I agree. I appreciate Scott posting it, despite the sadness. I want to clarify that when I said I agreed things got far off-topic, I was referring to the subsequent stream of the discussion and not Scott's original posting. I too am glad that Scott posted it. Sorry for any confusion.
-Jim W. -----Original Message----- >From: Esteban <proto...@gmail.com> >Sent: Apr 19, 2010 1:50 AM >To: RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> >Subject: [RBW] Re: The Insanity of our Times > >Grant's written about fitness and sensibility. Rivendell's riding >philosophy runs against extremes - x-treme "training" and extreme >eating. This story is instructive. > >Esteban >San Diego, Calif. > >On Apr 18, 9:19 pm, Me <clotht...@gmail.com> wrote: >> You're welcome, Bill [how are you by the way?]. >> >> And yes, I am Scott Cutshall [=Me]. >> >> And to the one poster who found it funny: no, it's not a screenplay >> but I do wish it was, because I find it all very sad. >> >> PS-> if it is too far Off-Topic for the Group, -again-, Jim can pull >> the whole schebang off. >> >> -Scott >> >> On Apr 18, 8:09 pm, Bill Connell <bconn...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> > It is Scott, he signed his name. It's a really sad story, and i can >> > only imagine how hard it would be for his wife to not say anything >> > about Scott's experience with his weight. People have to choose change >> > for themselves, but when there are enablers and ignorance of the >> > alternatives in life, a little window to a different world can make >> > all the difference. It makes me sad to think of all the lost options >> > in their lives when someone's weight gets so high. >> >> > Thanks for sharing, Scott. >> >> > Bill >> >> > On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 9:51 PM, rperks <perks....@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > FYI - I think Me is Scott, but maybe I am off >> >> > > On Apr 18, 4:45 pm, Tim McNamara <tim...@bitstream.net> wrote: >> > >> On Apr 18, 2010, at 4:37 PM, Shaun Meehan wrote: >> >> > >> > It's interesting. I've seen a couple of shows about people who got so >> > >> > large that they were literally disabled. >> >> > >> I've known a number of them professionally, in their 30s and living >> > >> in a nursing home due to the health complications of ultra-morbid >> > >> obesity. And probably not going to make it to 50. >> >> > >> It makes Scott Cutshall's story all the more impressive to me. >> >> > >> This person's mother was clearly out of touch with the situation and >> > >> was quite literally feeding him to death. >> >> > >> -- >> > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > >> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> > >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. >> > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > >> rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> > >> For more options, visit this group >> > >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> >> > > -- >> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > > Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. >> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> > > For more options, visit this group >> > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> >> > -- >> > Bill Connell >> > St. Paul, MN >> >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> > For more options, visit this group >> > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW >Owners Bunch" group. >To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
