Letter from Jess Meyers

And to think we were supposed to talk about ****in airplane
"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 19:18:27 -0500, "Matthew P. Cummings"
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Watch the people around you the next time you eat out. I'll bet you see
them overeat by a HUGE amount. Go to KFC, Hardee's, McDonals, etc. and
watch. You'll see the majority of people consume over 1000 calories at
one sitting, imagine them doing the same for 2 more meals. Now you'll
see
why eating is why we're overweight as a nation.


In the film "Supersize me", director Morgan Spurlock spends just one
month eating at McDonalds *ONLY*, to see what would happen. He got
this bright idea after listening to McDonalds tout their food as being
healthy.

Doctors he consulted thought that he could not damage himself in only
30 days, they were nearly mistaken. The stipulations were that he
would have to accept the suggestion to "supersize" the meal or portion
of the meal if suggested by the counter attendant, and try every
single item on the menu at some point.

Here's a blurb from a review: "Spurlock starts out the picture of
health, a strapping 6-foot-2 and 185 pounds. Three doctors and a
nutritionist, who reappear throughout, examine him and attest to his
well being. But within a few days he's vomiting out of the window of
his car. And it's downhill from there. Spurlock's body goes through a
general deterioration that surprises even his doctors in its rapidity.
(His girlfriend, a vegan chef, is beside herself.) Gaining weight is
just the outward sign: His liver becomes toxic, his cholesterol
skyrockets, his libido sags, he gets headaches and becomes depressed."

After 30 days, he had gained 25 lbs and was suffering from abnormal
liver functions. He had to detox on a strict Vegan diet to loose the
weight and regain normal liver functions. While he was eating at
McDonalds only, he was consuming 5,000 calories a day, or more. By
the end of the month, he'd consumed as many calories as most
nutritionists recommend people eat in 8 years.

McDonalds of course, was unhappy with the film.

Corky Scott

Sorry, Corky, but I don't buy this story even though I've read about it
before. I have no idea what else this guy may have done during the
month, but it is clear he was out to make Micky D look bad so he may
have been taking all sorts of drugs to make him have the problems he
had. And 5,000 calories a day for 30 days is 150,000 calories according
to my calculator. Eight years is 2,920 days, not counting leap years.
150,000 calories over 8 years is 51.4 calories per day. I don't want
any association with any nutritionist who would recommend that!

This story just doesn't pass the smell test. I ate almost exclusively
at McDonalds for three months when I was in college back in the 70s and
had to spend a semester in a motel with no cooking facilities. I didn't
gain a bit of weight and had no health problems at all.


Matt

If you don't think this topic is revelent to pilots and airplanes yo have a
F***ing lot to learn.

Jean-Paul Roy wrote:
And to think we were supposed to talk about ****in airplane
"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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wrote:


On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 19:18:27 -0500, "Matthew P. Cummings"
wrote:



Watch the people around you the next time you eat out. I'll bet you see
them overeat by a HUGE amount. Go to KFC, Hardee's, McDonals, etc. and
watch. You'll see the majority of people consume over 1000 calories at
one sitting, imagine them doing the same for 2 more meals. Now you'll

see

why eating is why we're overweight as a nation.


In the film "Supersize me", director Morgan Spurlock spends just one
month eating at McDonalds *ONLY*, to see what would happen. He got
this bright idea after listening to McDonalds tout their food as being
healthy.

Doctors he consulted thought that he could not damage himself in only
30 days, they were nearly mistaken. The stipulations were that he
would have to accept the suggestion to "supersize" the meal or portion
of the meal if suggested by the counter attendant, and try every
single item on the menu at some point.

Here's a blurb from a review: "Spurlock starts out the picture of
health, a strapping 6-foot-2 and 185 pounds. Three doctors and a
nutritionist, who reappear throughout, examine him and attest to his
well being. But within a few days he's vomiting out of the window of
his car. And it's downhill from there. Spurlock's body goes through a
general deterioration that surprises even his doctors in its rapidity.
(His girlfriend, a vegan chef, is beside herself.) Gaining weight is
just the outward sign: His liver becomes toxic, his cholesterol
skyrockets, his libido sags, he gets headaches and becomes depressed."

After 30 days, he had gained 25 lbs and was suffering from abnormal
liver functions. He had to detox on a strict Vegan diet to loose the
weight and regain normal liver functions. While he was eating at
McDonalds only, he was consuming 5,000 calories a day, or more. By
the end of the month, he'd consumed as many calories as most
nutritionists recommend people eat in 8 years.

