Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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22 August 2010
14:3266674#1
Remember the one penny weighing machine`s on the street`s of town`s in the 1960s, or either before that or after? Is there anything like them about still, and if not why not? I`m sure they`d be a nice little money earner today for some small struggling shop in town, in this weight conscious world we live in now. Does anyone on here ever weigh themselves regular, or would they do so more if there was an accurate weighing machine in town, regularly calibrated?
Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
22 August 2010
14:5766677#2
I am afraid I would need a weighbridge these days.....................
22 August 2010
15:0366678#3
I weigh myself weekly. About 6-7 years ago I was on the verge of tipping 18 stone brought about by a health problem that prevented me from doing any mildly strenuous exercise (didn't stop me running for the Indies or revitalising carnival although it was very tough) while I waited almost 4 years for the NHS to fix me (couldn't afford private). After I was fixed the weight meandered down to just under 17 stone and then I decided to try a small portion of yoghurt before bed. This of course replaced any after dinner snacks and kept me going until breakfast several hours later.
Suddenly I noticed the pounds were dropping off, slowly but consistently, until a couple of weeks back I went below 15 stone for the first time in over 30 years. At this point I stopped the nightly yoghurt and guess what? Yep, I m back to 15 stone 4 pounds.
So, yes, I confes to watching my weight, not through vanity, but through an interest in how I am doing and getting down to a healthier weight. At my last check-up I was told my liver and kidney functions were equal to those of a man 20 years my junior, blood pressure was good, cholesterol as it should be and best of all, I feel fitter without doing all that gymnasium stuff.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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22 August 2010
15:3466687#4
I never have done weight watching, when I was boxing my weight was taken before each fight,I do not take stock of what I eat,but I do not have butter anymore and not much salt lots of greens and meat ,do not drink or smoke so I do not know my weight but it is about the same now as when I was fighting or runing etc ,for the ones who can geting out and just lots of walking does help your weight and keeping fit and if you can do running,any ball games, on a bike ,swimming is one if not the best of them all and great fun to. but get out and about less beer etc and your on your way to a long life,but some are ill etc and can not do that.But geting back to the weight machine, I went on a talking one once 3times in the same day, and it did not tell me the same weight on any of the 3 times
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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22 August 2010
15:3666688#5
cannot see public weighing machines ever returning.
people nowadays go to gyms or fitness clubs if they are concerned about their weight.
22 August 2010
19:3866738#6
Guest 674- Registered: 25 Jun 2008
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22 August 2010
20:5166764#7
there were many of those type of machines at each rail station
wonder what happened to them all
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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22 August 2010
20:5466766#8
A worse for wear scales sill at Folkestone Harbour Station.....
Been nice knowing you :)
22 August 2010
21:3066803#9
I wondered what my Old Man had done with my old scales.....
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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22 August 2010
21:3366806#10
Had these all over the paper mill, for obvious reasons, hence, I know I`ve been a constant weight for the last 40 years.
Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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23 August 2010
06:1566853#11
The worst kind were those "I speak your weight" kind, or even those that would say "one at a time please " !!
Roger
Where as the gym with all male eye candy 
Been nice knowing you :)