oF started a diet. God,-the shame of it. There is something particularly absurd about dicts, I know. I know. For a lot of people it’s a matter of health. It doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the disgusting habits exhibited by that fat lady who gorged herself to death recently after dieting. Right? In the past, when I was skinny, I would not for the life of me have been able to fathom that lady’s mind. Now [Tm afraid I can. Perfectly. it is amazing what a A2- Sunday News, September 13, 1981 | Strictly personal % by Bob Hunter Thin consolation A few weeks ago, for the first time in my life, I to 129 pounds. And I'm couple of weeks of dieting can do to your entire philosophy, assuming you have one. I used to pride myself on having the “lean and hungry look"’ attributed by Shakespeare to my kind of guy. Hey, I was proud of my knobby knees! I got out of having to go on a hunger strike once just by taking off my shirt and having the opposition surrender immediately . ° Truthfully, only about four years ago, I was down _ thing I know, slightly over six feet tall. It was an awful sight, Tl tell you. Well, anyway, my wife decided to fatten me up. I quit smoking. I got into a more laid-back lifestyle, as they say. And bingo. next Fm 166 pounds! . To me, this was all in the nature of a triumph. If I had any deep-rooted ambition in life, it was always to weigh a ton and be known as “Big Bob”. My father’s nickname was “Slim”, and I was cast in the same stringbean mold, you see: I was so hung-up about being skinny that I named my first son after a fictional barbarian in the hope that he'd grow up to be as monstrously huge as Id always wanted to be. You can imagine my delight when old friends started saying things like, “My God, Bob, you're sickeningly bloated!” Or: “Hunter, what's happened to you? You've turned into a pig.” Ah shucks. It was easy. Just keep the stress levels down, eat more-or-less nonstop from the time you awaken until several trips to the fridge after you've gone to bed, and drink a lot of beer while sitting around on your buft. Jimmy Carter’s little brother, what's-his-name, had it down pat. Some of you will sneer, thinking, that a mere 166 pounds hardly counts in the obsesity department. These Private garbage pick-up mulled in W. Van Garbage collection § in West Vancouver could soon be in the hands of a private firm contracted by the municipality. Acting as a policy and planning committee, West Vancouver council decided, Tuesday night, to accept proposals by private com- panies for garbage collec- tions The deadline for pro- posals is 2:00 p.m., ‘October 15. While explaining the mo- tion, Alderman John Hum- phries emphasized that this decision was im DO way related to the recent civic strike which halted garbage collection in West Van- couver. 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