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First, not sure how bringing up a long dead, fat, alcoholic and over zealous cold warrior from the 50's has to do with the obesity problem.



Yeah, good point here, Mac. Why would our Canadian friend up there bring up the subject of "Tail Gunner" Joe when there are so many OTHER present day examples like that old blowhard he could have brought up, huh?!

Uh huh, like say maybe a certain fat-assed overly-zealous RADIO personality who ALSO seems to have a problem with not only HIS weight but his consumption of drugs!



Okay, now that I've got THAT little zinger out, I WILL say I DO agree with many of your points here.

But hey, when I was a kid back in the late '50s and early '60s, BOTH my parents worked and WE still had dinner at our table almost every freakin' night...so sorry, this excuse that parents seem to be using today about "oh, how hard it is to raise kids today", just isn't gonna wash with me here...sorry.

(...yep, sorry, but I'M thinkin' it boils down more to the fact that UNLIKE when WE were kids and parents stayed together to raise their little freakin' rugrats, HALF the freakin' parents today are DIVORCED, and so the kids come in SECOND half the time on their list of "time priorities"!)

Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)