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ShaunWhite
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Sat waiting at the airport...... There's a special room where you can go to talk to imaginary 'gods' but no place for people with an actual physical addiction to smoking.

"Safety" is the alleged reason :roll: I don't ever remember a plane catching fire on the runway because someone had a fag indoors.... But I DO remember some crashing after someone had got themselves all hyped up on 'god'.
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ShaunWhite wrote:
Tue Jul 19, 2022 11:16 am
Sat waiting at the airport...... There's a special room where you can go to talk to imaginary 'gods' but no place for people with an actual physical addiction to smoking.
'Physical addiction'?! It's all in the head, just need a bit of willpower ;)

It's like those people who say they 'can't' lose weight, however hard they try. "It's my genes, I have a predisposition to being obese" Whenever you see coverage from some part of the world suffering a famine, and there's just a sea of poor buggers who are only skin and bone you never see a fat person sitting in the middle of them. "Oh look, he must have the FTO gene"
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Trader Pat wrote:
Tue Jul 19, 2022 12:17 pm
'Physical addiction'?! It's all in the head, just need a bit of willpower ;)
Thanks Pat. I've only been smoking for 47yrs and didn't know that.

I see they've got a Wetherspoons for addicts of that drug though. It makes no sense at all.
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ShaunWhite wrote:
Tue Jul 19, 2022 12:58 pm
Trader Pat wrote:
Tue Jul 19, 2022 12:17 pm
'Physical addiction'?! It's all in the head, just need a bit of willpower ;)
Thanks Pat. I've only been smoking for 47yrs and didn't know that.

I see they've got a Wetherspoons for addicts of that drug though. It makes no sense at all.
I suppose it comes down to space. You'd need an outdoor smoking area and the way most airports are designed doesn't help.
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Packets with an arrow telling you where to tear - they're just taking the piss!!
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93 minutes waiting for a goal. Penalty awarded, and he flipping misses!!
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I remember in 1994, being a smoker, on my way to Australia and stopping off in Hong Kong. Needed somewhere to smoke at the airport and found it. I opened the door and couple of minutes later puked my guts up. I have no idea how many people where in this room but the seriously large air filters were failing one by one. I could have kissed everyone in the room, make and female and none of us would have known. 😂🤮🤠
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FFS, I know my battery is low, no need to repeat it every 10 seconds, you stupid bitch!

My former girlfriend used to let me carry on listening to my music if I plugged her in, but not you. It's either me or electricity, you can't handle both of us!
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The moon eclipsing the sun is an extremely rare event. But when there's a single cloud in the sky, not much bigger in appearance than the moon, 100% guaranteed to eclipse the sun!
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Derek27 wrote:
Sun Jul 24, 2022 3:29 pm
The moon eclipsing the sun is an extremely rare event. But when there's a single cloud in the sky, not much bigger in appearance than the moon, 100% guaranteed to eclipse the sun!
They do have the advantage that they can be observed from anywhere.
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ShaunWhite wrote:
Wed Jul 20, 2022 12:38 am
Derek27 wrote:
Wed Jul 20, 2022 12:00 am
Trading from my garden again. A coolish 25ºC, though it will drop further.
Very civilised temperatures for outside trading. :)
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They say there's no need to go abroad this summer, it's hotter over here. Is it windy where you are? Do you have to search for where your cigarette packet has been blown when you want a smoke or hold on to a can of beer that's a quarter-full or risk having its content blown onto your lap?

Sorry, should be on the rant thread. :D
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Derek27 wrote:
Sun Jul 24, 2022 6:04 pm
ShaunWhite wrote:
Wed Jul 20, 2022 12:38 am
Derek27 wrote:
Wed Jul 20, 2022 12:00 am
Trading from my garden again. A coolish 25ºC, though it will drop further.
Very civilised temperatures for outside trading. :)
Screenshot_20220720-013247_One UI Home.jpg
They say there's no need to go abroad this summer, it's hotter over here. Is it windy where you are? Do you have to search for where your cigarette packet has been blown when you want a smoke or hold on to a can of beer that's a quarter-full or risk having its content blown onto your lap?

Sorry, should be on the rant thread. :D
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12 years .... let me emphasise that - 12 YEARS of Tory rule and we have this.
"The NHS is in a jobs crisis, and needs to find 62,000 medical professionals to fill vacancies across the UK, according to a report by MPs.".
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Derek27 wrote:
Sun Jul 24, 2022 6:04 pm
They say there's no need to go abroad this summer, it's hotter over here.
:roll: It's not just about temperature it's about culture, cuisine, lifestyle, language & experiences blah blah blah. But I suppose if "abroad" means sitting in a hot British themed pub eating a roast dinner then they might as well stay at home.
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Derek27 wrote:
Sun Jul 24, 2022 6:04 pm
They say there's no need to go abroad this summer, it's hotter over here.
You could go on holiday to Blackpool and put 2 pence in an arcade machine and if two or more 2p coins fall out you make a profit
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