--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > People are beginning to wander, and wonder; > > > > > > On the streets of New Orleans; > > > > > > Does my President care, about me; > > > > > > And my friends and neighbors? > > > > > > We are lost and thirsty, for a drink of water; > > > > > > Would taste so good; > > > > > > My grandma, she's dieing, I hope not, though. > > > > > > We sent planes and stuff to Iraq, seems real quick; > > > > > > But when it comes time to help us po folk. > > > > > > Well, maybe that be another story? > > > > > > > > > > > > Copyright 2005 Robert Gimbel > > > > > > > > > > That's a good one, Robert. Nicely done. > > > > > > > > > > It's not just in New Orleans. Apparently the poor > > > > > folks who were unable to evacuate from some of the > > > > > other devastated areas--especially Mississippi--are > > > > > infuriated because there was no plan to help them > > > > > get away. > > > > > > > > > > > > Has anyone else noticed this? > > > > > > > > Almost all the so-called "poor people" shown on news clips are > > not > > > > just overweight, but OBESE? > > > > > > Actually I've noticed that a lot of them are > > > painfully skinny, especially the children. > > > > > > > > You've made that up, Judy. > > > > Unless they were footage of Appalachian children from the 1960s, > > I've never seen footage of American children who were "painfully > > skinny". Doesn't exist. You know it, I know it and everyone > > reading this newsgroup knows it. > > I weighed 93 pounds at 5'8 inches when I was 17.
And it was a result of poverty and being deprived of nutrition by your parents? I was about 125 pounds right after my 6-month course (today at the same height I'm about 170 pounds). When I took my shirt off in front of my friend, he asked me to put my shirt back on. Cute little anecdote, Spare Egg, but off the point. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
