Nowt better than a chilling after-work roll-up and a Guinness in the local's beer garden, talking **** with your mates. It's the small things in life.
If your back end smells anything like my step father who's drank that ****e all his life, I never want you within a 10 mile radius of me.
You're step dad must have been eating and drinking some other ****. Black nectar turns your **** black but that's all.
Do you know what I always put it down to the guiness, and you saying that then made me think again and it's probably the amount of protein he shovels in himself. This is one of them nothing chats which just makes something come to you.
An acceptable point, if a tad patronising. What MOST none-smokers don't seem to understand is how difficult it is to pack it up. They tend to adopt a superior attitude about how easy it would be. Well I'll tell you, it isn't. And lots of ex-smokers are even worse. 'I got up one morning and decided that's it, no more, and I haven't touched the stuff since'. Then they complain loudest about the smoke and ALWAYS mention how easy giving up is. Most smokers I know wish they had never started and would be delighted to pack it in, IF THEY COULD. I was a smoker. I have been 'clean' now for over five years but there are times when I could easily fall back. I got lucky, if that's the expression. I had to have a hip replacement op. Stuck in a hospital ward for the first 24 hours unable to move then not being able to reach the outside door for the next 12 hours meant that I managed 36 hours clear. It's this first day or so that's the hardest. Once I'd got that over with, it wasn't too bad. Without that though I'd still be puffing away merrily on my pipe. There was an episode of Yes Prime Minister that covered this subject. It made the point that at that time smokers were, financially the main contributors to The NHS and by dying early they were costing less in pension payments. They were in fact a good deal for the Country as a whole. The question was posed by Sir Humphry, 'what would happen to the NHS if most people stopped smoking?' Well, now we know.
Patronising? It's down to personal choice. I used to be a smoker for about 10 years, always hated it. Always thought it was disgusting and unhealthy. I wouldn't generalise on people the way you just have though. I'd put the NHS crisis down to mass immigration and lack of funding.
I must admit I was the same. I liked it when I was 11. By the time I was about 15 I found it absolutely rank but was hooked.
I was always bang against smoking cosbibused to see my dad coughing and spluttering, then me and a pal found a pack on a bus aged 15 and rather than hoy them away we smoked them. What a ****ty way to start. It's a £275 a month habit as well and that's insane, in addition to the health risks, the stinking clothes etc. I still do it and whenever I think about it it makes no sense. It's such a strange thing.
And does you good. It used to be hospital issue for patients recovering from debilitating illnesses, TB and the like. Daily issue of special third of a pint bottles. Beer is made from hops. Hops is a plant. Plants are food. Beer is food. Logic that is. As for smoking I got started with our little squad at school as probably a lot do. Given up a couple of times over the years but always gone back. Enjoy the odd cigar too much to stay permanent,
Funny thing, the English Language at times, isn't it? What you call generalising I call personal experience. And while I quoted that memorable Yes Prime Minister programme because it was both hilarious and had a grain of truth in it, there can be little doubt that the huge drop in the percentage of the population that smokes has had an impact on Government income, therefore on Government Spending. While the money that used to be spent on tobacco products still gets spent, the Tax is generated it is at a much lower rate. Tobacco is of course taxed at penal rates.
My mum was told to drink Mackeson when she was ill. A bottle every couple of days. I'd assume for the same reason.
My missus had a very low iron count in her blood when she was pregnant with our first, the doctor told her to drink a bottle of Guinness every day and she did and it worked. The same happened with our second bairn so she tried the Guinness again and was fine. Mind you, both our kids are now raving alchies
Nicocitine used to be used as an insecticide like one of them cone fireworks. Set it away in the greenhouse to wipe out all the little critters. Don`t know whether it`s still available or even allowed now.
Those cone fireworks, if we are talking about the same thing, were basically 'Sulphur Bombs'. Got rid of everything you didn't want. I also used to get tubes of sulphur powder to 'puff' the powder onto any dahlia tubers I wanted to keep after the end of the season. It kept the mildew at bay. Sadly I have not been able to get either for years, BUT IF ANYONE KNOWS WHERE THEY CAN BE BOUGHT FROM, PLEASE TELL.
Well I only smoke bacci in my Joints now. I no longer smoke cigarettes. I still smoke though as I smoke joints but I've more halved the amount of baccy I smoke.
