Betcha the judge is a fattie.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2291772

"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
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> Betcha the judge is a fattie.
>
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2291772

That whole thing is just stupid! They said you can get huge diet drinks and
most of the people that get the diet drinks are fat!

On Mar 11, 2:34*pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> Betcha the judge is a fattie.
>
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2291772

Failure of the Assault Beverages Ban.

On 3/11/2013 12:38 PM, Mark Thorson wrote:
> Betcha the judge is a fattie.
>
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2291772

The judge might be one of those guys that believes in personal freedom.

Bloomberg should instead try to initiate a program to screen and educate
the public about type 2 diabetes because the craving of giant drinks
could be a warning sign of the onset of this disease. OTOH, the numbers
and the loading on our health system this would place are frightful.

>

dsi1 wrote:
> On 3/11/2013 12:38 PM, Mark Thorson wrote:
>> Betcha the judge is a fattie.
>>
>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2291772
>
> The judge might be one of those guys that believes in personal
> freedom.
> Bloomberg should instead try to initiate a program to screen and
> educate the public about type 2 diabetes because the craving of giant
> drinks could be a warning sign of the onset of this disease. OTOH,
> the numbers and the loading on our health system this would place are
> frightful.

What a bunch of hooey! I have type 2 diabetes and a lot of other people I
know have it too. None of us ever craved diant drinks.

On 3/11/2013 1:23 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
>> On 3/11/2013 12:38 PM, Mark Thorson wrote:
>>> Betcha the judge is a fattie.
>>>
>>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2291772
>>
>> The judge might be one of those guys that believes in personal
>> freedom.
>> Bloomberg should instead try to initiate a program to screen and
>> educate the public about type 2 diabetes because the craving of giant
>> drinks could be a warning sign of the onset of this disease. OTOH,
>> the numbers and the loading on our health system this would place are
>> frightful.
>
> What a bunch of hooey! I have type 2 diabetes and a lot of other people I
> know have it too. None of us ever craved diant drinks.
>
>

Well, that's my theory and I'm sticking to it!

Julie Bove wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
> > On 3/11/2013 12:38 PM, Mark Thorson wrote:
> > > Betcha the judge is a fattie.
> > >
> > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2291772
> >
> > The judge might be one of those guys that believes in personal
> > freedom.
> > Bloomberg should instead try to initiate a program to screen and
> > educate the public about type 2 diabetes because the craving of
> > giant drinks could be a warning sign of the onset of this disease.
> > OTOH, the numbers and the loading on our health system this would
> > place are frightful.
>
> What a bunch of hooey! I have type 2 diabetes and a lot of other
> people I know have it too. None of us ever craved diant drinks.

Isn't it just normal to sometimes crave something sweet?


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Tom Del Rosso wrote:
> Julie Bove wrote:
>> dsi1 wrote:
>>> On 3/11/2013 12:38 PM, Mark Thorson wrote:
>>>> Betcha the judge is a fattie.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2291772
>>>
>>> The judge might be one of those guys that believes in personal
>>> freedom.
>>> Bloomberg should instead try to initiate a program to screen and
>>> educate the public about type 2 diabetes because the craving of
>>> giant drinks could be a warning sign of the onset of this disease.
>>> OTOH, the numbers and the loading on our health system this would
>>> place are frightful.
>>
>> What a bunch of hooey! I have type 2 diabetes and a lot of other
>> people I know have it too. None of us ever craved diant drinks.
>
> Isn't it just normal to sometimes crave something sweet?

Perhaps for most people. Not for me. I sometimes have cravings for beans,
tomatoes, potatoes, pocorn. Very rarely sweets and rarer still sweet
drinks. The only time I did have a craving for punch was when I was
pregnant. I was at a party and had some and thought it tasted good.
Normally I very much dislike such things unless they are sugar free. I grew
up having pretty much only sugar free drinks. The only time I had any that
were not sugar free were if I was at a party or some such thing and that was
all they had. At home and in restaurants, we always drank the sugar free
stuff or I'd have plain iced tea or hot tea if they didn't have.

Sweetened drinks are so vile to me now that my first instinct will be to
spit them out when I accidentally get one. Plus sweetened drinks make me
thirsty which seems to defeat the purpose.

