Eisboch wrote:

"hk" wrote in message
...

Some years ago, I was at a breakfast meeting in Chicago with some of
the officers of an international union. The exec veep lit up, and I
said, "Jesus, Tommy, would you put out the f*cking cigarette or I'll
puke in your eggs, and stop smoking before it kills you."




That must have been quite a few years ago. Smoking at meetings,
dinners, in public places went out by the 1990's either by law or by
social pressure.

I used to smoke like a chimney, but have cut back significantly in an
attempt to stay healthy as long as I can. Hopefully this is the year I
give it up entirely.

I still smoke occasionally, but only in designated places even at my own
house. If I have an itch for a butt on the boat, I go out in the
cockpit area. If people are visiting that I know don't smoke, I don't
smoke. We don't allow smoking in our house, but we don't forbid anyone
from smoking anywhere outside.

I think it should be a personal choice, not legislated. Long term
smoking is a tough habit to kick and I admire people who have
successfully done so completely. Success is gained by encouragement,
not by condemnation or punishment.

Eisboch


I appreciate the difficulties involved in kicking the habit. It is worth
doing.

wrote:
On Jan 6, 9:43 am, Jim wrote:
hk wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
m...
None, not one of the union guys I know, smoke. Some did, but they
gave it up a long time ago. There's no smoking at the union offices I
visit downtown, because smoking is prohibited in DC offices. At one
of the white collar union offices I visit, there's no smoking outside
on the sidewalk, either, because the union president has made it
known that anyone who smokes is on the schitt list.
That figures.
What about the guys that smoke on the way to to meeting? You can't
convince me that none do. You have indicated that your nose is so
superior that you can detect the aroma of a departed smoker in an
elevator. Are you now saying you can't smell it on the clothing of a
person sitting next to you?
Better never arrange to meet Obama.
Eisboch
Actually, the smoker in the elevator is one of the soon to be departed.
No, I cannot smell them after they have left the elevator...just while
they are in it.
Some years ago, I was at a breakfast meeting in Chicago with some of
the officers of an international union. The exec veep lit up, and I
said, "Jesus, Tommy, would you put out the f*cking cigarette or I'll
puke in your eggs, and stop smoking before it kills you."
Everyone burst out laughing. "Tommy" was the union's persuader. He put
out the cigarette. That evening, at a reception-dinner, his wife planted
a big kiss on my cheek and told me that I was the only one who had the
balls to tell her husband to stop smoking.
Sadly, Tommy had a stroke the next year and died. He was only 60.
If I met Obama, I'd ask him if he had stopped smoking. It is a fair
question and he is smart enough to know that people who care about him
want him to stay healthy. I want him to serve two full terms in good
health.
You are so brave.
Tell me Harry. What is the job description of a union persuader.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Voter re-education..


Nothing that exotic.

On Jan 6, 10:07*am, hk wrote:
wrote:
On Jan 6, 9:43 am, Jim wrote:
hk wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
news:uqudnaRYbcKjyf7UnZ2dnUVZ_vninZ2d@earthlin k.com...
None, not one of the union guys I know, smoke. Some did, but they
gave it up a long time ago. There's no smoking at the union offices I
visit downtown, because smoking is prohibited in DC offices. At one
of the white collar union offices I visit, there's no smoking outside
on the sidewalk, either, because the union president has made it
known that anyone who smokes is on the schitt list.
That figures.
What about the guys that smoke on the way to to meeting? You can't
convince me that none do. *You have indicated that your nose is so
superior that you can detect the aroma of a departed smoker in an
elevator. *Are you now saying you can't smell it on the clothing of a
person sitting next to you?
Better never arrange to meet Obama.
Eisboch
Actually, the smoker in the elevator is one of the soon to be departed.
No, I cannot smell them after they have left the elevator...just while
they are in it.
Some years ago, I was at a breakfast meeting in Chicago *with some of
the officers of an international union. The exec veep lit up, and I
said, "Jesus, Tommy, would you put out the f*cking cigarette or I'll
puke in your eggs, and stop smoking before it kills you."
Everyone burst out laughing. "Tommy" was the union's persuader. He put
out the cigarette. That evening, at a reception-dinner, his wife planted
a big kiss on my cheek and told me that I was the only one who had the
balls to tell her husband to stop smoking.
Sadly, Tommy had a stroke the next year and died. He was only 60.
If I met Obama, I'd ask him if he had stopped smoking. It is a fair
question and he is smart enough to know that people who care about him
want him to stay healthy. I want him to serve two full terms in good
health.
You are so brave.
Tell me Harry. What is the job description of a union persuader.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Voter re-education..

