https://boingboing.net/2017/10/11/late-stage-sportsball.html
This is an interesting read. Reminds me of some of our members here
This is an interesting read. Reminds me of some of our members here
Well, my Dad has been eating frozen dinners for a very, very long time and he's 90 years old. So....Not only a remarkable story from the standpoint of his amassing a $4 million nest egg on a librarian's salary, but that he also managed to live to 78 years of age in spite of a diet that included eating microwaved frozen meals every night.
By the time Dad reached mid-80s he had lost interest in cooking for himself. He had been widowed for 20 years, so knowing how to cook for himself was not the problem.
He drove out for breakfast and lunch, and had cereal for dinner. He wasn't very hungry at night, so cereal for dinner was just fine. He would usually add fresh fruit.
Not only a remarkable story from the standpoint of his amassing a $4 million nest egg on a librarian's salary, but that he also managed to live to 78 years of age in spite of a diet that included eating microwaved frozen meals every night.
Dad didn't even want to mess with leftovers at home anymore. He stopped bothering to heat those up. Just the cold cereal.That is some of my Dad's issues..he just isn't that hungry. I have breakfast w/ him once a week and he does OK with that meal, and we have dinner w/ him once or twice a week, but he eats WAY less than we do. We tend to leave a couple of servings of leftovers with him, and he will "make them last" for almost a week!
It's all those preservatives doing double duty after consumed!Not only a remarkable story from the standpoint of his amassing a $4 million nest egg on a librarian's salary, but that he also managed to live to 78 years of age in spite of a diet that included eating microwaved frozen meals every night.
Well, my Dad has been eating frozen dinners for a very, very long time and he's 90 years old. So....
Maybe the industry should rename them from tv dinner, to Quick Dinner to be more acceptable
It would be interesting to compare the proportion of university spending going to athletics, administration, & academics compared with 40 years ago. I won't be making any unrestricted gifts to universities because my gut feeling is that not enough is going to academics; too bad I don't have any data to back up my gut.
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But, then you get into spend creep, because if you have a nice stadium, you have to have a nice new gym/student center where those football players work out, train, and have their locker rooms in. And while you're building that new gym/student center, might as well spend just a few bucks for some more rooms here, some more facilities over there, etc..
I'm not a dietitian, but I've seen people eat cereal for supper because they are "too lazy" to cook supper.
I'll admit cooking every night is a drag, sometimes I don't want to do it, but I'd slit my wrists before I'd eat cereal for supper.
I will occasionally eat a tv dinner when I want a quick lunch (at work I always ate them as it's better than a sandwich), not those cheap $1.00 budget ones, but Lean Cusine or Marie Calendars, which I often see on sale for $2.50->$3.00
When I see some old person mid-eighties, eating a donut for lunch because of not knowing how to cook (male fellow) and probably no interest in cooking, I recommend tv dinners.
Maybe the industry should rename them from tv dinner, to Quick Dinner to be more acceptable