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24 Aug 03 - 08:07 PM (#1007535) Subject: BS: Obesity and Bobert's New Invention Idea From: Bobert Well, I just heard last month that 3 out of every 5 Americans are overweight or obese. Hmmmmmm? Then I read a couple of weeks ago that some researcher has discovered that "portion size" is directly related to overweight and obesity. Hmmmmmm? I thought this was a *given* but I guess not... So ac ouple of years back the P-Vine (wife person) purchased a treadmill and all I could foresee was it sittin' in the corner of the bedroom collecting dust fir a year until I dragged it out to the road with a "Free to Any Home" sign tied on it but, no, to her credit she actually suses it everyday... (And looks great, I might add...) But like I went into the bedroom the other day and there she was poundin' away on the treadmill (plugged into the lectrical) watching Dr. Phil on the TV (also plugged into the lectricical). Hmmmmm? So, I'm thinkin' of a treadmill that rather than having to be plugged into a wall had a generator in it and as you walked you generated enough lectrical to power a TV mounted on the counsel of the treadmill, where it tells you how mnay calories you've burned. Hey, not only would it provide some entertainment but it would reduce our needs for energy. Plus, there would be that extra incentive to keep walkin' until Dr, Phil, or whoever, was finished... And some of you Catfolk don't think ol' hillbilly got any sense! For shame... Hey, maybe we got enough folks here with the expertise to develope the thing, maufacture it and market it... Nevermind... Just say no... Bobert |
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24 Aug 03 - 08:15 PM (#1007538) Subject: RE: BS: Obesity and Bobert's New Invention Idea From: open mike thought you were gonna invent a machine that hooked to your vacuum cleaner..to suck those extra pounds... I have seen plans for a blendcer that is powered by a bicycle pedal mechanism.... and remember using lights on my bike that were powered by the turning wheels... problem was that you had to keep in motion to see anything! |
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24 Aug 03 - 08:58 PM (#1007555) Subject: RE: BS: Obesity and Bobert's New Invention Idea From: greg stephens Bobert, in the Centre for Alternative Technolgy in Machynlleth, Wales there is exactly the machine you describe. The visiting kids sit on the bike and pedal like hell to keep a TV going on the handlebars. It's to demonstrate renewable energy. And, on a completely unrelated topic, I bet the average West Virginian will have a little difficulty guessing how to pronounce Machynlleth. |
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24 Aug 03 - 09:31 PM (#1007571) Subject: RE: BS: Obesity and Bobert's New Invention Idea From: Bobert Okay, Gregster, since you have offered the challenge. I'm going with, ahhhh, mack-in-i-chel'-eth..... No? Okay, mach-e'nel'-eth. No, okay, I got it this time. Ma-chen'-leth.... Ha, an you din't think we Wes Ginnian's knew nuthin'... Bobert |
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24 Aug 03 - 10:00 PM (#1007581) Subject: RE: BS: Obesity and Bobert's New Invention Idea From: Bee-dubya-ell Bobert - Not a bad idea, but if I may offer a simple and more elegant solution.... Shoot the television. Do the walkin' or joggin' or whatever through the lovely hills and hollers of West By God Virginia. (If they're not too Rotweiler and Pit Bull infested.) Reserve the treadmill for use during nasty weather and, if the P-Vine just has to have some entertainment while treadmillin', let her listen to Books on Tape. Errr.... Who's Doctor Phil? Bruce |
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24 Aug 03 - 10:13 PM (#1007587) Subject: RE: BS: Obesity and Bobert's New Invention Idea From: Bobert Yo, Dubya, As fir Dr. Phil., He's got a daily show that the womenz thinks is the answer to all thri problems. "Hey, if it ain't workin' for you then jusy have the jerk killed!" Okay, maybe not that bad, but he certainly knows what time the hubby is out workin' fir his shows... And yeah, I'd like to see the treadmill hooked up so that it could get the danged well pump tp pump enough water into the toilet tank so that a guy (or gal) could flush the danged thing should the power go out... Bobert |
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25 Aug 03 - 12:26 AM (#1007632) Subject: RE: BS: Obesity and Bobert's New Invention Idea From: catspaw49 Too late Bobert........I have a friend who rigged his TV to his exercise bike. He pedals away furiously and plays video games. Spaw |
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25 Aug 03 - 02:51 AM (#1007660) Subject: RE: BS: Obesity and Bobert's New Invention Idea From: Helen That's clever, Bobert. In Oz, back in the distant past, out in the never-never there used to be pedal radio transmitter/receivers, i.e. you had to pedal them when you wanted to contact the rest of civilisation. Maybe, all of us Mudcat-addicted computer users who aren't getting enough exercise because we *choose* to be chained to our computers should hook up the pedal-generator to the computer?? Helen |
