Re: Obesity in Crawley
Originally Posted by
Muddy
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Well observed Swims I was wondering if all these people were chosen just to make good television and everyone else's blood pressure rise !
It as if they are a different race .
However I feel they would rather not be in that situation two of the men were anxious to work but were dismissed out of hand when people saw how big they were .
Must be very depressing .
Rural communities tend to be wealthier .
There are no overweight people where I live but one only has to move to a poorer built up area 16 miles away to see obesity .
If someone has a hopeless life food must loom very important .
Hi
Prees is very much a working village Muddy, it is not a place which people choose for retirement.
There is a large Industrial Estate smack in the middle of the village.
The wealthy retire and live in Weston, 5 miles away, which is very pretty and has a fantastic golf course.
It is stunning, the Chronicles of Narnia were filmed there, as where others.
If you are obese and heavily tattooed, you do lose job opportunities, that is true.
Unemployment in the town is low, get your act together and you can get a job.
It is a mindset thing.
I absolutely hated being found unfit to work after my injury, two years on Benefits was hell for me.
It is just not my thing, I need to work and provide.
I was entitled to a Mobility Car, for life.
Sod that for a game of Marbles, I stopped that as soon as I could afford to buy my own.