For starters chips are not french fries, please don't confuse them.

Hmm. Both are deep fried potatoes.
British chips are however larger than french fries.
I'm old enough to have eaten fish and chips in Britain wrapped in old newspapers.
Some connoisseurs could then even tell what newspaper it was:)

Twenty five years ago a friend of mine was selling stock in a
firm that was shilling a machine that did what this one does.
It did not take off in this area.
(No, I bought no stock.)

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I'm old enough to have eaten fish and chips in Britain wrapped in old newspapers. Some connoisseurs could then even tell what newspaper it was:)

Janne my good man you have redeemed yourself. Actually though, the food was always wrapped first in greaseproof paper then the newspaper. But 'elf 'n safety stepped in by the 1980's and decreed that printing inks were detrimental to health. Nobody actually died from eating fish tainted by the Daily Mail, but one couldn't be too careful considering.

Then they switched to soy based ink just so you could eat your newspaper.

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I'm old enough to have eaten fish and chips in Britain wrapped in old newspapers. Some connoisseurs could then even tell what newspaper it was:)

Janne my good man you have redeemed yourself. Actually though, the food was always wrapped first in greaseproof paper then the newspaper. But 'elf 'n safety stepped in by the 1980's and decreed that printing inks were detrimental to health. Nobody actually died from eating fish tainted by the Daily Mail, but one couldn't be too careful considering.

Then they switched to soy based ink just so you could eat your newspaper.

Most soy is GM, so probably not an improvement ;)

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Most soy is GM, so probably not an improvement

I would agree with possibly but I think it is unfounded conjecture when you say "probably".

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Now for a pizza advertisement, where there just might be some truth in advertising, but not the kind they mean!
http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/eats/domino-launches-fifty-shades-grey-ad-article-1.2094877

The print ad running in Israel reads, “You’re going to suffer and enjoy every moment.”

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Better education rising up or better regulation taking effect?... Or?


Child obesity rates 'levelling off' among under-10s

The rise in childhood obesity, which has left one in three children overweight, may be beginning to level off in the under-10s, a study suggests.

It found a steady rise in the proportion of overweight children in England in 1994-2003, but in the past decade it has remained at about 30%. ... obesity rates among 11- to 15-year-olds are still rising, however.

And Public Health England said there was no room for complacency.

Experts believe that being significantly overweight is responsible for a wide range of health problems...


I wonder how those historical rates compare with the use of corn syrup, sugar, salt, and baby milk powder?...


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That kids are beeing slimed nowadays is very true.
Obesity and computer habits...

With your help, we're looking to open 400 more new drive-thrus over the next 10 years.

What in gods name is a drive-thru? Oh oh I know Miss, its one of those places where people are too fat and lazy to get out of their cars to buy food. Guess where that came from then.

I wouldn't mind so much if they called it a drive-through.

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Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge.

In Florida, South Carolina or Washington DC and other places a parent can be arrested for child neglect if they allow their children to play outside unsupervised, in Florida there is no guidance to what age is considered old enough.

And if you are a single mum working at McDonald's for under $8/hr, in school holidays they don't allow you to take kid to work, and if kid plays out and police arrest you for neglect you loose your job.

I wouldn't mind so much if they called it a drive-through.

Basically it is a car park with a hamburger stand. I object strongly to American fast food joints like McDonalds, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Dunkin Donuts, Baskin Robbins, Starbucks etc, littering the country and lowering the tone of the place.

This is Britain for gods sake, not that decadent obese lazy lot over the pond. Give us our country back, bring back Wimpy bars, milkshake bars, proper coffee bars etc like Costa Coffee. Shame on you J Lyons & co!

2 i's

Lyons

Harrrrumpff

Don't buy their food, and they go out of business. Correct?

Are you really saying British people, if given a choice: Choose American Culture/Food?

American Culture/Food is not a choice for American's. It is for the British.

If American Culture/Food is Inferior: What are you saying about The British People?

Inferior to American's?

