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2005-03-26 08:31:50 ET
First thing's first: I understand everyone has to work.
The trick is, instead of taking the kids out to McD every meal, teach the kid to cook himself. You know, parents don't have to wait until age 18 to teach kids to open a can of tuna & make pasta, or fry an egg or some frozen beans. If the kid knows how to spend money he better know how to turn on the stove.
I am just saying, I've lived in all sorts of situations before. My annual income is below the poverty line due to the amount of moves I've made over the past 2-3 years. There were times I'd say when I'm on my way to work, that I am way too tired to raise a finger, and the only place with food that is attached to the subway station is McD's. I'm not in it for exercises either, so how come I am still considered "healthy" by this ridiculous standard? Anywhere else around the world I'll be picked at as being chubby.
I call it the American Excuse System. I don't want to do the dishes, or my friends are coming over, so let's order pizza. We'll just sit around for an hour asking "so when's the pizza coming?" and not make an actual meal. It's movie time, too lazy to cut cucumber strips so let's just put in a bag of popcorn. I'm a poor student, can't afford any other source of food, I'll just KD myself to death. It's not cheap to live like a "poor student" in North America at all! I've gone a full month on $400 budget (including rent), but let me tell you if you cook every meal from scratch, simple stupid things, it can cost less than $100 for food, with each meal consisting of pork chops/salmon/beef/chicken/whatever + pasta + salad, with occasional steak. And I'm saying, people just don't do it.
So now medical research reports on national newspaper give us a new excuse everyday for why people have high cholesterol, liver failures, obesity, etc etc... |
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