I think he thinks we're all depraved men in soiled sweatpants living in their parent's basement. Sounds like projection to me.
Re: Re: BBS community improvements
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Ravne on Mon May 27 2024 07:46 am
I think he thinks we're all depraved men in soiled sweatpants living in their parent's basement. Sounds like projection to me.
Yeah. I WISH my parents had a basement.
I think he thinks we're all depraved men in soiled sweatpants living in their parent's basement. Sounds like projection to me.
Yeah. I WISH my parents had a basement.
I wish mine still lived in their previous home. It had a finished basement (well, technically it was a bi-level) complete with bathrooms and bedrooms.
That'd be a nice setup! :D
Now, my mother lives in a much smaller home with no basement, while my father and his wife live in a home with a clean, dry basement but with no facilities. It does at least have electric and is a walk out. ;)
atleast you got a mom! my mom died of covid on her birthday.
atleast you got a mom! my mom died of covid on her birthday.
;(
True, and I am glad I do still have one.
summer. smoked marlboro reds every day.
summer. smoked marlboro reds every day.
That will unfortunately do it.
summer. smoked marlboro reds every day.
That will unfortunately do it.
When I was in 5th grade, I remember the class having an assignment to make som
mock advertisements to promote health and not doing unhealthy things. I remember one of the students drew a graveyard with "Marlboro country" written below it.
Quoting Dumas Walker to Nightfox <=-
It surprises me even more now that cigarette smoking seems to be
making a comeback.
Back in the day, before my time (I am over 50), they promoted cigarettes differently. In some cases, I believe that consumers were even lead to believe they might be healthy.
Quoting Dumas Walker to Nightfox <=-
It surprises me even more now that cigarette smoking seems to be
making a comeback.
We can get rid of more stupid people. I say advertise it, promote it
let them all smoke everywhere again. Who cares!?!? Where did I put my HEALTHY low tar darts?
Shawn
Re: Smoking
By: Dumas Walker to NIGHTFOX on Sat Jun 08 2024 10:34 am
Back in the day, before my time (I am over 50), they promoted cigarettes differently. In some cases, I believe that consumers were even lead to believe they might be healthy.
Absolutely true. I remember those commercials in the 60's. Every now and then, my wife will point one of the printed ads that gets posted on facebook from time to time.
Quoting Dumas Walker to Nightfox <=-
It surprises me even more now that cigarette smoking seems to be making a
comeback.
We can get rid of more stupid people. I say advertise it, promote it let them all smoke everywhere again. Who cares!?!? Where did I put my HEALTHY low tar darts?
I have noticed that there's a lot of smokers, and they continue on. It's extremely addicting. I started smoking around 10 and I stopped when iIt surprises me even more now that cigarette smoking seems to be making a comeback.We can get rid of more stupid people. I say advertise it, promote it let them all smoke everywhere again. Who cares!?!? Where did I put my
was 28 and I still want a cig when I smell someone smoking one. If you have friends who smoke you pretty much have no chance of quitting.
i actually somewhat miss it when people could smoke indoors. i remember one weekend everyone hanging out in the bar having a blast and the next weekend the law changed and it became this routine of people heading back and forth to smoke while i sat inside waiting. i don't miss hanging my jacket up on the deck to air it out though..
I had a lot of relatives, but none I lived with, that were life-long smokers at the time. It was really difficult for them to even consider stopping. What surprised me was how many people my age, and slightly younger, who picked up the habit despite the dire warnings.
It surprises me even more now that cigarette smoking seems to be making a comeback.
Suprising enough, My health problems did'nt start until I stopped smoking, and other lifestyle changes to try to benefit my health. It was a real shock to my body I guess.. took about 3-4 years to get my blood pressure and heart-rate stable.
Quoting Mro to Tiny <=-
I have noticed that there's a lot of smokers, and they continue on.
It's extremely addicting. I started smoking around 10 and I stopped
when i was 28 and I still want a cig when I smell someone smoking one.
If you have friends who smoke you pretty much have no chance of
quitting.
Suprising enough, My health problems did'nt start until I stopped smoking,
and other lifestyle changes to try to benefit my health. It was a real
shock to my body I guess.. took about 3-4 years to get my blood pressure
and heart-rate stable.
I quit in 2008 and other than the normal bs that goes with being a diabetic, I didn't really have any other issues.
