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cyklone
response 362 of 378: Mark Unseen   Mar 18 20:50 UTC 2006

Yeah, I had a flight a few years back when I went to take my seat and the
obese passenger next to me had the arm rest up. I immediately put it down and
he made some smartass comment about having more room with it up. Yeah, I
thought, more room for you, and less for me.
keesan
response 363 of 378: Mark Unseen   Mar 18 22:57 UTC 2006

About 2 more inches for each of you if you stayed on your sides of the
imaginary line.
cyklone
response 364 of 378: Mark Unseen   Mar 19 01:53 UTC 2006

It was obvious he wasn't going to be staying on his side of the line. He was
already halfway oozed into my seat when I first got there.
slynne
response 365 of 378: Mark Unseen   Mar 19 03:32 UTC 2006

As a fat person who flies now and then, I have chosen to take my friend
Shannon's advice. She said that families with kids almost always end up
in the back of the plane. She said that if I took a seat back there,
anyone who would ordinarily be annoyed to sit next to the fat person
would instead be grateful they werent sitting next to the parent with a
lap held screaming baby. It seems to work. So far, no one has seemed
annoyed to sit by me. I usually keep the arm rest down if someone is
sitting next to me though because I like the seperation factor. I also
always choose a window seat because it allows me to lean over a little
bit. 

I also usually choose a seat where someone has already taken the aisle
and I choose the window because I know that middle seat in the back of
the plane will be one of the last chosen. Unless it is a totally full
flight, I usually find that middle seat remains vacant. 

tod
response 366 of 378: Mark Unseen   Mar 19 04:03 UTC 2006

I'd sit next to slynne before I'd sit next to CyKlone.  I'm just weird like
that I guess.  Then again, I prefer the window seat so there would be some
sumo action going on in row 32.
nharmon
response 367 of 378: Mark Unseen   Mar 19 04:06 UTC 2006

<imagines the Police Academy movie where some huge guy switches sides
in-flight and causes the plane to roll>
cyklone
response 368 of 378: Mark Unseen   Mar 19 04:44 UTC 2006

Re #366: You bitch! Just for that, I'm cancelling our trip to Tahiti!
slynne
response 369 of 378: Mark Unseen   Mar 19 05:06 UTC 2006

Haha. 
tod
response 370 of 378: Mark Unseen   Mar 19 14:54 UTC 2006

re #368
I lost my fascination for Tahiti ever since Cheyenne Brando.
slynne
response 371 of 378: Mark Unseen   Apr 6 15:00 UTC 2006

I forgot that I was going to post my cholestorol levels. 

They are 174 total level
LDL 98
HDL 50

From what I understand those are decent levels. All my other tests were 
normal except for the glucose one which was slightly high so they are 
going to do another one. It is possible that I might have pre-diabetes 
which isnt surprising since diabetes runs in my family, I am 
overweight, diabetes is very common for people with POSC, and sugar has 
been something very difficult for me to remove from my diet so I eat 
way too much of it. 

It has left me thinking about a very big aspect of thin privilege. I 
have a cousin who is not overweight and who was diagnosed with type 2 
diabetes when she was in her early 30's. I have never heard a single 
person blame her for that. No one has said, "she did that to herself 
with her unhealthy lifestyle." Everyone reaction even behind her back 
has been "what a shame to have that happen to her when she is so young" 
I have a feeling that knowing my extended family, I will get different 
treatment behind my back although, of course, no one will say anything 
to my face. Part of that is the denial a lot of people in my family 
have that diabetes is a hereditary disease. 
slynne
response 372 of 378: Mark Unseen   Apr 6 15:15 UTC 2006

Here is an link to an interesting blog post on this subject

http://w.ick.ca/5261

tod
response 373 of 378: Mark Unseen   Apr 6 17:38 UTC 2006

I like to eat a couple big macs before getting my cholesterol count.
slynne
response 374 of 378: Mark Unseen   Apr 6 17:43 UTC 2006

I like to eat a couple of big macs before my glucose test *snort*

That isnt true of course, I dont like big macs. I like to eat cookies 
before my tests. 
tod
response 375 of 378: Mark Unseen   Apr 7 00:25 UTC 2006

I like big macs but the sauce makes my face break out so I don't eat em.
slynne
response 376 of 378: Mark Unseen   Apr 7 00:31 UTC 2006

The sauce makes me want to barf so I dont eat em. 
tod
response 377 of 378: Mark Unseen   Apr 7 16:06 UTC 2006

The sauce IS barf.

slynne
response 378 of 378: Mark Unseen   Apr 7 20:50 UTC 2006

OH well that explains it!
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