remember, kids, Discrimination starts with a (D)

[ark steel]

hahaha. I will add i haven't cost anyone a dime in 30 years. All injuries I've rehabbed myself. Stitches and cast came out of pocket. I am batting 100% when coming to training others as well(thousands) on injury rate. My motto is do no harm. Of course what they do to themselves in sport or at home is out of my hands..haha. At what point do we then start suing our neighbors for costing us too much money ? I could see that starting in California. The great socialist utopia.

I know someone whose wife is doing more than her fair share of increasing the costs.

 

[IndySteel]

There should be a Stupidity Tax on all liberals.

 

[oneforthebus]

Those trends will reverse eventually..haha. My son made 3 trips to the ER over the last 10 years between getting cracked in the head with a baseball bat(looked like he was in a UFC fight and took an elbow to the orbital bone ) and his dumb skateboard antics that broke his foot and compound sprained the ankle a few times each leg.

Mine are 14 and 11. Knock on wood, illnesses are almost non-existent now but my son fractured his pinkie last year in a pillow fight. Between the x-ray, splinting and follow ups with the ortho that injury alone probably cost more than my hubby's healthcare and mine combined. And that's just a fractured pinkie, lol.

 

[Yinzerlyn]

Dare I ask HOW he fractured his pinkie in a PILLOW FIGHT???

 

[oneforthebus]

Dare I ask HOW he fractured his pinkie in a PILLOW FIGHT???

Ok, technically it was a "sofa cushion" fight.

 

[Yinzerlyn]

Ok, technically it was a "sofa cushion" fight.

That isn't much better....lol.

 

[oneforthebus]

That isn't much better....lol.

Nope, lol...I wasn't in the room at the time, I can only assume it was a pretty good whack.

 

[Steelr4evr]

Mine are 14 and 11. Knock on wood, illnesses are almost non-existent now but my son fractured his pinkie last year in a pillow fight. Between the x-ray, splinting and follow ups with the ortho that injury alone probably cost more than my hubby's healthcare and mine combined. And that's just a fractured pinkie, lol.

Good grief. I dislocated my pinky 10 years ago from a football bouncing up from the street hit the tip and put the bone over under,not sideways. I pulled it back in place myself,iced it wrapped it and rehabbed it. Good as new in 8 weeks. Of course i was really lucky to not have torn those tiny ligaments. I also broke my left hand in 3 places (3 of 4 metacarpals) when i was 11. Just a hand wrap&forearm molded brace to keep it in place. No cast, no pins and it healed fine. That suckered was black blue yellow and twice the size of a normal hand and fingers. I woke up thinking they would have to cut my hand off the day after i did it..haha

 

[oneforthebus]

Good grief. I dislocated my pinky 10 years ago from a football bouncing up from the street hit the tip and put the bone over under,not sideways. I pulled it back in place myself,iced it wrapped it and rehabbed it. Good as new in 8 weeks. Of course i was really lucky to not have torn those tiny ligaments. I also broke my left hand in 3 places (3 of 4 metacarpals) when i was 11. Just a hand wrap&forearm molded brace to keep it in place. No cast, no pins and it healed fine. That suckered was black blue yellow and twice the size of a normal hand and fingers. I woke up thinking they would have to cut my hand off the day after i did it..haha

Yeah, when it comes to my kids I'm not willing to risk permanent damage, especially to something like a hand. That's why we have health insurance.

 

[Yinzerlyn]

Nope, lol...I wasn't in the room at the time, I can only assume it was a pretty good whack.

I shouldn't make fun of that, seeing as how I broke my wrist last year doing a cartwheel....

 

[oneforthebus]

I shouldn't make fun of that, seeing as how I broke my wrist last year doing a cartwheel....

That's right! Glass houses.

 

[Tim Steelersfan]

I shouldn't make fun of that, seeing as how I broke my wrist last year doing a cartwheel....

We're not interested in hearing about your perverted late-night sexual acts that have lead to bodily harm.

Well, Supe is.

 

[Ron Burgundy]

We're not interested in hearing about your perverted late-night sexual acts that have lead to bodily harm.

Well, Supe is.

Ron Burgundy also.

 

[Superman]

supe was picturing lyn in a catholic school girl outfit leading cheers.

 

[Steelr4evr]

I shouldn't make fun of that, seeing as how I broke my wrist last year doing a cartwheel....

I had a client tear her hamstring doing a cartwheel for her daughters friends. She was early 40's and had not done one in oh 20 years or so..haha. No warmup,no stretching,no prior conditioning....pop.

 

[Troglodyte]

If anything, they should tax junk food, not just restaurants, but groceries. Obese poor people are expensive to the tax payer.

 

[oneforthebus]

If anything, they should tax junk food, not just restaurants, but groceries. Obese poor people are expensive to the tax payer.

This is a ridiculous idea. What constitutes "junk food"? Calories? Fat content? Sugar? Cheese has a lot of calories and fat, is that junk food? So do avocados. Apples, oranges and bananas are quite high in sugar. Salmon is quite high in fat. Is "reduced fat" cheese which is full of chemicals and fillers more or less junky than real cheese? Is diet soda filled with chemicals ok, but regular soda filled with sugar and calories not ok? Wait a minute, some 100% natural juices are filled with calories too! Are they "junk foods"?

Who gets to make all of these decisions? How do you think they make them now? Do ya think lobbyists have anything to do with which foods are currently considered terrible for you and which are considered healthy?

The idea that we can reduce obesity by deciding which foods cause it is ludicrous.

