Posts by giovanni tiso
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Obesity is the modern world's take on the mind-body problem.
I always say it's a glandular problem. The pineal gland, to be precise.
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And I don't know about NZ, but over here they offer everyone over 50 statins routinely. Which is as big an admission as you are ever going to get that govt has given up on the idea that people can be persuaded to look after themselves properly.
Peter, not everyone is able to lose weight, for a variety of reasons. Most people at the end of the day are going to get the statins.
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In terms of the post itself, yay for primary health care, and by all means I'm not suggesting we shouldn't reduce obesity or promote healthier eating.
Not sure why the Remuera nonagenarian had to be a spinster, but that's a quibble.
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Has anyone thrown Lhaws (or Lawhs) into the ring yet?
I was hoping somebody would!
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If only we had some sort of Health Credit Trading Scheme.
Genius.
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Slightly more seriously, the crude economism of "but people should look after themselves to be deserving to receive health services" gets up my nose quite a bit. My father smoked and was fat. Yet he was never sick, he just dropped dead at 64. Paid lots of taxes, received no pension - he was a bloody boon for the state coffers. i've got nothing against people who live longer because of their healthier choices, all power to them, but during those extra 20-30 years of life they are going to be riddled with expensive ailments, regardless of how much they've looked after themselves at 44 (in fact, if they've run a lot I'm going to pick their knees aren't going to be too good.)
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For the record I'm 44 and I run 55-65km per week and eat a pretty healthy diet, I obviously don't smoke and drink very moderately.
You're planning to be one of those people who lives forever and breaks our superannuation bank, aren't you? For shame!
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No, that was 1992's word of the year.
Get with the times, daddy-o.
Touché. Oh, and I should credit Conor Roberts for retwiti. Lest people think I'm actually witi.
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Caleb: excellent!
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Retwiti