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San Diego's antismoking law – cause of fires and second-hand smoke
To MsG, Ponzi, and SP: did any of you ever smoke(cigs)? I did, from age 15 until age 30. Gosh, hard to believe it's been 30 years since I fired one up. I quit 3 times, the first time for a year, cold turkey, then one day a friend lit one, and I blurted out "Gimme one of those"......a pack a day a week later. The last time, in 1980, I purposely switched brands to Camel unfiltered. After of couple month of months of waking up hacking, I quit for good. I always contended to friends who were trying to quit that it was mostly a habit, and could be broken in five or so days. Once you got past the body's motor system cues, and the social triggers associated with smoking, you were home free. I called it hand-to-mouth syndrome, being cognizant of, and willing to last long enough, to defeat the physical impulse of lifting the cig to your lips. Worked for me anyway, but I'm guessing that levels of addiction vary greatly. That final time, it took a year and a half before I realized that I was finally cured. Suddenly, one day, someone put a match to one and I was overcome with a nauseous feeling, and needed air immediately. This sensation has remained, and I have observed it in others, especially my wife, who was much deeper into the practice than I, and quit the day we made the decision to try to have a child. I link the post cessation repulsion factor to the body's response the first time cigarette smoke is inhaled. That all being said, I try to have empathy for many, not all, of those I know who still smoke. Many of them have tried to quit, but either have not found the right technique or are so severely addicted that virtually nothing works. The ones who show a blatant disregard for other folks' breathing space are the ones I'm bothered by. Walk in or out of a no-smoking restaurant and there's someone standing at the entrance huffing away. Yecch. I'm particularly irked when I find cig butts strewn about the perimeter of my home. I try not to go overboard, having been a user, indeed, I even sat in the smoking sections (that explains the "Duh" in my handle) because I found the people more interesting. To this day, if someone asks if they can smoke in my vehicle, I say "Sure, but both windows will be open". I guess my point in posting this is to make a plea for tolerance and understanding on both sides of the issue. If you want and need to smoke, fine, but please respect my decision to avoid the by-product of your habit, especially as it relates to my wife and daughter being exposed to it.— January 22, 2011 2:10 p.m.
San Diego Tech Stocks Give You Butterflies
I catch your drift, in a "P.T. Barnum-sucker born every minute-give the people what they want" sort of way. I guess I'm left wondering why would ANYone want that? I have always been bewildered by the perceived need to set (break) attendance records. Who cares???? Except the money-changers? Reminds me of the city fathers (before city mothers were "tolerated") during the Sixties, when they unabashedly clamored for people to move to sunny San Diego, so that they could lay claim to enabling San Diego to ascend the population charts, when frequent U-T stories announced that SD was now the 12th, or the 10th, or the whateverth largest city. The more things change.....— January 20, 2011 4:06 p.m.
San Diego Tech Stocks Give You Butterflies
Hello, Don. This is off topic, but I'm unsure as to where I could post this. I think it's worth mentioning. I've filed it in the "Greed Kills" category. http://www.musiccitymiracles.com/2011/1/20/194554…— January 20, 2011 11:27 a.m.
Encinitas City Council Candidate Tony Kranz Accused of “Attack”
Oops - forgot to change the name to glennswaggart.— November 4, 2010 1:16 p.m.
Encinitas City Council Candidate Tony Kranz Accused of “Attack”
Re #47: Take THAT!— November 4, 2010 1:10 p.m.
Encinitas City Council Candidate Tony Kranz Accused of “Attack”
Re #47: Mock her? Perhaps you could look again. Maybe read between the lines this time.— November 4, 2010 6:47 a.m.
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Re #29: "Ah, but there is no arbitration with an umpire, they make a call and that's it." A point to which Armando Galarraga can no doubt attest.— October 27, 2010 2:46 p.m.
Encinitas City Council Candidate Tony Kranz Accused of “Attack”
"pictures and two witnesses. motion denied. Tony Kranz GUILTY OF BEING A DICK." ....and of being set up by a Richard Cranium?— October 25, 2010 2:30 p.m.
San Diego’s pension fund expects to earn 7.75 percent a year
RE # 107: Agreed. Just trying to coax him back to the smiley side of life.— October 21, 2010 9:36 a.m.
San Diego’s pension fund expects to earn 7.75 percent a year
SP - don't let this happen to YOU! Why pups don't surf the web: Can't stick their heads out of Windows... Can't help attacking the screen when they hear "Got mail"... Three words: Carpal Paw Syndrome... Saliva-coated mouse becomes very difficult to maneuver... Involuntary tail-wagging is dead giveaway they're browsing www.pethouse.com instead of working... Too difficult to "mark" every website they visit... Hope this helps, pal. Keep on puppin'!— October 21, 2010 5:40 a.m.