I did smoke for maybe 10 years, 35 years ago...
I think cigarettes is someting that should really be completely banned. Forbidden. Forgotten.
I know that that don't work. I still think it should.
You know, we don't flirfe anymore - that we apparently don't miss ;-) (I dont know what flirfe is but at least is not around anymore....)
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I think cigarettes is someting that should really be completely banned. Forbidden. Forgotten.
I know that that don't work. I still think it should.
You know, we don't flirfe anymore - that we apparently don't miss ;-) (I dont know what flirfe is but at least is not around anymore....)
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Not just for kids. Tobacco flavoured vape is nasty. The flavoured ones are actually palatable and for someone who finds it hard to give up nicotine a definate plus. Will power is not my strong suit.
Marijuana is wonderful. I'd never advocate smoking, but edibles and dry flower vaporizers are a pretty nice alternative. I feel like a quality concentrate at ~300F could be quite safe, but it's hard to be sure. We're really not supposed to inhale plants.
Nicotine is insanely addictive. 80% of those who try nicotine become addicted on the first try. Compare with cocaine where only 20% get addicted on the first try.
I've never smoked and have no intention to start. I am addicted to caffeine, though. And I have a bad habit of winding down with a beer at the end of the day. I'd like to reduce that.
Both my parents smoked. My dad quit when I was about six years old (and my mom well before that). From that day he put aside the monetary equivalent of two packs of cigarettes a day. That became our vacation budget. We'd go camping in Provence for 4-5 weeks/year during the summer.
Tom
I've never smoked and have no intention to start. I am addicted to caffeine, though. And I have a bad habit of winding down with a beer at the end of the day. I'd like to reduce that.
Both my parents smoked. My dad quit when I was about six years old (and my mom well before that). From that day he put aside the monetary equivalent of two packs of cigarettes a day. That became our vacation budget. We'd go camping in Provence for 4-5 weeks/year during the summer.
Tom
I dont smoke but I do chew tobacco every now and then but the price is so damn high now I cant afford it anymore.
I have a friend who quit smoking at 19 (ok he was coughing up blood at the time from bronchitis). Now living in CA he keeps asking if I want to try weed or various other substances. I defer as I know I am wired to get addicted. I've quit real coffee at home as my tolerance levels were off the scale and I could drink espresso to help me sleep. Now when I do have it when out it actually works as expected again 😀
My chain-smoking friend recently had his entire nose surgically removed after he contracted nasal cancer.
He now has a choice of prosthetic noses (one of which is suntanned for use during the summer months) that can be glued on in place of his missing hooter.
In last summer's heatwave, the glue melted while he was at the supermarket checkout and his nose landed on the conveyer belt, much to the shock and dismay of the checkout assistant!
Just goes to show how much fun smoking can really be! 😉
He now has a choice of prosthetic noses (one of which is suntanned for use during the summer months) that can be glued on in place of his missing hooter.
In last summer's heatwave, the glue melted while he was at the supermarket checkout and his nose landed on the conveyer belt, much to the shock and dismay of the checkout assistant!
Just goes to show how much fun smoking can really be! 😉
Marijuana is not as safe and wonderful as everyone seems to want to believe these days. There is credible evidence linking it to an increase likelihood of developing psychiatric disorders.
There's always a tipping point when the bad happens. The key is to stop before it does. And that's right now. So make a decision. 🙂
I needed a good laugh, thanks!
I dislike Ford almost as much as I dislike Honda. I'd rather take transit.
Yeah. That's the "fun" thing about addictions and tolerance. I don't feel the effects of caffeine except when I don't have it. It's no longer much of a pick-me-up. It's more of a "return to baseline". 🙂
Tom
Oh, jeez. I'll add that of things I'd never thought I'd see. Please excuse me while I go poke out my mind's eye. 🙂
I can also attest from first-hand experience that it is very, very difficult to understand someone who doesn't have a larynx and "speaks" through a hole in their throat. Especially in a noisy environment. That's another joy of smoking.
Tom
Before the epidemic, I used to enjoy an occasional cigarette. Now whatever it was that was in me that enjoyed the "satisfaction" - for lack of a better term - is completely gone. It's like I cant afford to expend the energy it takes to dissipate the nicotine injection, let alone enjoy the calming of such an energy abundance within me.
As an aside, my son's bio father flew from China to visit in early January of that year - from Wuhan no less - our house could have been ground zero in America. He'd offer me a cig when he smoked on the back deck, which I was happy to accept. Unsure if I could get past the second drag these days.
I bought a bag of tobacco intent on rolling, around that time. Thought that act "could be a disaster". Havent touched it and I bet it's coming up on two years. There's nothing in me that it could help, unlike when I was just a little bit younger.
As an aside, my son's bio father flew from China to visit in early January of that year - from Wuhan no less - our house could have been ground zero in America. He'd offer me a cig when he smoked on the back deck, which I was happy to accept. Unsure if I could get past the second drag these days.
I bought a bag of tobacco intent on rolling, around that time. Thought that act "could be a disaster". Havent touched it and I bet it's coming up on two years. There's nothing in me that it could help, unlike when I was just a little bit younger.
I say do abit of anything we fancy to say, “been there done that” for when we get too old to really do anything. Human body has some tolerance for some indiscretion.
Vaping is prevalent now that after a sports game, my mates and i decided to buy a pack of ciggies for nostalgia.
Even a passer-by looked on in bewilderment, and asked for a stick. Traditional smoking is going the way of the combustion engine.
Vaping is prevalent now that after a sports game, my mates and i decided to buy a pack of ciggies for nostalgia.
Even a passer-by looked on in bewilderment, and asked for a stick. Traditional smoking is going the way of the combustion engine.
Menthol is now banned. There will be prison riots.
When I worked on a trading desk (early 1980's) , the air was completely blue with cigar smoke, but the bathrooms were full of coke dust. We had a high end cigar store down 6th Avenue in NYC which fueled the tobacco smoke, coke was distributed by inter-office mail. I succumbed to cigars for a while, but got royally chewed out by my doctor as tobacco and booze had killed my dad at an early age.
My molecular biologist wife has done work on weed and the effects upon successive generations of mammals. Legalization of recreational weed is a rapidly manifesting disaster. Not kidding.
Love my Ridgeline. Would never buy a Ford either, except maybe a '69 Boss 302 Mustang.
You'd rather take transit in Toronto. 😱
jeff
I am not a Ford fan either. I helped rebuild the 302 in one of those Mustangs.
dave
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