Topic: Cigarettes and Alcohol

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Hi Christiann

I'm sorry, but I couldn't resist this... :o

There are several Ocean Shores around the world but as far as I can see, it's only about 7pm in the one near Brunswick Heads in NSW, Australia. ;)

Regards

You are absolutely right !

So if I am burgled in the future when you are in Australia I will know who to look for .:D

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Hi Marie C did you have a good time away? it makes me laugh the assumption that if you don't smoke you must be an alcoholic, I think most of us enjoy a nice glass of wine now and then and alot of cruisers only drink while on holiday. What I cannot stand is the amount of posters who when Neil posts feel thay have to be so rude, yes I know Neil dosen't hold back, but there are some on here who delight in winding people up, and turning it into a slanging match ,and lo and behold !here we go again.

Yes we did have a lovely time, thanks for asking Marie. The weather wasn't quite as bad as forecast but we did have a couple of days of heavy rain as I predicated.

I do agree there are quite a few 'wind up' merchants and I think it's pretty obvious who they are!

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Hi Marie C did you have a good time away? it makes me laugh the assumption that if you don't smoke you must be an alcoholic, I think most of us enjoy a nice glass of wine now and then and alot of cruisers only drink while on holiday. What I cannot stand is the amount of posters who when Neil posts feel thay have to be so rude, yes I know Neil dosen't hold back, but there are some on here who delight in winding people up, and turning it into a slanging match ,and lo and behold !here we go again.

Hi CG,

I have never been rude to Neil, I have no desire for a slanging match. Sometimes I agree with Neil's and other comments, sometimes I do not. The expression of one's opinion does not make it 'correct' or 'factual' its just an expression of opinion. I seek only to broaden the view that not all smokers, by default, are inconsiderate. Its not a slanging match or anything of the sort, more an attempt by the use of alternative situations to explain that such a view if flawed.

Vinny

Vinny Not for one minute would I ever suggest you were rude to Neil or anyone else, what I was trying to say, is the outcome will always be the same.

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You are absolutely right !

So if I am burgled in the future when you are in Australia I will know who to look for .:D

Phew, thanks for that - I was expecting to have to make a grovelling apology for 'outing' your place of residence. I'll do it anyway... Sorry, I went too far. :o My feeble excuse is that I had in mind recent posts saying how people gather information by putting two and two together. I did get four, but I shouldn't have said so.

Regards

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Phew, thanks for that - I was expecting to have to make a grovelling apology for 'outing' your place of residence. I'll do it anyway... Sorry, I went too far. :o My feeble excuse is that I had in mind recent posts saying how people gather information by putting two and two together. I did get four, but I shouldn't have said so.

Regards

No apologies necessary Dave . If I minded I would never have referred to the time .

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I don't think I have shown you any lack of respect Dave, and yes you can start any topic you like, but the point is it is always the same one move on, it's flogging a dead horse,for flogging's sake

Where are the old threads you used to post on here? regarding old ships etc, you contributed quite a few more than smoking.

I have posted quite a few topics on here, and will continue to do so,in fact before you went off the forum for a while, I told you about an incident that happened here in 1950's regarding the Flying enterprise, now I though that might have interested you, as you are interested in old merchant ships , but you didn't reply.

Hi Cornish Girl

Okay I'll agree to differ on the perceived lack of respect.

Regarding starting interesting and varied topics though...

I've started 48 new topics on the forum, and several in the last couple of weeks. I've posted videos and more photos than anyone else (except perhaps for Aplmac). I even went down to Dover the other day to take photos of Disney Magic - especially for the forum.

But guess what? Topics that are not about smoking, tipping or pseudonyms disappear without trace almost immediately. Sometimes I wonder why I bothered (I'm not blaming anyone or looking for sympathy - that's just how it is).

I'll keep trying not to flog dead horses though! ;)

Regards

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Phew, thanks for that - I was expecting to have to make a grovelling apology for 'outing' your place of residence. I'll do it anyway... Sorry, I went too far. :o My feeble excuse is that I had in mind recent posts saying how people gather information by putting two and two together. I did get four, but I shouldn't have said so.

Regards

Dave,
I held back when I read what I did about where someone lived. I felt that it was saying something without permission and as it was you got away with it but it is a salutary warning that we ought not to give away or even speculate about something as personal as that on an open web site such as this.

I am glad that it was sort of resolved on this occasion but I would be more than unhappy if the same happened to me. .......Neil

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Well said Dave. what is puzzling me is why there has been in comment from Neil? He has had 3 hours to pedal his opinion but alas we have silence.

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There are three reasons why I have stayed quiet on this thread, one is that I have had other things to do this morning, secondly it probably takes me three times as long to read items, because of my dyslexia, than the average person and there were a few pages to get through here and lastly I have very little to say about excessive drinking and I didn't want to pull smoking into yet another thread, I thought that would be detrimental to the theme of this one. ....Neil

gosh......think I need a stiff vodka to give me courage to post on this thread

but..... I suffer with asthma, and now find it a much more pleasant evening when I dont have to reach for my inhaler because of smoke, which Ive never had to do from someone drinking a glass of wine or two....lol (keeping it light hearted here)
Lesser of two evils... smell of cigarette smoke driffting along the beach or the lager louts laid behind you?
if anyone can answer this question...why does smoke always head towards the none smoker?? no matter where you stand?
Im not addicted to smoking or alcohol, but addicted to chocolate.....before the rumblings of extra weight arrise for airlines im a size 10/12 so next addiction please..lol