>>>>>>My mother died of lung cancer three years ago. She lived alone and I took care of her. She was a heavy smoker, and her cancer was the kind that could be directly linked to smoking. Watching her die and seeing what happened to her changed me forever. I, too, was a heavy smoker, and my mother's last words to me was to give up smoking. As a wedding present to my wife, I gave up smoking on my wedding day two years ago. It was the best thing I ever did!
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>>>>>>Now I have no tolerance for cigarettes. I am worse than a reformed smoker. If anyone even blows smoke in my direction, they will feel wrath of my words. No argument any smoker can give give me will dissuade me from fighting this sort of self-destructive behavior. Most people make the choice to smoke, but nobody makes the choice to die unless they have some very serious personality problems. Make no mistake, cigarettes are very powerful and addictive drug that can do some serious damage. Even if they don't kill you, why would anybody want to subject themselves to that kind of risk?
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>>>>>>Besides that, I just to love being pedantic and pugnacious!
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>>>>>I am sorry for your loss. But, if you really want to avoid inhaling noxious stuff, you'd best move away from New York -- how about Nebraska? The worst thing I ever smelled was in New York. In fact I think it WAS New York.
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>>>>>regards,
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>>>>LOL--- New York can be smelly, but I think it was Northern New Jersy you were experiencing!
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>>>Now that I think of it, it was kind of marshy.
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>>>Regards,
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>>You didn't run into any wild cranberrys, did you? And that UFO you saw was really swamp gas refracting the the light from Venus.
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>Nah! It was really a UFO -- I talked to the green guys. They said James Kirk was considered kind of a nerd in upper galactic circles.
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>regards,

I'd say he's he's considered kind of a nerd nerd down here, too!