My wife finally quit a little over a year ago. It was killing her. Less that three weeks after quitting, her face had completely changed and she looked much more lively and younger. She can't breathe anymore and she has gained about 20 lbs but I am just so glad she finally quit...
i actually somewhat miss it when people could smoke indoors. i remember one weekend everyone hanging out in the bar having a blast and the next weekend the law changed and it became this routine of people heading back and forth to smoke while i sat inside waiting.
Quoting Mro to Tiny <=-
I have noticed that there's a lot of smokers, and they continue on. It's extremely addicting. I started smoking around 10 and I stopped when i was 28 and I still want a cig when I smell someone smoking one.
I don't miss it at all anymore. The smell is pretty disgusting to me now.
I was still able to quit. It wasn't easy, but it wasn't like I was
climbing the walls either. Smoked for over 1/2 my life at the time I
quit.
cigarette smoking seems to be
making a comeback.
That surprises me too. :(
also stopped a long bout of an opoid
addiction so I'm sure that may have
Quoting Mro to Tiny <=-
whats disgusting is when people hit it hard and it's in their clothes
and their whole body. that smells horrible.
i guess you didnt have the junkie effect.
Yes it does. Even when they come in from outside after smoking the cheap native "bag o' smokes".
Re: Smoking
By: kk4qbn to Bf2k+ on Mon Jun 10 2024 08:20 am
also stopped a long bout of an opoid addiction so I'm sure that may have
Awesome that you kicked that. But, if you ever (EVER) decide to try again, PLEASE remember that you don't need to take as much as you did when you regularly did them, and only take a tiny fraction of what you did before.
To this day I still cannot stand to smell cigarettes and cant stand the taste or the consistancy of a soda, cannot believe I used to consume so much of that crap.
Pepsi is the last of my 'vices' and one I need to stop and soon...
Quoting Mro to Tiny <=-
I was still able to quit. It wasn't easy, but it wasn't like I was
climbing the walls either. Smoked for over 1/2 my life at the time I
quit.
Quoting Mickey to Tiny <=-
years after that i found out I had throat cancer and spent 4 months at Princess Margaret getting 'the works' during Covid. I STILL stared at butt's on the ground. Finally quit!
Pepsi is one of my favorite sodas (I like it better than Coke).
phigan wrote to Tiny <=-
Ugh, I had a buddy that smoked cloves all the time. I actually had to
air out my clothes even when I'd ONLY been in the same room with him,
not even around when smoking or anything.
whats disgusting is when people hit it hard and it's in their clothes and their whole body. that smells horrible.
Yes it does. Even when they come in from outside after smoking the cheap native "bag o' smokes".
It seems to me things like that in moderation are okay. Pepsi is one of my favorite sodas (I like it better than Coke).
It seems to me things like that in moderation are okay. Pepsi is one of my
favorite sodas (I like it better than Coke).
I prefer Double Cola, Red Rock, or RC, but they can be more difficult to find (especially the first two).
My real soda "vices" are Ski and Ale-8-One. ;)
To this day I still cannot stand to smell cigarettes and cant stand the taste or the consistancy of a soda, cannot believe I used to consume so much of that crap.
Pepsi is the last of my 'vices' and one I need to stop and soon...
Clove cigarettes remind me of hacky sack, college quads, diner coffee, half-read philosophy paperbacks, cheap gas, road trips, and being in my
20s.
carbonated water. It kind of fakes me out a little that I'm having a soda. I
whats disgusting is when people hit it hard and it's in their clothes and their whole body. that smells horrible.
Yes it does. Even when they come in from outside after smoking the cheap native "bag o' smokes".
When I was ~25, I went out for a while with a lady who smoked. I never could figure out how she did it but she never smelled like she smoked. I know she smoked outside often, but I also know she smoked in her car and in other indoor places (you could smoke in restaurants back then, for example).
On Wed Jun 12 03:58:00 2024, The Lizard Master wrote to Bf2k+ <=-
suggestions other than when I feel a hankering I actually have carbonated water. It kind of
On Wed Jun 12 08:26:00 2024, Dumas Walker wrote to TINY <=-
When I was ~25, I went out for a while with a lady who smoked. I never could figure out how she did it but she never smelled like she smoked. I know she smoked outside often, but I also know she smoked in her car and in other indoor places (you could smoke in restaurants back then, for example).
