Pretty much. I’m not sure I totally buy into that it’s much of an increase though. Or people would be dropping like flies.

I think the bigger issues is just being generally overweight. The percentage of overweight people is crazy, regardless of their jobs.

I’m 55 and not to be an old man and say “in the old days”, but in the old days, when I was growing up. I knew ONE overweight person. Yeah, just one. It just wasn’t common. Look at pics from the 1970’s, and you just won’t see a whole lot of overweight people.

Now? Everywhere I look. I’m sure more office workers have added to that, but that doesn’t account for everyone.

I work in an elementary school. And I was sitting at lunch just looking around and thinking about it. Teachers are actually pretty active. Lots of walking around the classroom. Very little sit down time in an elementary school.

Me and two others are fit. Rest are all overweight. How did this happen?!

Ok, rant over. Just got me to thinking. :)

Hey, I’d trade my bod for your youth any day, friend!! :) The only way I accept being older is I’m thinking I’ll try to just morph into “old man viking warrior.” The only way being old will be acceptable. haha

Thanks! It’s def tricky staying lean at my age.

But I’ve been working it pretty hard lately cuz going to Vegas with my girl next week. So I wanna look good for all the selfies we’ll be taking. haha

If not careful, I’d be the evil “skinny-fat” in no time. I’d look like an egg with toothpicks for arms and toothpicks for legs. Which, in my mind, is worse than just being overweight! lol

Really? And here I am trying to figure out how to live forever!

No, don’t do that. Stress is bad for the heart too! lol

Kudos to all the great techs and programmers who built this and the ones that still work with it. Amazing piece of technology!

Lighter one today, cuz I’m tired af.

This is awesome! Thanks for going into so much detail! I wish there were more posts like this.

Ok, ended up doing this last night, after my usual workout time. It was about 10 pm. Took me an hour and 15 minutes. Totally sucked. But I was watching tv while working out so make the time go easier.

Arms were trashed. And still feel trashed today! lol

Good points! I should have remembered telemarketing, I actually did that for 3 years! But two years in office, covid let us do it from home.

I’m surprised to hear a phone for $100 referred to as cheap.

Fair point. That was the cheapest I could find one that did GPS, cam/vid, and have some apps on it. I do have a crappy flipphone for $30, but I found out that girls I date like to text. A lot. So texting/sending pics/vids was something I found I needed.

But yeah, my gf has a $1,000 iPhone. I’m like wtf! lol

Good to know. I may have to revisit this idea.

In your experience, is making your own bread cheaper than just buying bread? Or do you do it for the love of making your own bread?

I like the idea of it, but if it ends up being more expensive anyway, I don’t really wanna do it. It’s just so easy to buy a loaf of bread at the store.

But I also like the idea of making some tasty bread and mixing in some protein powder so I could have protein bread. lol

I’ll look into that. It gets quite cold here in the winter, but we have a LOT of sunny days.

I actually had to drop a huge chunk of my savings on a new water heater last year, so this could def be something I’ll look into so I can plan ahead. Thank you!

We need this in my city. I recently got a very inexpensive e-bike and it will be perfect for this. But they are just now putting in decent bike lanes here. And the drivers here pretty much hate on bikes pretty regularly. lol

Love this.

This is an older post, but I wanted to add my thoughts since I recently joined slrpnk.

I work in an elementary school, and while I think homeschooling is a great concept, I also believe it should be paired with regular schooling.

I work with 2nd and 3rd graders, and one of the most important things I see them learning isn’t just academics—it’s social interaction. In the cafeteria, I’ve watched kids handle being excluded, figuring out how to blend in, or learning to stay away from certain situations. In the classroom, they have to navigate being paired with deskmates they might not like or deal with someone who talks too much. These are subtle but incredibly valuable experiences. I’ve noticed that adults who struggle socially often lack these skills. Public school, in my opinion, is an important training ground for navigating social life.

When it comes to academics, I think the foundations provided by schools are solid, but they could be enhanced at home. I wish there was an option where kids could attend school for half the day and then be homeschooled for the other half. That way, they’d get the best of both worlds—social learning from school and personalized education at home.

In my classroom, there are 26 students, one teacher, and me, a teacher’s aide. Even with both of us, it’s tough to give each child the individual attention they need. On top of that, most parents in my area don’t make sure their kids complete homework, even when we reach out to them directly. Homework often goes undone.

So, I think a combination of homeschooling and traditional schooling could be a great solution. But the key is parental involvement, which is sorely lacking these days.

Did you ever find an answer this? Maybe we should start our on community here?

Note: this is an old text (2012) but I just stumbled into it and found it was still relevant.

Yep, and unfortunately it’s gonna keep being relevant for a while yet.

I realize this is an older post, but I just now found it. I’m actually using this this textbook resource right now as a result of your post. Thank you!