Making the news today....

[Johnsond]

All aboard TfL gravy train: Huge rise in Transport for London staff earning more than £100,000

APPLE.NEWS

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1,319 people earned a six-figure package in 2023/24 - up 72% on the 766 whose earnings...

Some bloody good wages being earned “ on the buses” 

[Whoppa Choppa]

Alan Bates accepts Knighthood... Really?! Didn't think he was that gullible. Shocked. Sell out.

[Stubby]

18 minutes ago, Whoppa Choppa said:

Alan Bates accepts Knighthood... Really?! Didn't think he was that gullible. Shocked. Sell out.

Declined OBE though .

[Stere]

Thats alot of fat people

 

 

 

 

 

How is France dodging the global obesity trend? - Big Think

BIGTHINK.COM

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Waistlines are expanding in nearly every country, except for a very skinny list of nations bucking the trend.

 

[Bolt]

2 minutes ago, Stere said:

Thats alot of fat people

 

 

 

 

 

How is France dodging the global obesity trend? - Big Think

BIGTHINK.COM

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Waistlines are expanding in nearly every country, except for a very skinny list of nations bucking the trend.

 

I’m glad they thought to include this infographic.

 

 

Not sure any of it would have made sense without it.

 

[Mick Dempsey]

1 hour ago, Stere said:

Thats alot of fat people

 

 

 

 

 

How is France dodging the global obesity trend? - Big Think

BIGTHINK.COM

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Waistlines are expanding in nearly every country, except for a very skinny list of nations bucking the trend.

 

If, and it’s a big if, that is to be believed.

I can only attribute part of it to the relative lack of opportunity to buy snacks in garages etc.

In the UK you can buy crisps, drinks etc at a myriad of outlets all day.

Here the garages sell petrol/diesel and maybe some oil.

You have to take your food with you every day.

You can go to a supermarket of course, but that’s a bit more of a commitment than grabbing a handful of sweets when you’re passing a garage.

[sime42]

That's part of the cause probably. In a lot of UK garages now you actually have to fight your way through aisles of tempting crap to get to the cashier. They make it difficult just to go straight up and pay.

[devon TWiG]

this will surprise most of you !!!

McDonald's restaurants by country Europe 2023 | Statista

WWW.STATISTA.COM

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In 2023, the European country in which McDonald’s operated and franchised the majority of its establishments was France (including Monaco).

 

[Mick Dempsey]

2 minutes ago, devon TWiG said:

this will surprise most of you !!!

McDonald's restaurants by country Europe 2023 | Statista

WWW.STATISTA.COM

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In 2023, the European country in which McDonald’s operated and franchised the majority of its establishments was France (including Monaco).

 

It’s a strange dichotomy that the French are often superficially

dismissive and snooty about America and Americans yet are suckers for Americana.

Macdonalds, Harley Davidsons etc. They love them!

[peds]

My paternal grandfather was RAF in WW2, and stayed in for decades following. They lived in France for a few years in the 50s, stationed on an American air force base near Paris, and my dad, born in 1946, distinctly remembers the collective national pantswetting when the Yanks brought over their Coca Cola not in the traditional curvy glass bottles, but the fancy new tins. Very exciting times.