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  • T Todd Smith

    Just got back from 3 weeks in France. Beautiful country and great food but the amount of smoking they do compared to the US is a bit hard to tolerate. What did I miss?

    Todd Smith

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    El Corazon
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    Todd Smith wrote:

    Just got back from 3 weeks in France. Beautiful country and great food but the amount of smoking they do compared to the US is a bit hard to tolerate.

    Hamsters went on strike for a few hours one day.... They were whipped back into line. three members had heart attacks, one a panic attack and had to breath through a paper bag. The others made pokes at the hamsters in the back room.... When will they learn?

    _________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....

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    • T TheyCallMeMrJames

      A guy walked into a bar with two other stereotypes. The first two men said something along the lines of what you'd expect, the third retorted with something that was likely politically incorrect but made us all laugh. Three people reposted the joke and were downvoted.

      They Call me Mister James

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      Todd Smith
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      TheyCallMeMrJames wrote:

      A guy walked into a bar with two other stereotypes.

      Maybe I should rephrase that to "the amount of smoking one is exposed to in public places".

      Todd Smith

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        Todd Smith wrote:

        Just got back from 3 weeks in France. Beautiful country and great food but the amount of smoking they do compared to the US is a bit hard to tolerate.

        Hamsters went on strike for a few hours one day.... They were whipped back into line. three members had heart attacks, one a panic attack and had to breath through a paper bag. The others made pokes at the hamsters in the back room.... When will they learn?

        _________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....

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        Todd Smith
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        El Corazon wrote:

        The others made pokes at the hamsters in the back room.... When will they learn?

        The hamsters or the others?

        Todd Smith

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        • T Todd Smith

          El Corazon wrote:

          The others made pokes at the hamsters in the back room.... When will they learn?

          The hamsters or the others?

          Todd Smith

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          El Corazon
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          Todd Smith wrote:

          The hamsters or the others?

          Yes.

          _________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....

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          • T Todd Smith

            Just got back from 3 weeks in France. Beautiful country and great food but the amount of smoking they do compared to the US is a bit hard to tolerate. What did I miss?

            Todd Smith

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            Ravi Bhavnani
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            You were gone?  We hadn't noticed!  ;P /ravi

            My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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            • T Todd Smith

              Just got back from 3 weeks in France. Beautiful country and great food but the amount of smoking they do compared to the US is a bit hard to tolerate. What did I miss?

              Todd Smith

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              DaveX86
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              There was a Perseid meteor shower last week on the 12th. My idiot calendar says the 12th but what it should really say is 'the night of the 11th' and I missed it...again...saw one or two strays on the night of the 12th though.

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              • T Todd Smith

                Just got back from 3 weeks in France. Beautiful country and great food but the amount of smoking they do compared to the US is a bit hard to tolerate. What did I miss?

                Todd Smith

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                GenJerDan
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                The Surgeon General released a report saying they were in error, and smoking is not particularly harmful.

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                • T Todd Smith

                  Just got back from 3 weeks in France. Beautiful country and great food but the amount of smoking they do compared to the US is a bit hard to tolerate. What did I miss?

                  Todd Smith

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                  Dan Mos
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                  Todd Smith wrote:

                  Just got back from 3 weeks in France. Beautiful country and great food but the amount of smoking they do compared to the US is a bit hard to tolerate.

                  Yes well the Parisian Cafées are part of the french charmish thing. You can't have one(café) without the other(cigarettes). Anywho nice country. I've been there too. I was impressed. :)

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                  • D Dan Mos

                    Todd Smith wrote:

                    Just got back from 3 weeks in France. Beautiful country and great food but the amount of smoking they do compared to the US is a bit hard to tolerate.

                    Yes well the Parisian Cafées are part of the french charmish thing. You can't have one(café) without the other(cigarettes). Anywho nice country. I've been there too. I was impressed. :)

                    I bug

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                    Dalek Dave
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                    Always makes me laugh, signs everywhere saying "No Smoking" and sitting below them is la parisienne avec une Gauloises et le brouillard bleu.

                    ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]

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                    • D Dalek Dave

                      Always makes me laugh, signs everywhere saying "No Smoking" and sitting below them is la parisienne avec une Gauloises et le brouillard bleu.

                      ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]

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                      Dan Mos
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                      C'est pas vrais! :-D Well, I think the french people are aware of the fact that rules are made to be broken! :-\

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                      • T Todd Smith

                        Just got back from 3 weeks in France. Beautiful country and great food but the amount of smoking they do compared to the US is a bit hard to tolerate. What did I miss?

