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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 26 August 2008, 18:55:52
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October 7th marks 28 years since I last had a fag.
A smokers cough that just would not disappear, vanished within 2 weeks of giving up the dreaded weed.
Now I was a 30 a day man back in 1980, so I'll do the maths. 28x365x30 a day = 306,600 which I would have smoked but have'nt.
I don't know how much fag money I would have saved, if I hadn't spent it all on booze, fast women, motorbikes and illegal substances. But thats another story.
I do remember that my last packet of fags, 20 Gold leaf, cost me the princely sum of 51p.
Has anyone noticed that certain fag brands disappear. When I was young everyone seemed to smoke Players No.6, or Players No.10 if they were short of cash.
As kids we used to buy the cigarettes in the prettiest packets. Carlton (purple). Consulate. And when we were feeling daring we would buy a packet of Capstan Full Strength, which used to blow your head off.
Anyone know if any of these brands still exist? Anyone tried giving up, and failed or succeeded? :) :)
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306600 ciggies / 20
15330 Packets /28 =547.5
I then divided the 15,330 packets into 28 years giving 547.5 packets per year then added 15p a packet every year on the cost.
1 547.5 £0.50 £273.75
2 547.5 £0.65 £355.88
3 547.5 £0.80 £438.00
4 547.5 £0.95 £520.13
5 547.5 £1.10 £602.25
6 547.5 £1.25 £684.38
7 547.5 £1.40 £766.50
8 547.5 £1.55 £848.63
9 547.5 £1.70 £930.75
10 547.5 £1.85 £1,012.88
11 547.5 £2.00 £1,095.00
12 547.5 £2.15 £1,177.13
13 547.5 £2.30 £1,259.25
14 547.5 £2.45 £1,341.38
15 547.5 £2.60 £1,423.50
16 547.5 £2.75 £1,505.63
17 547.5 £2.90 £1,587.75
18 547.5 £3.05 £1,669.88
19 547.5 £3.20 £1,752.00
20 547.5 £3.35 £1,834.13
21 547.5 £3.50 £1,916.25
22 547.5 £3.65 £1,998.38
23 547.5 £3.80 £2,080.50
24 547.5 £3.95 £2,162.63
25 547.5 £4.10 £2,244.75
26 547.5 £4.25 £2,326.88
27 547.5 £4.40 £2,409.00
28 547.5 £4.55 £2,491.13
£38,708.25
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At £4.55 a packet on your old habbits you are saving £2,491.13 a year.
Imagine the compound interest. :-/
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306600 ciggies / 20
15330 Packets /28 =547.5
I then divided the 15,330 packets into 28 years giving 547.5 packets per year then added 15p a packet every year on the cost.
1 547.5 £0.50 £273.75
2 547.5 £0.65 £355.88
3 547.5 £0.80 £438.00
4 547.5 £0.95 £520.13
5 547.5 £1.10 £602.25
6 547.5 £1.25 £684.38
7 547.5 £1.40 £766.50
8 547.5 £1.55 £848.63
9 547.5 £1.70 £930.75
10 547.5 £1.85 £1,012.88
11 547.5 £2.00 £1,095.00
12 547.5 £2.15 £1,177.13
13 547.5 £2.30 £1,259.25
14 547.5 £2.45 £1,341.38
15 547.5 £2.60 £1,423.50
16 547.5 £2.75 £1,505.63
17 547.5 £2.90 £1,587.75
18 547.5 £3.05 £1,669.88
19 547.5 £3.20 £1,752.00
20 547.5 £3.35 £1,834.13
21 547.5 £3.50 £1,916.25
22 547.5 £3.65 £1,998.38
23 547.5 £3.80 £2,080.50
24 547.5 £3.95 £2,162.63
25 547.5 £4.10 £2,244.75
26 547.5 £4.25 £2,326.88
27 547.5 £4.40 £2,409.00
28 547.5 £4.55 £2,491.13
£38,708.25
Of which I think I saved about £8.25, but had some great parties though ;D ;D ;D
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How much are ciggies these days as a matter of interest?
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How much are ciggies these days as a matter of interest?
Depending on the brand about £5.00 a pack.
So if you smoke 20 a day that's £35 a week, that's £1820 a year.
