nothing couch potatoes who do nothing but lie on a sofa all day feeding our faces with chocolates as we have no sense of self-control or self-worth?? How dare we inflict ourselves on the outside world!! BAH! MInor rant over, normal service is now resumed (until the next rant, anyway) Astounding!! I can't believe some people! |
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in article ,
dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers at omcom wrote on 11/21/04 6:49AM: My pet peeve, though, are the people who, dripping with self-righteousness, have to comment on the shopping cart contents of anyone who's a little fatter than skeletal. "You don't really *need* that, do you dear?" they'll say, pointing to any high-calorie item. Seriously, there ARE people who are that rude! I am not slim. I am overweight. I am fat. The other week was the cycling club annual dinner & award ceremony, which I had to be at as I'm racing secretary and had organised the trophies, engravings, medals and the production of the programme for the event (my printer had been working overtime, as had I). Whilst at the dinner, in the middle of the main course, a person told me about how, if I wanted to stay slim & healthy like him, I should not eat a meal such as the one on the plate... the fact is, he had exactly the same on his plate as me, which he was eating... a couple of other people, during the evening, made comment about how if I want to be healthy, I should be eating A, not eating B, doing C, not doing D. Did I ask these people for their advice? No, they simply felt it was perfectly acceptable to tell me how so much better they are than me with the "If you want to be slim like me..." I resisted the retort of "There *is* one thing fatter than my arse in this room, and it's your mouth.", but god knows how. Is my eating anything eating causing them to get cancer due to "passive eating"??? No. I may not be slim, and I can cycle 100 miles on a bike, but hey, aren't we fat people supposed to be lazy, good-for-nothing couch potatoes who do nothing but lie on a sofa all day feeding our faces with chocolates as we have no sense of self-control or self-worth?? How dare we inflict ourselves on the outside world!! BAH! MInor rant over, normal service is now resumed (until the next rant, anyway) Astounding!! I can't believe some people! |
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{{{{{{{{{{Helen}}}}}}}}}}
How inexcusably rude! I've been saying this for years - there is one form of prejudice, intolerance and discrimination that it's still perfectly OK for people to display - prejudice against large people (I won't even say overweight because if you're fit and healthy then what you weigh may be just right for your body type and you're not overweight at all!). I *have* been overweight my entire life until this March when I had gastric bypass surgery (I had this strictly for medical reasons - high blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides, heart murmur, pre-diabetic condition, possible joint replacements needed, etc.). I lost 100 pounds and it did make all my medical problems go away (I was not supposed to weigh what I weighed for my body type). However, I had no idea how it would change how people treated me. I take no credit in losing all that weight, my surgeon did all the work (I do exercise a lot, but I always liked to exercise, I just couldn't at my weight), but people keep congratulating me like I'd won the lottery. They tell me how good I look - well no, I don't look good, I'm 53 and just lost 100 pounds in the last 8 months and my skin is pooling around my ankles - I look like a Sherpe! But thinner is *supposed* to look better even when in reality it doesn't. I'd like to see what would happen if a television show made fun of a member of an ethnic minority like they make fun of large people. I'd like to see what would happen if employers discriminated against a member of an ethnic minority like they discriminate against large people. It's horrible and it has to stop because it's killing people. That right, killing people. Our young women are literally starving themselves to death to try to look like some model who is 5'10" and weighs 100 pounds. When did this "look" become so sought-after. To me they look horrendous with their hip bones and ribs sticking out. Do you realize that if Marilyn Monroe were around today she would be considered fat!!???? Oh my, I just looked at the length of this post - this is one of my favorite rants, so I get carried away. But I do think this is a very serious issue. Hugs, CatNipped "dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers" wrote in message ... My pet peeve, though, are the people who, dripping with self-righteousness, have to comment on the shopping cart contents of anyone who's a little fatter than skeletal. "You don't really *need* that, do you dear?" they'll say, pointing to any high-calorie item. Seriously, there ARE people who are that rude! I am not slim. I am overweight. I am fat. The other week was the cycling club annual dinner & award ceremony, which I had to be at as I'm racing secretary and had organised the trophies, engravings, medals and the production of the programme for the event (my printer had been working overtime, as had I). Whilst at the dinner, in the middle of the main course, a person told me about how, if I wanted to stay slim & healthy like him, I should not eat a meal such as the one on the plate... the fact is, he had exactly the same on his plate as me, which he was eating... a couple of other people, during the evening, made comment about how if I want to be healthy, I should be eating A, not eating B, doing C, not doing D. Did I ask these people for their advice? No, they simply felt it was perfectly acceptable to tell me how so much better they are than me with the "If you want to be slim like me..." I resisted the retort of "There *is* one thing fatter than my arse in this room, and it's your mouth.", but god knows how. Is my eating anything eating causing them to get cancer due to "passive eating"??? No. I may not be slim, and I can cycle 100 miles on a bike, but hey, aren't we fat people supposed to be lazy, good-for-nothing couch potatoes who do nothing but lie on a sofa all day feeding our faces with chocolates as we have no sense of self-control or self-worth?? How dare we inflict ourselves on the outside world!! BAH! MInor rant over, normal service is now resumed (until the next rant, anyway) Cheers, helen s ;-) --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune **$om $ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- |
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{{{{{{{{{{Helen}}}}}}}}}}
