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To: bentway who wrote (667934)	8/17/2012 8:44:13 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1580832

" The funny part.......he thinks paying 13% is very generous of him when in fact he is getting away w/ highway robbery." That IS a lot, Ted, compared to the NOTHING he paid previously! I see. His position is one of perspective. Makes sense.

To: bentway who wrote (667934)	8/17/2012 8:49:40 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1580832

I will never understand how people in warm, humid climates can get obese. Heat and humidity completely robs me of any appetite. When the internet is trying to tell you something... By Will Femia - Fri Aug 17, 2012 8:08 PM EDT Earlier this week, I saw the Economist's chart column posted a map of obesity in the United States. I'm not sure what inspired them, the data comes from a CDC report that is not, as far as I can tell, particularly new. (For a real treat, scroll to the very bottom and watch the animated map of the U.S. getting fatter since 1986.) Then, over the course of the week,.... the two viral videos I ended up playing repeatedly were the after-school-project-turned-awesomesause, Hot Cheetos & Takis, and the new offering from friends-of-TRMS, The Gregory Brothers, of a man extolling the virtues of a Five Guys bacon cheeseburger. But just now I ran into yet another map; this one from Pew's new report finding a majority of Americans overweight or obese in all 50 states: So OK interwebs... whaddayatryinasay? *I should point out that both of the maps are based on BMI, with >24 being overweight and >30 being obese. As a >24 BMIer (27.6, if you must), I don't agree with this method of measurement.