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25 Aug 03 - 04:21 AM (#1007670) Subject: RE: BS: Obesity and Bobert's New Invention Idea From: C-flat or perhaps it should be hooked up the oven. The more you want to cook the harder you've got to work! |
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25 Aug 03 - 05:31 AM (#1007687) Subject: RE: BS: Obesity and Bobert's New Invention Idea From: Hrothgar Story about Thomas Edison. To get to his house, people had to open a very stiff gate. When somebody suggested to the great inventor that he invent a better way of opening the gate he said, "Why should I? The way I have it rigged now, everybody who opens that gate pumps five gallons of water out of my well up to my roof tank." He was a very shrewd man. :-) |
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25 Aug 03 - 10:47 PM (#1008104) Subject: RE: BS: Obesity and Bobert's New Invention Idea From: Bob Bolton G'day, Helen: "In Oz, back in the distant past, out in the never-never there used to be pedal radio transmitter/receivers, i.e. you had to pedal them when you wanted to contact the rest of civilisation." It's a pity there's no simple way of sharing an image on a text-based site like Mudcat. I have an old copy of Singabout - Journal of Australian Folk Lore (from vol. 2 ... when we were using cartoons from The Bulletin on the covers) with a lovely one of a flashy "cowboy"-type stockman twanging away on an electric guitar ... driven by energetic pedalling of the "Flying Doctor" pedal radio set generator. Hrothgar: Hmm! That story gets around ... I've seen it attributed to several historically prominent Americans. I think it is an all-purose, Euro-centric "Urban Myth", drawing on perceptions of Americans as eccentric /inventive / rurally-based ... and mean. Regard(les)s, Bob Bolton |
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26 Aug 03 - 12:59 AM (#1008146) Subject: RE: BS: Obesity and Bobert's New Invention Idea From: Bee-dubya-ell Bobert, Bobert, Bobert. Tsk, tsk, tsk. Please refer to your post above in which you respond to my earlier post. Now, you can call me "Bee-dubya-ell", or you can call me just "Bee-dubya", or you can just call me "Bee". If you know that my real name is Bruce (and you do) you can call me "Bruce". I will also answer to "dumbass", "asshole", "shitbird" and various other insults. But don't ever call me "Dubya"! I will forgive you this time because you are a West Virginia hillbilly and don't know any better. Just don't let it happen again! |
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26 Aug 03 - 08:59 AM (#1008284) Subject: RE: BS: Obesity and Bobert's New Invention Idea From: Bobert Ahhhhhh, I am surely guilt ridden about this, Bee-Dub, and have just returned from the woodshed where I gave myself a rather lengthy and unpleasant tongue lashing. Not to mention, a couple whacks on my backside with my own belt. Ouch!!! So you can rest assured that the Dubya part will never again be used without company.... The *new and improved* Bobert |
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26 Aug 03 - 03:09 PM (#1008516) Subject: RE: BS: Obesity and Bobert's New Invention Idea From: GUEST,JTT My idea is to open a get-thin business; I'd have a restaurant, and my clients would be the waiters and waitresses. You rarely see a fat waiter or waitress, because they're racing around sweating the weight off for nine hours at a stretch. |
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27 Aug 03 - 03:22 AM (#1008772) Subject: RE: BS: Obesity and Bobert's New Invention Idea From: Mr Happy McCunthleth! |
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27 Aug 03 - 05:44 PM (#1009215) Subject: RE: BS: Obesity and Bobert's New Invention Idea From: GUEST "Shoot the television. Do the walkin' or joggin' or whatever through the lovely hills and hollers of West By God Virginia. (If they're not too Rotweiler and Pit Bull infested.)" You've got it wrong....take the Rottweiler (or Pit Bull, or any other lively dog of a reasonable size) with you when you walk or jog...that's how I lost 35 pounds! I call it the Abby diet in her honor. |
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27 Aug 03 - 07:23 PM (#1009273) Subject: RE: BS: Obesity and Bobert's New Invention Idea From: Bobert LOL, GUEST. Hey, I don't go walkin' round this mountain with out a danged gun, thank you. That oughtta make you happy. Yeah, folks 'round here know me as the old hippie that is frequently seen with a beer in one hand and a 410/22 over under in the other... Never know when yer gonna come upon a crazed hillbilly with an equally crazed Rottweiler.... Bobert |