How inexcusably rude! I've been saying this for years - there is one form of prejudice, intolerance and discrimination that it's still perfectly OK for people to display - prejudice against large people (I won't even say overweight because if you're fit and healthy then what you weigh may be just right for your body type and you're not overweight at all!). I *have* been overweight my entire life until this March when I had gastric bypass surgery (I had this strictly for medical reasons - high blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides, heart murmur, pre-diabetic condition, possible joint replacements needed, etc.). I lost 100 pounds and it did make all my medical problems go away (I was not supposed to weigh what I weighed for my body type). However, I had no idea how it would change how people treated me. I take no credit in losing all that weight, my surgeon did all the work (I do exercise a lot, but I always liked to exercise, I just couldn't at my weight), but people keep congratulating me like I'd won the lottery. They tell me how good I look - well no, I don't look good, I'm 53 and just lost 100 pounds in the last 8 months and my skin is pooling around my ankles - I look like a Sherpe! But thinner is *supposed* to look better even when in reality it doesn't. I'd like to see what would happen if a television show made fun of a member of an ethnic minority like they make fun of large people. I'd like to see what would happen if employers discriminated against a member of an ethnic minority like they discriminate against large people. It's horrible and it has to stop because it's killing people. That right, killing people. Our young women are literally starving themselves to death to try to look like some model who is 5'10" and weighs 100 pounds. When did this "look" become so sought-after. To me they look horrendous with their hip bones and ribs sticking out. Do you realize that if Marilyn Monroe were around today she would be considered fat!!???? Oh my, I just looked at the length of this post - this is one of my favorite rants, so I get carried away. But I do think this is a very serious issue. Hugs, CatNipped "dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers" wrote in message ... My pet peeve, though, are the people who, dripping with self-righteousness, have to comment on the shopping cart contents of anyone who's a little fatter than skeletal. "You don't really *need* that, do you dear?" they'll say, pointing to any high-calorie item. Seriously, there ARE people who are that rude! I am not slim. I am overweight. I am fat. The other week was the cycling club annual dinner & award ceremony, which I had to be at as I'm racing secretary and had organised the trophies, engravings, medals and the production of the programme for the event (my printer had been working overtime, as had I). Whilst at the dinner, in the middle of the main course, a person told me about how, if I wanted to stay slim & healthy like him, I should not eat a meal such as the one on the plate... the fact is, he had exactly the same on his plate as me, which he was eating... a couple of other people, during the evening, made comment about how if I want to be healthy, I should be eating A, not eating B, doing C, not doing D. Did I ask these people for their advice? No, they simply felt it was perfectly acceptable to tell me how so much better they are than me with the "If you want to be slim like me..." I resisted the retort of "There *is* one thing fatter than my arse in this room, and it's your mouth.", but god knows how. Is my eating anything eating causing them to get cancer due to "passive eating"??? No. I may not be slim, and I can cycle 100 miles on a bike, but hey, aren't we fat people supposed to be lazy, good-for-nothing couch potatoes who do nothing but lie on a sofa all day feeding our faces with chocolates as we have no sense of self-control or self-worth?? How dare we inflict ourselves on the outside world!! BAH! MInor rant over, normal service is now resumed (until the next rant, anyway) Cheers, helen s ;-) --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune **$om $ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- |
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CatNipped wrote:
Oh my, I just looked at the length of this post - this is one of my favorite rants, so I get carried away. But I do think this is a very serious issue. I'm BIG too, so I know exactly what y'all are talking about. This is one time it's good that Finns don't tend to talk to strangers too much, with the exception of the lady who commented on Marina's hair right on the street. We don't get these wise*sses telling us what to buy and not to buy in grocery stores. I believe I've lost a few job transfers I've applied for due to my size, but they've never said so to my face. Luckily there's always Garfield: http://tinyurl.com/5x2q5 -- Christine in Vantaa, Finland christal63 (at) yahoo (dot) com photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/christal63 |
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CatNipped wrote:
Oh my, I just looked at the length of this post - this is one of my favorite rants, so I get carried away. But I do think this is a very serious issue. I'm BIG too, so I know exactly what y'all are talking about. This is one time it's good that Finns don't tend to talk to strangers too much, with the exception of the lady who commented on Marina's hair right on the street. We don't get these wise*sses telling us what to buy and not to buy in grocery stores. I believe I've lost a few job transfers I've applied for due to my size, but they've never said so to my face. Luckily there's always Garfield: http://tinyurl.com/5x2q5 -- Christine in Vantaa, Finland christal63 (at) yahoo (dot) com photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/christal63 |
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"dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers" wrote in message ... My pet peeve, though, are the people who, dripping with self-righteousness, have to comment on the shopping cart contents of anyone who's a little fatter than skeletal. "You don't really *need* that, do you dear?" they'll say, pointing to any high-calorie item. Seriously, there ARE people who are that rude! I am not slim. I am overweight. I am fat. The other week was the cycling club annual dinner & award ceremony, which I had to be at as I'm racing secretary and had organised the trophies, engravings, medals and the production of the programme for the event (my printer had been working overtime, as had I). Whilst at the dinner, in the middle of the main course, a person told me about how, if I wanted to stay slim & healthy like him, I should not eat a meal such as the one on the plate... Since this sounds like it is something that will happen again, you need to come up with a truly scathing but ladylike sounding comeback for such insufferable boors. My own mother wouldn't dare to criticize me for the food on my plate while I was eating and I suspect it would get ugly if a stranger tried it. I'm guessing you have better manners than I do. Jo |
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