Does this seem right to you?

[DC2]

My wife was a social smoker when I met her.
She stopped smoking at some point.

I remember not when.
Nor do I care.

We've been together so long that days fade into weeks, which fade into months and years.

But she never was an anti-smoker.
She just hated the way I smelled after having a smoke.

I always thought that she screwed me over for pulling this stunt.
But I was wrong, because I now know that I did stink.

Now that I am vaping, she wins, and I win.
But I win more.

 

[Lessifer]

Smoking just happens; there's no debate as to whether or not one will start. I certainly didn't wake up one day and say, "well, it's a good day to start smoking"...

I guess them not having e-liquid with cookies or cartoon characters prohibits them from starting to vape...

I live in reality, not a construct where one debates whether or not to take up smoking or drinking or anything else. Some things just happen...

I don't think many people sit down and list out pros and cons of smoking vs not smoking, but people make the decision to smoke every day, when they buy their first pack, or they take the first drag from someone else's cigarette.

If there are three friends, one is smoking, one is vaping, and the third does neither but is considering both... too bad, vaping is just for those quitting smoking, better take a drag off that cig.

 

[DC2]

If I can get both Lessifer and stegvemgu to like one of my posts...
Do I win an internet?

 

[caramel]

I assume the majority of smokers weren't forced to start, so... most of us? [...]

Where have you been, Lessifer? It was discovered that BT men, disguised as aliens, will abduct non smokers, insert cigars in all their orifices and pump their chests like bellows, until they become fully addicted. Then they will give them an electric shock to erase short terms memories and release them.

In a few cases the electric shock doesn't fully work and you'll hear about some "alien abduction" reports. But these are rare and the subjects don't fully remember what happened to their orifices.

 

[stevegmu]

I don't think many people sit down and list out pros and cons of smoking vs not smoking, but people make the decision to smoke every day, when they buy their first pack, or they take the first drag from someone else's cigarette.

If there are three friends, one is smoking, one is vaping, and the third does neither but is considering both... too bad, vaping is just for those quitting smoking, better take a drag off that cig.

The 3rd will try both and decide which he prefers best; but I think the cookies or cartoon characters will tip the odds towards vaping...

 

[zoiDman]

... Have fun tomorrow

Update: Operation Syncopated Chord was a Success.

After a Few Hours of Cutting, Drilling, Boiling, Stretching, Swearing, more Boiling, More Swearing and More Stretching, the Chair is Done.

It Doesn’t look too bad. And Seeing that I Only got My Finger Trapped under Scalding Hot Vinyl once, I’m going to say it was a Success.

Before:

After:

 

[Lessifer]

Update: Operation Syncopated Chord was a Success.

After a Few Hours of Cutting, Drilling, Boiling, Stretching, Swearing, more Boiling, More Swearing and More Stretching, the Chair is Done.

It Doesn’t look too bad. And Seeing that I Only got My Finger Trapped under Scalding Hot Vinyl once, I’m going to say it was a Success.

Before:

After:

That looks like good work, nicely done!

 

[Lessifer]

The 3rd will try both and decide which he prefers best; but I think the cookies or cartoon characters will tip the odds towards vaping...

And if they choose to vape, then come here and post saying that they never really smoked before, we can judge them and blame them for bringing FDA attention down on us, got it.

 

[DC2]

Oy vey Zoid....

You're a chemistry professor, and I assume with tenure.
Can't you just buy new chairs?

 

[caramel]

After:

Small children could get entangled between the vinyl strips and suffocated. I'm calling police as we're speaking. You're so busted!

 

[zoiDman]

That looks like good work, nicely done!

It's kinda a PITA because you Only have about 40 Seconds from the time you Take a Strap out of the Boiling Water until it Cools enough that it Can't be Stretched.

And it the Spacing is Wacked, there Isn't a Viable way to get the Strap Off once it's Cooled.

 

[ENAUD]

Oy vey Zoid....

You're a chemistry professor, and I assume with tenure.
Can't you just by new chairs?

Hey, he kept that one out of the landfill for a few more years! I like it when people fix things rather than just toss them.

 

[zoiDman]

Oy vey Zoid....

You're a chemistry professor, and I assume with tenure.
Can't you just by new chairs?

Maybe Chemistry Professors make more, but Humble Mathematics Professors like myself are relegated to Weekend Projects like this.

Have you Seen how much a Set of Four Decent Patio Chairs Cost? Holy Flinkering Snit.

 

[stevegmu]

And if they choose to vape, then come here and post saying that they never really smoked before, we can judge them and blame them for bringing FDA attention down on us, got it.

Are you referring to those who blow clouds at the cereal Isle at the Walmart, or those who use cartoon characters and silly names on their e-liquid bottles? Perhaps those who decide to vape because blowing clouds is cool and blow themselves up, showing how dangerous vaping can be?

It's akin to tourists I see in Prague who smoke other stuff openly in the street from large glass pipes and wonder why they are getting 'harassed' by the police...

 

[zoiDman]

Hey, he kept that one out of the landfill for a few more years! I like it when people fix things rather than just toss them.

Yeah... There is Definitely that Also.

I'm not a Card Carrying Tree Hugger. But it Is Nice to be able to give something New Life when one can.

That, and It is Cool to Kick Back on a Warm Evening and think... "I remember when I re-did these Chairs. That was a Fun (PITA)."

 

[DC2]

Hey, he kept that one out of the landfill for a few more years! I like it when people fix things rather than just toss them.

I would have given the old chairs to Goodwill.
That's how I roll.

Maybe Chemistry Professors make more, but Humble Mathematics Professors like me are relegated to Weekend Projects like this.

Have you Seen how much a Set of Four Decent Patio Chairs Cost? Holy Flinkering Snit.

Oh crap, sorry about that ZoiDman.
I'm clearly not taking in enough nicotine these days.

 

[Rocketpunk]

Hey, Zoid, what's up with the caps after every other word? It doesn't bother me, I just wonder why. Is it a schtick? This isn't an attack, I'm just honestly curious.

 

[stevegmu]

Hey, Zoid, what's up with the caps after every other word? It doesn't bother me, I just wonder why. Is it a schtick? This isn't an attack, I'm just honestly curious.

He hasn't gotten around to fixing his keyboard yet...

 

[Lessifer]

Hey, Zoid, what's up with the caps after every other word? It doesn't bother me, I just wonder why. Is it a schtick? This isn't an attack, I'm just honestly curious.

zoid uses caps for emphasis, I don't always understand it, but sometimes I do.

 

[ENAUD]

I'm sitting here looking at my bottle of caRnY4 from G2 Vapor, it's an older bottle, has a child resistant cap, extensive warning label including not for sale to under 18, and yes, there is a cartoon depiction of a sinister looking clown. I am going to keep this bottle when it's empty, and save it, to remember the good ole days, when vaping was fun and carefree.