I am in Tampa, Florida - the sunshine state is that you say?
Beautiful weather! Nice and cool in the evenings; nice and hot in the
day!
For breakfast I have a glass of very fresh orange juice!
Not a tinsy-wincy glass as found in the UK but a man-sized pull! All
the dishes are big here! I cannot finish anything! Yesterday I ordered
a salad, something light I thought but ended up with a whole vegetable
garden drowned in enough dressing to sink a ship! I left half of it and
the waitress asked me if there was something wrong! The locals
certianly don't have a problem with these extremely large dishes!
I
saw a man today, he was working on a ship and had to walk up the
gangway sideways, huffing and puffing as he waddled up to get to the
top where the thin people stood! He is a tank inspector! His job is to
go down tanks to test the atmosphere, to ensure that the tank has
enough oxygen in it for others to work safely within! There was no
feasible way for him to get into a tank; they just don't build tank
lids that big! Anyway, he passed the tank after testing it from a
suitable distance; as he probably has done since his stomach first
prevented him seeing the ground beneath!
There was a very
large family in the restaurant last night! They were eating a pizza
that was bigger than the table, chunky fries that needed to hands to
lift and cups of coke that fizzled extremely loudly! And the father was
shouting his head off at the poor large waitress! "Can ya, no all
understand that aaaaa ordered aaaa diet coke! And there you go
ya'aaaalll have brought me aaaa normaaaal coke! I'm on a diet lady and
aaall just can't drink your normaaaaal coke! I need youaaalll to go
back behind that lill bar and pull me a diet coke now!"
Wow, it must have meant allot to him this current diet he was on!
This
'largeness' is accepted here as everybody else looks the same! I stood
in a queue this morning to get a cup of coffee and I felt really odd
out and insecure. I was the thinnest person around! Then later as I
grabbed a bite to eat at the Oriental Express (a Sushi Bar that was
confused between Japanese and Chinese Characters in the name)and the
policeman who was putting the bar stool to a weight test looked at me
as if to say "I arrest you for being skinny".
It's in the genes
they say - rubbish - I don't think there where many overweight
prisoners in Dachau or in Alcatraz and if there are any overweight
prisoners in San Quentin today then a check of the menu might simply
reveal Coke a Cola or a blatant overuse of artificial sweeteners and
preservatives!
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