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Just a little BUMP for those who've forgotten, or who suddenly find themselves unexpectedly at a loose end tomorrow night and inexplicably in the environs of East Croydon.  |
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« Reply #16 on: 12:47:01, 28-06-2007 » |
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Just a little BUMP for those who've forgotten, or who suddenly find themselves unexpectedly at a loose end tomorrow night and inexplicably in the environs of East Croydon. Yes - if we are feeling like we could murder an Indian then (as one cowboy said to the other), it would be a good idea for me to book a table - any rough ideas on numbers, who might be coming along, so I can tell them? I've also just discovered a new drinking establishment just 5-10 mins walk from the other one, which does a fabulous range of Belgian and other beers - not quite as nice an environment as my local, but if we felt like a crawl later on - http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/11/11525/Beer_Circus/Croydon (note that it is described in one of the reviews as being 'very smokey'). |
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« Reply #17 on: 13:32:05, 28-06-2007 » |
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I've also just discovered a new drinking establishment just 5-10 mins walk from the other one, which does a fabulous range of Belgian and other beers - not quite as nice an environment as my local, but if we felt like a crawl later on - http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/11/11525/Beer_Circus/Croydon (note that it is described in one of the reviews as being 'very smokey'). ...until nanny changes all that next Sunday, presumably... Best, Alistair |
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« Reply #18 on: 13:44:05, 28-06-2007 » |
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...until nanny changes all that next Sunday, presumably...
You may have missed this, Alistair. |
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« Reply #19 on: 14:47:13, 28-06-2007 » |
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Despite the undoubted allure of a final celebratory Passive Smokathon, I won't be able to make it tomorrow, I'm afraid (even though, by coincidence, I will be hurtling through East Croyon twice in my travels). Here's to an enjoyable and hazy evening for all those meeting up. Best wishes all.
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« Reply #20 on: 14:53:35, 28-06-2007 » |
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Despite the undoubted allure of a final celebratory Passive Smokathon, I won't be able to make it tomorrow, I'm afraid (even though, by coincidence, I will be hurtling through East Croyon twice in my travels). Here's to an enjoyable and hazy evening for all those meeting up. Best wishes all.
Ta, George - maybe the smoke will be so intensive, and travel so far, that you'll be able to breathe it in from your location with satisfaction (and get it for free)... |
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« Reply #21 on: 15:14:15, 28-06-2007 » |
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I won't make it to Croydon either*, but I hope you all have a good drag or two. Perhaps you could see how few matches you can use and genuinely keep a chain going?
As a non-Smoker, I don't know, but if you have a huge sesh tomorrow will that affect your chances of giving up in July? Drink is my only reference point, and if I have enough of that I'm quite happy not to drink anything again for a long time ("Never again......." and "Oh My Head!" seem to come to mind.....)
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*Mind you I will be standing close to a bonfire this weekend.
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« Reply #22 on: 15:22:47, 28-06-2007 » |
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...until nanny changes all that next Sunday, presumably...
You may have missed this, Alistair. No "may" about it; I did indeed miss it. I was referring to the 1 July nonsense, of course, wherein Nanny Brown will presumably uphold Nanny Blair's smoking ban, my view on which will already be clear from what I've already written here, despite having both begun and given up smoking at the age of 14 and never touched a weed of any kind since. OK, I don't personally like smoking in public places, cannot abide it in restaurants and have always gone to the non-smoking rather than the smoking areas in pubs when possible, but I don't want legislation against such activity; there must be people out there who don't like my music but I wouldn't want there to be legislation to ensure that they have to listen to it, any more than I'd want the new Chancer of the Excheckmate (even if he is Alistair Darling!) to impose quotas on numbers of subjects per fugue that I may write (not that I ever anticipate writing another). The distance between nannyism and big-brotherliness is not long. So, in sum - "you smoke if you want to; this not-very-darling Alistair's not for smoking" (although, as implied in the first bit of this, he doesn't want there to be laws to stop you)... I noted the posts about smoking and driving and your remarks on that; whilst, as you observe, more pollutants enter the atmosphere as a consequence of driving the average car for the length of time it takes to smoke the average cigarette than will emanate from the ciggy itself, one could always reduce that almost to nil by driving an electric car but I'm not so sure about electric cigarettes (following the sad demise of General Motors' EV1, it seems that all is not lost on the electric car front, since there's supposed to be a new electric Lotus coming out soon - see http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=15487 - not cheap, though...) Best, Alistair |
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« Reply #23 on: 16:04:04, 28-06-2007 » |
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Alistair, darling (if you'll excuse me!),
There may indeed be those who don't like your music. But it doesn't, surely, cause nasty ailments, either to active or passive consumers. Unless there's something I don't know about triple fugues? ...
t_i_n (who likes Big Brother, though maybe not Big Nanny)
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« Reply #24 on: 11:07:50, 29-06-2007 » |
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Greetings from the Alpine splendours of N19 where I'm newly installed(plumbing much better up here). My net connection isnt on yet but flatmate Sylv has kindly let me borrow hers when she's away.
Unfortunately I have been called in by my 'day job' to cover an overnight so I won't be able to make it this time. I will light up a cigar at the appointed time and waft the smoke down from
Camberwell in solidarity, and I will carve a recess in the diary as soon as I have the date of the next thing.Have a great prodigiously fumed night one and all.
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« Reply #25 on: 13:16:14, 29-06-2007 » |
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Well, from various PMs and what people have posted here, it seems there's quite a bit of sickness about, not just Mort. And I'm not feeling too hot myself, either! Is there a case for a postponement? It might be an idea...
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« Reply #26 on: 15:37:34, 29-06-2007 » |
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Latest: t_i_n and I are crying off, and I think Mort too. Not entirely sure where that leaves us...
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« Reply #28 on: 15:46:38, 29-06-2007 » |
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I was looking forward to meeting up again. Me too!  But at the moment all I really want is my bed, which I haven't seen for, let's see, 32 hours I think. Ian doesn't seem to have been online all afternoon, so I've just texted him in the hope he'll pick that up quicker. |
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« Reply #29 on: 15:50:36, 29-06-2007 » |
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Me too, too!  I was really looking forward to it. And I had lickle pwezzies for everyone.  |
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