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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 =              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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