Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Smoking and all this. Over now?
From: ternahan <ternahan@sonic.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 00:56:16 -0700

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.
> 
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