tag:sillytoe.blog.co.uk,2009-11-12:/Just stuff I have read somewhere. Be it on the internet, in a magazine or even in the loo. MokoFeed2009-11-12T08:45:18+01:00tag:sillytoe.blog.co.uk,2006-08-13:/2006/08/11/a_weighty_issue~1032920/#c1522197jojo522006-08-13T15:44:55+02:002006-08-13T15:44:55+02:00I work for the NHS and every day I see facts and figures that are really very scary. The proportion of obese people increases by age group as the age lowers. There is a big problem somewhere down the line.tag:sillytoe.blog.co.uk,2006-08-13:/2006/08/11/a_weighty_issue~1032920/#c1522184jojo522006-08-13T15:41:19+02:002006-08-13T15:41:19+02:00Studies tend to show that men do judge women on appearance so I guess there is little hope for a change in attitude to image but there is always room for improvement in the way the media handles it. Sorry, no, that should read not much room for improvement.tag:sillytoe.blog.co.uk,2006-08-13:/2006/08/11/a_weighty_issue~1032920/#c1520620deleted user2006-08-13T07:19:29+02:002006-08-13T07:19:29+02:00I have to agree with you, it should be all about health, photographs of anorexic ill looking women is bad, who wants osteoperosis in later life, that's not sexy is it, but then so is making "fat" acceptable and even attractive, anyone who suffers with obesity knows it is not all laughs, with the risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease stress on joints and back problems , not to mention the small niggling things like heartburn and just how difficult it is to exercise and besides not all fat women may be blessed with a pretty face aswell like the women on that programme. I see many overweight children and teenagers everyday worrying trend for the future health of that generation. What needs to be promoted is healthy sizes, but that is not ever going to be fashionable. Charlotte church is a healthy looking size, but she is slated in magazines as fat and greedy...what kind of message is that to children? In their mind food becomes a sin and so begins cycles of eating disorders.tag:sillytoe.blog.co.uk,2006-08-12:/2006/08/11/a_weighty_issue~1032920/#c1516373adamantixx2006-08-12T00:26:20+02:002006-08-12T00:26:20+02:00is there a hope of tackling the image issue when so many millions of pounds and dollars are spent perpetuating it? the media puts way too much pressure on women when it comes to physical appearance. tag:sillytoe.blog.co.uk,2006-08-12:/2006/08/11/a_weighty_issue~1032920/#c1516293jojo522006-08-12T00:01:03+02:002006-08-12T00:01:03+02:00Of course the most iconic sex symbol of the last century was a size 16.<br> <br> I don't for moment think that it will suddenly encourage hundreds of girls to be overweight but unforunately obesity is becoming a serious problem in spite of this. I just feel that here we are focusing on image again and that is what is a real problem - if we could tackle that then I would consider that a very much more positive step forward. tag:sillytoe.blog.co.uk,2006-08-11:/2006/08/11/a_weighty_issue~1032920/#c1516230adamantixx2006-08-11T23:42:46+02:002006-08-11T23:42:46+02:00not only did i watch that show but i've just posted a blog about it too, i don't think that it encouraged girls to be overweight, rather that they could still be attractive if they happened to be above size 14. i disagree with anybody judging others on appearances but sadly, it happens the world over on a daily basis.tag:sillytoe.blog.co.uk,2006-07-21:/2006/02/23/more_thoughts_on_friendship~587984/#c1404627visitor II2006-07-21T08:47:38+02:002006-07-21T08:47:38+02:00notsospecial<br> <br> Ya, am visiting from outer space.tag:sillytoe.blog.co.uk,2006-07-19:/2006/07/19/the_battle_of_the_sexes~972169/#c1396841jojo522006-07-19T22:13:15+02:002006-07-19T22:13:15+02:00Only too true!tag:sillytoe.blog.co.uk,2006-07-19:/2006/07/19/the_battle_of_the_sexes~972169/#c13963652006-07-19T21:02:00+02:002006-07-19T21:02:00+02:00those were great, true //and// funnytag:sillytoe.blog.co.uk,2006-04-09:/2006/04/09/what_women_want~714196/#c938980varshakale2006-04-09T13:17:53+02:002006-04-09T13:17:53+02:00I have just subscribed to your blog. Will give my detail reaction after a while as I gottogo now..tag:sillytoe.blog.co.uk,2006-04-07:/2006/04/07/the_killer_bunny~709441/#c932038jojo522006-04-07T15:34:16+02:002006-04-07T15:34:16+02:00I think you'll get away with it on the ear front. <br> <br> I shall certainly be visiting, as I often do. I don't always speak but I am listening!<br> tag:sillytoe.blog.co.uk,2006-04-07:/2006/04/07/the_killer_bunny~709441/#c930586skip24682006-04-07T10:45:31+02:002006-04-07T10:45:31+02:00Strangely I have one ear smaller than the other - lol<br> <br> See you at my Blog sometime - I hopetag:sillytoe.blog.co.uk,2006-03-30:/2006/02/23/more_thoughts_on_friendship~587984/#c895577jojo522006-03-30T22:22:50+02:002006-03-30T22:22:50+02:00It may well be a better place, an ideal world.....tag:sillytoe.blog.co.uk,2006-03-30:/2006/02/23/more_thoughts_on_friendship~587984/#c895534notsospecial2006-03-30T22:13:46+02:002006-03-30T22:13:46+02:00visitor II<br> Are you visiting from outta space?tag:sillytoe.blog.co.uk,2006-03-30:/2006/02/23/more_thoughts_on_friendship~587984/#c893109jojo522006-03-30T15:00:50+02:002006-03-30T15:00:50+02:00I would have a agreed with you