How sneaky can they get?.

Always makes me cringe, when visiting a hospital you invariably see a patient who’s sneaked out for a tab whilst connected to a mobile oxygen clyinder….

The unofficial motto of emphysema should be ‘you’ve got to make do with what you’ve got’….

Always makes me cringe, when visiting a hospital you invariably see a patient who’s sneaked out for a tab whilst connected to a mobile oxygen clyinder….

Think I’ll take my chances with the Cod & Chips with salt ‘n’ vingegar ta 😉

Smoking can lead to emphysema which, although it cannot be cured, will lead to a patient requiring years of increasingly intensive treatment to mitigate the side effects. Smoking does not lead to violent crime, but we all still pay for those oxygen tanks!

But you wouldn’t have, Linc, if you think about it. Smoking, notwithstanding passive smoking only injures the user whereas alcohol has the potential to injure the user and third parties directly as a consequence of its overuse.

Perchance I could have worded it better Chas, inasmuch as I was trying to collate the cost to the NHS between smoking related illness, and Alcohol. Yes, smoking may well kill you, then that’s one less for the NHS to cope with, whereas drinking can cause forever ongoing problems to the drinker, which I would imagine would cost the NHS far more, in the long run?.
Jim
Lincoln .7

Good call, that one claimed the lives of 31.

King’s Cross Fire too.

But I think you know what I meant….:rolleyes:

56 died in the Bradford City stadium fire, which was traced back to a discarded cigarette butt.

Just saying…

I attended probably thousands of incidents caused by alcohol,but never ONE caused by smoking.7

But you wouldn’t have, Linc, if you think about it. Smoking, notwithstanding passive smoking only injures the user whereas alcohol has the potential to injure the user and third parties directly as a consequence of its overuse.

snaf. I know that smoking is bad for you, but in nearly 30yrs as a Copper, I attended probably thousands of incidents caused by alcohol,but never ONE caused by smoking. I agree with what you have said, it wold be interesting to find out, what you have outlined.
C.D. is one of, if not the best number crunchers on the Forum, lets hope he reads this.
Jim
Lincoln .7

It would be interesting to compare the healthcare costs of alcohol related issues across a few countries. Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Sweden spring to mind.

Following on from this principle, can we now expect regulations requiring beer to be only served from sealed containers with one thin drinking straw to limit alcohol consumption? After all, alcohol costs the NHS billions, and is said to be bad for us.

Steven

Trolled on Fladen Maxximus Predator lures and Fladen Maxximus 7-25g Nano rods; had an hour to kill. Both about 5lb or so – the average stamp of bass I’ve been getting this year.

I checked the salt shaker at my local chippie, and it had more than 5 holes, though many of them appeared blocked. I’m a sucker for salt on my fish and chips, so I have a tall white table salt ‘shaker’ at home. This thing dispenses salt out of a chute in the lid, so you don’t want to shake it! I tend to dispense a small quantity of salt into the palm of one hand and sprinkle it over food with the other. Fight the system!

Cracking brace of Bass Snapper, From the beach, or boat, what did they weigh, (Each)?.
Jim.
Lincoln .7

You didn’t have to rip the first one out of your photo album for us.

Yeah

and hounds

and thornbacks

Need a ****load of saltholes for my fish.

Couldn’t agree more Snapper,but I do prefer salt in moderation. On about fish, have you caught any good Bass lately?.
Jim
Lincoln .7

Should make the portion of chips smaller. Carbs soaked in saturated fat. Almost as bad as the batter. And ban the free issue of crispy bits / scraps. They’re the best bit, sprinkled all over.

Keep your bad habits boys, I’ve been running (ouch, that was dumb at my age) cycling, swimming, kayaking and just started karate after stopping smoking and I’ll see all of you dead and buried waaaaay before I succumb to any of that. I’m in better shape than when I was twenty.

P what the hell are you doing letting someone else put your salt and vinegar on anyway? I never, ever have or will – drown the *******s, shake until your arm hurts, drench them a second time and give a light dusting before adding a tad more. If your car don’t stink on a Monday from the Friday you’ve not had enough seasoning.

My local chippy still use the same salt shakers they have had for years, you’ve been had.

There was a directive to that effect which appeared about 5 years ago. I don’t think most places took a lot of notice of it and the ones that did bought salt dispensers with five hole which gave the same amount of salt as a sixteen holer.
Charliehunt: I agree about the contradictory advice we keep being given. Sometimes it’s not even weeks or months before a contradiction is thrown at us, it’s only a couple of days. The main thing is that a lot of this rubbish flies in the face of the way our parents and grand parents lived. Given the current obesity crisis I think we’d be better returning to their dietary practices.