indosnm 0 Posted April 17, 2003 Share Posted April 17, 2003 Quote: Originally posted by snowboard_freak: Good on you for not mixing it up! I don't see the point of mixing either. I was shocked to learn when I moved to Vic that the participated in the atrocious habit of mixing. I was only young but thought that all just ripped off a bud and whacked it in??? bloddy victorians! what would you expect! Link to post Share on other sites
snobee 0 Posted April 18, 2003 Share Posted April 18, 2003 The greatest quandary re. smoking Is definitely the 2nd smoke issue. Smokers rights, health & wellness, manners, ventilation, etc are all but side issues. Gorging on mars bars is a persons inalienable right - until the point where the residue of such (from both holes) splatters me. I have a right to drink - but not a right to spray everyone with the resulting residue ie. giving golden showers. The same goes for all habits. So why should I accept tobacco residue - smoke - being spattered, sprayed , blown or coughed up all over me. Keep it within your bodily confines and I've got no beef - suckers. Link to post Share on other sites
IceEiji 0 Posted April 18, 2003 Share Posted April 18, 2003 What are you mixing? Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted April 18, 2003 Share Posted April 18, 2003 Marijuana and tobacco. A lot of people who smoke MJ mix it with tobacco. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted April 18, 2003 Share Posted April 18, 2003 snobee, I think what you're advocating there is a bubble apparatus that goes over the head of the smoker and is sealed around the neck. Interesting approach. I've always thought that Japanese cars need an exhaust diverter function - after idling of more than 5 minutes, the exhaust should be diverted into the cabin. Link to post Share on other sites
mikazooki 0 Posted April 18, 2003 Share Posted April 18, 2003 ooh, i like the bubble idea... very futuristic. not necessarily just for smokers, for everyone. maybe as pollution defence, or maybe just tinted as a new styles of shades . have u thought of dropping this idea into the fashion thread. where can i get this bubble? i wanna be one of the first!! Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted April 18, 2003 Share Posted April 18, 2003 Well apparently what you can't get is a Hazardous Materials suit (spaceman haz-mat suits like in "Outbreak"). Rumor has it that the American Armed Forces have bought up all the suits being produced for the next 3 months!! Meaning doctors on the front lines of the SARS fight in Hong Kong are being forced to work on patients lungs (to try to save their lives) with not much more than the masks you see many a japanese hay fever sufferer wearing. The hospitals have been trying to order the haz-mat suits but are being stone walled as the companies that make them are working double time to provide the US Military with its orders. Link to post Share on other sites
snobee 0 Posted April 18, 2003 Share Posted April 18, 2003 O-11 - wasn't actually thinking about the bubble concept, but probably worthwhile pursuing. Unlimited possibilities - smoking while surfing comes to mind. I was hinting more at the "inhale only" technique based on ancient yoga principles, somewhat akin to the practice of deepsea free divers who remain submerged at depth for extended times. In the case of smokers, hopefully after 5+mins all the grot has been absorbed into their system, with no offending exhaled fumes to worry about. But might need hand bubbles to containerize the noxious haze drifting from the source. Or better still encourage smokers to put their undoubtedly superior sucking skills to more useful applications. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted April 18, 2003 Share Posted April 18, 2003 smorking is banned on the sidewalk/street area in Chiyoda-ku. Link to post Share on other sites
riddled-with-fun 0 Posted April 18, 2003 Share Posted April 18, 2003 Really? And what happens if you light up there? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted April 18, 2003 Share Posted April 18, 2003 A couple of uniformed blokes come and order you to pay a fine. Apparently the kogyaru tend to say 'uruseinaa baka' when caught, but pay up nevertheless. Link to post Share on other sites
yodel 0 Posted April 19, 2003 Share Posted April 19, 2003 Don't the kogyaru pay in other ways other than money. Other "services"? Link to post Share on other sites
OzOzOz 2 Posted April 27, 2003 Share Posted April 27, 2003 I just came back from a night with the Big Boys (colleagues), and subjected to heavy constant smoking from 6 other people in a small room for a few hours. Link to post Share on other sites
giggsy 0 Posted April 27, 2003 Share Posted April 27, 2003 Hate it. Thumbs well down. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted April 28, 2003 Share Posted April 28, 2003 Just quit noone said it was easy but do it for yourself. Link to post Share on other sites
Tosk 0 Posted April 28, 2003 Share Posted April 28, 2003 Why did all the smokers start smoking in the first place then? I'm interested in that.. Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted April 28, 2003 Share Posted April 28, 2003 I smoked for a little bit when i was 16 because it was cool. Then after about 6 months i just stopped because realised it wasn't doing me any good at all. I'd say that coolness factor would be part of the reason that some people started. Link to post Share on other sites
kobet 0 Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 Smoking is one of the few things that I really hate about Japan. The 'non smoking sections' in many restaurants are just a joke. Link to post Share on other sites
@tokyo 14 Posted May 11, 2003 Share Posted May 11, 2003 Absolutely, ban it in places I don't go to. Link to post Share on other sites
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