Free Republic Smokers' Lounge 2nd Annual Yearly Threads Edition

Puff List ^ | 6/20/03 | francisandbeans

[Just another Joe]

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[Just another Joe]

This weeks tobacco related threads.

Maine: No Smoking In Bars/Taverns Come September
WHO CHIEF - "Smoking should be banned also in private homes"
State to start cracking down on Internet smokes sales
Conservatives (Rush & Sean) in ads? It's not right (Whiney Liberal Alert)
State ban against online cigarette sales begins today
Smoking ban put on hold
Smoking and Property Rights (http://www.mises.org)

[Just another Joe]

The Lounge is open!

[Just another Joe]

You'll want to bookmark this one folks.
Interspersed throughout the thread will be the links to the last years tobacco related threads.
Coming up next will be the first part.

[RMDupree]

Just checking in for a moment, Joe. :)

It's Friday, so I want to get as much work done as possible.

*PUFF*

Ruthy

[Just another Joe]

Here's the first installment.

Smoking study ought to remove lingering doubts/Same old lies, different spin
Striking the right match/Maine's cigarette taxes at work.
Smoking Ban Hurting Tempe Restaurants This one is the hot one of the week
Vote No on Amendment 6! / Floridians' rights are under attack!
Big Food Fight [re: first tobacco, now food]
Citizens for Healthy Michigan Will Fight Big Tobacco/Blames all on the Politicians
Smoking Ban Is Reinstated/Mass
Health groups critical of new smoking age
Second-Hand Smoke Causes Cancer: WHO Panel reviews past research, decides risk is significant
Study says Omni cigarette causes fewer tumors in mice
California: Measure to raise smoking age to 21 clears early hurdle
Smoking restrictions become law Monday (Oklahoma)
Bill that would ease smoking ban buried (by republicans - it's all about $$)
Vatican clamps down on smokers/Rome
Study Finds Bias in Media Labels
California: By one vote, state Senate passes $99 billion budget
City smokers to start paying $7 a pack today
Cigarettes Up to $7 a Pack With New Tax/New York City
TO THE POINT: Anti-smoking group must change, but can it?/MN
Tobacco Tempts States in Financial Need/ Settlement Funds, Tax Increases Help Make Ends Meet
CIGARETTE VENDORS GETTING $MOKED OUT
Crime in Buffalo: No Description Given
Van Dough: Why cigarette smugglers love New York.
Lawsuit, as promised, challenges anti-smoking ordinance
Uncle Sam versus the Marlboro Man, the history of big lies about the tobacco industry
Read Their Lips: No Taxes/New York
General Motors' Adoption of Smoke-Free Policy in All Ingham County Plants/MI
Critics Fault North Carolina for Sending Tobacco Cash Up in Smoke

[Just another Joe]

RUTHY! It's great to hear from you. Been quite a while since you graced the Lounge with your presence.
Sure I can't talk you into a drink. (Or out of your clothes? ;^))

[nothingnew]

Hey JaJ and all...sippin' my 8th Busche and smokin' a fine tobbacco product, sittin' back and waiting for the fun to begin.

FMCDH

[Sunshine Sister]

Hi Joe! I'm going to get a weeks vacation next week! Yee haw! It's gonna get wild in here today...........maybe! I big old beer for me!

[RMDupree]

HA! I've missed you guys too!

Spend my days in the Hobbit Hole mostly, safe from the battles and flame wars.

I'll have a Kahlua and Cream though.

Clothes stay on and what on earth happened to the blue lampshade??!!

[nothingnew]

Sure I can't talk you into a drink. (Or out of your clothes? ;^))

You bad!....(got any pics?)

FMCDH

[Just another Joe]

Well if I can't talk you out of the one at least I talked you into the other.
Here you go, Ruthy.
How you been doin'?

[nothingnew]

what on earth happened to the blue lampshade??!!

That's what I want to know!...I never got it back, although I surmise Gaby has it, and I'm talkin' at least a year ago!

FMCDH

[Just another Joe]

Here ya go, Sunshine.
A weeks vacation, huh? That oughta be nice.

[Just another Joe]

The last I saw of the lampshade was when Gabz started packing for her move.
We may have to procure a new one.

[Just another Joe]

You bad!....(got any pics?)

Sorry, buddy, no pics.
Memory has to serve. Although I can't remember anyone ever talking Ruthy out of her clothes.

Of course I am doped to the gills right now so my memory could be faulty .
Oral surgery will do that.

[RMDupree]

Pretty good, Joe.

Working mostly and a mommy all the time. It's a never-ending story.

Thanks for the drink!

Now, let's have some tunes to fire up the place!

Old Time Rock N Roll - Bob Seger
Down on the Corner - CCR
Gimme Three Steps - Lynryd Skynyrd

[Just another Joe]

Yeh, the parent work never ends, does it?
I know the feeling. My oldest daughter forgot me on fathers' day.

[Sunshine Sister]

We have been undergoing reengineering. I think it's finally safe to take some time off without wondering if they afe going to eliminate my job while I'm gone. I'm not sure if I wouldn't be relieved if they did.

[nothingnew]

Oops. I typed Gaby...hope you don't take offense Gabz...after all, I'm on my 9th beer, It's FRiday, and I'm in the Smokers' Lounge.

FMCDH

[RMDupree]

*sigh* How come I've got to babysit this darned thing all the time!

LOL!