Posted on 01/13/2005 11:53:07 AM PST by bob3443
That's because you know how to avoid making your problems other people's fault.
Imagine that. And from an EEEEVILLLL smoker, too!
Oh, but see, us smokers are different, because we are all rude, careless litterers who dump our butts wherever and blow smoke in helpless people's faces, dontcha know. We go out of our way to offend them, on purpose, just to be rebellious.
BTW, is it just shrimp you are so allergic to, or is it a general seafood type allergy? Just curious, you can tell me to MYOB, if ya want. :)
Oh, man.........don't get me started on that.
I remember Dennis Prager one day saying that "health" is the new morals. That means: abortion? Fine! S&M conventions at family venues? Okay! Gay Days at Disneyworld? Nothing wrong with that! How-to sex ed in school? Why not! SMOKE??? You idiot, scum, heathen, selfish, immoral piece of.....
This I could go off on for pages and pages and hours and hours...........and I have.
I have actually been told by more than one anti-smoker extremist that my daughter would have been better off had I had an abortion than allow her to be born to smoking parents. There are gay adoption activists who believe they will be better parents than a married heterosexual cuple who are smokers.
The "nasty" names you list being placed upon smokers are actually nice compared to be what I have been called, even in person.
I can't MYOB. I'm stuck at work for the next 10 hours.
Red Lobster is one of the few resturants that I can eat almost everything they have on their menus. (Not all at once, mind you, but it's tempting.)
BTW, I have had one of those Sharper Image Ionic Breeze Quadra air cleaners. They do great when it comes to removal of the smell/smoke. Don't get the Radio Shack version, though. They are too hard to clean.
Just an FYI.
People forget that- while they are out of their homes- it doesn't necessarily translate into being in a public space.
Exactly..........
The true shame is so many on FR think otherwise.
I have been looking at those things, but wondered if they really work. It's good to know that they do. I usually don't smoke in the house (I cheat when they're asleep sometimes, lol), but I have never found an air filter for our ventilation system that works worth a darn. (They're an odd size). I'm constantly dusting, and it drives me crazy...would it work for that kind of thing?
To be honest, I really don't either, in principle. But since Mr. Ex is a restaurant manager, I hear all kinds of horror stories about the kinds of things he has to deal with, smooth over, and put up with...all in the name of "the customer is always right." I guess that that colored my perceptions somewhat when making that statement, so I make full disclosure, now. :)
You have to keep the filter clean (Twice a week), and it helps to have a ceiling fan to circulate the air in the room. About once a month I scrub it down with mild dishsoap and a toothbrush. It collects dust, tar, pollution and all sorts of stuff. Don't get it from Sharper Image, though. I got mine on Ebay for $150.00.
It was actually a FReeper that turned me on to it. He was in those California fires and his home was smoke free. After the fires in Colorado, I was sold.
We still get the occasional dust, but it's nothing like it was before.
Sounds good to me...I've got ceiling fans all over the place, so it should work great! LOL
Thanks for the tip. :)
Smoking is as much a part of free speech as is burning the flag. The Supreme Court, by the way, ruled that burning the flag was constitutional.
You make a very good point about civility and the anti-smoker movement.
There is nothing CIVIL about the behavior of the anti-smokers. The opposite can not be said about the majority of smokers.
I will go out of my way to accomodate non-smokers, as do the VAST majority of smokers.
But anti-smokers are a different breed of non-smokers. They are not willing to accept the concept that all smokers aren't drug-addict-trailer-trash. They refuse to acknowlege the truth of my previous statement and demand that everyone cater to them.
That reminds me. I should find some good seafood recipes and get busy this weekend. Gonna make Crockpot Fajitas tomorrow.
That is, unless the "Citizens Against Cardiotoxic Foods," gets wind of my scheme.
I hadn't been in Florida in the year before the restaurant ban went into effect, but before that found there were more non-smoking restaurants than those that permitted it. And patronized many of them, because the food was more important to me. I have no problem with private businesses not permitting it.........I have a major problem with the government doing it.
And what happened in Florida is even more horrible than what happened in Delaware, though perpetrated by the same people and the same money. The voters of Florida were lied to through a massive advertising campaign, that was paid for with both tax dollars (primarily tobacco taxes) and pharmaceutical money.
I'm glad you are happy with the ban, but hope with your claim you think it should be up to the owner, you would be in support of a repeal.
doh! You've gone and made me hungry for this again! Looks like Mr. HR will be getting a home-cooked meal this weekend!
LOL! My Mom and Wife thank you for this recipe..
Thanks. It is an "LOL" type story.....but will not be believed by the nannyists........sigh
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