That's probably a very good 3.2 Elite. You've got me thinking now Skruntie ;) ;)
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How much are ciggies these days as a matter of interest?
Depending on the brand about £5.00 a pack.
So if you smoke 20 a day that's £35 a week, that's £1820 a year.
That's probably a very good 3.2 Elite. You've got me thinking now Skruntie ;) ;)
Well thats the reason i went over too rolling baccy...£5 for 50g as opposed too £10 in shops.
Just need too find a good supplier now... >:(
Mind you at 34yrs old feel like a 70 yr with one lung right now.....gotta stop soon before im 6 foot under. :(
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How much are ciggies these days as a matter of interest?
Depending on the brand about £5.00 a pack.
So if you smoke 20 a day that's £35 a week, that's £1820 a year.
That's probably a very good 3.2 Elite. You've got me thinking now Skruntie ;) ;)
Now add the cost that you mention to the Building Society at 4$ PA and compoud it.
Adding the same ammount each year.
£1,898.00
£3,871.92
£5,924.80
£8,059.79
£10,280.18
£12,589.39
£14,990.96
£17,488.60
£20,086.15
£22,787.59
£25,597.09
£28,518.98
£31,557.74
£34,718.05
£38,004.77
£41,422.96
£44,977.88
£48,674.99
£52,519.99
£56,518.79
Years 1-20 is the bank balance of evey year
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What does the goverment do with the billions it gets each year from us motorist & the smokers :-/ :-/ >:( >:(
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What does the goverment do with the billions it gets each year from us motorist & the smokers :-/ :-/ >:( >:(
Gives it away too countries that need it but cant afford too repay it.... ::)
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What does the goverment do with the billions it gets each year from us motorist & the smokers :-/ :-/ >:( >:(
Gives it away too countries that need it but cant afford too repay it.... ::)
Arh. That's ok then :y (sarcasm)
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As far as I know, on each £5 pack of ciggies, about £3.50 to £4 is purely tax and VAT. That's why people smuggle them in from other countries as they are so much cheaper.
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As far as I know, on each £5 pack of ciggies, about £3.50 to £4 is purely tax and VAT. That's why people smuggle them in from other countries as they are so much cheaper.
It's a shame they don't smuggle fuel in too. Or maybe they do :-? :-/
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I know my Brother packed in a few months ago, now saving a minimum of £70 he's 40 and been smoking since the age of 14
Now his Mortgage has a lump sump towards it every month. :y
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It doesn't matter to me as I dont smoke, but I am happy that the ban is in place as it's not nice when there is smoke in pubs, and its good to have a smoke free environment.
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It doesn't matter to me as I dont smoke, but I am happy that the ban is in place as it's not nice when there is smoke in pubs, and its good to have a smoke free environment.
Just a pity you have to take a very deep breath on the approach to the front door to get past and in.... >:(
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It doesn't matter to me as I dont smoke, but I am happy that the ban is in place as it's not nice when there is smoke in pubs, and its good to have a smoke free environment.
Just a pity you have to take a very deep breath on the approach to the front door to get past and in.... >:(
Went for an Italian meal the other week & about 5 people got up from a table to go outside, but the door was propped open for fresh air & it was all blowing in. Kinda goes against the idea
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i gave up about 8 years ago after smoking for 17 years was the best thing i ever did.
i gave up because i wanted a Porsche, the deal was i gave up and the wife allowed me to have one, i gave up, got the car and 6 months later she fell pregnant with Mia so it had to go :'(
i never started again because giving up was really hard and i would never want to go through that again
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well they cost me 23euros for 200, now heres the rub as many of you know we moved to Spain cos of the wifes heart condition(and thank god since we have been here she has been real good and healthy none of the "attacks") however her proffessor Watkins is the top heart specialist in england who actually owns the clinic at the JR in oxford,
did all the tests for lungs and blood impurties and diseases etc etc asked her if she smoked and when she said yes should i quit? he promptly replied not if you dont want to your condition isnt being affected it by the smoking and there is nothing to worry about by doing it your lungs are healthy so carry on, when asked about all the adverts on tv he replied, lets just say dont believe all you see on the box and the government has to be seen to be doing something to justify the cost!!!
Make of that what you will but i was there and could barely believe my ears!!
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You are right why do they have to stand at the entrance door >:(
And its not just pubs its the little local Tesco there always seems to be a group or teens on bikes right in the door way and even a really hard stare wont move them , can you tell I do not smoke ;)
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How much are ciggies these days as a matter of interest?
Depending on the brand about £5.00 a pack.
So if you smoke 20 a day that's £35 a week, that's £1820 a year.
That's probably a very good 3.2 Elite. You've got me thinking now Skruntie ;) ;)
Well thats the reason i went over too rolling baccy...£5 for 50g as opposed too £10 in shops.
Just need too find a good supplier now... >:(
Mind you at 34yrs old feel like a 70 yr with one lung right now.....gotta stop soon before im 6 foot under. :(
Believe me you don’t, unless it was on one of his good days.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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How much are ciggies these days as a matter of interest?
Depending on the brand about £5.00 a pack.
So if you smoke 20 a day that's £35 a week, that's £1820 a year.
That's probably a very good 3.2 Elite. You've got me thinking now Skruntie ;) ;)
Well thats the reason i went over too rolling baccy...£5 for 50g as opposed too £10 in shops.
Just need too find a good supplier now... >:(
Mind you at 34yrs old feel like a 70 yr with one lung right now.....gotta stop soon before im 6 foot under. :(
Believe me you don’t, unless it was on one of his good days.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No really mike i did earlier....he even gave a £20 ;) ;D
Dread too think whats too come...nearly all of my family have died from cancer including my dog and two cats. :o
Too the people who whinge about smokers standing outside smoking.....what gives you (non smokers ) the right too bitch about us.....do we bitch about you getting legless. ::) ::)
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How much are ciggies these days as a matter of interest?
Depending on the brand about £5.00 a pack.
So if you smoke 20 a day that's £35 a week, that's £1820 a year.
That's probably a very good 3.2 Elite. You've got me thinking now Skruntie ;) ;)
Well thats the reason i went over too rolling baccy...£5 for 50g as opposed too £10 in shops.
Just need too find a good supplier now... >:(
Mind you at 34yrs old feel like a 70 yr with one lung right now.....gotta stop soon before im 6 foot under. :(
Believe me you don’t, unless it was on one of his good days.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No really mike i did earlier....he even gave a £20 ;) ;D
Dread too think whats too come...nearly all of my family have died from cancer including my dog and two cats. :o
Too the people who whinge about smokers standing outside smoking.....what gives you (non smokers ) the right too pregnant dog about us.....do we pregnant dog about you getting legless. ::) ::)
:-? :-? :-? Think I must have been too subtle ::) ::) ::)
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How much are ciggies these days as a matter of interest?
Depending on the brand about £5.00 a pack.
So if you smoke 20 a day that's £35 a week, that's £1820 a year.
That's probably a very good 3.2 Elite. You've got me thinking now Skruntie ;) ;)
Well thats the reason i went over too rolling baccy...£5 for 50g as opposed too £10 in shops.
Just need too find a good supplier now... >:(
Mind you at 34yrs old feel like a 70 yr with one lung right now.....gotta stop soon before im 6 foot under. :(
Believe me you don’t, unless it was on one of his good days.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No really mike i did earlier....he even gave a £20 ;) ;D
Dread too think whats too come...nearly all of my family have died from cancer including my dog and two cats. :o
Too the people who whinge about smokers standing outside smoking.....what gives you (non smokers ) the right too pregnant dog about us.....do we pregnant dog about you getting legless. ::) ::)
:-? :-? :-? Think I must have been too subtle ::) ::) ::)
Subtlety is wasted on me mike.... :-[
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How much are ciggies these days as a matter of interest?
Depending on the brand about £5.00 a pack.
So if you smoke 20 a day that's £35 a week, that's £1820 a year.
That's probably a very good 3.2 Elite. You've got me thinking now Skruntie ;) ;)
Well thats the reason i went over too rolling baccy...£5 for 50g as opposed too £10 in shops.
Just need too find a good supplier now... >:(
Mind you at 34yrs old feel like a 70 yr with one lung right now.....gotta stop soon before im 6 foot under. :(
Believe me you don’t, unless it was on one of his good days.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No really mike i did earlier....he even gave a £20 ;) ;D
Dread too think whats too come...nearly all of my family have died from cancer including my dog and two cats. :o
Too the people who whinge about smokers standing outside smoking.....what gives you (non smokers ) the right too pregnant dog about us.....do we pregnant dog about you getting legless. ::) ::)
Think I have a fair grounds to comment....
My gran died of cancer.
So did my dad.
and my mother.
Father in law died of cancer.
Mother in law had a cancer induced mastectomy 25 years ago and still here to tell us about it, thankfully.
Wife has beat cancer once already, now partway through chemo and looking good to beating it again.
and thats not bringing extended family (aunts and uncles etc) into it.....
Does not help when we have to walk through a public open area, channelled into the smoke filled doorway into an establishment, to enjoy our evening.
No way to link persons who pass through the smoke to the pub to getting leggless, in much the same way that passing through the smoke gives you cancer.
Based on percentages, however, things tell a different tale.
But each to their own... :y
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How much are ciggies these days as a matter of interest?
Depending on the brand about £5.00 a pack.
So if you smoke 20 a day that's £35 a week, that's £1820 a year.
That's probably a very good 3.2 Elite. You've got me thinking now Skruntie ;) ;)
Well thats the reason i went over too rolling baccy...£5 for 50g as opposed too £10 in shops.
Just need too find a good supplier now... >:(
Mind you at 34yrs old feel like a 70 yr with one lung right now.....gotta stop soon before im 6 foot under. :(
Believe me you don’t, unless it was on one of his good days.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No really mike i did earlier....he even gave a £20 ;) ;D
Dread too think whats too come...nearly all of my family have died from cancer including my dog and two cats. :o
Too the people who whinge about smokers standing outside smoking.....what gives you (non smokers ) the right too pregnant dog about us.....do we pregnant dog about you getting legless. ::) ::)
:-? :-? :-? Think I must have been too subtle ::) ::) ::)
Subtlety is wasted on me mike.... :-[
The point I poorly tried to put was that you did not feel like a guy with one lung, even on his worst days, regardless of his age.
I know, I have 1 lung, 34% Volume and 40% efficiency, that is what they can do for real. :(
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How much are ciggies these days as a matter of interest?
Depending on the brand about £5.00 a pack.
So if you smoke 20 a day that's £35 a week, that's £1820 a year.
That's probably a very good 3.2 Elite. You've got me thinking now Skruntie ;) ;)
Well thats the reason i went over too rolling baccy...£5 for 50g as opposed too £10 in shops.
Just need too find a good supplier now... >:(
Mind you at 34yrs old feel like a 70 yr with one lung right now.....gotta stop soon before im 6 foot under. :(
Believe me you don’t, unless it was on one of his good days.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No really mike i did earlier....he even gave a £20 ;) ;D
Dread too think whats too come...nearly all of my family have died from cancer including my dog and two cats. :o
Too the people who whinge about smokers standing outside smoking.....what gives you (non smokers ) the right too pregnant dog about us.....do we pregnant dog about you getting legless. ::) ::)
:-? :-? :-? Think I must have been too subtle ::) ::) ::)
Subtlety is wasted on me mike.... :-[
The point I poorly tried to put was that you did not feel like a guy with one lung, even on his worst days, regardless of his age.
I know, I have 1 lung, 34% Volume and 40% efficiency, that is what they can do for real. :(
Oh right with you now mike... :y
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How much are ciggies these days as a matter of interest?
Depending on the brand about £5.00 a pack.
So if you smoke 20 a day that's £35 a week, that's £1820 a year.
That's probably a very good 3.2 Elite. You've got me thinking now Skruntie ;) ;)
Well thats the reason i went over too rolling baccy...£5 for 50g as opposed too £10 in shops.
Just need too find a good supplier now... >:(
Mind you at 34yrs old feel like a 70 yr with one lung right now.....gotta stop soon before im 6 foot under. :(
Believe me you don’t, unless it was on one of his good days.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No really mike i did earlier....he even gave a £20 ;) ;D
Dread too think whats too come...nearly all of my family have died from cancer including my dog and two cats. :o
Too the people who whinge about smokers standing outside smoking.....what gives you (non smokers ) the right too pregnant dog about us.....do we pregnant dog about you getting legless. ::) ::)
Think I have a fair grounds to comment....
My gran died of cancer.
So did my dad.
and my mother.
Father in law died of cancer.
Mother in law had a cancer induced mastectomy 25 years ago and still here to tell us about it, thankfully.
Wife has beat cancer once already, now partway through chemo and looking good to beating it again.
and thats not bringing extended family (aunts and uncles etc) into it.....
Does not help when we have to walk through a public open area, channelled into the smoke filled doorway into an establishment, to enjoy our evening.
No way to link persons who pass through the smoke to the pub to getting leggless, in much the same way that passing through the smoke gives you cancer.
Based on percentages, however, things tell a different tale.
But each to their own... :y
I hear what your saying about cancer and loosing family members...after all lost Both grandmothers too cancer...my father...my mother had cervical cancer and i had a tumour removed whilst in primary school.
Id still rather smoke than drink.... :y
No one seems too bleet on about the trouble and deseases drinking causes do they...hell im sure a 3.0 pumps out more harmfull crap than a smoker does. ;)
It wasnt that long along people were actually encourage too START smoking...my mums doctor told her she should smoke menthol when she was 15 yrs old. ;D
No sorry but as far as im concerned places like pubs are traditionaly a smokey enveiroment....if a non smoker wants a non smoke place to drink there shady then whats wrong with there front room. :y
Resturants i agree with.....pubs i dont.
Oh and my mum"s a mad old cow.....dont stop me eating beef though. ;)
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No probs with smoking and tradition.... Just dont want to be a traditional statistic, thanks.....
If you want to smoke, get your pub to seperate the smoking area and the access door, not join them into one and the same. :y
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No probs with smoking and tradition.... Just dont want to be a traditional statistic, thanks.....
If you want to smoke, get your pub to seperate the smoking area and the access door, not join them into one and the same. :y
I dont drink...well never in a pub....cant stand drunks. :y
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dont know why we cant have a smoking room at the pubs like it used to be years ago tbh. then you could make your choice.
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dont know why we cant have a smoking room at the pubs like it used to be years ago tbh. then you could make your choice.
Not just in pubs, everywhere. I think it is awful seeing groups of smokers outside of buildings smoking away and outside the gates of schools, got a bit silly imho.
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dont know why we cant have a smoking room at the pubs like it used to be years ago tbh. then you could make your choice.
Not just in pubs, everywhere. I think it is awful seeing groups of smokers outside of buildings smoking away and outside the gates of schools, got a bit silly imho.
Agreed.
Just dislike the idea of having to walk through a fug of reek just to get into a place, never mind actually spend some cash once I get within....
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i agree it has got silly, im glad i got out the pub trade b4 the ban came in. but as you say, the crowds outside shops etc is not nice to see.
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I went to the bodies exhibit in New York and there were organs from smokers in there.....
.....glad I quit several years ago :y
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Years ago, stag do's around this way were called 'smokers' mainly because the participants were locked in a room to get sh!tfaced over the course of the night on a barrell of beer supplied by the groom, and they supplied the smokes.... how things have changed - for the better, I may add....
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I'm pleased to say that after sitting around smoking far too many when camping at the Lakes I haven't had one since, and don't miss it in the slightest.
On the subject of pubs, the only disadvantage of them becoming non smoking is that you can now smell all the other smells that were masked by the smoke. That's not a good thing in many cases. :-X
I think the more people become used to a smoke-free envionment the more offensive the smell, when you do smell it, IYSWIM. The office at work has the usual "bus shelter" at the other side of the car park but if you have the windows open when the wind's in the wrong direction...
I agree most establishments would be better off having a smoking room inside, maintained at negative pressure with a couple of decent extractor fans. That strategy works for toilets, after all. The pavements wouldn't be littered with dog ends then either.
Kevin
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Smoking or drinking - smoking stinks, drinking doesn't
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Smoking or drinking - smoking stinks, drinking doesn't
Does round here, after a few pints, I start Farting, and believe me I stink ;D
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Smoking or drinking - smoking stinks, drinking doesn't
Ahh, but more social problems are caused by drink than smoking. Fighting, throwing up in the street, urinating in the street etc.
