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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 08/06/2009: a well-fed señorita (Jim Shulman special)
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Stephen D Barbour)
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 14:36:55 -0700
References: <7rj0jk$4nqgvd@pd2mo1so-svcs.prod.shaw.ca>

On Jun 9, 2009, at 2:03 PM, Ted Grant wrote:

> Nathan showed:
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> Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 08/06/2009: a well-fed se?orita (Jim  
> Shulman
> special)
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> <<Yesterday I spent some time on the Esplanada de Espa?a, watching  
> human
> traffic:
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> http://www.greatpix.eu/gallery/4253606_netUM#559322603_YRvtp-O-LB
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> Hi  Nathan,
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> It?s a great illustration of a human being who stuffs her face way  
> toooooo
> much and will quite probably become a drain on the Health Programme  
> due to
> diabetes or some other disease occupied by OBESE people! Shame and  
> so young!
> Damn she?d probably be quite an attractive young thing with the drop  
> of 100
> lbs! Or 50 kilos!
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> I look at this weight thing as a damn plague and absolutely no  
> reason to
> allow oneself to become FAT like this girl! Sure there are medical  
> reasons
> with some, but the greatest number are from nothing more than being  
> a sloth
> watching TV and feeding themselves junk food by the truck load! When  
> they
> could be out walking, that?s a free activity! Dancing is fun, with  
> swimming
> a great fitness event. Or any number of physical activities to rid
> themselves of this overloaded appearance! And obviously ?STOP EATING  
> SO DAMN
> MUCH WHATEVER!?
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> No pride in how she looks, she?s just FAT!!
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>
>
> Oh the picture? Great and obviously a moving scene for me! Given my  
> rant
> about the ?FAT!? :-)
>
> I look at this in this fashion? ?If I at 80 years can throw down on  
> the
> floor and knock off 80 sit-ups there isn?t any reason younger people  
> not
> suffering a disease of of some kind can?t loose weight and stay a  
> trim fit
> figure! A hell of a lot cheaper buying regular clothes instead of a  
> tent to
> wrap the body in!


unlikely she is consciously aware of her appearance, and capable of  
"seeing it and changing"...

she's probably in denial...

but worth a try, send her Ted's e-mail and see if it has any impact...

:-)


Steve



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In reply to: Message from tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant) ([Leica] Nathan's PAD 08/06/2009: a well-fed señorita (Jim Shulman special))