One difference between Europe and the US

[jaguar]

Photoshopped?

There is an element of truth in it, I've seen 2 fat people in Switzerland. England doesn't count though, that's full of fatasses.

[wolf]

They hunger to be Americans.

(My jeans have a little "Made in Vietnam" label sewn into them. This is a long way away from clothes that I bought throughout most of my life with the "I.L.G.W.U." label. Yes, the one you were supposed to look for.)

[DanaC]

"I.L.G.W.U"
What does that stand for?

England doesn't count though, that's full of fatasses.

No fair! We are not......although....it does depend on *where* in England you are thinking of....

Actually, on a semi serious note it is very worrying how many British kids are now morbidly obese. We havent reached the levels I hear of for America but we arent so far behind.. I have seen the change occur around me at quite an accelerated rate. I recall when I was at school some 17 years ago there were maybe two or three ( at most) seriously overweight children in the average school of several hundred pupils. Now there are usually at least that and often more in each class within that school. Thats a hell of an increase.

.....I am one of those fortunate people who can eat pretty much anything and doesnt put weight on....course my arteries are probably so furry I will drop dead at 40 .....Funny thing though. I have heard people comment upon the dietary habits of people with serious weight problems and often the people commenting lead such unhealthy lives and have such unhealthy eating habits that it often strikes me as unfair and hypocritical. *chuckles* I had a friend who once waxxed lyrical for half an hour ( in response to a news report on TV about the addictive nature of fatty foods ) as to why obesity was just a matter of lack of willpower on the part of the "fatty" yet that same friend would happily munch his way through a smallish mountain of junkfood, protected by his genetic makeup and speedy metabolism from ever having to diet or even be particularly conscious of what he ate.

I know I dont have a leg to stand on that issue because I comfort eat...I eat when bored...I over eat, I eat too many fatty foods I take too much sugar in my drinks and have too many of them....The exercise I get is mainly accidental...the natural byproduct of having a large dog to walk.... There but for the grace of God go I.....Really with so many of our citizens in the UK and the USA dying young unnecessarily a new attitude needs to be fostered which moves away from this "serves ya right" attitude.

[wolf]

Originally posted by DanaC
"I.L.G.W.U"
What does that stand for?

International Ladies Garment Worker's Union.

Of course, not all of the Garment Workers were Ladies.

And they also made clothes for men.

But they had a catchy song.

I.L.G.W.U. History.

They merged with a second union in 1995 to form the Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees.

[DanaC]

That was fascinating! Thanks Wolf. I hadnt realised how much of a role women played in the labour struggles of the beginning of the 20th century in America. It reminded me a little of the matchgirls atthe end of the 19th cdentury. Its one of the few female led strikes I can recall from my own country's history

Matchgirls