We are Sloths & Gluttons here in Jax.

Started by 02roadking, February 25, 2008, 01:25:24 PM

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second_pancake

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February 25, 2008, 01:45:43 PM
It's really sad, but not surprising at all especially when 2 of our wonderful residents have met success by being a part of 2 of the top-rated reality television shows, The Biggest Loser, and America's Next Top Model.  Before you celebrate about the top model part, the girl from Jacksonville (on this season's show) is the "plus-size" model.
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gatorback

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February 25, 2008, 04:04:13 PM Last Edit: February 25, 2008, 04:07:29 PM by gatorback
What's wrong with a plus size? I mean as long as it's not unhealthy.
'As a sinner I am truly conscious of having often offended my Creator and I beg him to forgive me, but as a Queen and Sovereign, I am aware of no fault or offence for which I have to render account to anyone here below.'   Mary, queen of Scots to her jailer, Sir Amyas Paulet; October 1586

second_pancake

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February 25, 2008, 04:43:38 PM
What's wrong with it?  When you're under the age of 16, that's what's wrong with it.  No 14-16 year old girl should be wearing a size 14...age should never equal your pant size.  That IS unhealthy.
"What objectivity and the study of philosophy requires is not an 'open mind,' but an active mind - a mind able and eagerly willing to examine ideas, but to examine them criticially."

gatorback

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February 25, 2008, 09:04:06 PM
Seriously, she's 14 and wearing a size 14?  Are you saying then it's okay if you're a boy?  ;)  Do you got a snap of this?
'As a sinner I am truly conscious of having often offended my Creator and I beg him to forgive me, but as a Queen and Sovereign, I am aware of no fault or offence for which I have to render account to anyone here below.'   Mary, queen of Scots to her jailer, Sir Amyas Paulet; October 1586

second_pancake

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February 26, 2008, 10:14:54 AM
I didn't say SHE was 14 and a 14, I said that's when "plus size" becomes "wrong."  She claims to be a size 8.  But a size 8 by today's standards is far different than it was even just 10 years ago.  I have a pair of size 6 jeans I bought and fit perfectly into in 1998.  Today, all the clothes I have say size 6 but I can't pull those old jeans over my knees.  The measurements are completely off too...the waist and hips in all my new clothes are far larger than those jeans.  If you go further back in time to the '50's, a size 8 had a 36" bust and a 27" waist.  Just from the pictures, I would guess her waist is around 39-40". But, that's really neither here nor there.  I was merely making the point that the obesity and inactivity of our city is not surprising to me at all.
"What objectivity and the study of philosophy requires is not an 'open mind,' but an active mind - a mind able and eagerly willing to examine ideas, but to examine them criticially."

gatorback

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February 26, 2008, 07:44:59 PM
I'm a size 38 and I am 6'6 250 muscular and big bones.
'As a sinner I am truly conscious of having often offended my Creator and I beg him to forgive me, but as a Queen and Sovereign, I am aware of no fault or offence for which I have to render account to anyone here below.'   Mary, queen of Scots to her jailer, Sir Amyas Paulet; October 1586
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