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Polarbear wrote: | I struggle to see how anyone who isn't working can afford to smoke nowadays.
What is it, £10 a packet, so 20 a day ends up at £300 a month. I couldn't afford to smoke on my pension. |
Oh do quit with the whining and preaching, Mr. Perfect!
Besides, haven't you ever heard of hand rolling tobacco? ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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chickenstrip wrote: | Polarbear wrote: | I struggle to see how anyone who isn't working can afford to smoke nowadays.
What is it, £10 a packet, so 20 a day ends up at £300 a month. I couldn't afford to smoke on my pension. |
Oh do quit with the whining and preaching, Mr. Perfect!
Besides, haven't you ever heard of hand rolling tobacco? |
I used to smoke like a chimney. Marlboro reds, up to 60 a day. However when I smoked you could buy 200 on ship for the amazing price of £1.80. At the end they had only just got to £5 for 200.
Then Shell started their cleanup campaign. You were allowed only 2 cans of beer per day, random breath testing, no smoking outside the Officers bar, including cabins and engine room and bridge.
Within a year that became no booze and no smoking on ship. I and everyone else had the choice quit smoking or quit working.
I quit smoking. It was nothing to do with being Mr. Perfect I assure you. SOme people actually quit their job over it though.
I still, 20 years on, fancy a fag at times. ____________________ Triumph Trophy Launch Edition |
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Should booze be rationed or banned? What else should we take a swing at?
I want weed and psychedelics legalised, so we're headed in opposite directions ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Polarbear wrote: |
Saying that I'm pro legalisation. Might as well tax the addicts rather than Mr.Big get it. |
I said weed and psychedelics, not everything.
I didn't get addicted to weed - leastways, when I couldn't get it anymore I had no problems.
And psychedelics aren't addictive. They can be a very effective treatment for all kinds of psychological problems, used carefully. Or so recent studies show. Besides other benefits I believe they can have, from reading about them.
There can be horror stories with the latter too though, so I'm not suggesting complete freedom in their use. Supervised by relevant professionals perhaps. Still, they perhaps need a bit more research yet. Thankfully, that is now being allowed, away from the "drugs are bad!" dogma. Personally, I'd be interested in the benefits of microdosing. Apparently there are quite a few folks in the big tech. companies who use them in this way. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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hellkat wrote: | chickenstrip wrote: | I'd be interested in the benefits of microdosing. |
Have you had a look at the Imperial College psychedelics study?
They are doing research into just such sort of things, I understand.
You could certainly make enquiries.
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/psychedelic-research-centre/research/
I got in with them six months or so back when I commenced on my "psychedelic experimentation" project and have done a couple of questionnaires, in the obscure hope that they will offer me a place on their mushrooms research study.
Got to provide your own drugs, I think, doeeeeee |
Thank for that, interesting.
I haven't read any papers, but i've read and heard lectures by some involved in such research.
It's not something I'm actively chasing - just something I'd be interested in trying if it was readily available. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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bhinso wrote: | The only way Labour is going to get back in is down the blue labour route, i.e. adopting some conservative policies. Blair did that, and sir Kier seems very much like Blair 2.0.
Filling the shadow cabinet with BAME's might virtue signal but probably won't help them get elected. |
Don't you think the political landscape has substantially changed since then though? So I'm not sure a return to something exactly like Blair's New Labour would work for them now. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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It appears that Starmer's knighthood was for "services to law and criminal justice", i.e. doing his job. Time will tell, but he may well prove to be as charismatic as Blair was. |
Gotta say, I'm interested to see how he pans out for them. He still has quite a task to get their house in order. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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I'd rather a competent personality vacuum where politicians are concerned, than an incompetent but charismatic personality. Some will have certain figures in mind, but I'm not going there! ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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I'm. Not. Going there! ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Dunno, I'm on the L&B at a bit under 11 quid for 30g. Lasts me about a week. Golden Virginia is about £15 for 30g.
I've never really taken it down deep (except when I smoked weed), more like smoking a cigar with me. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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We just didn't seem to be all that good at nationalised industries in this country. Does anyone think we'd do better now? ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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The last post was made 4 years, 10 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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