The saviours of the planet
I see Tobacco Control are hoping to prostitute their “expertise”? They reckon that their brilliant performance at stopping smoking [?!] is a talent sufficient to save the planet. They are touting themselves as the experts to force us all to … Continue reading →
Finding the Holy Grail
I have been on a little quest for some time now. It was a simple ambition. I just wanted a lighter for my pipe. I did have some parameters that needed to be fulfilled. It had to be reasonably sturdy. … Continue reading →
If cars were cigarettes
It’s hard to escape this COP lark in Glasgow. 30,000 delegates and hangers on? I wonder how much “greenhouse gasses” they produced getting there? I just wondered what would happen if they applied the “tobacco template” to road transport? It’s … Continue reading →
Driving my Lotus
It seems I have unwittingly become a collector. As a kid I had the mandatory stamp collection but the collecting bug never really bit. But then I took up pipe smoking. I have gained a somewhat large collection of pipes … Continue reading →
Are you Purified?
I have been giving this passport lark some thought. I must have spent at least ten minutes on the subject. So I can go into a pub and have a pint if I have been jabbed. Or I’m okay if … Continue reading →
The Final Solution
Picture the scene: A bare room with an oval table in the middle. The only decoration is a sign on the wall indicating that this is Action on Smoking and Health, Meeting room 1. Underneath, someone had scrawled [very badly] … Continue reading →
World No Tobacco Day
Well, whoda thunk it? I guessed something like that was coming over the horizon, as after a remarkable run of silence, the anti-smokers have suddenly come to life again. I suppose for the last year they have been somewhat cowed … Continue reading →
Losing the thread
Disaster struck last night. I was sitting quietly. I stoked my pipe and went to light it. The bowl fell off. I knew this was coming. It has been more and more difficult to attach the bowl to the stem … Continue reading →
Reinventing the wheel
Our Glorious and Magnificent Gubmint has come up with a plan. It comes in two parts. The first part is an idea I had heard of before and thought it an excellent idea – the concept of rural office hubs. … Continue reading →
More or less?
I have just read Chris Snowdon’s latest piece. He’s having a crack at the latest Nanny stuff to emanate from Westminster. I have to keep an eye out on what goes on the other side of the Irish Sea as … Continue reading →
