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Phil Everly[^] has moved to a more lyrical place.
They are dropping like flies these days, it would seem...
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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Another victim of the cigarette industry...
Does anyone think that today, such a product would be allowed if it were new to the market? A product that is addictive, delivers a minor drug thril and results in cancer, COPD, ill health, poor fitness, bad breath, etc etc etc?
Ban cigarettes. Perilod. Right now, over night, all govts of the world that take themselves seriously should ban them. 99% of smokers would agree, and probably as many non smokers.
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Not going to happen:
1) Governments don't want to because they make a lot of money from taxing tobacco, and they never care about the long term cost.
2) The individuals who make up the governments get inducements (not bribes, oh no) from te tobacco lobbies (who also make a lot of money)
3) It wouldn't work if you did, and would probably make the problem worse. Look at the near-worldwide-blanket-ban on dope, smack, crack, ice, MDMA, and coke. Not only does it not even slightly show any signs of reducing usage (and there is some research which says it increases usage instead) if costs massive amounts of money, and wastes huge amounts of police, customs, and court time. In addition the illegality means that the purity is seriously suspect, resulting in much, much worse medical problems. Ban tobacco and I suspect you would get the same sh*t happening.
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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Absolutely right. I was watching some crystal meth documentaries on YT. I think *that* should be solved first.
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So is McDonalds, sugar, fat, carbs and anything else that is assimilated by the body.
I choose to smoke, period. And I bet I'm throwing in my entire life in the atmosphere what a car does in a week.
Everything is addiction. Facebook. Twitter. Gambling. Visiting CP  . Where to draw the line when banning addictions? The reality is there are far more worse things for health, yet everyone is banning smoking. It's not that simple. And I heard in the 2 US states legalizing pot there are tons of people on lines.
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The government tried it once with a similarly powerful drug alcohol and it didn't work.
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Mike Hankey wrote: The government tried it once with a similarly powerful drug alcohol and it didn't work.
But that was just plain stupidity. Besides upsetting me and Nagy, no alcohol would mean lot's of ugly girls not getting any loving.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Michael Martin wrote: no alcohol would mean lot's of ugly girls not getting any loving.
I believe alcohol was invented by ugly women?
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Not necesarrily...[^]
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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Erudite_Eric wrote: Does anyone think that today, such a product would be allowed
You mean like cannabis?
Veni, vidi, abiit domum
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Canabis isnt aqddictive, and it doesnt cause cancer etc. (it has other issues, which are potentially quite nasty and not a drug I would recomend to anyone)
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Erudite_Eric wrote: Canabis isnt aqddictive, and it doesnt cause cancer etc.
I attended a meeting a few years ago on drug mis-use, and we were told that it did have both those, and other effects, according to a 12 year study.
Veni, vidi, abiit domum
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Well, only if it is smoked with tobacco, which it often is. If ingested it of coiurse has no effect on the lungs.
Whats more disturbing is its mental health effect.
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Alcohol and nicotine are a lot more dangerous and addictive than pot. I've done a 45 year study and I can tell you they are full of caca.
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A true legend of R&R. ![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
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for Phil
Well, I love Don and Phil's music; it's timeless, even if I have mixed feelings about those halcyon days in the late 1950's when I was wobbling towards young adulthood (high-school class of 1961).
Their hit in 1956, "All I have to do is Dream," struck a chord with me, since, at age thirteen, I was having dreams about the unattainable mysteries that lurked behind the ... uhhh ... outer surfaces of all the blossoming belles, and given the steel-reinforced industrial-grade latex ... uhhh ... undergarments worn by my circle-pin-wearing, bobby-soxed, Little Suzies (who were so damned awake to the dangerous urges of young men)of those bygone days: dreams were about all a geekish boy could hope to have 
To me Don and Phil (and the early Elvis, and Buddy Holly) typify a certain openness and sweetness, a tenderness even, existing in a paradoxical tension with a certain type of machismo, of white males baby-boom-born in the American deep south.
I find that quality, whatever it is, wonderfully reincarnated in Chris Isaak. Wish I could have seen Chris' performance with Phil at "The Music Box Theatre" on Sept. 7, 2011, in Hollywood, Calif: [^].
Another one hits the dust.
“There are obvious things, and there are many obvious things no one tried, because no one needed to try them.” Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov, January 1, 2014
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BillWoodruff wrote: high-school class of 1961
Me too, although Grammar school, and I share your sentiments (and memories) about the time, the music, and the girls.
Veni, vidi, abiit domum
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Indeed - they were at their peak a little before my time, but they are still the "tracks of my years" through my childhood and early adolescence. Beautiful voices in close harmony, and good lyrics too.
Not something we get these days... 
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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They were the best.
Dave, high school class of 1957.
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My wife is in New Zealand, so just in case she manages to escape with her life, I am furiously cleaning the house, top to bottom. I'm also finishing my latest SQL article ( and considering what the next one will be ) and planning on working on HTML5 stuff tomorrow.
What's everyone else doing ?
Christian Graus
My new article series is all about SQL !!!
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Just finished watching the 1929 version of Taming of the Shrew with Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, terrific movie and now going to bed because in the morning my son and I are going to pick up a machine to blow insulation into the attic. 60 bales, should be quite an adventure and a hell of a lot warmer as there's little to no insulation up there now and the house is always cold. (Winter here)
Then I'm going to finish a little more firmware for my autonomous rover and start the 2 of n article.
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I have done the cellulose insulation job a couple of times for myself and friends and have a few tips.
1. Make the store plug the machine in and test it before you drag it home. Those things get abused and either the blower or auger may be faulty.
2. Make sure you use some type of breathing protection. The paper masks are better than nothing, but I prefer a half-face respirator. This is most important for the guy on the hose end.
3. Set up a fan to flush the air out of the room (probably the garage) where you have placed the auger-box and accessed the attic. This really helps with the fine dust that is inevitable.
4. If you are feeding a long distance or will be making some tight bends with the hose, you may clog the hose. A 25-50 ft electrical fish tape reel works well to feed through the hose and clear the clog. A yard/leaf blower also helps with this.
5. Clean-up. Sweeping this stuff is a pain. Get the big piles out of the way, open the doors and use a blower to send it to the neighbors. 
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Thanks for the tips, I've never done the blown insulation but a lot of the Batt type and know that breathing apparatus is essential and by it's nature that the cellulose will be a mess.
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You are welcome.
I forgot the most important tip, do not let that stuff get damp as it will clog the auger or hose. This may seem obvious, but it is easy for some to get damp due to condensation. You buy it from nice warm store, bring it home and set it on a cold concrete floor. The bottom of the bag cools down to the dew point and you get clumpy material. Same goes but if the person feeding the box is cleaning up spills on the floor.
The nice thing about cellulose versus fiber glass is that while messy, it does not come with the itch factor. 
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TnTinMn wrote: do not let that stuff get damp
I hadn't really thought about that but when they delivered it yesterday they unloaded it onto the front porch which is concrete and we brought it in the house and put in a spare bedroom.
Thanks again!
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