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marybourg

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33. I'm sorry to break this to y'all,

Sun Jul 3, 2016, 10:11 AM

Jul 2016

but cupcakes and other treats in school are a relatively recent development. When I went to school in the 1940's and '50's the only food in school was a reasonably healthy institutional-style lunch prepared in the school kitchen and served in the lunchroom to those children who didn't go home for lunch to a reasonably healthy meal prepared at home by their moms.

There were no birthday treats in school, no selling of food to raise money, no sweet treats to be bought in the cafeteria and certainly no vending machines. And - looking back at my 5th grade class picture, little to no obesity. Sweet treats, if there were any such in our lives, were provided at home after school and on special occasions, at our parents' option.

Yeah, life was really rough in the old days.

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Boulder, CO to stop selling ice cream at pools and parks [View all] Just reading posts Jul 2016 OP

I love this part ... Straw Man Jul 2016 #1

Especially when it's in the upper 90's. Just reading posts Jul 2016 #3

Depends on the setup... JHB Jul 2016 #5

This is rotten yeoman6987 Jul 2016 #2

A cupcake? Horrors! Can't let them anywhere near one! Just reading posts Jul 2016 #11

I would not doubt that these stupid idiots end up making our country even fatter yeoman6987 Jul 2016 #19

The insane culture of food moralism in this country is ridiculous. Odin2005 Jul 2016 #54

100 percent agree yeoman6987 Jul 2016 #58

It is the People's Republic of Boulder Drahthaardogs Jul 2016 #23

I'm sorry to break this to y'all, marybourg Jul 2016 #33

I had no idea about that. I guess it makes my outrage silly. yeoman6987 Jul 2016 #34

I finished HS in 1986 (so school from 1974-86) and you are correct. JanMichael Jul 2016 #47

Exactly. And no soda machines or leaving school Kingofalldems Jul 2016 #49

Same here. Delicious meals for lunch with homemade rolls/cornbread and absolutely no vending... Frustratedlady Jul 2016 #51

Same here, no candy or coke machines and could not leave the school Jim Beard Jul 2016 #62

So what's left if you toss out chips, ice cream, and hot dogs ... mainer Jul 2016 #4

Gluten-free carrot sticks, you bet! TransitJohn Jul 2016 #7

Apples, oranges, bananas maybe? rurallib Jul 2016 #35

Treats at the park or pool are not evil. EllieBC Jul 2016 #36

Ice cream and sherbets aren't that different from fruit smoothies mainer Jul 2016 #37

Fruit smoothies are often unhealthier than ice cream - more sugar, less nutrition. Yo_Mama Jul 2016 #48

Fruit is not as healthy as people think, it's full of sugar. Odin2005 Jul 2016 #55

I used to be a lifeguard Ex Lurker Jul 2016 #6

I have searched high and low for a banana fudgesicle in Orlando. DawgHouse Jul 2016 #60

Glad to see at least one city finally start looking out for us (ntxt) scscholar Jul 2016 #8

Is that their job? Throd Jul 2016 #10

Forgot the sarcasm smiley? n/t SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2016 #15

Beyond Nanny-state. This is more like ninny-state Bucky Jul 2016 #9

I'm so glad I grew up in the 60s B2G Jul 2016 #12

When I was a kid, we swam in a lake, and we didn't have "vending facilities" at all. Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #22

They should just flouridate it. malthaussen Jul 2016 #13

I know when *I* go to a recreational facility, the first thing I look for Buns_of_Fire Jul 2016 #14

How does an 8-year-old kid have "a lot of memories" to reminisce about? jmowreader Jul 2016 #16

I'm glad I'm not the only one Aerows Jul 2016 #24

I looked at the link expecting to see the onion because of PufPuf23 Jul 2016 #39

He has a memory. Why do adults acts like child are not people? Silver_Witch Jul 2016 #31

On my son's fourth birthday, we sadly found our family cat dead. DawgHouse Jul 2016 #61

His mommy has lots of memories to tell him to reminisce about REP Jul 2016 #43

Lame. Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #17

Because THAT is the cause of obesity Nevernose Jul 2016 #18

A Good Humor ice cream sandwich 160 calories-a Drumstick is 290 DonRedwood Jul 2016 #20

Sad what this world is becoming. smirkymonkey Jul 2016 #21

I get tired of vending machines with snacks everywhere gollygee Jul 2016 #25

If you don't want your kids to eat the stuff SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2016 #45

Mr. Softee to the rescue! rug Jul 2016 #26

if they said they did because they were sick of sticky shit everwhere i'd support it. JanMichael Jul 2016 #27

The world would be so much nicer without these nasty Puritan killjoys Warpy Jul 2016 #28

I'm with you on this sentiment meow2u3 Jul 2016 #32

See, but for some people being a puritan killjoy is the only joy they get. Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #46

Yes, conservatives somehow know how to ruin everything. philosslayer Jul 2016 #50

This kind of puritanical mindset is why a lot of diet attempts fail, too. Odin2005 Jul 2016 #53

Well, diets are doomed to failure, period, even for people who stay on them long term Warpy Jul 2016 #57

Silly silly, silly... Silver_Witch Jul 2016 #29

To all the bs about nanny state etc. we are suppose to be teaching good healthy eating habits rainy Jul 2016 #30

School lunches are crap? SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2016 #44

Kids throw them in the trash because they are disgusting tasteless garbage. Odin2005 Jul 2016 #56

Everywhere I go in Italy, Italians are eating gelato mainer Jul 2016 #38

Great. Now I want to go to Italy again. Just reading posts Jul 2016 #40

We're going again in September, for a wedding. mainer Jul 2016 #41

Nice! Just reading posts Jul 2016 #42

When did Michael Bloomberg become mayor of Boulder? Odin2005 Jul 2016 #52

I know some guys that can help out. Rex Jul 2016 #59