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Pat wrote:
>> Except, in other parts of the world, when you got up from that desk job, you'd have to walk to
>> your bus/tram/tube/train stop, perhaps stand during your ride, and then walk from the stop to
>> your home. You might stop at the store on the way, because many homes in Europe and especially
>> Japan have small refrigerators, so that walk home might be weight-resistant. Meanwhile, the
>> American counterpart gets in her car and drives home. She might walk 20 steps in total. Claire
>> Petersky
>
>
> Yes, some of what you say is true. BUT, it also depends upon how each country was developed. The
> U.S., with a lot of space, was organized in a spread out manner (once you get past the old port
> cities). For example, to get to the nearest store from my house, it is a distance of 4 miles.
> Should I walk there and try to carry food home? That is one reason why we have larger
> refrigerators ( and freezers too)! Also, your saying "she might walk 20 steps in total" is
> ridiculous on the face of it. How do you think people get into those offices for that desk job?
> You park out in the back of the building and walk in, that's how.
>
> Let's take your example at stopping at a store on the way home. Park your car in a huge lot and
> walk into the store. Find the milk and eggs on the back wall of the huge store, walk all over the
> store to find what you need to buy. 20 steps? Hah!
>
> I don't know why you used such a ridiculous example to make your point. You didn't make it.
>
> Pat in TX
How about this one then. When I was a kid I spent a lot of time in Gainesville Fla. Several times I
was picked up by the cops in the "daytime" because I was walking down a street. They wondered why
and then drove me home. My simple explanation that I was on my way from point A to point B did not
come across. Almost every time I was at a friends house and ready to go home his/her mom would
insist on driving me even though it was only a couple of houses down t he street. This was in the
sixties and it didn't have much to do with concern about me getting in trouble or anything. You just
did *not walk* I was the only kid in town that walked to school. App 3 miles. There were kids living
a block away being driven too school. My mom didn't wan't me to ride my bike in the traffic there
because nobody at that time had seen a bike in traffic so I walked.
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>> Except, in other parts of the world, when you got up from that desk job, you'd have to walk to
>> your bus/tram/tube/train stop, perhaps stand during your ride, and then walk from the stop to
>> your home. You might stop at the store on the way, because many homes in Europe and especially
>> Japan have small refrigerators, so that walk home might be weight-resistant. Meanwhile, the
>> American counterpart gets in her car and drives home. She might walk 20 steps in total. Claire
>> Petersky
>
>
> Yes, some of what you say is true. BUT, it also depends upon how each country was developed. The
> U.S., with a lot of space, was organized in a spread out manner (once you get past the old port
> cities). For example, to get to the nearest store from my house, it is a distance of 4 miles.
> Should I walk there and try to carry food home? That is one reason why we have larger
> refrigerators ( and freezers too)! Also, your saying "she might walk 20 steps in total" is
> ridiculous on the face of it. How do you think people get into those offices for that desk job?
> You park out in the back of the building and walk in, that's how.
>
> Let's take your example at stopping at a store on the way home. Park your car in a huge lot and
> walk into the store. Find the milk and eggs on the back wall of the huge store, walk all over the
> store to find what you need to buy. 20 steps? Hah!
>
> I don't know why you used such a ridiculous example to make your point. You didn't make it.
>
> Pat in TX
How about this one then. When I was a kid I spent a lot of time in Gainesville Fla. Several times I
was picked up by the cops in the "daytime" because I was walking down a street. They wondered why
and then drove me home. My simple explanation that I was on my way from point A to point B did not
come across. Almost every time I was at a friends house and ready to go home his/her mom would
insist on driving me even though it was only a couple of houses down t he street. This was in the
sixties and it didn't have much to do with concern about me getting in trouble or anything. You just
did *not walk* I was the only kid in town that walked to school. App 3 miles. There were kids living
a block away being driven too school. My mom didn't wan't me to ride my bike in the traffic there
because nobody at that time had seen a bike in traffic so I walked.
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Perre
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