McDonalds of course, was unhappy with the film.

Corky Scott

Sorry, Corky, but I don't buy this story even though I've read about it
before. I have no idea what else this guy may have done during the
month, but it is clear he was out to make Micky D look bad so he may
have been taking all sorts of drugs to make him have the problems he
had. And 5,000 calories a day for 30 days is 150,000 calories according
to my calculator. Eight years is 2,920 days, not counting leap years.
150,000 calories over 8 years is 51.4 calories per day. I don't want
any association with any nutritionist who would recommend that!

This story just doesn't pass the smell test. I ate almost exclusively
at McDonalds for three months when I was in college back in the 70s and
had to spend a semester in a motel with no cooking facilities. I didn't
gain a bit of weight and had no health problems at all.


Matt

"Jerry Springer" wrote ...
If you don't think this topic is revelent to pilots and airplanes yo have
a
F***ing lot to learn.

I wish you guys would stop talking about this. You're making me feel guilty
about this absolutely delicious piece of apple pie.

Rich

Richard Isakson wrote:
"Jerry Springer" wrote ...

If you don't think this topic is revelent to pilots and airplanes yo have

a

F***ing lot to learn.


I wish you guys would stop talking about this. You're making me feel guilty
about this absolutely delicious piece of apple pie.

Rich


Hi Rich,
Missed you at Arlington this year.

Jerry

"Jerry Springer" wrote ...
Hi Rich,
Missed you at Arlington this year.

My truck's broke. The timing chain finally gave up at 300,000 miles.( Ford
F150, 351M engine) I'm having so much fun.

Rich

"Richard Isakson" wrote in message
...
"Jerry Springer" wrote ...
Hi Rich,
Missed you at Arlington this year.

My truck's broke. The timing chain finally gave up at 300,000 miles.(
Ford
F150, 351M engine) I'm having so much fun.

Rich


Ahhhh, ever hear of preventative maintenance? Being a Ford, you are lucky
to have gotten that much out of it! g

Congratulations on getting one that far. I've got a Chevy van that has
219,000, and coming to Osh, a round trip of 2,000 miles, with a gut full of
my unit's luggage and camping gear onboard, and a pull behind grill. (knock
on wood)

To me, about 150,000 is the about the limit for oil pumps and timing chains,
cause if either of those two go south, the rest is not far behind.
--
Jim in NC


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On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 23:27:15 -0400, "Jean-Paul Roy"
wrote:

And to think we were supposed to talk about ****in airplane

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Here's some super straight scoop --

1. YOU do not have to read this topic.
2. Understand that YOU can only control YOU.
3. Walk some airplane talk or be just another ****in hypocrite.

P.S.
Cross posting sux.

-PLONK-


Barnyard BOb -
The more people I meet,
the more I love my dog
and George Carlin humor.

On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 23:27:15 -0400, Jean-Paul Roy wrote:

And to think we were supposed to talk about ****in airplane

While I haven't had the pleasure to do that, I guess you have and enjoy
that activity. They say too each their own.

In other matters, pilot weight is directly related to flying for numerous
reasons. For example diabetes is at higher risk, Heart Attacks and
Strokes are at higher risk. The type of plane you can fly is partly
determined by how much you weigh.

So, I believe this thread to be talking about planes because of the above
factors.

Jean-Paul Roy wrote:

And to think we were supposed to talk about ****in airplane

Except that you were supposed to stay in your cave until your vocabulary
developed beyond words of only four letters in length.


Matt

New Lingo for an Old Priest

There was an old priest who got sick of all the people in his parish
who kept confessing to adultery. One Sunday, in the pulpit, he said,
"If I hear one more person confess to adultery, I'll quit!"

Everyone liked him, so they came up with a code word. Someone who had
committed adultery would say instead that they had "fallen."

This seemed to satisfy the old priest and things went well until the
priest passed away at a ripe, old age.

A few days after the new priest arrived, he visited the mayor of the
town and seemed very concerned.

"Mayor, you have to do something about the sidewalks in town. When
people come into the confessional, they keep telling me they've
fallen."

The mayor started to laugh, realizing that no one had told the new
priest about the code word. But, before he could explain, the priest
shook an accusing finger at him and shouted, "I don't know what you're
laughing about, because your wife has already fallen three times this
week!"

"Jean-Paul Roy" wrote in message
And to think we were supposed to talk about ****in airplane

Its about having fun and getting to know one another. Relax and
enjoy.

Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone