tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post2163407057769756815..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: The 400 year history of English tobacco addictionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-19517677476759765872017-04-27T01:18:02.527-07:002017-04-27T01:18:02.527-07:00Oh, and ones deliberately designed to rattle my ca...Oh, and ones deliberately designed to rattle my cage. They are the worst, because they make me lose my sense of humour.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-80453237206942913162017-04-27T00:20:48.499-07:002017-04-27T00:20:48.499-07:00I think he is talking about something else, Iris. ...I think he is talking about something else, Iris. Either that or preempting me as in, 'thank you for not smoking'. Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-23127051601927866922017-04-27T00:15:40.581-07:002017-04-27T00:15:40.581-07:00I only delete boring or humourless negative commen...I only delete boring or humourless negative comments or ones using my site to attack others. Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-2151357618341590792017-04-26T21:55:46.394-07:002017-04-26T21:55:46.394-07:00Fair enough but can you accept being called one, o...Fair enough but can you accept being called one, or are you one of the bloggers that deletes immediately such comments before other readers can see some one has disagreed with you. Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-62263198797129572442017-04-26T21:50:21.998-07:002017-04-26T21:50:21.998-07:00Just takerJust takerDerek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-59562879114624901682017-04-26T17:56:53.597-07:002017-04-26T17:56:53.597-07:00 I thought he was a bit cranky. I thought he was a bit cranky.Irishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12550611275677498097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-23618744482606963082017-04-26T14:06:55.374-07:002017-04-26T14:06:55.374-07:00Thank you for being kind tom Thank you for being kind tom John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-15644957817443775192017-04-26T12:18:19.693-07:002017-04-26T12:18:19.693-07:00You live ten hours from Barcelona??? You must live...You live ten hours from Barcelona??? You must live in the arsehole of the Universe.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-44902254297663003282017-04-26T12:17:01.518-07:002017-04-26T12:17:01.518-07:00Artist or taker?Artist or taker?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-19295615130768559982017-04-26T12:16:14.251-07:002017-04-26T12:16:14.251-07:00I smoked a Lucky Strike tonight. It was delicious....I smoked a Lucky Strike tonight. It was delicious. I ran out of battery power, but it hardened my resolve to try and locate some proper Balkan tobacco as a treat.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-14839501426917538292017-04-26T12:13:41.983-07:002017-04-26T12:13:41.983-07:00I not only speak my mind, but I often call them cu...I not only speak my mind, but I often call them cunts.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-4698556680745724792017-04-26T12:12:43.915-07:002017-04-26T12:12:43.915-07:00Together, we can be a Jellyfish. XTogether, we can be a Jellyfish. XTom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-54120347287468231332017-04-26T06:12:19.031-07:002017-04-26T06:12:19.031-07:00As well as being fed up with people's illnesse...As well as being fed up with people's illnesses I am also fed up with people boasting about going to the gym. My three children have all been gym devotee's and all three have ended up with joint problems. Can it be natural to do repetitions of the same movement util you are sweating your ******** off, I think not.<br />Same goes for marathons in my book.<br />I like a man who speaks his mind and you do. <br />Briony<br />xcrafty cat cornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251582085392890533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-59854398296428224672017-04-26T05:52:17.617-07:002017-04-26T05:52:17.617-07:00There has been a ton of research on vaping, and th...There has been a ton of research on vaping, and the liquid nicotine. All good. That's why there is so much ado about the batteries. The 'Antis' have to have something to to shoot down do we all become evangelical. I've been vaping nine years. It comes in handy on those ten hour flights to Barcelona! Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06497874766764411664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-5046802099364680002017-04-26T05:07:59.640-07:002017-04-26T05:07:59.640-07:00I was a renowned piss-taker, wind up merchant and ...I was a renowned piss-taker, wind up merchant and sarcastic bastard Tom. Unfortunately I've found in the past that when you react in that way to one or two bloggers that comment in that way themselves but don't like it back, they delete your comments, so I'm more moderate these days - perhaps I should take up drinking again, wine that is. Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-14979583339592276442017-04-26T04:49:55.551-07:002017-04-26T04:49:55.551-07:00ha ha! (smirks)ha ha! (smirks)sarah toahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12412812914705725798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-1551533107942964012017-04-26T04:34:39.093-07:002017-04-26T04:34:39.093-07:00Well they haven't done much research on vape l...Well they haven't done much research on vape liquid, but I do know that organic tobacco is just as poisonous as any other. There is much bollocks attached to organically grown tobacco. Deck chairs and Titanic...Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-15569172208742370252017-04-26T04:30:05.026-07:002017-04-26T04:30:05.026-07:00What were you like before you drastically cut down...What were you like before you drastically cut down on your drinking? I mean alcohol by the way, in case you thought I meant water. Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-5055801551767183372017-04-26T04:18:03.279-07:002017-04-26T04:18:03.279-07:00So you have given up using cigarettes and are vapi...So you have given up using cigarettes and are vaping with tobacco. Now don't get me wrong but would it not have been better to have switched to organic tobacco, which I understand is available in the UK ?A Heron's Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563706152609630696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-58822220018369374652017-04-26T04:01:48.942-07:002017-04-26T04:01:48.942-07:00I wasn't trying to win anything Tom and clearl...I wasn't trying to win anything Tom and clearly I must always make my points badly because you always tend to get the wrong end of the stick where I'm concerned. Never mind.Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-41391832040494350782017-04-26T03:35:42.896-07:002017-04-26T03:35:42.896-07:00I AM ingesting nicotine. Oh Christ, I give up. You...I AM ingesting nicotine. Oh Christ, I give up. You can win if you really want to. Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-82329357409226885152017-04-26T02:57:25.933-07:002017-04-26T02:57:25.933-07:00I wasn't trying to be a smart-arse and good on...I wasn't trying to be a smart-arse and good on you for not ingesting nicotine but I tend to be in the "either you do or you don't" camp and I see vaping as still satisfying the need to inhale something. I've cut down on my drinking massively and tell people that but at the end of the day, I'm still drinking.Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-15857514599603283102017-04-26T02:50:10.760-07:002017-04-26T02:50:10.760-07:00How about if I say I have given up smoking cigaret...How about if I say I have given up smoking cigarettes and ingest nicotine without setting fire to tobacco? Actually, I would rather not say anything.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-22685369268767838352017-04-26T02:35:36.262-07:002017-04-26T02:35:36.262-07:00Should vaping be classed as "given up smoking...Should vaping be classed as "given up smoking", it's a bit like saying I've given up drinking - I only drink shandy now. It always amuses me when following a car, you see great clouds of vapour suddenly pour out of the window like it's a steam train.Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-43409404473858705792017-04-26T02:17:18.501-07:002017-04-26T02:17:18.501-07:00Come to think of it, that barman looks like he int...Come to think of it, that barman looks like he introduced tobacco to England 400 years ago.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.com