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   Aragorn to All   
   Re: Marek says "hi"   
   04 Jan 23 21:25:20   
   
   From: telcontar@duck.com   
      
   On 04.01.2023 at 12:17, Mike Easter scribbled:   
      
   > I think the nicotine relationship/craving is *just* one thing, and   
   > the 'behavioral' habit is another.  Smoking involves some ritualism,   
   > some 'breaks', some social aspects that we are accustomed.   
      
   Yes, that is very true.   
      
   > Depending on where and how you live today, smoking makes one a   
   > pariah.   
      
   And that is most certainly true as well.   
      
   > In my earlier days, 'all of us' smoked everywhere; airplanes,   
   > offices, restaurants.   
      
   Yes, indeed.  And even in places where you could not smoke, there would   
   be a designated smoking corner.  But that's all gone nowadays.   
      
   > Nowadays we have communities and locations where it isn't even   
   > 'legal' to smoke outside.  That would cramp one's smoking 'style'.   
      
   It's the same over here in Europe, if not worse.   
      
      
   --   
   With respect,   
   = Aragorn =   
      
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