Nothing that exotic.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Pfffttt. Tell it to the guys who bucked the union at Finast. They were
sent through the Gauntlet and usually showed up 10-15 minutes late for
lunch after having the **** beat out of them.. Grown men with
families, pummeled in a box car. You can deny it all you want, I saw
it with my own eyes...

On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 23:44:49 -0400, "Don White"
wrote:


"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
message ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/06/business/06smoke.html

Here's what I want to know:

5% of all deaths from diseases of the circulatory system are
attributed to alcohol.

15% of all deaths from diseases of the respiratory system are
attributed to alcohol.

30% of all deaths from accidents caused by fire and flames are
attributed to alcohol.

30% of all accidental drownings are attributed to alcohol.

30% of all suicides are attributed to alcohol.

40% of all deaths due to accidental falls are attributed to alcohol.

45% of all deaths in automobile accidents are attributed to alcohol.

60% of all homicides are attributed to alcohol.

Why aren't we taxing the crap out of alcohol consumption?

ANSWER ME HENRY WAXWORM!!!


--


Have you ever bought booze up here?

I understand that some have hidden as much as thirty cases of Trinidad
light in a fishboat.. [Some bit of French territory off NS sells booze
cheap]. Grampa said it was better in his day: The Mounties stayed away
from the parties. The rum was better, came in bigger bottles too, and
the Revenue cutters were slow.

Casady

wrote:
On Jan 6, 10:07 am, hk wrote:
wrote:
On Jan 6, 9:43 am, Jim wrote:
hk wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
m...
None, not one of the union guys I know, smoke. Some did, but they
gave it up a long time ago. There's no smoking at the union offices I
visit downtown, because smoking is prohibited in DC offices. At one
of the white collar union offices I visit, there's no smoking outside
on the sidewalk, either, because the union president has made it
known that anyone who smokes is on the schitt list.
That figures.
What about the guys that smoke on the way to to meeting? You can't
convince me that none do. You have indicated that your nose is so
superior that you can detect the aroma of a departed smoker in an
elevator. Are you now saying you can't smell it on the clothing of a
person sitting next to you?
Better never arrange to meet Obama.
Eisboch
Actually, the smoker in the elevator is one of the soon to be departed.
No, I cannot smell them after they have left the elevator...just while
they are in it.
Some years ago, I was at a breakfast meeting in Chicago with some of
the officers of an international union. The exec veep lit up, and I
said, "Jesus, Tommy, would you put out the f*cking cigarette or I'll
puke in your eggs, and stop smoking before it kills you."
Everyone burst out laughing. "Tommy" was the union's persuader. He put
out the cigarette. That evening, at a reception-dinner, his wife planted
a big kiss on my cheek and told me that I was the only one who had the
balls to tell her husband to stop smoking.
Sadly, Tommy had a stroke the next year and died. He was only 60.
If I met Obama, I'd ask him if he had stopped smoking. It is a fair
question and he is smart enough to know that people who care about him
want him to stay healthy. I want him to serve two full terms in good
health.
You are so brave.
Tell me Harry. What is the job description of a union persuader.- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
Voter re-education..
Nothing that exotic.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Pfffttt. Tell it to the guys who bucked the union at Finast. They were
sent through the Gauntlet and usually showed up 10-15 minutes late for
lunch after having the **** beat out of them.. Grown men with
families, pummeled in a box car. You can deny it all you want, I saw
it with my own eyes...


What were you drinking at the time?

