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Pescador
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Ok, here is a good question for the "Social Engineers" that think the government should regulate this kind of thing. When the big push happened and
smokers quit in droves, what happened to all of the money that they said we would save if we did not have to treat all those people dying from lung
cancer?
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krafty
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Save and find a cure-THAT will never happen, for any cancer. Think of all of those oncologists out of work.
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MrBillM
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8 Long Years ?
No Surprise that the Horned-Toad had so little Will-Power. Typical.
That's the trouble with Liberals. They embrace their weakness rather than show some spine.
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mcfez
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You are late again MrBillM
Quote: | Originally posted by MrBillM
No Surprise that the Horned-Toad had so little Will-Power. Typical.
That's the trouble with Liberals. They embrace their weakness rather than show some spine. |
MrBillM...rest the negative remarks. Take it to Off Topic
Not here plez. Thanks
[Edited on 12-24-2010 by mcfez]
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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wessongroup
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Gee, another plant we can thank the native americans for.... maybe its a trade off.. after all we got corn, potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, peanuts,
chocolate, vanilla, seet potatoes, canabis sativa and a number of other wonderful plants.. including coca .. plus other plants which have given us
useful medications
Also nicotine was very helpful in understanding the parasympathic nervous system along with endocine functions of animal phyisology
And if we were really serious about the dangers and/or costs associated with this plant... seems like it should be outlawed ....
Boy, talk about crazy... legal killer weed..  
$11 dollars a pack... guess the machines don't take quarters anymore.. shows how long since I smoked cigs....
Must confess I too ..... started having a cigar ... I'm a weak person.... still like the taste of tobacco...
I too grew up when EVERYONE smoked... Crazy Legs Hirsch, Mickey Mantle et al..
As I recall, you were considered a bit weird if you did not smoke and drinking by the 6th grade... guess I grew up with a different bunch.. in the
50's
Think not.. watch the High and the Mighty ... with John Wayne ... everyone is pounding down the hoch and the only non smokers ... think it was the
kid... in the back of the plane sleeping...
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Stickers
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Warnings
I took this pic at the airport in London. They aren't subtile over there. 
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DENNIS
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Quote: | Originally posted by wessongroup
$11 dollars a pack... guess the machines don't take quarters anymore.. shows how long since I smoked cigs....
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Hey, Wiley....do you remember way back in the day [gawd....I hate it when people say that] when it took a quarter to buy a pack of smokes from a
machine and there were two pennies change inside the cellophane wrapper?
Or, same era, matches from the machine were free? Just pull the lever and a book of fire fell from the machine into the tray.
Them's was the days.
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The 5 cent candy bar, the 25 cent movie, and the 10 dollar lid. Yeah, those were the days.
Dorado Don
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bajamigo
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I thank the US Air Force for curing me of the habit: 6 cents a pack while on active duty, 50 cents a pack the day after my discharge. It was
give-it-up or send the kid to NYC public school.
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Santiago
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Quote: | Originally posted by Pescador
Ok, here is a good question for the "Social Engineers" that think the government should regulate this kind of thing. When the big push happened and
smokers quit in droves, what happened to all of the money that they said we would save if we did not have to treat all those people dying from lung
cancer? |
Pesky: I'm guessing it simply increased the salaries of the health insurer's executives and the dividend of their stock holders. But possibly went
to take care of ex-smoker's diabetes and heart disease from their resulting weight gain.
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Marc
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Quote: | Originally posted by bajamigo
I thank the US Air Force for curing me of the habit: 6 cents a pack while on active duty, 50 cents a pack the day after my discharge. It was
give-it-up or send the kid to NYC public school. |
Was $1.00 a carton on our ship. The "sea store" opened after we were underway. I smoked three packs of Lucky Strike & Camel a day. This was in the
late 50's. Still waiting for it to bite back.
[Edited on 12-24-2010 by Marc]
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After a quad by-pass it was O so easy
Rob
Anyone can catch fish in a boat but only \"El Pescador Grande\" can get them from the beach.
I hope when my time comes the old man will let me bring my rod and the water will be warm and clear.
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wessongroup
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Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Quote: | Originally posted by wessongroup
$11 dollars a pack... guess the machines don't take quarters anymore.. shows how long since I smoked cigs....
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Hey, Wiley....do you remember way back in the day [gawd....I hate it when people say that] when it took a quarter to buy a pack of smokes from a
machine and there were two pennies change inside the cellophane wrapper?
