Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you. > From: "Mikko Kalavainen" <mikko.kalavainen@mobiili.net> > Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 10:04:22 +0300 > To: "Leica Users Group" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Subject: [Leica] Smoking and all this. Over now? > > I'm sorry. > > Because I started this by posting the offending image, I feel I must do > something to end this foolishness. > > Smoking. All I have to say about this subject anymore is this. I like > smoking. End of story. Nothing, I mean nothing, can beat the combination > of my morning cup of coffee, Lavazza-brand brewed on my Bialetti > stove-top moka-pot, and the first cigarette of the day. Nor the > combination of a big fillet of beef with a good, hearty red wine, a cup > of espresso, some cognac, and a cigarette. Or a cigar. > > The way I see it, the stuff is called "nautintoaine" in Finnish. > Stimulant is the proper translation, although "enjoyment artifact" is > more accurate. > I like to smoke. I said it again. > BUT. Like I said earlier, if someone objects to my smoking, I put it > out. For the moment. All one has to do is ask. But nicely. If anyone > comes yelling to me about, I can't see a single reason to be civilized > to this person. Fanaticism is something I can't stand. > And because you asked, I removed the image. Plain and simple. It wasn't > such a good picture of me anyway. > In Finland we actually do have quite strict policies about smoking, > mainly due to the fact that we are a part of the European Union, which > imposes several sillysilly laws on us. (Example: The maximum _curvature_ > of a cucumber is dictated in a book somewhere. So now farmers have to > divide their cucumbers when they sell them. Class A and Class B. > A-cucumbers a naturally more straight. hmph). > As a result of scores of doctors and lawyers too I imagine, we are now > in a situation where all restaurants are required to have a non-smoking > section that encompasses 75% of the restaurant. In a country where the > smokers number a whole lot more than 25% of the nation. You still can > smoke on the streets, and on your balcony, or out of your window. > Although that too has been in the courts for many times. You can guess > why. > > The bottom line? My own rule about smoking: > "If you don't enjoy it, don't smoke it. > If others don't enjoy it, don't smoke it either." > Cuts it down about 50%. > > Please, let's kill this thread right here, right now. > > -mikko . hedonist by nature- > http://www.geocities.com/kalavami > mikko.kalavainen@mobiili.net > New images on the way, later today. > Last update: Friday the 19th. > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html