Path: csiph.com!feeder.erje.net!1.us.feeder.erje.net!news.alt.net From: "James Wilkinson Sword" Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,sci.physics,alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.sys.mac.system,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.cellular-phone-tech Subject: Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2017 16:29:47 +0100 Organization: ~ Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <201703291311387217-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> <57YCA.231023$XG2.99115@fx08.iad> <88%CA.259440$IM7.14144@fx39.iad> <4FwEA.88503$Fv2.19955@fx02.iad> <3UaGA.290784$561.220877@fx42.iad> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Opera Mail/1.0 (Win32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:407059 sci.physics:627983 alt.privacy.anon-server:58587 comp.sys.mac.system:103861 alt.comp.os.windows-10:38357 alt.cellular-phone-tech:502 On Sun, 09 Apr 2017 16:16:32 +0100, Sprang wrote: > On Sat, 8 Apr 2017 14:31:11 -0500, Mark Lloyd, after 15 edits, wrote this: >> On 04/08/2017 10:04 AM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote: >> >> [snip] >> >>>> Thinking of that, I saw a poster in a Doctor's office that from a >>>> distance looked like a cigarette. A closer look showed it was money. >>>> There was a message about how much smokers spend on the things. >>> >>> So what? I can drive fast and waste petrol, but it's MY money. >>> >> >> AFAIK, that poster is about letting you know. What you do with that >> information is your decision. > > Doctors work for me, not the other way around. > If I need advice, I'll ask my wife or mother. > > I've always found it strange, the reverence people give to doctors. > Must be from TV shows and biased marketing. Doctors don't know much, they guess at what's wrong with you. -- Went to the pub with my girlfriend last night. Locals were shouting "paedophile!" and other names at me, just because my girlfriend is 21 and I'm 50. It completely spoilt our 10th anniversary.