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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 07:23 AM Original message |
Poll question: What's the longest you've gone without eating? |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. This is an important thread, |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 07:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Especially for children. |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 11:12 AM Response to Reply #2 |
25. It's important to break the cycle of poverty. |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 11:29 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Yes, I'm not minimizing adult hunger. |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 11:35 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I know you're not minimizing adult hunger, Yollam. |
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Kukesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 07:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Kick for Heidi! nt |
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Comadreja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 08:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Buying food on credit |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 09:00 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. I wish I had included that as a choice. |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
4. although a temporary situation, I went 4 days without food |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 07:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I know the feeling. |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 08:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
17. right, I was not truly homeless because I could have crawled back |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
5. I'm glad you clarified.... |
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kiraboo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
7. I've gone 48 hours without a meal |
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Call Me Wesley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
8. K/R (nt) |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
9. 18 days |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
10. As a poor kid in the late '40s and early '50s there were many nights |
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Kukesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 08:56 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Aww, that is so sweet. Brought a tear to my eye. nt |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
11. Kick. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
12. I've been too poor to eat and I've done cleansing fasts |
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atomic-fly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
13. I was sick once.... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
15. Gone a couple of days without a meals a number of times. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
16. Having been homeless for two years, living hand to mouth |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 11:49 AM Response to Reply #16 |
30. If you don't mind me asking, MadHound, |
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newburgh (225 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
19. Tried fasting for three days. But that was by choice. |
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Asgaya Dihi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
21. Was a time in California |
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mtnester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
22. I voted Other...because |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 11:52 AM Response to Reply #22 |
31. You're absolutely right. |
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mtnester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 01:09 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Yes, this was more than 20 years ago |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 03:37 PM Response to Reply #22 |
36. If you don't mind me asking, why didn't you accept help from your folks? |
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mtnester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 04:50 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Young and proud..you know how it is to be 20. |
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davekriss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
23. 4 days |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
24. I said three days or more |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
26. fasted voluntarily for 7 days |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 03:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
38. Did that work for you? |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
29. When I was younger I spent a lot of time on the road |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
33. I've gone a day, but I can't think of any time where it's been more |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
34. Shit, I had no idea people had it so bad |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 04:32 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Harvesters |
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Kukesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 07:43 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. Good for you, IronLionZion, good for you! That's wonderful. nt |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
35. Thank you Yom Kippur... |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
37. I've fasted three days (only water) but that was my choice |
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Brazenly Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
39. Three days |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
43. Paula Deen would hate this thread |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 07:48 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Hell *I* hate this thread. Not eating is about the worst thing.... |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
45. the US troops in Iraq are getting inadequate food |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
46. My parents were partly disabled and couldn't get health insurance-- |
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Nabia2004 (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
47. Ate a lot of ground horse, rice, and beans as a kid |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
48. Grad school, no paycheck til Friday-- several '24 hrs' or more there. nt |
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