National Chicken Lady Day 2024 is on Monday, November 4, 2024: in the old days people was not fat?

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The monetary cost of food in the US has gone down dramatically. Partly this is due to importing foods from other countries, and partly this is due to modern methods of food production.

In addition, our average physical exertion has gone way down, unless we specifically take steps to incorporate extra physical activity. For instance, when I was a kid (from about age 8 or 9 to 15 or so), my mother would hand me a grocery list and some money or a signed check, and tell me to go get some groceries. I walked several blocks to and from the store, and I did this about three times a week. I also walked to and from school, rain or shine, almost every school day. I didn't take the bus, I wasn't driven, if it was raining I wore a rain coat and carried an umbrella. Just about every other kid in my age group did this, too. When we got home, we generally were told to go play outside, and we rode bikes or played sports or otherwise did physical activities for fun. Today, most kids are driven to school, either in a car or school bus. And when they get home, they sit down and use electronic entertainment.

But don't be so quick to judge who is actually able to be physically active. Back when I was a kid, most people with physical or mental disabilities were mostly kept inside the house, if they weren't confined to some sort of institution. Nowadays, people with disabilities are much more likely to be mainstreamed, which means that the woman you saw who was waiting to get a power chair would not have been out in public, she would have been kept either at home (in a chair or bed for most of the day) or put in an institution (and again be in a chair or bed for most of the day). There were problems in the old days, they were just kept hidden.

And back when I was a kid, I didn't know ANYONE who grew most or all of their own food. I was raised in the suburbs, and while some of our friends and neighbors had vegetable gardens, most people bought their food from supermarkets.

Edit: Don Darkeau, the US had food rationing in at least WWII. My grandmother told me about how she made certain recipes without sugar or flour, because those foods were rationed. In addition, Americans were urged to have "meatless, wheatless, and sweetless" days each week, so that those foodstuffs could be sent to the troops. Sweets basically meant desserts made with sugar...but honey wasn't rationed, and honey candies and other sweets were not rationed. Even though there is no longer a national need for this, I usually observe one meatless, one wheatless, and one sweetless day each week. I think that it's good discipline, and it makes me think about what I'm eating. If I'm eating out, then I switch days, if I can't find something that fits the requirements.

Most restaurant portions (and this includes fast food) are far bigger than what dieticians recommend. I used to eat at a fish & chips franchise on a regular basis, telling myself that fish is healthy, and so is chicken. Well, both are healthy forms of protein when they aren't batter dipped and deep fried. Plus, the platter I usually chose had more than 1200 Calories in it...which is about what my whole daily intake of Calories should be. If I added a non-diet soda to that meal, then I might exceed my recommended daily caloric intake on that one meal. And, of course, this applies to most restaurant meals. For instance, I'm supposed to eat about 2-4 ounces of meat at a meal. However, if I go to a steakhouse, usually the smallest steak they have is a full 8 ounces. The baked potato is also about four times as much as I'm supposed to eat at one meal. There's a country cooking franchise that advertises a chicken fried steak "so big that it needs its own plate!", which means that it's huge. Now, teenagers, especially male teens, need a lot of calories, especially if they're active. But most adults don't. Bagels and muffins used to be about half their current size. This brings me back to the first part of my answer...we can now buy an enormous amount of food for a lower cost, for most foods. Some foods are rarer and costlier, but not many.

Good Jokes for 10pts?

here's a joke: ur boss!

knock knock

who's there

ur boss

ur boss who

exactly!!

When you take a long time, you're slow.

When your boss takes a long time, he's thorough.

When you don't do it, you're lazy.

When your boss doesn't do it, he's too busy.

When you make a mistake, you're an idiot.

When your boss makes a mistake, he's only human.

When doing something without being told, you're overstepping your authority.

When your boss does the same thing, that's initiative.

When you take a stand, you're being bull-headed.

When your boss does it, he's being firm.

When you overlooked a rule of etiquette, you're being rude.

When your boss skips a few rules, he's being original.

When you please your boss, you're apple polishing.

When your boss pleases his boss, he's being co-operative.

When you're out of the office, you're wandering around.

When your boss is out of the office, he's on business.

When you're on a day off sick, you're always sick.

When your boss is a day off sick, he must be very ill.

When you apply for vacation, you must be going for an interview.

When your boss applies for vacation, it's because he's

overworked.

A farmer goes out one day and buys a brand new stud rooster for his chicken coop. The rooster struts over to the old rooster and says, "OK, old fart, time to retire."

The old rooster replies, "Come on, you can't handle ALL these chickens. Look what it's done to me. Can't you just let me have the two old hens over in the corner?"

The young rooster says, "Beat it! You're washed up and I'm taking over."

The old rooster says "I'll tell you what, young stud, I'll race you around the farmhouse. Whoever wins gets exclusive domain over the entire chicken coop."

The young rooster laughs, "You know you don't stand a chance old man, so just to be fair, I'll give you a head start."

The old rooster takes off running. About 15 seconds later the young rooster takes off after him. They round the front of the farmhouse and the young rooster has closed the gap. He's already about 5 inches behind the old rooster and gaining fast.

The farmer, meanwhile, is sitting on the front porch when he sees the roosters running by, one right behind the other. He grabs his shotgun and BOOM! -- he blows the young rooster to bits.

