08-14-2013, 10:05 PM | #67 |
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Depending on to whom one owes money, there might somewhere be a small patch of land having a rectangular hole measuring about 8' x 3.5' x 6'.
![]() It can be somewhat pricey, but it's been proven that everyone using that patch no longer smokes, drinks or gambles. ![]()
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08-14-2013, 10:07 PM | #68 |
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i dont have a problem as far as losing. i play poker and at one time thought of trying to make a living at it. the issue is the time involved and all else suffers. used to play 40 plus hours a week but now try keep it to couple times a year.
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08-14-2013, 10:08 PM | #69 | |
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You weren't smoking killer roach weed back then were you brah? Last edited by Colt; 08-14-2013 at 10:20 PM.. |
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08-14-2013, 11:18 PM | #70 | |
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How the hell do I know? LOL It was his stoner premise, not mine. ![]() Question 2: We smoked all sorts of stuff but it was all good. Some had names, but most of what we could get was called Acapulco gold or Humbolt gold, or "stink weed." Stink weed by far had the best flavor, and effect. (They were probably the same thing, but who knows???) The two "golds" came in varying shades of green/brownish green and typically had little reddish/brownish bits running through it. Stink weed was bright green and sticky, and you didn't drive around with it because it was pungent well before you started to smoke it. Occasionally we'd come across something called "dirt weed" that was just all brown and tasted somewhat bitter. All the weed we got was good. The golds gave a righteously powerful buzz and was good to do at parties, parties, picnics, tailgates and steeplechases. Stink weed was just ridiculously potent. First you were really high in a goofy, giddy way. Then you were asleep. There wasn't much in between. Dirt weed gave a good buzz too, but much milder in overall intensity. It was good for late, weeknight BS-ing with your close friends and resulted in a lot of eating and silly and/or reflective conversations such as the one I mentioned above. It was also good at other times if you had nothing else. ![]() Regardless of the type, you would buy a full sandwich bag of it for $30-$50, and it would last you and all your friends about a week. We smoked pipes and joints at parties and used a bong if just one or two friends chillin'. Pretty much all weed was good back in the '70s and '80s. I'm glad I don't toke any more now than once or twice a year, if that; weed is far too expensive these days. Don't get me wrong, I like the feeling, but my interest in smoking it just waned for no reason in particular. I just realized one day that I'd not smoked a bowl for what had been six or more months. I suspect the same thing happened with my long term friends for they rarely ever ever even suggest taking a toke. Now, if those friends are around at a party during the holidays, a class reunion, or some other suitable occasion, and someone suggests it, I'll get high with them as long as I'm free to sleep in the next morning. That happens once or twice every 12-18 months. Legally speaking, I think weed should should be legal the same way it is in Holland. It's clearly not addictive. I've never seen or heard of a stoned person driving their car too fast and losing control. I've never known of a stoned person who caused anything like the harm that results from driving on alcohol. Stoned people also don't generally start or join bar fights. Lastly, I think backroom politics, probably not business, would be better conducted over a doobie than over a cocktail. Indeed, it's crossed my mind that one way to end terrorism is for the parties involved to sit down with some Doritos, Cheetos, pizza and beer and smoke a bowl or two. ![]() All the best.
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08-15-2013, 12:49 AM | #71 |
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Most of the time, very good. It's best when I'm home in DC or in Tokyo. At home because I'm fully in control of what I eat and I know the chefs at the restaurants where I eat out. Tokyo because everything I want to eat when I'm there is healthy. When I'm in London, Shenzhen, Paris or any number of US cities, it varies from okay to good, depending on the circumstances.