Or, same era, matches from the machine were free? Just pull the lever and a book of fire fell from the machine into the tray.
Them's was the days. |
Dennis ... I sure do.. and gas it was .21-.25 cents a gallon... plus ... do you remember... GAS WARS !!!!! 
Now when the last time ya saw a gas war....  
Wow how cool... someone else who remembers things which are somewhat unbelievable today... L A River with no concrete... the old 102 Brewery, plus the
pike !!!! (should been a national monument) ... many a day as a youngster hanging out in Long Beach.... long way on our bikes ... but worth it.. in
the day...
Always wondered by my grandfather was always so quite... he was most likely in a state of shock most of the time in the 60's.. he was 70 plus .... and
just couldn't understand what was happening...
Now I get !!! I'm stuck in another "century"... it's all changed again... now it's my turn in the barrel...
Interesting lyrics to a song... which I've always liked by the Kinks... "20th Century Man"
This is the age of machinery,
A mechanical nightmare,
The wonderful world of technology,
Napalm, hydrogen bombs, biological warfare,
This is the twentieth century,
But too much aggravation
It's the age of insanity,
What has become of the green pleasant fields of Jerusalem.
Ain't got no ambition, I'm just disillusioned
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna be here.
My mama said she can't understand me
She can't see my motivation
Just give me some security,
I'm a paranoid schizoid product of the twentieth century.
You keep all your smart modern writers
Give me William Shakespeare
You keep all your smart modern painters
I'll take Rembrandt, Titian, Da Vinci and Gainsborough,
Girl we gotta get out of here
We gotta find a solution
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't want to die here.
I was born in a welfare state
Ruled by bureaucracy
Controlled by civil servants
And people dressed in grey
Got no privacy, got no liberty
Cos the twentieth century people
Took it all away from me.
Don't wanna get myself shot down
By some trigger happy policeman,
Gotta keep a hold on my sanity
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna die here.
My mama says she can't understand me
She can't see my motivation
Ain't got no security,
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna be here.
This is the twentieth century
But too much aggravation
This is the edge of insanity
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna be here.
Think all ya gotta do is sub ... twenty-first century man
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acadist
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Quote: | Originally posted by dtutko1
The 5 cent candy bar, the 25 cent movie, and the 10 dollar lid. Yeah, those were the days. |
AMEN!
Dave
I moved to CO and they made me buy a little rod to make it feel like a real fish
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Russ
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Quote: | Originally posted by morgaine7
Quote: | Originally posted by Marc
Huh? What does it say?? |
If you smoke during pregnancy, you can suffer a miscarriage.
Tobacco smoke reduces the amount of oxygen and nourishment that your baby receives.
Contains thalium [?], a poison used in rat killer and insecticides.
By smoking you can kill your baby.
I'm kinda worried about Russ. 
Brought my brother in the US a carton of those, and the messages all seem to be directed at protecting kids.
Kate
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If you saw my profile you'd realize I may have something to worry about.
Edit: It isn't starvation
[Edited on 12-25-2010 by Russ]
Bahia Concepcion where life starts...given a chance!
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MrBillM
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Smoking During Pregnancy is OK
Since those who WOULD do so are obviously retarded already, their having a miscarriage would not necessarily be a negative. Why bring more defectives
into the world ?
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DavidE
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WARNING! USING TOBACCO WILL VOID YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE!
I see this coming sometime down the road.
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Cypress
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Kicking the smoking habit was the 2nd. best move I ever made. The 1st. was getting hitched to a service brat.
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wessongroup
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Funny, when growing up ... in the 40's and 50's we were all just ignorant of all that trans-fat, cholesterol, and all the litiney of ills one could
expect from living life.. as it were ...
The old saying when someone died... Well, it was their time...
Now we know so much more... we now know, it wasn't their time.. rather they ate too much bad food, drank too much, smoked too much, live in an area
with bad air quality... et al...
Now we can say, the individual died from ______________
Let's see now... does anyone get out of this alive... EVER !!!!!
Enjoy today... tomorrow may never come..
[Edited on 12-26-2010 by wessongroup]
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DENNIS
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Quote: | Originally posted by wessongroup
Enjoy today... tomorrow may never come..
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Ohhhhh....sure it will, Wiley. You'll see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnjkb4q6FKU
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