Do you think that being fat might actually have more to do with how much you eat than what you eat? Do we really want the government choosing for us which foods are ok to eat and which aren't?

 

[hamster]

I think they should tax masturbation.

 

[ark steel]

This is a ridiculous idea. What constitutes "junk food"? Calories? Fat content? Sugar? Cheese has a lot of calories and fat, is that junk food? So do avocados. Apples, oranges and bananas are quite high in sugar. Salmon is quite high in fat. Is "reduced fat" cheese which is full of chemicals and fillers more or less junky than real cheese? Is diet soda filled with chemicals ok, but regular soda filled with sugar and calories not ok? Wait a minute, some 100% natural juices are filled with calories too! Are they "junk foods"?

Who gets to make all of these decisions? How do you think they make them now? Do ya think lobbyists have anything to do with which foods are currently considered terrible for you and which are considered healthy?

The idea that we can reduce obesity by deciding which foods cause it is ludicrous.

Do you think that being fat might actually have more to do with how much you eat than what you eat? Do we really want the government choosing for us which foods are ok to eat and which aren't?

Correct, we need to stop using the tax code to coerce and manipulate people.

 

[Troglodyte]

This is a ridiculous idea. What constitutes "junk food"? Calories? Fat content? Sugar? Cheese has a lot of calories and fat, is that junk food? So do avocados. Apples, oranges and bananas are quite high in sugar. Salmon is quite high in fat. Is "reduced fat" cheese which is full of chemicals and fillers more or less junky than real cheese? Is diet soda filled with chemicals ok, but regular soda filled with sugar and calories not ok? Wait a minute, some 100% natural juices are filled with calories too! Are they "junk foods"?

Who gets to make all of these decisions? How do you think they make them now? Do ya think lobbyists have anything to do with which foods are currently considered terrible for you and which are considered healthy?

The idea that we can reduce obesity by deciding which foods cause it is ludicrous.

Do you think that being fat might actually have more to do with how much you eat than what you eat? Do we really want the government choosing for us which foods are ok to eat and which aren't?

Really? It's fairly easy to identify junk food. Dietitians and health nuts aren't rocket scientist.

I don't care about reducing obesity, I want the fat ***** to pay for their own morbidity.

Being fat had to do with both what and how much people it.

Taxes have had a hell of an impact on tobacco usage.

 

[Yinzerlyn]

supe was picturing lyn in a catholic school girl outfit leading cheers.

Try jeans, a motorcycle benefit ride long sleeved t shirt, and Chuck Taylors....saying "YES!!! I can still do a cartwheel at 40!" That's more accurate.

 

[Superman]

Try jeans, a motorcycle benefit ride long sleeved t shirt, and Chuck Taylors....saying "YES!!! I can still do a cartwheel at 40!" That's more accurate.

no. you were in this. stop ******* **** up.

 

[Yinzerlyn]

If that's what you want to believe, then more power to you!!!!

 

[Superman]

Really? It's fairly easy to identify junk food. Dietitians and health nuts aren't rocket scientist.

I don't care about reducing obesity, I want the fat ***** to pay for their own morbidity.

Being fat had to do with both what and how much people it.

Taxes have had a hell of an impact on tobacco usage.

what she is getting at is by stating that your assertion to tax junk food will most likely incur additional fees and costs, as there will undoubtedly be a committee set up to examine the short and long term effects of ____ food products, the content, where and how it is distributed, by whom, their employment make-up to include sex, race, age and insurance benefits, as well as emissions put into the environment from producing the product, let alone how it effects human cells when ingested and how the human body expels this product. so taxing something in this day and age isn't quite as simple as running a bill through the appropriate channels, getting votes, etc. taxing something (anything) now means more government and we have to pay for that "new and needed" office.

no. let people make their own decisions on what to eat. if someone eats nothing but crisco, then chances are better than good that they will soon not be a burden on society with their ill-advised diet.

if a person is deemed healthy, but goes on a binge of eating ice-cream, pies, pizzas and other unhealthy foods, should that person incur an additional tax on top of sales tax to purchase those? because eating that **** consistently without exercising leads to weight gain. but say there is a doctor prescribed diet for someone to gain weight that consists of intaking a large amount of foods that "healthy" people would frown upon. should that person be taxed?

if taxes had such a drastic impact on tobacco use, then by your logic, we'd not see anyone smoking.

 

[Hineswardkickedurpanzyass]

This is a ridiculous idea. What constitutes "junk food"? Calories? Fat content? Sugar? Cheese has a lot of calories and fat, is that junk food? So do avocados. Apples, oranges and bananas are quite high in sugar. Salmon is quite high in fat. Is "reduced fat" cheese which is full of chemicals and fillers more or less junky than real cheese? Is diet soda filled with chemicals ok, but regular soda filled with sugar and calories not ok? Wait a minute, some 100% natural juices are filled with calories too! Are they "junk foods"?

Who gets to make all of these decisions? How do you think they make them now? Do ya think lobbyists have anything to do with which foods are currently considered terrible for you and which are considered healthy?

The idea that we can reduce obesity by deciding which foods cause it is ludicrous.

Do you think that being fat might actually have more to do with how much you eat than what you eat? Do we really want the government choosing for us which foods are ok to eat and which aren't?

You are such a dumbass, all we need is to have Michelle O tell us what is good for us. The damn government knows what we need. Why do u attempt to fight facts? I am so tired of people attempting to fight the government which is just trying to help!!,!