souleh 0 #26 January 13, 2004 Cronoa with lime. Yup, just about the only American beer I like Shame it costs me £2.90 / $5 a bottle. Sheesh! 'buttplugs? where?' - geno Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #27 January 13, 2004 QuoteBy criticizing the habit, you criticize the person, no? Yes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scottbre 0 #28 January 13, 2004 Quote8+ years smoke free! 25+ years smoke free! "Your mother's full of stupidjuice!" My Art Project Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skycutie 0 #29 January 13, 2004 Quote25+ years smoke free! Congratulations.... I'm one day smoke free. I want to to quit real bad! My asthma and allergies are killing me, but it's so hard to quit! I don't smoke that much though (a cigarette or two daily, unless I'm drinking.) Quiting is one of my new years' resolutions. MEN: you can't live with 'em, you can't shoot 'em, but you can act psychotic and keep 'em off balance. HISPA #10 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WrongWay 0 #30 January 13, 2004 First of all, Rhino, Amazon and I have 2 things in common. (other than amazon and i are from SGC... ) Corona is my fave beer for sure, followed up by RR, and I too used to jump a Triathlon. Anyway, here's my outlook on smoking and females. I personally do not smoke. I don't care that other people do and I'm not offended by it. Do your own thing, just not in my car. I'd date a girl that smoked, and I might have one at social gatherings, but beyond that still wouldn't get into it much myself. Wrong Way D #27371 Mal Manera Rodriguez Cajun Chicken Ø Hellfish #451 The wiser wolf prevails. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StearmanR985 0 #31 January 13, 2004 QuoteCronoa with lime. Yup, just about the only American beer I like Shame it costs me £2.90 / $5 a bottle. Sheesh! Corona is made in Mexico. So we can't take credit for it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhino 0 #32 January 13, 2004 Quote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Reply To -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By criticizing the habit, you criticize the person, no? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yes. Opinions are like booties.. Everyone has one... I stated my position.. I criticize the habit.. Not the person.. EVERYONE in here has heard me criticize THE PERSON before.. I have not done so.. Rhino Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 220 #33 January 13, 2004 Quote2 things.. I use to jump a Triathlon Back to one - She still likes hers.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #34 January 13, 2004 QuoteCriticism is never pleasant. when given and taken constructively it can be, and a useful development tool.. the problem is most people cant do either..____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hmatousek 0 #35 January 13, 2004 2+ days smoke free. I think I am really going to do it this time!!!! Sunday sucked and yesterday evening was a little better. Today I want one for the sake of having one but I can control that. I just like the fact that I won't stink like an ashtray.Life doesn't have to be perfect in order to be beautiful! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhino 0 #36 January 13, 2004 QuoteI just like the fact that I won't stink like an ashtray. Keep up the good work :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve1 5 #37 January 13, 2004 About 4 years ago, when I was still teaching, I started jumping again. I told a fellow teacher that I was skydiving again. She was going on and on about how I was only a teacher and didn't make enough money to jump.....And then I got to thinking that she probably spends more money than I do just on cigarettes. Smoking a pack or two a day is about as expensive as my jump habit, and probably more dangerous......Steve1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 0 #38 January 13, 2004 Quoteyour right. if you screw up smoking you burn yourself. if you screw up swooping.... 2nd hand smoke is just as bad for those around you. My parents smoked a pack a day each, right around 13 I was diagnosed with asthma and reduced lung capacity due to it. Fly it like you stole it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhino 0 #39 January 13, 2004 My parents smoked too.. I HATED IT... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GARYC24 3 #40 January 13, 2004 My aunt died New Years Day mainly from smoking. It was expected she would by this summer, it happened sooner than anyone thought..I couldn't make the funeral (in Southern Illinois) I quit 2 months ago, I figured I'm already got damaged lungs,etc..but to continue is suicidal! I feel that anyone who smokes basically does not give a shit about the damage their doing in the long run to their health! Ain't no two ways about it ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Push 0 #41 January 13, 2004 Sad but true. It's difficult to give constructive criticism with smoking though. I've never heard a reasonable argument that justifies the cost vs benefit of smoking. There's practically nothing you can say in defense of it. So the only constructive criticism is "quit, and quit ASAP". If you know the person well, you could help with the quitting, but here on the internet you really can't. -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeemax 0 #42 January 13, 2004 QuoteCronoa with lime. Yup, just about the only American beer I like Shame it costs me £2.90 / $5 a bottle. Sheesh! Drag your sorry ass into a weather spoons.. its £1.19 a bottle, second cheapest bottled beer they have Phoenix Fly - High performance wingsuits for skydiving and BASE Performance Designs - Simply brilliant canopies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeemax 0 #43 January 13, 2004 also.. on topic... lol... I'm really not a big fan of smoking. I hate the smell. I hate going to a club at night and coming smelling stinking of an ashtray, knowing that my health will have been affected through passive smokers. I wish our spineless prime minister would do what the rest of europe has and just ban smoking in most places. He wont of course, because there are too many smoking voters. Please dont get me wrong, i'm not trying to start a crusade against smokers here. Do what you want to your body, i just dont see why i should have to suffer. A new campaign has started here in the UK.. heres a link to the video, click the broadband version so you can see it clearly. http://www.fawley-hants.co.uk/Council/Council-News/January-2004/Give-Up-Before-you-Clog-Up-Broadband.htmPhoenix Fly - High performance wingsuits for skydiving and BASE Performance Designs - Simply brilliant canopies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gmanpilot 0 #44 January 13, 2004 Interesting thread: Riding a motorcycle can kill you. Swooping can kill you. Smoking will kill you eventually. My dad died from lung cancer about a month and a half ago. He was a smart, educated, loved and loving individual who was completely addicted to a lecherous habit. He just did not have the strength to quit, even after his cancer was diagnosed. I do not make moral judgements about it. The habit simply sucks the life out of you and those around you. So I would implore those of you who do choose to smoke, to think about making a different choice while you can. It only gets harder to quit, please do it while you can._________________________________________ -There's always free cheese in a mouse trap. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeemax 0 #45 January 13, 2004 also... on the swooping... you mess up swooping, it'll finnish you pretty quickly. Smoking will kill you very slowly and painfully...Phoenix Fly - High performance wingsuits for skydiving and BASE Performance Designs - Simply brilliant canopies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MyOwnWay 0 #46 January 13, 2004 i myself do not smoke, but i don't mind if others smoke, just not around me. i find it hard to breathe and my eyes start watering, so if you are smoking around me, i won't ask you to leave, i will relocate myself. i have seen the effects of long term smoking. my grandfather passed away due to its effects, and i am watching my grandmother slowly die. w/ her being a smoker of 30 + years, she has leather looking skin, she had to get her teeth replaced because they were so black and brown, she is constantly coughing up the nastiest shit from her lungs, she's constantly getting sick, and she loses her breath very easily. this isn't exactly what i consider a healthy habit. i don't want to go through that, but there is that huge thing called freedom of choice._________________________________________ all good things are wild and free - Henry David Thoreau Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zyne 0 #47 January 13, 2004 Got a question for everyone making their opinions public knowledge. Does anyone of you smoke? Has anyone of you smoked? I'm sick and tired of the bashing in the medias. I think by now the point has come acrossed yanno. We all make choices in life, I chose to smoke. If I go to a restaurant for dinner and smoke after my meal its by choice. But the stuck up asshole sitting on the other side of the restaurant whining about me smoking ALSO made a choice. If you are in a position where it bothers you this bad, hey here's an idea, cook dinner at home!!! I'm sick and @#$%@#$ tired of this debate in all shapes and forms. People smoke, deal with it. There are non smoking tables in all restaurants, some disallow smoking all together. But its just never enough for you people is it? Whether its right or wrong to smoke, its still our @%$@# right, deal with it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #48 January 13, 2004 QuotePeople smoke, deal with it Yep. I try to take my business to non somking restaurants and other places that have that option. And I'll do what I can to support legislation to ban smoking in any public place!Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeemax 0 #49 January 13, 2004 QuoteIf I go to a restaurant for dinner and smoke after my meal its by choice. But the stuck up asshole sitting on the other side of the restaurant whining about me smoking ALSO made a choice. If you are in a position where it bothers you this bad, hey here's an idea, cook dinner at home!!! Why should they? Why dont you stay at home and smoke there? i'm not trying to start a fight, but you have to see the point. I hate smoke in a restraunt. If i'm in a really nice place enjoying a nice meal, why should i have that taste spoiled by the smell of smoke?Phoenix Fly - High performance wingsuits for skydiving and BASE Performance Designs - Simply brilliant canopies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zyne 0 #50 January 13, 2004 Now THIS I can respect. It's the whining uaaah approach 99.9% of the people take that makes me want to vomit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