OTOH, about 10 years ago I went out for a few times with another gal who smoked. She was also, IMHO, an alcoholic. She often smelled like an ashtray that someone had spilled stale beer in. I am glad I didn't date
her when I was younger! :o
Clove cigarettes remind me of hacky sack, college quads, diner coffee, half-read philosophy paperbacks, cheap gas, road trips, and being in my 20s.
And not of goths? :)
When I was ~25, I went out for a while with a lady who smoked. I never could figure out how she did it but she never smelled like she smoked. I know she smoked outside often, but I also know she smoked in her car and in other indoor places (you could smoke in restaurants back then, for example).
I knew a women like that, she told me the trick is to hand sanatize before she >came
inside, as well as other washing tricks.
Tiny wrote to The Lizard Master <=-
I've been doing this for years as well. In fact having a club soda
now. It does fool me into thinking I'm not missing out.
Two hookers were talking on a street corner.
One of them asked "Do you smoke when you finish?"
The other one said "I don't know, I never looked."
Re: Smoking
By: phigan to Tiny on Tue Jun 11 2024 05:53 am
Re: Smoking
By: Tiny to MRO on Tue Jun 11 2024 06:25 am
Yes it does. Even when they come in from outside after smoking the cheap native "bag o' smokes".
Ugh, I had a buddy that smoked cloves all the time. I actually had to air ou my clothes even when I'd ONLY been in the same room with him, not even aroun when smoking or anything.
clove cigarettes taste nice but i never thought of how it made those around me smell. now i will rethink that.
DaiTengu wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
The other one said "I don't know, I never looked."
reminds me of one of my favorite taglines:
... If you smoke after sex you're doing it too fast.
Re: Re: BBS community improvements
By: kk4qbn to Ravne on Sat May 25 2024 15:16:25
Re: Re: BBS community improvements
By: Ravne to Gamgee on Mon May 27 2024 08:13 pm
Sorry, nobody needs to hijack an entire month for self glorification.
Or self pity how ever you want to look at it.
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Re: SmokingI never tried smoking. I watched peers in my younger days smoking and thought they looked cool but I just never tried it. When you quit smoking your body revolted is that what you are saying. Did you ever relapse and go back to smoking? Or did you never look back? How are you doing today?
By: Tiny to DUMAS WALKER on Sun Jun 09 2024 06:41:00
Quoting Dumas Walker to Nightfox <=-
It surprises me even more now that cigarette smoking seems to be makin
comeback.
We can get rid of more stupid people. I say advertise it, promote it l them all smoke everywhere again. Who cares!?!? Where did I put my HEALTHY low tar darts?
Suprising enough, My health problems did'nt start until I stopped smoking, a other lifestyle changes to try to benefit my health. It was a real shock to body I guess.. took about 3-4 years to get my blood pressure and heart-rate stable.
I never tried smoking. I watched peers in my younger days smoking and thought they looked cool but I just never tried it.
Quoting Dumas Walker to Nightfox <=-
It surprises me even more now that cigarette smoking seems to be
makin comeback.
We can get rid of more stupid people. I say advertise it, promote it
l them all smoke everywhere again. Who cares!?!? Where did I put my
HEALTHY low tar darts?
Suprising enough, My health problems did'nt start until I stopped smoking,
a other lifestyle changes to try to benefit my health. It was a real shock
to body I guess.. took about 3-4 years to get my blood pressure and
heart-rate stable.
Gary Gordon wrote to kk4qbn <=-
I never tried smoking. I watched peers in my younger days smoking and thought they looked cool but I just never tried it.
I was going to reply to this message that you were quoting, but oddly, I don't
have this thread at all in my Dove-Net General messagebase (despite the previous quote from Dumas Walker to me about smoking making a comeback).. Is this an old thread, perhaps?
I never thought it looked really cool. Just a little silly with something hanging out of someone's mouth with ashes falling off it..
Nightfox
Re: Smoking
By: Gary Gordon to kk4qbn on Sat Jul 26 2025 07:06 pm
Quoting Dumas Walker to Nightfox <=-
It surprises me even more now that cigarette smoking seems to be
makin comeback.
We can get rid of more stupid people. I say advertise it, promote
l them all smoke everywhere again. Who cares!?!? Where did I put
HEALTHY low tar darts?