I would rather step on fag buts than something someone has thrown up.
The smoking ban is the thin end of the wedge, smokers have been almost criminalised like drivers. The next target will be drinkers.
Before you support any ban, just think why are they doing this.
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Smoking or drinking - smoking stinks, drinking doesn't
Ahh, but more social problems are caused by drink than smoking. Fighting, throwing up in the street, urinating in the street etc.
I would rather step on f*g buts than something someone has thrown up.
The smoking ban is the thin end of the wedge, smokers have been almost criminalised like drivers. The next target will be drinkers.
Before you support any ban, just think why are they doing this.
Save ya breath mate...been there and it falls on deaf ears.
Apart from what you've quite rightly stated people also forget the drink drivers....ive never heard of someone loosing control of there car and killing innocent people due too having a cigi....wish the same could be said about drinkers.
Ok ok wildly off topic i know.... ;D
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Smoking or drinking - smoking stinks, drinking doesn't
Ahh, but more social problems are caused by drink than smoking. Fighting, throwing up in the street, urinating in the street etc.
I would rather step on f*g buts than something someone has thrown up.
The smoking ban is the thin end of the wedge, smokers have been almost criminalised like drivers. The next target will be drinkers.
Before you support any ban, just think why are they doing this.
Save ya breath mate...been there and it falls on deaf ears.
Apart from what you've quite rightly stated people also forget the drink drivers....ive never heard of someone loosing control of there car and killing innocent people due too having a cigi....wish the same could be said about drinkers.
Ok ok wildly off topic i know.... ;D
I have, when it fell between thier legs. :-/
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Smoking or drinking - smoking stinks, drinking doesn't
Ahh, but more social problems are caused by drink than smoking. Fighting, throwing up in the street, urinating in the street etc.
I would rather step on f*g buts than something someone has thrown up.
The smoking ban is the thin end of the wedge, smokers have been almost criminalised like drivers. The next target will be drinkers.
Before you support any ban, just think why are they doing this.
Save ya breath mate...been there and it falls on deaf ears.
Apart from what you've quite rightly stated people also forget the drink drivers....ive never heard of someone loosing control of there car and killing innocent people due too having a cigi....wish the same could be said about drinkers.
Ok ok wildly off topic i know.... ;D
I have, when it fell between thier legs. :-/
Ok well maybe the rare case then...but no doubt in the same percentage of somone sneezing and loosing control or terribly sorry old boy, I am a little tireding or following through after a curry ect ect ect. ;D
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October 7th marks 28 years since I last had a f*g.
A smokers cough that just would not disappear, vanished within 2 weeks of giving up the dreaded weed.
Now I was a 30 a day man back in 1980, so I'll do the maths. 28x365x30 a day = 306,600 which I would have smoked but have'nt.
I don't know how much f*g money I would have saved, if I hadn't spent it all on booze, fast women, motorbikes and illegal substances. But thats another story.
I do remember that my last packet of fags, 20 Gold leaf, cost me the princely sum of 51p.
Has anyone noticed that certain f*g brands disappear. When I was young everyone seemed to smoke Players No.6, or Players No.10 if they were short of cash.
As kids we used to buy the cigarettes in the prettiest packets. Carlton (purple). Consulate. And when we were feeling daring we would buy a packet of Capstan Full Strength, which used to blow your head off.
Anyone know if any of these brands still exist? Anyone tried giving up, and failed or succeeded? :) :)
Not had a ciggy since January, still get the feeling for one though
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thank the lord i never started, i have always hated the smell from my parents when they smoked and now my daughter is the same as me - hates her mums smoke !
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I still occasionally smoke in my dreams even after all these years.Crazy. :y
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thank the lord i never started, i have always hated the smell from my parents when they smoked and now my daughter is the same as me - hates her mums smoke !
Good for you... :y
My brother was the same growing up and has never smoked....well he has a pure grass joint sometimes,but he says that dont count. ::)
Myself i was always much more tolerant and i think thats how come i drifted into smoking drugs then onto cigs....the one thing i bitterly regret ever starting.