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Discussion in 'Southampton' started by TheSecondStain, Jul 15, 2014.

  1. SAINTDON13

    SAINTDON13 Well-Known Member

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    Only ever been a passive smoker, every year my New Years Resolution was to give up passive smoking, could never keep it up, it is getting easier now though, electronic cigs and all that plus the public place bans.
     
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  2. fran-MLs little camera

    fran-MLs little camera Well-Known Member

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    Best way. Smokers say I need to smoke to relax...nonsense, that is only necessary because they are smokers...the rest of us aren't wound up because we don't smoke. Smoking increases your number of nicotine receptors, so you need nicotine.

    Sorry, I've given up nagging my son...mustn't start doing it on here :)
     
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  3. saintrichie123

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    Keep up the good fight Fran :)
     
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  4. tomw24

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    Had a puff of one once - that's it.
     
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  5. Schrodinger's Cat

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    I had your share beefy. I'm down to single figures a day now though and make a packet of 10 last 2 days. I've been smoking for nearly 40years, but can go eight hours at work without a *** break so although I haven't dropped the habit, I've cut down a huge amount. I might get round to giving up completely one day, just not today.
     
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  6. fatletiss

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    Same as me. 45 years old and never a puff.
     
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  7. fatletiss

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    I kissed a girl when I was a young lad who had smoked.... That was enough for me. She tasted disgusting.
     
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  8. TheSecondStain

    TheSecondStain Needs an early night

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    Stood behind a teenager in the queue the other day at the PO [yes, that one]. She looked as clean as a whistle, but bloody hell, she stank like the stalest ashtray.

    BTW, me, ex-smoker from way back.
     
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  11. TheSecondStain

    TheSecondStain Needs an early night

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    Sniff.. Mr Spock, the Vulcan I first learned about logic from, has died at 150 years of age. Leonard Nimoy has gone at 83. Quite sad.
     
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  12. Onionman

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    But smokers are goers.

    Vin
     
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  13. St. Luigi Scrosoppi

    St. Luigi Scrosoppi Well-Known Member

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    Surely you read his excellent little book on child care?
     
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  14. St. Luigi Scrosoppi

    St. Luigi Scrosoppi Well-Known Member

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    ***s are for fools.
     
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  15. St. Luigi Scrosoppi

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    I am in a particularly intolerant mood tonight.
     
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  16. TheSecondStain

    TheSecondStain Needs an early night

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    Every time I see my cousin he informs me between puffs that he's cutting down. He's been cutting down for so long that he should be producing new cigarettes from his mouth by now. I never hear of the times when he piles the figures back up.
     
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  17. Saints_Alive

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    Yes, another hero of my youth has passed on, the original series of Star Trek was never surpassed in my opinion and every episode was a modern fable.
    Here is Leonard in a more playful mood with The Bangles...





    RIP Mr Spock...<rose>
     
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  18. TheSecondStain

    TheSecondStain Needs an early night

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    Quite agree. I watched an episode of TNG on Youtube the other day. It was plodding and lifeless. The acting was poor as the cast ambled through the episode, and it was one of the better ones from memory. It had none of the sparkle of the original series. Although dated, in terms of costume and production values, the original series is still far more watchable. Voyager was a pretty good attempt, as was Enterprise, but TNG creaks it's so wooden.
     
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  20. fran-MLs little camera

    fran-MLs little camera Well-Known Member

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    The different series of Star Trek reflect the times they were made in. TNG was so PC it lacked any life...the original was like a Western in space and more exciting for that. They returned to an earlier time in Enterprise which was again more interesting.
     
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