when I was much younger I suspect but after the collapse of my first marriage my views on many things changed. Sex is made too much of in my opinion and there are other things that relationships, marriage and friendship alike, need far more than sex. I have discovered that a marriage that does not provide companionship is far more empty and desolate than celibacy.tag:sillytoe.blog.co.uk,2006-03-30:/2006/02/23/more_thoughts_on_friendship~587984/#c892392visitor II2006-03-30T12:51:06+02:002006-03-30T12:51:06+02:00Yes, within marriage and not before. It makes sense.tag:sillytoe.blog.co.uk,2006-03-29:/2006/03/28/loneliness~681816/#c890199jojo522006-03-29T21:59:44+02:002006-03-29T21:59:44+02:00Now that sounds like a fine idea :)tag:sillytoe.blog.co.uk,2006-03-29:/2006/02/23/more_thoughts_on_friendship~587984/#c889255jojo522006-03-29T18:41:33+02:002006-03-29T18:41:33+02:00The article was about two single people I believe, or are you suggesting that sex is only permissable within marriage and not before.tag:sillytoe.blog.co.uk,2006-03-29:/2006/02/23/more_thoughts_on_friendship~587984/#c889124visitor II2006-03-29T18:20:40+02:002006-03-29T18:20:40+02:00Sex is simply for husband and wife only.Period. :(tag:sillytoe.blog.co.uk,2006-03-29:/2006/03/28/loneliness~681816/#c889080visitor II2006-03-29T18:12:26+02:002006-03-29T18:12:26+02:00Ya, the Van Gogh quote. Let's put up Blazing Hearth Club. Lol.tag:sillytoe.blog.co.uk,2006-03-29:/2006/03/28/loneliness~681816/#c886546jojo522006-03-29T09:48:45+02:002006-03-29T09:48:45+02:00Yes it must be very hard sometimes with much to offer and nobody to offer it to. I did think about you when I was writing this post, and I realised how many people there are around me. One of those count my blessings moments.tag:sillytoe.blog.co.uk,2006-03-29:/2006/03/28/loneliness~681816/#c886535jojo522006-03-29T09:45:22+02:002006-03-29T09:45:22+02:00I think the computer is a lifeline for so many people these days. It has certainly been a good friend for me over the last couple of years and I'm sure I would have gone out of my mind without it. I find it interesting that technology that was feared to further isolate people from social intercourse has provided so many socially isolated people with a lifeline to humanity. You are never quite alone when there is someone else blogging! tag:sillytoe.blog.co.uk,2006-03-29:/2006/03/28/loneliness~681816/#c886337lee9542006-03-29T08:28:01+02:002006-03-29T08:28:01+02:00I find it difficult being on my own at times, but it's all I've ever known. I loved the Van Gogh quote though...it perfectly sums up my situation.tag:sillytoe.blog.co.uk,2006-03-29:/2006/03/28/loneliness~681816/#c8856802006-03-29T00:13:43+02:002006-03-29T00:13:43+02:00I've become so used to being alone all day that I've gone past the loneliness thing. Over the years I have cut down so much on social stuff. Being married means there's always someone physically there even if they are not emotionally there. This year it was rough over Christmas but I broke through it. If my PC died it would be a struggle though I guess.<br> And books help. Thank God for my eyes! *warm hug*tag:sillytoe.blog.co.uk,2006-03-02:/2006/03/02/another_plucking_good_idea~606908/#c765345jojo522006-03-02T18:02:38+01:002006-03-02T18:02:38+01:00http://www.newscientist.com/channel/info-tech/dn8786.html<br> <br> Sounds very cool doesn't it but not sure how soon it's going to make an appearance!tag:sillytoe.blog.co.uk,2006-03-02:/2006/03/02/another_plucking_good_idea~606908/#c7651572006-03-02T17:25:07+01:002006-03-02T17:25:07+01:00show me the link for this pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeese......<br> <br> I want one, gotta have it......!!!<br> <br> Gtag:sillytoe.blog.co.uk,2006-02-18:/2006/02/16/love~567521/#c710668jojo522006-02-18T16:25:39+01:002006-02-18T16:25:39+01:00Sounds about right re sprogs, mine are 16 and 22 and 'tolerate' is my boy all over. The girlie is younger but considerably the most mature member of our household!<br> <br> I was pondering the different kinds of meaning we apply to the word love after a conversation with a friend about lust. Still it is a nice train of thought to be riding. tag:sillytoe.blog.co.uk,2006-02-17:/2006/02/16/love~567521/#c708908LadyLucy2006-02-17T23:52:51+01:002006-02-17T23:52:51+01:00my cat loves me regardless, even IF I'm out of wet cat food and she has to have kibble. Hubby and I are growing increasingly cranky together so we recognise each other's faults Aged P loves me whatever, the hardest love to bear as I am NO WAY faultless. He lives on the other side of the "pond" so I'm forever young in his eyes. Kids love me because... they are expected? to?? Son tolerates me, daughter is becoming more sympathetic of what feminine love entails (sprogs are 21 and 19 respectively)<br> Interesting thought processes set in train there, thanks for that!tag:sillytoe.blog.co.uk,2006-02-01:/2006/01/25/root_bound~504900/#c638863jojo522006-02-01T21:47:17+01:002006-02-01T21:47:17+01:00For many perhaps there isn't!tag:sillytoe.blog.co.uk,2006-02-01:/2006/01/30/short_on_brain_cells_anyone~521091/#c638856jojo522006-02-01T21:46:22+01:002006-02-01T21:46:22+01:00Well I suppose he would still have had a tough decision as half the audience would probably be women!