Breakfast - nearly always the same regardless of where I am:
Snack during my a.m. workout - Cliff bar or a candy bar right before weight lifting and Vitamin Water or just water through the whole workout period. Post work-out meal - depends on where I am but I always have a banana and something else that's heavy on the protein:
Mid-afternoon meal/snack - Mid-afternoon is something of a misnomer because roughly an hour after lunch I start "grazing." My typical choices are:
Dinner - works more or less the same as lunch. If I'm going to be indulgent, this is the meal where it happens. I really do love food and I'm a fair cook. If I'm just having dinner alone or with my staff, I can keep on my regimen. If I'm dining out with peers and clients, I tend to just go with the flow. I make less of a fuss about having a chef do something special for me when I'm out of town in such a situation. In DC, if I'm committed to keeping on track, I put in my request with the chef when I make the reservation. For dessert, I always have sorbet, fresh fruit or, occasionally, creme brulee. Remaining food consumption - I pretty much graze my way through the rest of the evening until I go to bed. This food is basically the same thing I mentioned above about grazing. It's not a lot of food; just nibbling. Fluids - I mostly drink water all day and with most meals (as close as I can get to 64 oz.). I'll have wine with dinner. I like wine. A few times a year, I'll have a Scotch on the rocks. I can tell you when I was last seriously drunk: I was a first year college student and it was during the Fall rush. (There's a story there, but that'll have to be another post.) That's my regular approach to eating. Of course there are times when I just say "f*ck that sh*t, I'm eating what I please." I can tell you now when most of those times are:
We then took a trip to the grocery store. There taught me how to read and use the information on food labels so that I would know how to shop for food and so I'd know what I should or shouldn't eat at any given meal. Then he gave me a packet of materials containing lists of food ingredients and their caloric, fat, protein and nutritional value. He taught me about high and low value foods. Lastly, he showed me how to compose a daily meal diary. For the first three months, we reviewed my diary every week and he would give me pointers and tips about what was good, what was working, what wasn't, and so on. I don't keep a diary these days because I learned the lessons I needed to from having done it for months on end years ago. Assuming you know what you're doing with it, it works as a tool. My diet works for what I need it to do. I eat food I like eating and that tastes good to me. I eat an assortment of items from the major food groups, though dairy may be slightly under represented. I eat food that fits my activity level. I eat food that keeps the inner tube off my waistline. And yes, I look really good naked. (Not that I think you care, but that was the goal, so...) There's a TV commercial that has some middle aged doctor promoting some sort of supplement for men. He looks sort of Mediterranean, has tawny skin and salt and pepper hair. I'm not as bulky and large framed as he appears to be, but my body is pretty much the same except that at varying points in the year, my six pack becomes a four-pack. I'm 6'0" tall, 190 lbs this a.m. and have a 31" waist.
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08-15-2013, 09:19 AM | #72 | |
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![]() Agreed my good sir! And yea these days it is expensive. But I guess that's supply/demand for ya...a quarter is like 100-120 now depending on how good it is |
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08-15-2013, 12:17 PM | #73 | |
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More likely it's greed and inflation that's driven the price up. My 2¢.
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08-30-2013, 07:39 AM | #74 |
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That's a good thing that you are not addicted with cigarette. But I want it to know , why you keep on quitting and starting to take it. It's not a good thing that you also know very well. I think you should quit smoking and never start it again.
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There are two types of lung cancer: Small Cell Lung Cancer and Non Small Cell Lung Cancer. Survival rates and prognosis are typically measured to the 5 year mark for each stage: IA - 49% IB - 45% IIA - 30% IIB - 31% IIIA -14% IIIB - 5% IV - 1% - now these later stages are when your cancer has metastasized A large portion of those who are diagnosed with lung cancer are found in middle stages due to the indolent nature of their (adeno)carcinoma. and treatment then moves away from a curable intent and becomes more palliative. Of 208,000 people diagnosed with NSCLC each year about 158,000 of them will die within 5 years. In regard to e-cigs, I'm not trying to judge anyone who chooses to smoke them. What I will tell you is that the FDA is challenging the makers to prove their claims that they are indeed safer than traditional cigarettes. The FDA will soon be regulating these along with smokeless tobacco, hookah, etc. and when that happens, the prices will shoot through the roof I guarantee. So stock up now before the regulations come down. Don't believe me? Read here: http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsro.../ucm394667.htm
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07-08-2014, 03:24 AM | #76 |
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So I came across this show on the Aljazeera America network called TechKnow. They have a show that was dedicated heavily to e-cigarettes. I don' t know if you can watch the episode online, but some of the key things they pointed out were:
Now although I am a smoker, I have the same thing to say to anyone whose retort about smoking nicotine products is something akin to "Oh, I only smoke when...." My response to them is always the same: Fool, do you really think anyone started out by smoking a pack a day? The one thing I can say about my smoking is that it's taught me that nicotine is likely the most addictive thing out there. People seem able to kick other drug and alcohol addictions with far more success than do folks who smoke. Smokers are a funny bunch. I've heard lots of them say, "Oh, I can quit whenever I want." Those folks offer some example of how they stopped for X years at some point, but now they have a smoke just occasionally. To those folks, my response is, "Well, by my reckoning, you have yet to quit seeing as 'quitting' means never smoking again. It does not mean taking a long hiatus." I suppose other types of addicts may say the same sort of thing, but my thinking about those folks/addictions is the same as that about smoking. All the best
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I didn't get that impression, but the story's narrator and the scientists interviewed seem all to think the jury's still out on that point.
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I'm looking forward to a Tony2009 -style post about body waxing (unless I've missed that one) ![]()
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