General Chat

sorry but i have to comment!! when i was at school i loved sport, apart from hurdles!!lol, but i only did two hours a week in lessons and other than that was in the netball team...i wasnt allowed to do more sport until i reached the 4th and 5th years, where i was allowed to do it at lunch times...yeah i used to go out on my bike when i was alot younger but cos of money i didnt have one when i was at seniors nor did i have the money to join any clubs or gyms, so i think maybe the schools do need to do more!xxx

and the bottle of jacobs creek i drank ast nightxxxxxxx(:

that'll be the curly wurlies :)

twice a week (two hours which i feel isn't enough.my daughter does things out of school and i am ashamed to say is fitter than me.xxxx(:

oh now come on, you can't just say they "don't do a lot of sport". how much is not a lot ? When I was at school, I think we did about 3 hours a week. BUT I was always quite active outside of school, always out on my bike etc (but I was still unfit lol).. I think thats the difference these days, kids spend too much time on playstations and computers and watching the TV... you can't blame the government for that now can you (I bet you find a way to lol) ?

lol Robert, trust me it does!!!x

so did i paul.5 curly whirlies which i bought in gunwharf where i live.well i bought 12 .maybe i'll eat them all today.you wouldn't think that i am ill.haven't eaten much for four days.alot of schools don't do alot of sport.and as for the packed lunch my daughter does take packed lunch but likes to have dinners now and again not often.the schools have no reason to charge priceslike that.there not setting a very good examplexxxx(:

OK you have a point there. with regard to prices at the school. surely the answer would be to buy the food from the supermarket and take a packed lunch ? Just a question... how much sport do they do at school these days ? Incidentally, yes I really am a hypocrite, I ate nothing but rubbish yesterday lol

you wanna bet paul.take for example my daughters school.goverment and the education authority are trying to promote healthy eating in schools.lets take an example.an apple at her school is 60p where as a sausage roll is ten pence cheaper.a packet of snack a jacks are 65p where as a normal bag of crisps are 35p thats a difference of 30p.between your fat filled food and your healthy option.the education authorities are not doing enough with more sports lessons and cheaper healthy food.when my daughter went to her juniors school she only had P.E once a week and they also sold junk food rather then healthy and they didn't promote after school clubs.that is when children should be taught about healthy eating and exercise ,rather than later on in life.and the comment about me changing my mindabout whether the goverment should intervene i feel they have left it too late and the only reason they have step in is because the health authorities have stepped in to address this problem to themxxxxxx(:

Lisa, To put the cat among the pigeons as usual... You give a very mixed arguement at the moment !! One moment you're saying the government shouldn't get involved. The next you're saying they should have dealt with it ages ago. As for the price of fruit/junk food - I don't think that arguement holds water in this particular example. I'm sure an apple isn't more expensive than a mars bar. a mars bar is just nicer (yes, I eat as much rubbish as the next person, I do however agree with them getting rid of the king size bars, it just removes/reduces temptation - I'm very conscious at the moment of being unhealthy, and trying to make an effort :) Before you repeat yesterdays comment - I'm not having a go... just expressing a different opinion :) Paul

maybe alot of people are buying junk food because they can't but fresh fruit and veg as the goverment are squeezing all of our money out of us in taxes and other thingsxxxx(:

yes you would have more.i think the goverment are too late worrying about it now as this should have been dealt with ages agoxxxx(:

its not fat people who only eat chocolate paul, skinny people eat it too, its just if you want one, two three, have em. cutting the size or putting the prize up aint going to stop people buying them, and in my experiance those as dont get just binge when they are offered or do get , its like forbidden fruit, im sure if someone says no you not having it , youd want it more wouldnt you?

And I thought size didn't matter!

steedie i might stock pile mine before the kingsize bars go to the confectionists in the sky.boo hoo!!!!!!!xxxx(:

i had a king size mars bar last night, ate it slowly!! think im gonna have another one later!!lol

good one fred .i wonder what their response would be.falling on deaf ears maybe!!!xxx(:

yeah but paul they have been pushed by the goverment.the goverment have made some impact on the manufactureres to do this as they say kids are getting fatter.nothing to do with the fact that they have cut physical educations in schools!xxxx(:

a king size chunky cause that's what he isxxxxxxx(:

I think we should ask the government to ban the king size council tax bill as well ,and see what the reaction is,after all ,that would be even better for our health [less worry about money]Fred.ptfg.