Suprising enough, My health problems did'nt start until I stopped smokin
a other lifestyle changes to try to benefit my health. It was a real sho
to body I guess.. took about 3-4 years to get my blood pressure and
heart-rate stable.
I was going to reply to this message that you were quoting, but oddly, I don have this thread at all in my Dove-Net General messagebase (despite the previous quote from Dumas Walker to me about smoking making a comeback).. I this an old thread, perhaps?
Nightfox
Quoting Poindexter Fortran to Gary Gordon <=-
I never tried smoking. I watched peers in my younger days smoking and thought they looked cool but I just never tried it.
Road trips in the '70s with two parents who smoked turned me off.
They claimed they'd open the window a crack and all of the smoke would
be sucked out. Didn't work as planned.
Later on, my father contracted emphysema, and that helped turn my
kids off of smoking.
They see smoking as harmful, but apparently vaping is just stupid.
People tend to think of 'vaping' as safe, but it's not safe.
'E-liquid' or 'e-juice' or 'vape juice' is what the devices use to
vaporize for you to breathe in. E-liquids are not just water, they
contain some nasty chemicals.
I never thought it looked really cool. Just a little silly with something hanging out of someone's mouth with ashes falling off it..
People tend to think of 'vaping' as safe, but it's not safe.
'E-liquid' or 'e-juice' or 'vape juice' is what the devices use to
vaporize for you to breathe in. E-liquids are not just water, they
contain some nasty chemicals.
you get the popcorn lung!
(hence the name) and some low-quality vape flavouring compounds. It
is not associated with vaping itself. In countries that regulate
vape juice (like the UK), diacetyl is a banned ingredient.
Hope this helps.
dont care, i don't vape.
you quoted what someone else said except when i said popcorn lung.
i dont think vaping is safe, i dont think putting anything into your lungs is safe.
Quoting Retroswim to Mro <=-
People tend to think of 'vaping' as safe, but it's not safe.
'E-liquid' or 'e-juice' or 'vape juice' is what the devices use to
vaporize for you to breathe in. E-liquids are not just water, they
contain some nasty chemicals.
The chief ingredient is propylene glycol and/or vegetable glycol.
These are ingredients used in countless food, medicine, cosmetic, and other products. Been to a live show? Theatrical fog is the same stuff, just un-scented, and obviously does not contain nicotine.
It's true that a lack of regulation means potentially bad stuff in the flavouring compounds (see below), but if you buy from reputable juice manufacturers who are open about their ingredients, and/or operate in
a jurisdiction that regulates the industry, you are far far far better
off than inhaling combustion products.
you get the popcorn lung!
Popcorn lung is associated with diacetyl, found in popcorn flavouring (hence the name) and some low-quality vape flavouring compounds. It is
not associated with vaping itself. In countries that regulate vape
juice (like the UK), diacetyl is a banned ingredient.
Hope this helps.
Quoting Retroswim to Mro <=-
you quoted what someone else said except when i said popcorn lung.
"Things that don't matter" for 1000 points, Alex.
i dont think vaping is safe, i dont think putting anything into your lungs is safe.
It's your prerogative to think that, but at least now you and other readers can carry their opinions based on more accurate information. You're welcome!
you quoted what someone else said except when i said popcorn lung.
"Things that don't matter" for 1000 points, Alex.
Popcorn lung is associated with diacetyl, found in popcorn flavouring (hence the name) and some low-quality vape flavouring compounds.
It's strange what people do to justify smoking or 'vaping'. As I
stated in the message originally, I'm no one to talk as I smoked
cigarettes until I was 27 years old. I knew it was bad at the time I
was doing it and could find countless ways to justify it. Also the government did regulate cigarettes at the time, so yeah that didn't actually do anything to mitigate the problems.
If you're quoting what someone wrote, it's good to address your reply to the person you're quoting.
Does eating the popcorn also cause popcorn lung?!?
Cool? Others following this public discussion may, however. It's not
all about you. :)
you quoted what someone else said except when i said popcorn lung.
"Things that don't matter" for 1000 points, Alex.
i dont think vaping is safe, i dont think putting anything into your lungs is safe.
It's your prerogative to think that, but at least now you and other
readers can carry their opinions based on more accurate information.
You're welcome!
actually do anything to mitigate the problems.
