I take it's that obesity hinders circulation & metabolism, including fighting against Covid 19. It's clear that Covid 19 badly affects persons who has circulatory problems & poor immune system (including problems caused by body processes facing resistance by excess fat).  

Originally Posted by: ozone_aurora 

There speaks a very nasty thin person! It is not exactly self inflicted. My wife and I eat the same meals, same snacks. The only differences is she exercises a bit more than me. I am thin and she is slightly obese. Surely in your lifetime you must have come across people that can eat and eat and never put on any weight? People have different capabilities of assimilating and burning off fat. It is true if you eat less you will lose weight but not all people who are overweight are big eaters. Food in itself is an addictive drug and to just generalise about them is wrong. Have you ever tried stopping eating, drinking alcohol, or smokiing? Drugs are slightly different but people don't want to be addicts, they mostly took a very bad life decision at some point. 

Originally Posted by: fairweather 

That's what I though Vic, but some skinny little Chinese nurse at a hospital appointment thought otherwise 

Originally Posted by: llamedos 

I feel the same way about obese people as I do smokers and druggies. It's self inflected and they are a drain on the NHS

Originally Posted by: speckledjim 

Here's a fun mystery game - a proper (net) curtain twitcher for you! It was taken out of my living room window just now.

Spot the object in the photo below which although not illegal, really shouldn't be out and about...

Need a hint? No, it's not the pampas grass (there since the 1970s - it was there when we moved in in 1983). It's not the spawling viburnum my mum planted in the late 90s either, nor the roses planted in the 70s.

It is, of course, the ice-cream van. What a selfish pillock driving around and luring kids out - it worked, too, as I heard my neighbour's young children going to it. There has been a massive debate locally about these guys and although it's not strictly illegal to sell ice cream from vans, the general concensus from council and public is that it should be shunned, strongly discouraged.

Originally Posted by: Retron 

We didn’t end up being anything because it hasn’t ended yet!

I could add to that list of reasons ‘conflicting, confusing and dangerous media reporting’.

Originally Posted by: Caz 

Next was when I bit the inside of my cheek while eating a crusty roll - it formed a mucocele and I was sent to the outpatients at the local hostpital to have it removed, 

Originally Posted by: Retron 

Even if all deaths cease today, we are already second worse behind America. Our Silver medal is secure

I know you voted for this shower, so you keep tugging that forelock and blame the media 

Originally Posted by: The Beast from the East 

As I've said I was surprised, actually mortified, but I assume it was a mistake, although  I'll never know as I understand she's still having therapy for the glare I gave her 

Originally Posted by: llamedos 

I feel the same way about obese people as I do smokers and druggies. It's self inflected and they are a drain on the NHS

Originally Posted by: speckledjim 

A what?

I often bite my cheek with my wisdom tooth and it forms some sort of ulcer. Is that what it is? I just use mouthwash and bonjela and its clears up

I haven't been to a dentist since 2008!

Originally Posted by: The Beast from the East 

What a piece of work you are. You just put everyone into the same boat. 

My mother was a drug addict. She had an addiction and an illness. I spent my first 20 years of my life watching her waste away. But she was still my mother.

Now 17 years on, she is clean for 14 years. She has her own home, she is married and is a Carer for some of the most vulnerable in society. She felt it was so important to give back.

People can make bad life choices, but that doesn’t mean they don’t deserve the support and help they need.

Originally Posted by: Heavy Weather 2013 

It's sort of like an ulcer, yes. In my case I'd actually damaged a saliva gland, so none of the stuff like mouthwash or creams etc would work. I had to have it removed (I did wait 2 months before seeing the doctor too!)

Dentists on the other hand? I go to mine regularly - it's a far cry from when I was a child, as the dentist then gave me a filling every visit whether I needed it or not.

Originally Posted by: Retron 

Thanks Nick. I wouldn't have a clue about crop farming. I wonder if the farmers that need the manual help also have invested in equipment as maybe both can't do it all, or if it is just the former and they aren't able or too tight to purchase equipment in the first place.

Originally Posted by: Phil G 

What a piece of work you are. You just put everyone into the same boat. 

My mother was a drug addict. She had an addiction and an illness. I spent my first 20 years of my life watching her waste away. But she was still my mother.

Now 17 years on, she is clean for 14 years. She has her own home, she is married and is a Carer for some of the most vulnerable in society. She felt it was so important to give back.

People can make bad life choices, but that doesn’t mean they don’t deserve the support and help they need.

Originally Posted by: Heavy Weather 2013 

Potatoes are easy enough to harvest by machine but you do still need staff on it to pull out the odd stone or clod.
Something like asparagus or strawberries is another matter as you have to visually select what's ready or nearly ready and leave the next picking undamaged, then you have to be exceedingly gentle with soft fruit literally placing it in your tray.

Originally Posted by: four 

Interesting. I'm obese (just, I'm on the borderline) and I've been to the doctor three times in the last 30 years. 

Originally Posted by: Retron 

😮☹️ That's just awful and must have been a very difficult time.

But, given your background I'd have expected a little more understanding and tolerance than you seem to display in a number of your contributions?

Originally Posted by: Gandalf The White 

Even if all deaths cease today, we are already second worse behind America. Our Silver medal is secure

I know you voted for this shower, so you keep tugging that forelock and blame the media 

Originally Posted by: The Beast from the East 

What are you on about? He seems very reasonable to me. I think the better thing to say would be he seems remarkably level headed given his background. 

Originally Posted by: John p 

Look out for Russia with a late rally! In truth, if there was a question over stats, their's is it. It really does not stack up. New cases steadily rising and just inder 10k today while deaths have been reported dropping to 'just' 53 today. The biggest recent cover up since, well China, no nothing to compare with that. Remember those images of 9 hour queues into Russian hospitals, their leaders going down like flies and they are currently reporting 53 deaths today! Look at the other countries, Russia's data is so out of sync. My guess is deaths there are close on a 1,000 a day now. Who will let the cat out of the bag there.

Originally Posted by: Phil G 

What a piece of work you are. You just put everyone into the same boat. 

My mother was a drug addict. She had an addiction and an illness. I spent my first 20 years of my life watching her waste away. But she was still my mother.

Now 17 years on, she is clean for 14 years. She has her own home, she is married and is a Carer for some of the most vulnerable in society. She felt it was so important to give back.

People can make bad life choices, but that doesn’t mean they don’t deserve the support and help they need. 

Originally Posted by: Heavy Weather 2013 

It's sort of like an ulcer, yes. In my case I'd actually damaged a saliva gland, so none of the stuff like mouthwash or creams etc would work. I had to have it removed (I did wait 2 months before seeing the doctor too!)

Dentists on the other hand? I go to mine regularly - it's a far cry from when I was a child, as the dentist then gave me a filling every visit whether I needed it or not.

Originally Posted by: Retron