                        Todd Smith

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                        Roger Wright
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                        The US Surgeon General recanted claims that tobacco smoke is harmful, and encouraged states to nullify antismoking laws as soon as cigarette manufacturers change the glue they use to hold the papers together. That turned out to be the real culprit, amplified by the fact, recently discovered, that if one pokes a rat in the ass 30 times a day with any needle, it will get cancer just to make the researches happy and encourage them to go away.

                        Will Rogers never met me.

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                        • D Dan Mos

                          C'est pas vrais! :-D Well, I think the french people are aware of the fact that rules are made to be broken! :-\

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                          Dalek Dave
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                          May not be entirely true, but you do see it a lot.

                          ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]

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                          • H Henry Minute

                            Todd Smith wrote:

                            What did I miss?

                            Christian got something to work but it broke later. JSOP has depleted the worlds' supply of lead and black powder quite considerably. hammerstein05 also went on holiday. I'm surprised you didn't meet him. That's it. Nothing else at all has happened. Not a single thing. Nothing

                            Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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                            Single Step Debugger
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                            Henry Minute wrote:

                            hammerstein05 also went on holiday. I'm surprised you didn't meet him.

                            :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

                            The narrow specialist in the broad sense of the word is a complete idiot in the narrow sense of the word. Advertise here – minimum three posts per day are guaranteed.

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                            • T Todd Smith

                              Just got back from 3 weeks in France. Beautiful country and great food but the amount of smoking they do compared to the US is a bit hard to tolerate. What did I miss?

                              Todd Smith

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                              Dr Walt Fair PE
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                              Todd Smith wrote:

                              What did I miss?

                              Define "miss."

                              CQ de W5ALT

                              Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software

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                              • T Todd Smith

                                Just got back from 3 weeks in France. Beautiful country and great food but the amount of smoking they do compared to the US is a bit hard to tolerate. What did I miss?

                                Todd Smith

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                                Dr Walt Fair PE
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                                Todd Smith wrote:

                                but the amount of smoking they do compared to the US is a bit hard to tolerate.

                                I worked for a French company for 9 years and although the buildings were non-smoking, the managers all congregated just out side the back door to make any real decisions. I smoked a pipe back then, so when I was at the home office I'd join them. It was interesting to say the least!

                                CQ de W5ALT

                                Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software

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                                • D DaveX86

                                  There was a Perseid meteor shower last week on the 12th. My idiot calendar says the 12th but what it should really say is 'the night of the 11th' and I missed it...again...saw one or two strays on the night of the 12th though.

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                                  Anthony Mushrow
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                                  It was meant to be on the 12th and 13th so I'm surprised you didn't see more. Also, once it gets past 12:00 it's the next day so technically it was the 12th. Count yourself lucky though, I didn't get to seen anything.

                                  My current favourite word: Harsh!

                                  -SK Genius

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                                    It was meant to be on the 12th and 13th so I'm surprised you didn't see more. Also, once it gets past 12:00 it's the next day so technically it was the 12th. Count yourself lucky though, I didn't get to seen anything.

                                    My current favourite word: Harsh!

                                    -SK Genius

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                                    DaveX86
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                                    Yeah, well you always hear these splashy descriptions like 80 meteors in an hour at the peak, but I have yet to ever see anything like that. 80% of the time it's overcast and you don't see anything anyway :( Next year, I'm gonna mark the night before on the calendar, though :) There's the Leonids? in the fall too, I think.

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                                    • D Dr Walt Fair PE

                                      Todd Smith wrote:

                                      What did I miss?

                                      Define "miss."

                                      CQ de W5ALT

                                      Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software

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                                      El Corazon
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                                      Walt Fair, Jr. wrote:

                                      Define "miss."

                                      a young lady who is unmarried. ;P

                                      _________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....

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                                      • H Henry Minute

                                        Todd Smith wrote:

                                        What did I miss?

                                        Christian got something to work but it broke later. JSOP has depleted the worlds' supply of lead and black powder quite considerably. hammerstein05 also went on holiday. I'm surprised you didn't meet him. That's it. Nothing else at all has happened. Not a single thing. Nothing

                                        Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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                                        hammerstein05
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                                        Excuse me, I went to a place of culture and history, he went to France!

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                                        • T Todd Smith

                                          Just got back from 3 weeks in France. Beautiful country and great food but the amount of smoking they do compared to the US is a bit hard to tolerate. What did I miss?

                                          Todd Smith

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                                          Mark_Wallace
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                                          I had dumplings.

                                          I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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