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The True Citizen, Wednesday, September 14, 2022 — Page 5
Ronda Rich
In all my borne days, I have
never seen anyone who eats
like John Tinker.
Occasionally, he has break
fast. Sometimes, he has lunch.
But, ALWAYS, he starts eating
toward the end of the afternoon
and does not stop until he
TINK'S HEART: HE SAID....SHE SAID - PART TWO
brushes his teeth for bedtime.
Never, does he eat a bite after
brushing his teeth. I understand
because he spends a solid 15
minutes flossing and brushing.
It’s one of the annoying
factors of our marriage. His
metabolism is so rapidly fast
that, in half an hour after a huge
meal and dessert, he will say,
“I’m hungry.”
When we settle down at
night to watch a film noir on
Turner Classic Movies, he
will get up from his chair and
cross in front of the TV, for
three to four round trips to the
kitchen. He returns, clutching
cookies, peanuts, and, often,
with a screeching loud bag of
pretzels.
He eats like an eight-year-
old latchkey child whose moth
er allows him to sustain on
junk food.
I was a chubby-cheeked
child and teenager until, finally,
I resolved to lose the long-last
ing baby fat. The majority of
my days, since I was 16, have
been spent either on a diet or,
silently, counting c alories. Too,
I have exercised more days in
my life than I haven’t. It is a
prison in which I am serving a
life sentence.
Given my druthers, I’d live
on Cheetos and ginger ale.
And, I’d never climb another
hill or drudge along on an ellip
tical for a determined half hour.
I’d, also, eat until I was close
to sick the way I was when I
was 12 and ate three big bowls
of Mama’s hearty homemade
potato soup with two chunks
of combread. Lying, miserably,
in bed that night, I promised
myself and God that I would
never eat that much again.
I haven’t.
So, aside from crunching
bags and television interrup
tions, I am mad that Tink
can eat like an adolescent
linebacker and never gain an
ounce of fat.
He never leaves the comfy
chair in his office except for
an occasion quick dash to the
bathroom or, more likely, a
trip to the kitchen where he
studies the refrigerator like a
chess player about to make a
key move.
A couple of times a day, I’ll
stop by his office and instruct,
“Move your legs so you don’t
get a blood clot.” Several years
ago, a cardiovascular surgeon
friend of ours warned that we
should “brake ped
al” our feet during SEE
our frequent five- RICH,
hour plane trips be- 8
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