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To: TobagoJack who wrote (19437)	6/10/2007 12:39:45 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217545

"subsidizing their pound for pound transport fuel cost, and putting up with their number for number carbon discharge" I've got to side with TJ on this Gordo protest. We should be charging people for air transport accodring to BMI. Of course adjusted for age. A person could have some allowance for extra weight for age. But the young and gordo should be penalized heavily!! We should ostracize the gordo like we did with the smoker.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (19437)	6/10/2007 1:14:42 PM
From: energyplay	Respond to of 217545

Fear of freedom fries is the beginning of wisdom... probably not. Looks like you're are making a movie Curious Daughter, Protective Daddy Script calls for everyone to live happily ever after. Daddy's hair turns white pretty early in the movie...;-) ******************* Getting back to the USD, I expect it is not in China's interest for the USD to fall until China has bought many more hard assets with USD. Same goes for various oil producers. Japan has it's export bias, as does most of Europe. The drop may be inevitable, but that doesn't mean it will be on schedule we find apropriate to our investments.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (19437)	10/4/2007 2:31:59 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217545

"being stuck between two of them in coach class of airplanes"? No more! Higher gas prices may reduce obesity rates Courtemanche's study found that a U.S.$1 rise in gas prices could reduce obesity by about 15 per cent after three years. According to his research, that could save 16,000 lives and as much as U.S.$17 billion in health costs every year. An American study has found that it's not all bad news when it comes to higher gas prices. They may help people lose weight. A doctoral student in health economics at the University of Washington in St. Louis says that rising fuel costs are forcing Americans to exercise more. Charles Courtemanche says that high gas prices are also having an effect on U.S. diets: to save money, people are eating healthier by staying away from restaurants. "There may be a 'silver lining' to the large spike in gasoline prices that has occurred in recent years in the U.S.," says Courtemanche in his study. "We may experience a modest reduction in obesity, or at least a slowdown in its growth." Courtemanche's study found that a U.S.$1 rise in gas prices could reduce obesity by about 15 per cent after three years. According to his research, that could save 16,000 lives and as much as U.S.$17 billion in health costs every year. He argues that higher gas prices help people's health in two ways. When gas becomes less affordable, more and more people leave their cars behind and walk or bike. Even those who use public transportation may have to walk to subways or bus stops. The second benefit comes from home cooking. When it costs more to go to a restaurant, people eat out less and prepare their own meals. Courtemanche argues that American obesity rates began to rise in the early 1980s partly because gas prices fell. With cheap gas prices, Americans walked less and drove more. He says the reverse is also true: when gas prices are higher, people find healthier alternatives to driving. A thinner frame may not be the first thing on their mind but, according to Courtemanche, alternatives to driving help people get into better shape. He got the idea for the study when filling up his car at the pump. The price was so high, he decided to calculate what it would cost to take the metro. He discovered that if he ditched his car, he would help both his wallet and his waistline.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (19437)	11/22/2007 11:35:47 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217545

170kg man wins court battle with airline. This is bad news! He has thr ight to travel, but he's got to pay for the excess luggage! I bet the judge was gordo too!!! I am 63Kg. That guy is almost 3 Elmats!!! And imagine his consmption of food and beverages on board to fill that 3-gallon stomach!!! 170kg man wins court battle with airline. From correspondents in Paris November 22, 2007 11:36pm Article from: ReutersFont size: + - Send this article: Print Email A FRENCHMAN who weighs 170kg has won a court case against Air France after it made him buy a second seat on a flight from New Delhi to Paris, he said. Jean-Jacques Jauffret, a 43-year-old screen-writer, said he was deeply humiliated when airline staff measured his girth with wrapping tape in front of other passengers at New Delhi airport. Air France was ordered to pay €8000 ($13,600) in damages and to reimburse the cost of his second seat, in a ruling delivered last Friday. Returning to France from a holiday in India in August 2005, Mr Jauffret was told that as the plane was full he could not be assured a free seat next to him. Instead he was told to buy the extra ticket. “The court recognised the humiliation I suffered. Now Air France is going to have to say clearly what is its commercial policy. Does it carry people or kilos?” he said.