Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

All smoking is bad for you...full stop!


However, I like a cigar, and so like to light up.


But take the average bus, it spews out more cancer causing agents into the air than any smoker...when are they going to ban the bus?

yes fred, she is, which is one of the reasons i am sure that we have now been married tolerably happy for nearly 35 years ..... we give eaxch other space - e.g. she rarely interferes with when i want to play golf - and for my part, i keep her well fed 4/5 times a week!

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MK - knowing this thread, my original question has probably been swamped and/or hijacked, so i'll set it again .....

should e-cigarettes have the same strictures attaching as tobacco ones?

Like Tax the same ?

Cynic answer this from Chris........

Chris Carson - 09 Oct 2013 20:29 - 30804 of 30841
Talking shite cynic re e-cigarettes. My wife used to smoke twenty cigarettes a day, since using the above a year last May she hasn't had a cigarette to-date. Sadly I cannot boast the same success, but I am trying.

Have you ever smoked cigarettes? If you haven't then you have no idea what you are talking about. If you are an ex-smoker then I do not understand your argument, but please enlighten me.

Ed Miliband ‏@Ed_Miliband 34s
New electricity and gas price rises announced today show the need to freeze bills.

Andrew Neil ‏@afneil BBC
Energy company SSE said household electricity and gas tariffs are to increase by an average of 8.2% from November 15. Why!!??

Iain Duncan Smith MP ‏@IDS_MP 30m
It's World Mental Health Day... Let's remove the stigma by applauding those with mental issues (be careful though, they are dangerous)

Iain Duncan Smith MP ‏@IDS_MP 22m
Help the elderly and vulnerable cope with increased fuel prices by encouraging them to jog to the food bank.

Good ol id's, man of the people.

what's the question?
have i ever smoked a cigarette?
yes
have i ever been a smoker?
no though both parents were and my sister is

i also ran a restaurant for 7 years where of course smoking was then permitted

but, as i assume chris has appointed you his mouthpiece, the point is/was what?

personally, i am delighted that smoking has been banned from public places and i see no reason at all why e-cigarettes should be treated any differently, always assuming we (society) would like to see smoking continue its downward trend

Do you not think the old tap Room should be brought back (for smoking) OR smoking pubs and non smoking pubs?.

May help stop the closure of all these local pubs thats happening now?.

No answer as usual and then he complains when no one answers his querys.

Querys I might add he already as an answer for.

A stupid comment by IDS - "It's World Mental Health Day... Let's remove the stigma by applauding those with mental issues (be careful though, they are dangerous) "- that's like implying all dogs are dangerous.

Check the spelling of his name.

Doods,

I'm guessing the IDS Twitter account is a parody account. Typical of Fishfinger though, to follow something that's fake!

That bloke is a fake.

Lets face it everything handed to him on a plate, a comission at Sandringham, his father saw to that, and then he marrys his fathers mates daughter Betsy who just happens to be a millionairess.

Then he has the cheek to talk about non strivers.

Biggest bull shitter of the lot and that includes Camoron.

Alzheimer’s treatment breakthrough: British scientists pave way for simple pill to cure disease

Historic ‘turning point’ hailed as UK researchers discover how to halt death of brain cells, opening new pathway for future drug treatments


Charlie Cooper

Thursday 10 October 2013





Scientists have hailed an historic “turning point” in the search for a medicine that could beat Alzheimer's disease, after a drug-like compound was used to halt brain cell death in mice for the first time.


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/alzheimers-treatment-breakthrough-british-scientists-pave-way-for-simple-pill-to-cure-disease-8869716.html

Iain Duncan Smith MP ‏@IDS_MP 7 Oct
As the nights draw in it's important you check on elderly neighbours, to report if they have vacant spare rooms before it's too dark to see.

Iain Duncan Smith MP ‏@IDS_MP 6 Oct
Save money by telling your kids the tooth fairy was a benefits cheat and is now in jail for committing fraud.

Iain Duncan Smith MP ‏@IDS_MP 5 Oct
Keep elderly relatives warm this winter without straining your budget by smearing them in deep heat.