Smoking cigarettes is bad for your lungs. Vaping is bad for your
lungs, and of course placing your mouth over the exhaust pipe of a
running combustion engine is bad for your lungs.
you quoted what someone else said except when i said popcorn lung.
"Things that don't matter" for 1000 points, Alex.
Wow. Great answer!
behavior. It's obvious that you are a user. Your 'more accurate
information' is biased and based upon your opinion. But hey that's
OK. We all have opinions, It's your prerogiative to have one.
Popcorn lung is associated with diacetyl, found in popcorn
flavouring (hence the name) and some low-quality vape flavouring compounds.
Does eating the popcorn also cause popcorn lung?!?
Not a conclusive observation by any means, but a.more useful one than
a bare assertion like "I believe X is bad." We can investigate
to prove/disprove the former.
Dumas Walker wrote to RETROSWIM <=-
Popcorn lung is associated with diacetyl, found in popcorn flavouring (hence the name) and some low-quality vape flavouring compounds.
Does eating the popcorn also cause popcorn lung?!?
Popcorn lung is associated with diacetyl, found in popcorn
flavouring (hence the name) and some low-quality vape flavouring compounds.
Does eating the popcorn also cause popcorn lung?!?
it causes popcorn stomach.
well well well. internet tells me that other chemicals in vapes
cause damaged airways as well.
It isnt about justifying it.IMO, people do what they want, you and I included.
Neither of us ought to have to justify what we do to our own bodies.
I wouldn't know, as soon as they stopped calling it "Butter" I stopped having it put on my popcorn.
First it was butter, then it was "butter flavor", now they call it "popcorn topping".
Aside: I've noticed more people now buying the large popcorn container with free refills and taking popcorn home with them after the movie. I'd think one or two refills while you're at the theater would suffice.
Does eating the popcorn also cause popcorn lung?!?
lol! Nah, it's inhaling the dust that's the issue. It's a food grade ingredient.
Does eating the popcorn also cause popcorn lung?!?
lol! Nah, it's inhaling the dust that's the issue. It's a food grade ingredient.
Does eating the popcorn also cause popcorn lung?!?
I wouldn't know, as soon as they stopped calling it "Butter" I stopped
having it put on my popcorn.
First it was butter, then it was "butter flavor", now they call it
"popcorn topping".
Does eating the popcorn also cause popcorn lung?!?
I wouldn't know, as soon as they stopped calling it "Butter" I
stopped having it put on my popcorn.
First it was butter, then it was "butter flavor", now they call it "popcorn topping".
I haven't had theatre popcorn in a *long* time. I suspect the
popcorn in question here is the microwave variety but I could be
wrong. IIRC, those also are "butter flavored" rather than
"buttered."
I would also prefer the real thing vs. a chemical cocktail.
Does eating the popcorn also cause popcorn lung?!?
I wouldn't know, as soon as they stopped calling it "Butter" I stopped
having it put on my popcorn.
I don't think they've been putting real butter on movie theater popcorn the entire time we've been alive, or atleast since before the first time we saw our first movie in the movie theaters. they have always used flavored oil.
Re: Re: Smoking
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Dumas Walker on Tue Aug 05 2025 08:58 am
Does eating the popcorn also cause popcorn lung?!?
I wouldn't know, as soon as they stopped calling it "Butter" I
stopped having it put on my popcorn.
Probably a good idea. I saw a story once on a guy way back that loved popcorn so much he ate it everyday and ended up with popcorn lung.
give you popcorn farts. I can see the comparibility of both now.
everyone knows that vaping is bad for your lungs.
they just dont want to admit it.
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everyone knows that vaping is bad for your lungs.
they just dont want to admit it.
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Oooh. We agree on something :)
Vaping and smoking are both bad... I still do both, one
habit I haven't able to break. Ah well, easying my way from
this side of the ground to the other. :)
Smoking is the hardest thing to quit. It's a physical and emotional addiction.
You will always want to smoke. If you have friends that smoke and you are around them it makes it impossible to quit.
You never really quit smoking. You just stop.
smoking after that. I'm glad they stopped smoking.. These days, I don't kn very many people who smoke anymore.
Nightfox wrote to MRO <=-
Re: Re: Smoking
By: MRO to Jon Justvig on Fri Aug 29 2025 11:01 am
Smoking is the hardest thing to quit. It's a physical and emotional addiction.