I do sometimes want candy but it's a very specific want. I was thinking
about this the other day. I think what appeals to me about the candy is the
chewiness. I will sometimes have a hard candy if I have a sore throat but
otherwise I don't like it much. I might sometimes want a flavor in my mouth
so I will put the hard candy in there until I get the flavor then spit it
out. Because otherwise hard candy isn't appealing. I very much dislike
creamy candies. Actually most candies do not appeal to me. I recently
bought some bulk wine gums because I had heard how good they were. The lady
at the store said I'd be back. They were that addictive. Nope. They
tasted odd to me, even though I did like the texture. I couldn't eat them.
I also find those licorice Allsorts things to be appealing to the eye. But
I have bought them a couple of times and found that I could not eat them. I
do like Good and Plenty but not the licorice taste so much. One or two of
those is all I can manage.

You could sit me in front of a cake, pie, ice cream or even cookies. I
won't be tempted to eat them. In fact I'll be tempted to want them
somewhere away from me. I don't know why really. I used to love to bake.
I made tons of cookies and some cakes. Not so many pies because I never
could get the crust right. But I didn't want to eat what I made.

On 3/12/2013 4:38 AM, Tom Del Rosso wrote:
> Julie Bove wrote:
>> dsi1 wrote:
>>> On 3/11/2013 12:38 PM, Mark Thorson wrote:
>>>> Betcha the judge is a fattie.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2291772
>>>
>>> The judge might be one of those guys that believes in personal
>>> freedom.
>>> Bloomberg should instead try to initiate a program to screen and
>>> educate the public about type 2 diabetes because the craving of
>>> giant drinks could be a warning sign of the onset of this disease.
>>> OTOH, the numbers and the loading on our health system this would
>>> place are frightful.
>>
>> What a bunch of hooey! I have type 2 diabetes and a lot of other
>> people I know have it too. None of us ever craved diant drinks.
>
> Isn't it just normal to sometimes crave something sweet?
>
>
I believe so. I'm not diabetic. I'm also not really fond of sweets.
(I don't like soda/soft drinks at all.) Still, every once in a while
I'll crave a couple of cookies or a scoop of ice cream.

Jill

On 3/11/2013 10:38 PM, Tom Del Rosso wrote:
> Julie Bove wrote:
>> dsi1 wrote:
>>> On 3/11/2013 12:38 PM, Mark Thorson wrote:
>>>> Betcha the judge is a fattie.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2291772
>>>
>>> The judge might be one of those guys that believes in personal
>>> freedom.
>>> Bloomberg should instead try to initiate a program to screen and
>>> educate the public about type 2 diabetes because the craving of
>>> giant drinks could be a warning sign of the onset of this disease.
>>> OTOH, the numbers and the loading on our health system this would
>>> place are frightful.
>>
>> What a bunch of hooey! I have type 2 diabetes and a lot of other
>> people I know have it too. None of us ever craved diant drinks.
>
> Isn't it just normal to sometimes crave something sweet?
>
>

The love of sweets appear to be programmed into us. As a survival
strategy, this makes a lot of sense because as a source of energy,
sweets pack a lot of punch. OTOH, as a source of sugar, soft drinks are
a lousy delivery system because you have to drink a whole bunch water
along with it. Soft drinks are popular not only because they contain
sugar. Caffeine is probably a major component of our craving for the stuff.

I'm not sure why giant drinks are such a contentious issue but what I do
know is that extreme thirst is the classic warning sign that one could
have diabetes. What puzzles me is why we're not using this obvious
connection to our advantage.

Excessive water drinking could probably indicate other medical
conditions or mental states. My father-in-law was hospitalized because
the notion was planted in his brain that drinking a lot of water would
cure all his ills. Out of little seeds grow giant, overwhelming,
compulsions sometimes.

