Reciprocity

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-7 Mr. Titwank uses one of those too Wee but .... not on his garden ?

^^^ This is a big part of it too Doreen. The motions of smoking. They say it takes 3 days to flush nicotine from your body so why is it that they recommend you stick around a support group like this for longer than that? It's the psychological part of it that takes the biggest effort for the longest time to overcome. Breaking mental triggers that might be different season to season, adjusting to better use of your time because you are not puffing away on something. This is the biggest challenge to most smokers I believe

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^^^ Just think ..... 6 months ago if you were digging through that same stuff, you wouldn't even smell the smoke on it because your sense of smell was diminished

Yes they do rake in the tax revenue but in countries who fund or partially fund health care, there is some incentive there to reduce the number of smokers.

I'm not sure the legal age change will do much on it's own. Look at all the stories around this site about when people started smoking and I think you'll find a lot of people were under age when they started. But I do think the combination of all the restrictions you listed above helps to tighten the noose around the neck of this industry of death so yeah ..... bring it on I say! Cost of the product and feeling like a social outcast will do more to curb new smokers that anything else I think.

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I think the Canadian Swim Teams did pretty well last summer Olympics as well so yes, up and coming I expect. The soccer scene here has been increasing a lot in the past 4 or 5 years too. Passionate fans and the fan base is growing all the time. Not surprising given the immigration to Canada over past decades. Footie is hugely popular everywhere other than Canada and USA and now, that seems to be changing. Perhaps that's why they awarded the games to North America recently? Grow the base by putting on the "big show" right in front of the market that is ripe for massive growth?

Soccer (or football) is relatively new here in terms of professional sports. Canada has a men's team but they have never made whatever qualification standards there are. As the sport progresses, perhaps they will qualify one day? I expect they have their sights set on the next World Cup which will be played in North America. Most of the critical games will be played in the USA but there will be a couple of early round games played in both Mexico and Canada. 1st time ever for that

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So, you're saying Canada could still win this thing? I mean, we have technically "'never won the cup". Oh wait ....... that should have read; technically, we have never PLAYED in the cup!

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OK but it seems to me, from what I have learned about this whole footie thing recently, that this particular tournament has more often than not seem the favourites go down to defeat so that could bode well for who ever wins the England match up?

OO Good work Sticks!

Great work Z! Glad you are still nurturing your quit and I agree 100%. Get done with it asap so you can start enjoying all the benefits of being a nonsmoker. In my mind, going to vape is just trading one vice for another no matter which one in safer or worse than the other. You are still feeding your addiction.

OMG - that's an insane volume of clean up work to do in such a short time frame! Clearly I need to bring in more workers!

Sorry to interrupt the beginning of your lovely festivities Jo but I need to know how long I have before the next Lido Deck Party? Things were ship shape for Nancy's festivities yesterday but then last night one of my spotters reported a rather unfortunate and messy Taco Tuesday incident over in the men's shower room on Lido Deck. I'm looking for clean-up volunteers but so far ...... no takers ? Worst case , I may have to address this one myself. Now, where did I leave that Hasmat suit?

So, I gather England is into the final 4 now? What's their odds now I wonder? Not even sure who they play next but, given that all the favs are out pretty much .... I figure it's anybody's for the taking now!

Should this be in the exercise thread?

Not really - lol! It's basically the F-Word and it's roots are in the strong rural Catholic upbring of the mostly Separatist community. It would sort of be like those guys in the movie Deliverance where the dueling banjos song was played only ..... the French Canadian backwoods instead of Virginia or Arkansas or where ever that movie was shot in.

Tabernac!! (Unless you're French Canadian - you probably won't get it ?)

Pretty sure that's what happened to Mr. Titwank; aka: Stewie Tech ? (Sorry Babe )

NOPE! No beard & no Pabst Blue Ribbon in hand ..... LOL!