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Ms J, on Mar 1 2005, 09:52 AM, said:
It's good to have you back, Adam.
Ditto, laughter is the best medicine
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Posted 01 March 2005 - 04:27 PM
Ditto, laughter is the best medicine
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Posted 01 March 2005 - 04:49 PM
macrosan, on Feb 28 2005, 05:40 PM, said:
Wilfrid, on Feb 28 2005, 07:50 PM, said:
Don't let macrosan scare you. Smoking does have a temporary toxic effect on the cilia, and your respiratory system may just be sorting itself out.
Hey Wilf, you sound just like a Phillip Morris PR handout
"A temporary toxic effect" be fucked. It's a usually pemanent carcinogenic effect. And quite often a seriously deadly effect. And when not that a nastily debilitating effect. The idea that anything I said is scarier than the reality is ludicrous, and I can't imagine why you would want to suggest so.Quote
However, tar does not deposit on the lining of the bronchus, and then "break up" and start moving around later on. What has he been reading?
The answer is that I have been reading medical and professional papers. The following is one examople of a simply stated and quite clear and understandable example from WhyQuit.com:
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When first quitting, one of the early physical repairs that start up is cilia production. Cilia are tiny hair-like projections that line your trachea and bronchus, constantly sweeping particulate matter out of your lungs. When you smoked, you first slowed down, then paralyzed and would eventually destroy cilia. This is why smokers often have more colds and flues, they wipe out the first line of defense against the incoming microbes causing these illnesses.
When a person stops smoking, usually within 72 hours or so, cilia starts to regenerate. The ex-smoker may start cleaning out the lung in a matter of days. One of the early symptoms first encountered is coughing and spitting out, this is mucous and trapped matter that was never being cleaned out efficiently while smoking but now has an escape route and mechanism to start sweeping it. Ugly but good, you are starting to clean out a lot of garbage in your lung. Much of the garbage is tobacco tar--tobacco tars that have a very distinct taste and smell. Joel Spitzer, Professional Smoking Prevention and Cesstaion Consultant
When a person stops smoking, usually within 72 hours or so, cilia starts to regenerate. The ex-smoker may start cleaning out the lung in a matter of days. One of the early symptoms first encountered is coughing and spitting out, this is mucous and trapped matter that was never being cleaned out efficiently while smoking but now has an escape route and mechanism to start sweeping it. Ugly but good, you are starting to clean out a lot of garbage in your lung. Much of the garbage is tobacco tar--tobacco tars that have a very distinct taste and smell. Joel Spitzer, Professional Smoking Prevention and Cesstaion Consultant
Ciliastasis is not a carcinogenic effect, thank goodness. It's commonly found in all kinds of respiratory conditions in children and adults. The "tar" you are talking about has not been in the lung for years. That's all I was saying. Call me a pedant.
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Posted 01 March 2005 - 05:33 PM
GG Mora, on Feb 28 2005, 05:15 PM, said:
Dicing up pork for chili, I sliced right through my nail into the nail bed. Ouch. Fucking ouch.
I'm wincing for you, GG. I once did that while mincing habaneros, and then reflexively stuck the finger in my mouth. Double fucking ouch.
You're only as good as your grease.
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Posted 01 March 2005 - 09:10 PM
the guy in the neighboring cubicle likes to whistle.
which also brings me to my second annoyance, this time with myself: I have tried very hard over the last few months to find the whistling charming, but it's still just grating. I guess I have to face the fact that I'm crotchety.
which also brings me to my second annoyance, this time with myself: I have tried very hard over the last few months to find the whistling charming, but it's still just grating. I guess I have to face the fact that I'm crotchety.
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Posted 01 March 2005 - 09:14 PM
Tamar G, on Mar 1 2005, 04:10 PM, said:
I guess I have to face the fact that I'm crotchety.
No you don't! If he's not your boss tell him to fucking stop it. It's incredibly impolite and completely inappropriate in an office situation.
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Posted 01 March 2005 - 09:22 PM
You see? That's crotchety for you.
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Posted 01 March 2005 - 10:09 PM
macrosan, on Mar 1 2005, 09:56 PM, said:
Tamar G, on Mar 1 2005, 10:10 PM, said:
the guy in the neighboring cubicle likes to whistle.
Oh, I really did misunderstand "cubicle". I'm a Brit, you know
what is "cubicle" in brit-speak?
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Posted 01 March 2005 - 10:14 PM
"Cubicle" is used in the office context intended (we also say "carrel"), but I am afraid toilet stalls are also known as "cubicles", hence the dancing rooster's enthusiasm.
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If the author could go around the place hitting random readers with a rubber hammer, the Pink Pig would still be worth a visit.
***Every Monday***At the Sign of the Pink Pig.
If the author could go around the place hitting random readers with a rubber hammer, the Pink Pig would still be worth a visit.
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Posted 02 March 2005 - 09:16 AM
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Dicing up pork for chili, I sliced right through my nail into the nail bed. Ouch. Fucking ouch.
Man, I feel for you!
I chopped the end of my middle finger off I know how much that hurts.
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