On 12/03/2013 4:38 AM, Tom Del Rosso wrote:

>> What a bunch of hooey! I have type 2 diabetes and a lot of other
>> people I know have it too. None of us ever craved diant drinks.
>
> Isn't it just normal to sometimes crave something sweet?
>
>
Sweet drinks? Not me. I like to eat something sweet at the end of a
meal, but I do not crave sweet drinks. I rarely drink pop, don't use
sugar in coffee or tea.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> On 12/03/2013 4:38 AM, Tom Del Rosso wrote:
>
>>> What a bunch of hooey! I have type 2 diabetes and a lot of other
>>> people I know have it too. None of us ever craved diant drinks.
>>
>> Isn't it just normal to sometimes crave something sweet?
>>
>>
> Sweet drinks? Not me. I like to eat something sweet at the end of a meal,
> but I do not crave sweet drinks. I rarely drink pop, don't use sugar in
> coffee or tea.

Oh! I can not stand sweetened coffee or tea. I remember ordering iced tea
in Vancouver as a child because they had no diet soda. I was shocked to
find that it was sweetened. At home we only had plain tea. Not sweetened.

Then when we moved to MA, the first time I ordered coffee in a Dunkin'
Donuts, they asked me if I wanted "regular". I foolishly assumed that meant
"black". Nope! Meant cream and sugar. Just yick!

I do like lemon in my tea but it's fine without it too. But no sweeteners
ever.

On Mar 11, 2:34*pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> Betcha the judge is a fattie.
>
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2291772

No way it could even be enforced...people would just buy more of the
smaller size.

On 11/03/2013 6:39 PM, Chemo wrote:
> On Mar 11, 2:34 pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
>> Betcha the judge is a fattie.
>>
>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2291772
>
> No way it could even be enforced...people would just buy more of the
> smaller size.
>

BBBBut.... it is the price that appealed..... a huge serving of a sweet
sugary drink for a bargain price. What a way to satisfy one's thirst and
hunger... for a couple minutes.

Dave Smith wrote:
> On 11/03/2013 6:39 PM, Chemo wrote:
>> On Mar 11, 2:34 pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
>>> Betcha the judge is a fattie.
>>>
>>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2291772
>>
>> No way it could even be enforced...people would just buy more of the
>> smaller size.
>>
>
> BBBBut.... it is the price that appealed..... a huge serving of a
> sweet sugary drink for a bargain price. What a way to satisfy one's
> thirst and hunger... for a couple minutes.

That is true and oddly enough the only people I know who saw that appeal
were men. They would get all excited that they could get such a large thing
for such little money. That's not appealing to me at all. Who wants to try
to drink out of some huge unweildy drink that you probably won't finish
anyway? I learned my lesson the firs time I accidentally ordered a "large"
drink in a movie theater.

On Mar 11, 5:34*pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> Betcha the judge is a fattie.
>
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2291772

Good. Too much govt. intrusion where people's brains should be doing
the reasoning. If the public hasn't heard yet about the empty
calories in those sugary drinks, then nothing will get thru to that
mentality.

Wanna drink yourself to obesity, or waste your food dollar on
something of no nutritional value? Be my guest.

I get tired of the govt. trying to save us from ourselves.

Sqwertz wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:38:15 -0800, Mark Thorson wrote:
>
>> Betcha the judge is a fattie.
>>
>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2291772
>
> Meanwhile restaurants had already invested in new menus displays and
> cups only to now have to store them for possible future use, while
> Bloomberg wastes even more of the taxpayer's money on a lengthy and
> pointless legal battle.
>
> Bloomberg is an asshole politician. They HAVE to get their way, at
> ANY cost. It's simply a matter of personal choice. No lawsuit
> required.
>
> -sw

Yep! Yep! Yep! He's the one that decided that the school kids needed to
spend an hour a day more in school to do reading. Why couldn't they do this
reading at home? If he deemed it necessary? My daughter was in
Kindergarten and at the beginning of the year couldn't even read, beyond
just a few words. So those kids weren't even really reading but they had to
pretend to be because he sent people around to check on them and make sure
they were doing what he said. He is a control freak!

On 3/11/2013 6:47 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> It's simply a matter of personal choice. No lawsuit
> required.
>
> -sw

I agree with you. If some people absolutely insist on having huge cups
of soft drinks, so be it. The only thing the establishments that serve
them are doing is filling a demand (and making money). What the heck,
I'm not the one buying them so I don't care.

You know what I think would happen if this ban went into affect? These
people would just order two smaller sodas.

Jill