:) :) :) :) :)

I'd say it is the usual bitchin' about how there is change and change is bad, horrible, because the dog is too old to learn new tricks. :)

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I'd say it is the usual bitchin' about how there is change and change is bad, horrible, because the dog is too old to learn new tricks. :)

I'd say it is the usual stirring and trolling from you! Change is good else you stagnate, but that does not mean that all change is for the better per se. This old dog brought up on log books and paper and pencil, bought his first computer at age 40 and learned to program it. Went on to become a Computer Support Manager for a 1000 user building, then a part time FE College IT teacher. If you don't embrace change and move with the times, you get left behind.

But beware, old dogs still have most of their teeth and can still inflict nasty bites,

[Kittyman voice on]
Get my drift kiddo?
[Kittyman voice off]

Said as the dentist tells you only one tooth is left, the rest have 40 years of decay and have broken off.

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How many years of Marketing slime have we had promoting this?...


Tobacco 'kills two in three smokers'

... tobacco kills up to two in every three smokers not one in every two, data from a large study suggests.

The study tracked more than 200,000 Australian smokers and non-smokers above the age of 45 over six years. Mortality risk went up with cigarette use, BMC Medicine reports.

Smoking 10 cigarettes a day doubled the risk, while 20-a-day smokers were four to five times more likely to die.

"It's a real concern that the devastation caused by smoking may be even greater than we previously thought" - George Butterworth Cancer Research UK tobacco policy manager

Although someone who smokes could lead a long life, their habit makes this less likely.

Smoking increases the risk of a multitude of health problems...



Any comment needed?!

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HOW MUCH sugar and food colouring can you drink?!


'Energy drinks' should be banned for under-16s, charity says

... The team surveyed the nutritional labels of 197 drinks found in supermarkets and online. One had up to 10 teaspoons of sugar per 250ml, twice as much as others surveyed. It is thought teenagers get 30% of their sugar from soft drinks...

... "Children are being deceived into drinking large cans of this stuff, thinking they are going to improve their performance at school, during sports, or even on a night out.

"In reality all they are doing is increasing their risk of developing obesity or type 2 diabetes which will have lifelong implications on their health...


And we pathetically allow such unhealthy deception?...


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And we pathetically allow such unhealthy deception?...

What deception?

Anyway... Just give people the information, and they make a good or bad choice.

Correct?

Not correct, because most people don't have the education to make an informed opinion.

If people did, then the manufactures wouldn't make the products in the first place.

How many people know that fructose is worse for you that sugar?

How many people realise the artificial sweeteners fulfill the desire for things sweet but fail to satisfy the hunger, so that they end up eating more than they should?

How many people know that fructose is worse for you that sugar?

How many people know that fructose is sugar?

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Not correct, because most people don't have the education to make an informed opinion.

No... Your Education [sic] does not make you Superior to anyone.

You are showing Elitists Superiority at its worst.

What do you 'think' of, and describe The People?

The Masses, Peasants, The Great Unwashed, etc. Probably something negative. Who need Better Educated (AKA Superior) People, like you, to make their lives better, and STOP them from...

I thought we had evolved from this primitive thinking.

I was stating a fact not an opinion.

If you based two questions of the facts I placed before you, and they were asked to a random selection of over a thousand people in the US or Europe how many could answer both correctly?

If you based two questions of the facts I placed before you, and they were asked to a random selection of over a thousand people in the US or Europe how many could answer both correctly?

Depends, if the question were: Is the sky blue and Does the sun set in the west, you might get over 50% to give a correct answer, but if the questions were does MMR vaccine cause autism and what is the spin of a Fermion, I doubt you would find many correct answers.

It is the issue with democracy vs. representative government and why layers of bureaucrats are required.

Must everything be only as smart as the dumbest person?

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All a question of posture?...


The art of before-and-after...

Before-and-after adverts, showing pictures of people... feature in thousands of magazines...

... So how long did it take for the man and woman on the left to turn into those on the right?

Just under two hours...



Looks like a better personal posture can do far more far better for yourself than any of the very heavily Marketed cosmetic snake-oil products...!


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