You will always want to smoke. If you have friends that smoke and you are around them it makes it impossible to quit.
You never really quit smoking. You just stop.
Much of my immediate family (including my parents) and their friends smoked when I was growing up. I didn't like it, and anyone who smoked always told me it was a bad idea, so I never started. My mom had a
heart attack in 2014 and she decided to just stop smoking. My dad had
a bad cold years ago and said he couldn't really smoke because he'd
cough too much, and he was also sleeping a lot; he said he slept
through much of his withdrawals, and he decided to stop smoking after that. I'm glad they stopped smoking.. These days, I don't know very
many people who smoke anymore.
It seems almost weird now to think I remember when smoking was legal basically everywhere, including inside grocery stores & supermarkets & such. People used to be buying grocery store produce that had been exposed to cigarette smoke in the store.
MRO wrote to Jon Justvig <=-
Vaping and smoking are both bad... I still do both, one
habit I haven't able to break. Ah well, easying my way from
this side of the ground to the other. :)
Smoking is the hardest thing to quit. It's a physical and emotional addiction.
You will always want to smoke. If you have friends that smoke and you
are around them it makes it impossible to quit.
You never really quit smoking. You just stop.
Re: Re: Smoking
By: Nightfox to MRO on Fri Aug 29 2025 12:38 pm
It is pretty nice that so many people have stopped.. except for bums like me who just like the occassional cig.
I could not do that... if I were to
smoke one, I would be smoking again.
It seems almost weird now to think I remember when smoking
was legal basically everywhere, including inside grocery
stores & supermarkets & such. People used to be buying
grocery store produce that had been exposed to cigarette
smoke in the store.
Aside: I've noticed more people now buying the large popcorn
container
with free refills and taking popcorn home with them after the
movie.
I'd think one or two refills while you're at the theater would
suffice.
I agree for the most part. That said, some of the things that
people intentionally do to their bodies do ultimately cost us
all. I would think even more so in countries that have
socialized medicine.
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A friend of mine told me that a friend of his told him that
eating popcorn will give you popcorn farts. I can see the
comparibility of both now.
Not sure I've ever had popcorn farts... but I never noticed
that cabbage farts were a thing until someone else pointed it
out.
Vaping and smoking are both bad... I still do both, one habit I
haven't able to break. Ah well, easying my way from this side
of the ground to the other. :)
Yup, recall that too, and in restaurants while you're trying to
eat. I'm old enough to even remember people smoking on
airplanes. The rear 1/3 or so of the seating was for smokers,
as if there was a magic barrier that kept the smoke from coming
forward into the rest of the cabin. Not cool at all, but at
that time it was a "normal" thing. Seems very strange to me
now.
Daryl Stout wrote to Gamgee <=-
Yup, recall that too, and in restaurants while you're trying to
eat. I'm old enough to even remember people smoking on
airplanes. The rear 1/3 or so of the seating was for smokers,
as if there was a magic barrier that kept the smoke from coming
forward into the rest of the cabin. Not cool at all, but at
that time it was a "normal" thing. Seems very strange to me
now.
I believe that if you want to smoke when you're traveling, that
you drive yourself. You can NOT smoke on the train, plane, or bus.
While Amtrak does offer smoke break stops (if the train is on
time or early), if you're caught smoking on the train (especially
if you're under age), you're put off the train at the next town,
whether it's your stop or not...and they will likely get local
law enforcement to remove you.
I remember on one trip years ago that east of El Paso, at Sierra
Blanca, Texas...a 16 year old kid was caught smoking. They stopped
the train, and had law enforcement remove him. His ticket was
confiscated, his reservation was canceled, and he was on his own
to get to his destination.
Years ago, in a bowling league, the cigarette smoke in there was
so thick, that you thought that you were getting cancer of the
eyeballs!! You could hardly see the lane or the pins, it was that
bad!!
I've never actually had the pleasure of riding on an Amtrak
train - something I'd like to do one day.
I've certainly been in a few smoky bowling allies, and agree
that it's out of control. At least it used to be, haven't been
bowling in years. I think in general though, society has turned
away from smoking in a big way. I don't really see it very
often any more, in fact.
