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1st December 2013, 12:00 AM
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Re: Over loaded
In late 1945 my doctor told i will have to put on weight now in 2013 my doctor said i will have to loose weight some hope
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1st December 2013, 08:37 AM
#12
Re: Over loaded

Originally Posted by
Charles Louis Barron
In late 1945 my doctor told i will have to put on weight now in 2013 my doctor said i will have to loose weight some hope
Well Lou if you get fitter than you were in the UK earlier this year the Kiwis had better enter you in the next Olympics, they could be assured of at least one medal. I have seen a lot of fat doctors telling their patients to lose weight, don't know what kind of mirror they have.
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1st December 2013, 09:54 AM
#13
Re: Over loaded
Title of Overloaded.. is the only title I could find applicable to this hint for any would be applicants sitting oral exams of proficiency. Sometimes in orals the examiner would give you a pencil and paper and tell you to draw him a Plimsol mark on the port side. Its amazing how many people failed as had a 50/50 chance of getting them the right way round and flummoxed a lot of people. All you have to remember is assholes aft in both cases makes no difference port or starboard. As regards over drinking how many remember the drinking glasses with the plimsoll on the side. It went up from various levels almost to Tropical Fresh which was reserved for pigs, below that was the master. Overeating was very rare on the vessels I was on, surviving was the main aim. Cheers John Sabourn
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1st December 2013, 02:13 PM
#14
Re: Over loaded
Rob Page R855150 - British & Commonwealth Shipping ( 1965 - 1973 ) Gulf Oil -( 1973 - 1975 ) Sealink ( 1975 - 1986 ) 

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1st December 2013, 07:12 PM
#15
Re: Over loaded
A while ago I was on a bus when an obeses Woman got on with a Child of about 8-10 years of age. He was,shall we say.quite plump. If you could have seen the junk she was allowing that child to wolf down his throat,it was unbelievable. If not Child cruelty it was at least Child abuse.
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1st December 2013, 08:32 PM
#16
Re: Over loaded
Parents of Obese kids should be charged with Child Cruelty.
The kid is going on to develop diabetes, and heart disease and a shortened life.
When I was a kid in the 30s and during the war I was built like a racing snake. No obesity then on a ration book.
Cheers
Brian
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1st December 2013, 09:56 PM
#17
Re: Over loaded
My eldest has become morbidly obese , for afw years , I took this to heart and took her to her GP , who is an old fashioned No-Nonsense Scottish GP , and being polite the same side of 50 as most of this site is , he sent her , after a bollocking , to a company called Why Weigh , and for a year she has had Dietician , and Therapy as well as assessments by a physical fitness guy . She was in an abusive relationship with a total horse Hole ( sneaked that past the Censor ) and the relationship has caused her to take comfort in food . He had turned her into a low confidence , low self esteem girl and that has taken a year of therapy to turn around after twenty years of him . She was 33 stone and is after a year 28 stone . It is a long slow path , she is verging on agoraphobia , because people look and comment on her size , so I would ask when you see the Fattie along the street , think , there may be an underlying reason . and shaking your head in disgust , might not be helping . I have sweat a lot of tears to get the turn around , she ain't been to McDonalds , The Chippie , Burglar King , Wans Wok , Khans palace , or anywhere else , the Coke-Cola . and the Vodka are History . So when yopu see her along the street , spare the one thought people being judgemental , drive her to the peanut butter jar , and undo the work I have done .
Rob Page R855150 - British & Commonwealth Shipping ( 1965 - 1973 ) Gulf Oil -( 1973 - 1975 ) Sealink ( 1975 - 1986 ) 

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1st December 2013, 10:08 PM
#18
Re: Over loaded
rob respects to you and yours ......that's not an easy boat to row you can only .....head down and try to succeed in your and your daughters mission and I wish you all the very best in your quest stay with it mate regards cappy
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1st December 2013, 10:24 PM
#19
Re: Over loaded
I never did like " Him " and wish when younger we had jhas a chat about baseball , with me batting . I had an aversion to therapists , thought they were totally a waste of good vittles , but I have changed my mind , this one has dug some things out , that have had nme very upset , because I never knew at the time . Things said by a now long deceased aunt that were poisonous to the mind of a fifteen year old child . False memories implanted , but we have got the bloodt past sorted , I hope , Long run home though . What really hacks me off , that overweight , perfect Blood Pressure , Perfect sugar
Rob Page R855150 - British & Commonwealth Shipping ( 1965 - 1973 ) Gulf Oil -( 1973 - 1975 ) Sealink ( 1975 - 1986 ) 

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1st December 2013, 11:20 PM
#20
Re: Over loaded
I wish her all the very best and success Rob.
Cheers
Brian
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