Unteaching
Two of the Grandkids called up to the Manor yesterday. Granddaughter the Elder and Grandson the Younger arrived with a matching pair of shoes for me which was nice. In the course of the visit they went upstairs to see … Continue reading →
Childish
Well, it appears that Hawaii is the topic of the day. The anti-smokers have come up with some remarkably daft ideas [which are all apparently “ground-breaking” and of course a “roaring success” even when they fail abysmally to have the … Continue reading →
Whatever happened to the Irish?
Simon Clark posed a question yesterday. Whatever happened to Ireland’s rebel spirit? He starts off though by talking about the Irish being obsessed with Brexit. I think “obsessed” might be a bit strong though. He was unfortunate enough to get … Continue reading →
The Final Frontier
There really are some bigots on this planet. Smoking-ban petition by Langley mom to be submitted to legislature in February. I find it difficult to know where to start here. First of all I would suggest that instead of whinging … Continue reading →
Time for a Corona
For years I have been having problems with pipe lighters. I have tried quite a few and the nearest I got was the Peterson. The only problem with the Peterson was that it was a tad unreliable. I managed to … Continue reading →
On being an Influencer
A little thingy popped up on my Twitter machine a day or so ago. How Big Tobacco is using social media to lure teens This is appalling! Those people in Big Tobacco are actually paying “Influencers” to advertise their products … Continue reading →
Normalising hatred
There was an item that came out during the week. Workers face cigarette break ban under anti-smoking plan. Now this headline is a little misleading. It implies that smokers can’t take a break, whereas it really means that smokers cannot … Continue reading →
This will take your breath away
Air pollution is the ‘new tobacco’, warns WHO head. “The world has turned the corner on tobacco. Now it must do the same for the ‘new tobacco’ – the toxic air that billions breathe every day,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom … Continue reading →
School report
Yet another “survey” cropped up during the week. One in three drinkers has binged on alcohol in the past year, while one in five does so at least once a week, according to a new survey. Reading on…. Binge drinking … Continue reading →
Transgender gone wrong
Normally I completely ignore all those cute little images on cigarette and tobacco packs. Today however I happened to notice one, purely because of its lack of familiarity and its utter strangeness. Ouch! What the fuck? Had some poor sod … Continue reading →