The farmer sadly shakes his head, "Damn...third gay rooster I've bought this month."

The National Poetry Contest had come down to two, a Yale graduate and a redneck from Texas. They were given a word, then allowed two minutes to study the word and come up with a poem that contained the word. The word they were given was “Timbuktu.”

First to recite his poem was the Yale graduate. He stepped to the microphone and said:

Slowly across the desert sand

Trekked a lonely caravan;

Men on camels, two by two

Destination Timbuktu.

The crowd went crazy! No way could the redneck top that, they thought. The redneck calmly made his way to the microphone and recited:

Me and Tim a huntin’ went.

Met three whores in a pop up tent.

They was three, and we was two,

So I bucked one, and Timbuktu.

There were three little old ladies sitting on a park bench having a quiet conversation when a flasher approached from across the park. The flasher came up to the ladies, stood right in front of them and opened his trench coat.

The first lady immediately had a stroke.

Then the second lady also had a stroke.

But the third lady, being older and more feeble, couldn't reach that far.

Two strangers are sitting in an adjacent seats in airplane.

One guy says to the other, "Let's talk. I hear that the flight will go faster if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger."

The other guy, who had just opened a good book, closes it slowly, takes off his glasses and asks, "What would you like to discuss?"

The first guy says, "Oh, I don't know; how about nuclear power?"

The other guy says, "OK, that could make for some pretty interesting conversation. But let me ask you a question first:

"A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff, but the deer excretes pellets, the cow, big patties, and the horse, clumps of dried grass. Why is that?"

The first guy says, "I don't know."

The other guy says, "Oh? Well then, do you really think you're qualified to discuss Nuclear Power when you don't know shit?"

These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts, and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters who had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place.

Q: Are you sexually active?

A: No, I just lie there.

__________________________________

Q: What is your date of birth?

A: July 15th.

Q: What year?

A: Every year. __________________________________

Q: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?

A: Gucci sweats and Reeboks. _______________________________________

Q: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?

A: Yes.

Q: And in what ways does it affect your memory?

A: I forget.

Q: You forget? Can you give us an example of something that you've forgotten? _____________________________________ Q: How old is your son, the one living with you?

A: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which.

Q: How long has he lived with you?

A: Forty-five years. ______________________________________ Q: What was the first thing your husband said to you when he woke up that morning?

A: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"

Q: And why did that upset you?

A: My name is Susan. ______________________________________ Q: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo or the occult?

A: We both do.

Q: Voodoo? A: We do.

Q: You do?

A: Yes, voodoo. __________________________________

Q: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning? A: Did you actually pass the bar exam? __________________________________

Q: The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he? __________________________________

Q: Were you present when your picture was taken? __________________________________

Q: So the date of conception of your baby was August 8th?

A: Yes.

Q: And what were you doing at that time? __________________________________

Q: She had three children, right?

A: Yes.

Q: How many were boys?

A: None.

Q: Were there any girls? __________________________________

Q: How was your first marriage terminated?

A: By death.

Q: And by whose death was it terminated? ______________________________________ Q: Can you describe the individual?

A: He was about medium height and had a beard.

Q: Was this a male, or a female? __________________________________

Q: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney? A: No, this is how I dress when I go to work. ______________________________________ Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people? A: All my autopsies are performed on dead people. __________________________________

Q: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?

A: Oral. __________________________________

Q: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?

A: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.

Q: And Mr. Dennington was dead at the time?

A: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy. __________________________________

Q: Are you qualified to give a urine sample? __________________________________

Q: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?

A: No.

Q: Did you check for blood pressure? A: No.

Q: Did you check for breathing?

A: No.

Q: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?

A: No.

Q: How can you be so sure, Doctor?

A: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.

Q: But could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?

A: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere.

A Mexican bandit made a specialty of crossing the Rio Grande from time to time and robbing banks in Texas. Finally, a reward was offered for his capture, and an enterprising Texas ranger decided to track him down.

After a lengthy search, he traced the bandit to his favorite cantina, snuck up behind him, put his trusty six-shooter to the bandit's head, and said, "You're under arrest. Tell me where you hid the loot or I'll blow your brains out."

But the bandit didn't speak English, and the Ranger didn't speak Spanish. Fortunately, a bilingual lawyer was in the saloon and translated the Ranger's message. The terrified bandit blurted out, in Spanish, that the loot was buried under the oak tree in back of the cantina.

"What did he say?" asked the Ranger.

The lawyer answered, "He said 'Get lost, you turkey. You wouldn't dare shoot me.'"

I need a diabetic diet to follow for the lady I work for.. she's 86..?

The National Diabetes Education Program has some great info--

Try to focus on high protein meals with low carbs. This will help her feel better and won't turn into sugar instantly. Consider foods like soy beans (called edamame in stores- it can be boiled for 5min then chilled- sprinkle salt on the beans and snack on them), tofu based meals (can flavor to suit her tastes), vegetable protein (can use in place of ground beef in meals- made by Morningstar Farms), chicken, turkey, almonds, walnuts, seeds, some cheese, beans etc. I like to have a protein shake in the morning too, which helps me get through the day. I make it with soy power, greens +, vanilla soy milk, a banana, and honey.

Hope this helps :) Best of Luck.