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Elf Lord
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Yar, But I dinna know or say enyting bout da midwest.
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protector of orphaned rabbits
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Kalamazoo... yes, its a real place!
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I DO NOT THINK THAT TAZES ON CIGERETTES SHOULD GO UP! that way when all of my friends run out of cash, they will come to me. grr.
oh well, im sure i can say no.. somehow argh. im just glad i got a brain like BoP, (did i just say that?!) i stopped after a year, wasn't addicted though. now im fine. *twitch. utah is nice though, no smoking in public places.
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Join Date: Feb 2002
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you cannot drink in utar either thats a long way down my list of places to visit. If they want to make extra money and solve the farming crisi in britian they should legalise canabis i mean its all good.
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#104 |
protector of orphaned rabbits
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i thihk that a big part of the reason that underage kids smoke, is the whole "it's illegal" factor. i know that half of them wouldn't do it if it wasn't illegal.
edit: to add more to this, last year we had an exchange student from amsterdam in our class. does everyone know what's legal in amsterdam? well if you don't, smoking pot is legal ther. she said that no one really does it. i think that this proves the theory that teens that aren't like the kids here, are stupid and only doing this because it's illegal.
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A large part of the problem is perception. Which is why education is a better solution than draconian measures.
Utah has a ban on public smoking and alcohol because of the prevailing religious sect. I doubt it has much of anything to do with concerns about second hand smoke or spilled beer.
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In-between that time, we went down to Las Vegas for a weekend... I was shocked that people there smoked... Oh, and the unsolicited pornography-distributors kinda got to me, too. Especially because they all appeared to be immigrants.
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I am Freddie/UNDERCOVER/ Founder of The Great Continent of Entmoot
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With window shopping - the woman lays on the bed (seductively, I imagine) so people can see her through the "store" front window as they walk by on the street. Then when a customer walks in they close the blinds. When they're done - they reopen them and wait for the next guy. Drive through service - they have a parking lot basically with walls seperating the parking spaces. You just pull in and you have car service. (This I had seen on some show on The learning Channel or one of those channels). I think you have to supply the prostitute - I can't remember. It may be like the old 50's burger joints where they come to you though. ![]()
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When I go back to Indiana - I always have to get re-used to the amount of smokers there. At least in Indiana it makes it easier to get a table in the non-smoking section without waiting. ![]()
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imagine how julie, the little mormon girl, adjusted to living in naw'lins for the real world,
'scuse the typing, im typinh with one hand because im eating popcorn. my hand is all buttery... i have never been to amsterdam. i am just going off of what the exchange student said. of course i believed it all, seeing as she lived there... oh well this is too hard to type anymore. i'll come back and edit this in a minute when me popcorn is gone ![]()
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Maybe I should have said surprised... being offended would be stupid... "how dare they smoke in my presence??!!"
Or, even better, out loud: "How dare you all smoke in my presence!!" In addition, after listening to my grandparents discuss how cigarette prices have soared recently, I doubt I could even afford to smoke, if I ever felt like dying young. My grandparents quit many years ago, but mentioned that they used to be about a buck a pack, but are now nearly four dollars... an expensive way to kill yourself, with repeated exposure.
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i ran in to this shady party store a few hours ago (for my friend not me! i have quit it all!) she gave me a five for one pack of smokes, and i returned with a quarter and her pack of course.. but still! the prices ARE outrageous. soon all my friends will be broke and i'll have to drive them places.
maybe i should start charging for gas...
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I think we have currently $1.50/pack tax on cigarettes. Several States Increase Cigarette Excise Tax Rates
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Yeah, they've hiked the prices up over here as well. $10 NZ for a packet of the cheap ones. Which is a lot when you think about it. That money could go to gas, or food.
Come to think of it, when I was shopping once, I saw a woman at the check out get declined. She was trying to buy a pack of meat, some milk and some cigarettes. She was surrounded with three (hungry) children. Guess what she returned? Yep, that's right. The milk and the meat were the first to go. She bought the cigarettes. I don't really think that hiking the prices helps that much.....
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I was looking at a December 1955 "Holiday" magazine this afternoon, (yes, I collect vintage magazines too
![]() In the night before christmas, the head of the house Trimmed a Parliament tree, as a hint to his spouse. Then he called her right in-and his meaning was clear A Parliament gift would be perfect this year! With so many smart smokers the same thing is true They're hinting to Santa for Parliaments, too. Well now, How can you blame them-the flavor's a dream The smart case is crush-proof; tobacco, supreme; And the filters all recessed away from the tips So that only the flavor touches your lips YOU'RE SMART TO SMOKE PARLIAMENTS Scary! ![]() Last edited by Lizra : 08-29-2002 at 10:18 PM. |
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Join Date: Jun 2002
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SMOKING (def.) The only legal (and in some parts socially accepted) form of suicide.
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Elf Lord
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People will do whatever they want to. If they want to smoke, they will smoke.
Tax it enough, and they will begin to smuggle Tobacco, like any other illicit substance. In fact, it's already become big money to smuggle ciggarettes between states with lower taxes to states with higher taxes. I overheard someone YESTERDAY, talking about taking a tractor trailor load to New Jersey, of all places, and netting a 200% profit on each pack. He came back a rich man. Another example of government creating criminal untaxed profit at the expense of nominally law abiding citizens, is wht I say.
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