On Jan 6, 10:35*am, hk wrote:
wrote:
On Jan 6, 10:07 am, hk wrote:
wrote:
On Jan 6, 9:43 am, Jim wrote:
hk wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
news:uqudnaRYbcKjyf7UnZ2dnUVZ_vninZ2d@earthl ink.com...
None, not one of the union guys I know, smoke. Some did, but they
gave it up a long time ago. There's no smoking at the union offices I
visit downtown, because smoking is prohibited in DC offices. At one
of the white collar union offices I visit, there's no smoking outside
on the sidewalk, either, because the union president has made it
known that anyone who smokes is on the schitt list.
That figures.
What about the guys that smoke on the way to to meeting? You can't
convince me that none do. *You have indicated that your nose is so
superior that you can detect the aroma of a departed smoker in an
elevator. *Are you now saying you can't smell it on the clothing of a
person sitting next to you?
Better never arrange to meet Obama.
Eisboch
Actually, the smoker in the elevator is one of the soon to be departed.
No, I cannot smell them after they have left the elevator...just while
they are in it.
Some years ago, I was at a breakfast meeting in Chicago *with some of
the officers of an international union. The exec veep lit up, and I
said, "Jesus, Tommy, would you put out the f*cking cigarette or I'll
puke in your eggs, and stop smoking before it kills you."
Everyone burst out laughing. "Tommy" was the union's persuader. He put
out the cigarette. That evening, at a reception-dinner, his wife planted
a big kiss on my cheek and told me that I was the only one who had the
balls to tell her husband to stop smoking.
Sadly, Tommy had a stroke the next year and died. He was only 60.
If I met Obama, I'd ask him if he had stopped smoking. It is a fair
question and he is smart enough to know that people who care about him
want him to stay healthy. I want him to serve two full terms in good
health.
You are so brave.
Tell me Harry. What is the job description of a union persuader.- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
Voter re-education..
Nothing that exotic.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Pfffttt. Tell it to the guys who bucked the union at Finast. They were
sent through the Gauntlet and usually showed up 10-15 minutes late for
lunch after having the **** beat out of them.. Grown men with
families, pummeled in a box car. You can deny it all you want, I saw
it with my own eyes...

What were you drinking at the time?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Gatoraid? If you were a honorable man I would make a wager with you.
There are still guys doing time for killing a scab on his front porch
in front of his kids because he crossed a pickett line... But I know
you are not up to an honest discussion so I will let the readers
decide who they will believe here...

wrote:

Nothing that exotic.- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
Pfffttt. Tell it to the guys who bucked the union at Finast. They were
sent through the Gauntlet and usually showed up 10-15 minutes late for
lunch after having the **** beat out of them.. Grown men with
families, pummeled in a box car. You can deny it all you want, I saw
it with my own eyes...
What were you drinking at the time?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Gatoraid? If you were a honorable man I would make a wager with you.
There are still guys doing time for killing a scab on his front porch
in front of his kids because he crossed a pickett line... But I know
you are not up to an honest discussion so I will let the readers
decide who they will believe here...


Killing a scab? A real scab? Someone hired after a strike began? What's
wrong with that? :) Scabs are the lowest life form, lower even than
neocon Republicans.

"hk" wrote in message
m...
Richard Casady wrote:
On Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:36:10 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

And when Obamessiah lifts the Cuban embargo, what the hell are they
going to sell to the US then? Sugar?

Ethanol?

Casady


Cheap labor, right offshore. Tourism. I'm ready for a visit.

And take more jobs from the mainland.

D.Duck wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
m...
Richard Casady wrote:
On Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:36:10 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

And when Obamessiah lifts the Cuban embargo, what the hell are they
going to sell to the US then? Sugar?
Ethanol?

Casady

Cheap labor, right offshore. Tourism. I'm ready for a visit.

And take more jobs from the mainland.




Are there any jobs left?

"Richard Casady" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 23:44:49 -0400, "Don White"
wrote:


"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
message ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/06/business/06smoke.html

Here's what I want to know:

5% of all deaths from diseases of the circulatory system are
attributed to alcohol.

15% of all deaths from diseases of the respiratory system are
attributed to alcohol.

30% of all deaths from accidents caused by fire and flames are
attributed to alcohol.

30% of all accidental drownings are attributed to alcohol.

30% of all suicides are attributed to alcohol.

40% of all deaths due to accidental falls are attributed to alcohol.

45% of all deaths in automobile accidents are attributed to alcohol.

60% of all homicides are attributed to alcohol.

Why aren't we taxing the crap out of alcohol consumption?

ANSWER ME HENRY WAXWORM!!!


--


Have you ever bought booze up here?

I understand that some have hidden as much as thirty cases of Trinidad
light in a fishboat.. [Some bit of French territory off NS sells booze
cheap]. Grampa said it was better in his day: The Mounties stayed away
from the parties. The rum was better, came in bigger bottles too, and
the Revenue cutters were slow.

Casady


Probably St. Pierre et Miquelon just south of Newfoundland.
If you have a sailboat you can trace this route in 2010. The race is held
every 2nd year...the off years for the Marblehead/Halifax race.
http://routehsp.wordpress.com/