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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 11:02 AM Original message |
Feds sue company for firing 600-pound worker |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. It all depends on whether he can do the job or not |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
2. Link isn't working. |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. should be working now n/t |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 03:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Yep - thanks. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Two years is usually the statute of limitations to file a suit... |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
3. At six spins it is pretty hard to do anything physical |
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dembotoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
5. is this about gov christie????? |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
6. 600 pounds?! |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. I'm amazed he can move at all at that wieght. |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. I don't understand how people can get up to 600 pounds |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Maybe he is 6' 36" tall? |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 03:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. He would have to be 8 feet tall to carry that weight. n/t |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 07:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. at six feet thirty six inches he would be nine feet...so I think that was the point n/t |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 03:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. That makes me scratch my head as well |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #11 |
25. Actually, you *do* wake up one morning weighing 600 lbs. |
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DearHeart (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. That happens because being overweight/obese and yes super-obese |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Yes, but |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
13. only 380 pounds to go... i know i can make it... |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 03:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. When you say "to go" that implies you had a starting point. |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 07:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. how much I've been able to work for? |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 10:22 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. No. Sorry. I know folks trying to lose significant amounts of weight have to work really hard |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Oh, I gotcha. |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. wow. that's awesome |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:49 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. thanks for the encouragement...I DO need to get back to it! n/t |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
14. Not to seem insensitive |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Public transportation WOULD be a challenge. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
23. BAE should have told him they were "down sizing". |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
24. If I chopped of my legs, my employer cannot fire me? |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. what about addictions which can cause disabilities? n/t |
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Gin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 03:04 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. VA is a right to work state....they can fire you for any reason |
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