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Thought for today - 11 August


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I used to smoke cigarettes!!

Gave up 22 years ago. Last one was 21:30 09/06/1986. Never had one since.

I am the proverbial converted smoker.

Can't stand the smell. Detest it!!

No comment on the sex aspect. ;)

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No comment on the smoking either as I'm still struggling to give up and I detest those converted smokers who are worse at criticizing than those who've never smoked. :rolleyes: Irene, take note :D

From my experience, it seems that those who once smoked find it more offencive than those who never have. I won't allow it in our house or in our cars.

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No your wrong, as I gave up in 1993 after 30 odd years and have no problem with others smoking.

I agree with you. It is like religion, The converts become holier than thou, and pour scorn on the unconverted, who of course are sinners.

I smoked a pipe from my late teens until I was about 60 and had to go in and have my prostate rebored. I stopped a couple of weeks before the op. because of the interaction of smoking and operating tables. A few weeks after the op. I realised what a lot of money I had saved and so in my true Yorkshire fashion I did not buy any more tobacco.

I have not given up smoking, I have just lapsed temporarily, I still have my Peterson and some 15 year old baccy, , and although it is too dry to smoke I do go and have a sniff at it occasionally.

We had a managing director who was a "convert" and he sent all we managers a silly sign to display on our desks. It said on it "Thank you for not smoking". This was to encourage wholesale conversion. So I binned mine and made a similar one that said "Thank you for not breaking wind."

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No comment on the smoking either as I'm still struggling to give up and I detest those converted smokers who are worse at criticizing than those who've never smoked. :rolleyes: Irene, take note :D
Yes, I know. I understand.

I was the worst of all smokers in my time!! I smoked at least 30 a day (and that is all I am prepared to admit to!). The problem for "ex-smokers" is that, at first you become a non-smoking smoker. Finally, if you are luckly, you become a non-smoker. The problem is that your nasal senses become more acute, so that's why we become a pain to existing smokers.

I now just avoid placing myself in a position where I am subject to cigarettes. Any of my friends who still smoke respect this. I don't need to ban smoking, we just accomodate each other. :D

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No comment on the smoking either as I'm still struggling to give up and I detest those converted smokers who are worse at criticizing than those who've never smoked. :rolleyes: Irene, take note :D
Yes, I know. I understand.

I was the worst of all smokers in my time!! I smoked at least 30 a day (and that is all I am prepared to admit to!). The problem for "ex-smokers" is that, at first you become a non-smoking smoker. Finally, if you are luckly, you become a non-smoker. The problem is that your nasal senses become more acute, so that's why we become a pain to existing smokers.

I now just avoid placing myself in a position where I am subject to cigarettes. Any of my friends who still smoke respect this. I don't need to ban smoking, we just accomodate each other. :D

You have summed it up to a T. I used to find when smoking was allowed in pubs, that my clothes used to stink the next day, especially jumpers. It's great now to be able to have a night out and not smell of smoke the next day. Also, I seem to have become much more sensitive to the fumes. It is definitely NOT allowed in our house, or cars.

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That's the key Irene, accommodating each other. Your sense of smell and taste does become more acute but that shouldn't mean that we should not tolerate others who still smoke.

I hope I will always tolerate those who wish to smoke and not treat them like lepers as there are far worse smells, IMHO, and what's a smell between friends? :flowers:

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