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Date: 22 March 2006 14:22:02
While surfing the BBC website, listening to Gordon Brown tell us how wonderful he is, I came across a news story about a guy who is walking across the USA. Nothing unusual there you may say, considering the high number of looney tunes that are said to inhabit our former colony.
He is doing it in order to save his life.
He started walking from San Diego in April last year and is heading for NYC. When he started he weighed 30 stone and couldn't walk the length of a supermarket aisle without having to stop for breath. He's currently reached Ohio and is approximately 6 weeks from his target. In this time he's lost 8 stone.
However if you read his blog at www.fatmanwalking.com you will see that things have changed. He's now become a media star and has appeared on Oprah, on various news chammels and in various papers. He's also won a book deal and there is a guy called Documentary Dave following him to record his exploits.
As you read his blog you see that his outlook on life and the USA has changed. He's found that its a nation dedicated to the car and fast food. After passing 21 fast food outlets in a 4.6 mile stretch in San Diego he was looking forward to seeing "hometown USA" in the mid-West and expecting to see the old America.
Unfortunately he found that this was just as bad as San Diego. There was no where to buy fresh fruit and veg, his last apple had was from South America.
He's also found that wherever he goes someone always recognises him and talks to him. Until he reached Ohio. He was ignored right through Springfield - maybe Homer was drunk and Bart vausing uproar, not one person spoke to him until he reached the outskirts.
I recommend his blog as it is both uplifting and a judgement on some of our modern societies ills.