Russell Williams
Well-Known Member
I just finished spending 30 days riding the rails of the United States and Canada. I was able to do something I have been wanting to do for years -- via rail pass good for 30 days of unlimited travel on the trains of the United States and Canada.
On the train we were assigned to various seats and I would always be eating with people whom I had not met before. I met many interesting people including teachers, tour guides, pilots, high-level Amtrak officials, a mother who had a son fighting in Iraq, a political science professor, a computer programmer, a handyman, and many others.
Where I could work it into the conversation I would mention the fat acceptance movement and the futility of dieting.
At one meal one of the people I was seated with was in the personnel department of a large company and responsible for helping 4000 employees talk about any professional, personal, or social difficulties they had.
As best I remember she had a fat mother and understood that dieting was not a realistic option. I told her of the fat people I personally knew who had various forms a weight-loss surgery and regained all the weight. I gave her my ISAA and told her about NAAFA and the convention. I talked about the importance of exercise and how so few people actually do it. I think I also mention the 10 pounds of fat in the plastic bag lady.
I also talked with a 64-year-old man whose wife died four years ago. That was the only wife he ever had and they were married in about 1968. They had no children. The man is a professional, a non-practicing Jew, witty, and thinking about coming to the convention to see if there are any interesting women between the ages of about 50 and 70. I encouraged him to come.
Yours truly,
Russell Williams -- activist
On the train we were assigned to various seats and I would always be eating with people whom I had not met before. I met many interesting people including teachers, tour guides, pilots, high-level Amtrak officials, a mother who had a son fighting in Iraq, a political science professor, a computer programmer, a handyman, and many others.
Where I could work it into the conversation I would mention the fat acceptance movement and the futility of dieting.
At one meal one of the people I was seated with was in the personnel department of a large company and responsible for helping 4000 employees talk about any professional, personal, or social difficulties they had.
As best I remember she had a fat mother and understood that dieting was not a realistic option. I told her of the fat people I personally knew who had various forms a weight-loss surgery and regained all the weight. I gave her my ISAA and told her about NAAFA and the convention. I talked about the importance of exercise and how so few people actually do it. I think I also mention the 10 pounds of fat in the plastic bag lady.
I also talked with a 64-year-old man whose wife died four years ago. That was the only wife he ever had and they were married in about 1968. They had no children. The man is a professional, a non-practicing Jew, witty, and thinking about coming to the convention to see if there are any interesting women between the ages of about 50 and 70. I encouraged him to come.
Yours truly,
Russell Williams -- activist