I have a bowling game on my smartphone, and some bowling doors
on the BBS. Otherwise, that's the only bowling I do anymore, but
this tagline comes to mind. <G>
duno if you're into emulators, or non-bbs gaming in general, but i highly recommend the Super Nintendo game "Super Bowling" :)
i think it's the best one for home consoles, perhaps other than Wii Bowling (i prefer the plain old game controller). i've played it two player with random people and they don't hate me for it hehe
I wouldn't know, as soon as they stopped calling it "Butter" I stopped
having it put on my popcorn.
First it was butter, then it was "butter flavor", now they call it
"popcorn topping".
Aside: I've noticed more people now buying the large popcorn container
with free refills and taking popcorn home with them after the movie.
I'd think one or two refills while you're at the theater would suffice.
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I remember some Theaters got Air Poppers machines many years ago. I
still like that idea so I use a Popcorn popper that goes in the
mcrowave oven. 1/3rd Cup of popcorn, 3 and a half minutes then in the
BIG BOWL. I don't evenadd Salt to it. So I eat it Generic! Ed
Re: Re: Smoking
By: Ed Vance to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Sep 12 2025 12:07
get a chinese pressure cooker for popcorn.
https://i.imgur.com/YPnRjFh.png
if you watch this video they goofed it up i think.
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Re: Re: BBS community improve
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Dumas Walker on Tue May 28 2024 05:54 pm
"Why is the government getting involved in people's lives like this?" Van Schoiak said. "What purpose do we have in deciding that a couple who are or 17 years old, their parents say, you know, `you guys love each other, ahead and get married, you have my permission.' Why would we stop that?" tps://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article288424893.html#s y link=cpy
I say let them do it, especially if they have children. I'm not for much ol marrying younger, though.I moved out my folks home on my 18th birthday. I would have loved to stay there forever but it was a small home and there were 4 of us there and I wanted to 'do my thing'. I sure wish I stayed longer. There were some good times in that house. :)
I had a kid young and i would have married young if i had the opportunity at the time. we were in a 'common law' marriage for 11 years. that's better th most adults I know.
I also didn't live with my parents until I was 35.
Marriage is such a joke now. People shouldn't marry without an ironclad prenup. Even if you're poor.
By: MRO to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue May 28 2024 11:22 pm
I moved out my folks home on my 18th birthday. I would have loved---
Re: BBS community improvementsYou already have all the same rights as everyone else.
By: Ravne to Accession on Tue May 28 2024 09:13 pm
No mention of it whatsoever, though. Instead, you insist on pushing
another agenda entirely, and putting people down if they don't have th
same views as you do.
I love /s how my desire to have the same rights as straight people is considered an "agenda" & how my desire to not be murdered is considered my "view". That's really all Pride is about, our demands (you're damn well righ we DEMAND) to be safe & have the same rights as everyone else, including the right to fair jobs access, fair housing, everything that straight people exp for themselves. Pride is about normalizing our existence in the world, not about trying to "shove our views in everyone's face".
I don't see it now, but you said something about me going about trying to ge my point across the wrong way. Am I? I don't know that I agree with that opinion. First of all, I have no delusion that I'm going to convince anyone here of anything, I'm really not sure why I even keep responding. Except, ma there's an LGBTQ person out there that's been afraid to come out & maybe see my posts will help them be less afraid.
Second, I could care less about being a "good gay", the ones that make sure cave to the desires of straight people, to make sure they don't cross that l of what's acceptable to y'all. Have you ever heard the analogy of not thinki the leopards would ever eat MY face? That's what happens to "good gays", eventually the people they're putting on a good show for turn on them too, o they've gotten what they need from them. And no, don't pull out some shit ab "you're saying all straight people are leopards that are going to eat the fa of gay people", the leopards eating faces are straight people that pretend t support gay people just long enough to try to get us to let our guards down.
Re: BBS community improvements
By: Ravne to Accession on Tue May 28 2024 09:43 pm
You already have all the same rights as everyone else. Johnny,
Re: Re: BBS community improveok What are message pointers oh mighty sage? ;)
By: Rich Snively to MRO on Sun Oct 26 2025 06:14 pm
By: MRO to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue May 28 2024 11:22 pm
^^^^^^^
you are replying to stuff from may 2024
update your msg pointers, please.
I moved out my folks home on my 18th birthday. I would have loved
ok What are message pointers oh mighty sage? ;)
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