Well i thought the films were bad..............
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Martinr36
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Heck I was young free and single back then
MrWilson
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If you’re old then…
“That belongs in a museum!”
Is that because you think I'm old...... or because you know I'm Scottish?
I was the ripe age of 9. Don't think I had any pints by that point, although I used to skim the foam from my Dad's for sure.
I was smoking at that point though 😩
MrWilson
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Apparently in my youthful years when my dad was still playing rugby I would patrol the sidelines on Saturday afternoons and beg beer off of the spectators. Allegedly I had my first pint aged 2…Is that because you think I'm old...... or because you know I'm Scottish?
I was the ripe age of 9. Don't think I had any pints by that point, although I used to skim the foam from my Dad's for sure.
I was smoking at that point though 😩
SpyderTracks
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My god, that's even earlier than I started smoking at 13Is that because you think I'm old...... or because you know I'm Scottish?
I was the ripe age of 9. Don't think I had any pints by that point, although I used to skim the foam from my Dad's for sure.
I was smoking at that point though 😩
Martinr36
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I think I was about 12
A little from column A, a lot from column B 😉Is that because you think I'm old...... or because you know I'm Scottish?
Good grief. You naughty boys.
I nicked one of my grandfather’s Woodbines (very small but lethally strong cigarettes) when I was about twelve, lit up in the garden and instantly vomited. That put me right off the tabs for a few years. It was only when I broke my ankle and couldn’t play football anymore that I took up smoking professionally.
TonyCarter
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When my 14-year old aunt used to take a 7 or 8 year old me to school (mid-70s), I used to blackmail her into giving me one or I'd tell her parents (my grandparents) that she was smoking on the way to school.
Luckily it put me off cigarettes for ever...and now I only smoke Cohiba cigars (increasingly infrequently, as they've become very expensive now - due to high inflation in Cuba, higher demand, and higher taxes). My favourite is a Piramides, but now I have to make do with a Robusto, Siglo IV or Maduro 5.
My (other) nan was a regular 60-a-day Embassy No1 (red pack)...and her husband was a Senior Service/Capstan (unfiltered) smoker from his time in the merchant navy (but only a pack a day). Can't imagine how much they spent on cigarettes between them in all that time.
Luckily it put me off cigarettes for ever...and now I only smoke Cohiba cigars (increasingly infrequently, as they've become very expensive now - due to high inflation in Cuba, higher demand, and higher taxes). My favourite is a Piramides, but now I have to make do with a Robusto, Siglo IV or Maduro 5.
My (other) nan was a regular 60-a-day Embassy No1 (red pack)...and her husband was a Senior Service/Capstan (unfiltered) smoker from his time in the merchant navy (but only a pack a day). Can't imagine how much they spent on cigarettes between them in all that time.
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My Mum smoked Embassy Extra Mild Kingsize. She used to send me to the ice cream van as a kid to get her smokes. I could never remember the name so I just called them light blue kingsize. The local shop knew me, my Mum and I never had any issue getting them.... same with the ice cream van.
So.... at the ripe old age of 8 (Primary 3) I stole one of my Mums and went out for a puff with my mate. We thought we were cool as anything so we saved up some pocket money (£2 at the time) and I went into the shop and asked for "20 light blue kingsize" I was served absolutely no problem. The key was getting a 20 pack, hence why we had to save up, and getting the exact brand using the same name that I always had.
Now don't get me wrong, that 20 deck lasted us about 2 months we were coughing up lungs and all sorts. We then moved on to smoking rolled up A4 paper.... my lungs must be in tatters btw.
80s kids were made from different stuff, that's for sure.
So.... at the ripe old age of 8 (Primary 3) I stole one of my Mums and went out for a puff with my mate. We thought we were cool as anything so we saved up some pocket money (£2 at the time) and I went into the shop and asked for "20 light blue kingsize" I was served absolutely no problem. The key was getting a 20 pack, hence why we had to save up, and getting the exact brand using the same name that I always had.
Now don't get me wrong, that 20 deck lasted us about 2 months
we were coughing up lungs and all sorts. We then moved on to smoking rolled up A4 paper.... my lungs must be in tatters btw.80s kids were made from different stuff, that's for sure.
AccidentalDenz
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Of the earlier Indiana Jones games, Fate of Atlantis is by far the better one. It's very much one of the classics of the point & click genre.
As for the other conversation, in the summer of 1989, I was 3 years old, and about a year away from my first glass of wine. Mum left it abandoned for long enough for me to grab it!
SimonPeters116
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Gawd, I feel ancient.
In 1989 I'd already served in the Army for 10 years and had an 8 year old daughter. I completed 12 years service then got promoted to Mr
Back to my first day in Basic Training. We went out for a "quick jog" 🤣 10 miles later, sweating bricks, we got back to Barracks. All the smokers, me being one, were coughing up lungs etc, one guy swore he'd even coughed up his ring. So we all said we should quit, at least until basic training was over. Next session was square bashing, ie drill. So we'd eventually got starting, stopping and marching in step sorted, enough for our Sargent to be only red in the face instead of purple at least. Right lads, smoke break. If you didn't smoke, the orders were to "go through the motions then". Needless to say, none of us quit smoking.
Two guy chatting, one's a smoker, the other isn't.
None smoker, "so how many fags do you smoke a day?"
Smoker, "about 20."
NS, "and how much does a packet cost?"
S, "about £12."
NS, "£12 a day, 7 days a week, that'll be £84 a week, 52 weeks £4,368 a years. How long have you been smoking?"
S, "roughly 25 years".
NS, "about £109,200 then, that's enough to buy a Lambo".
NS, "dude you've spent enough money to buy a Lambo, on cigarettes, you must be mad".
S, " Where's your Lambo then?"
NS, " ".
😁
In 1989 I'd already served in the Army for 10 years and had an 8 year old daughter. I completed 12 years service then got promoted to Mr
Back to my first day in Basic Training. We went out for a "quick jog" 🤣 10 miles later, sweating bricks, we got back to Barracks. All the smokers, me being one, were coughing up lungs etc, one guy swore he'd even coughed up his ring. So we all said we should quit, at least until basic training was over. Next session was square bashing, ie drill. So we'd eventually got starting, stopping and marching in step sorted, enough for our Sargent to be only red in the face instead of purple at least. Right lads, smoke break. If you didn't smoke, the orders were to "go through the motions then". Needless to say, none of us quit smoking.
I saw an item about this recently somewhere, no idea where.
Two guy chatting, one's a smoker, the other isn't.
None smoker, "so how many fags do you smoke a day?"
Smoker, "about 20."
NS, "and how much does a packet cost?"
S, "about £12."
NS, "£12 a day, 7 days a week, that'll be £84 a week, 52 weeks £4,368 a years. How long have you been smoking?"
S, "roughly 25 years".
NS, "about £109,200 then, that's enough to buy a Lambo".
NS, "dude you've spent enough money to buy a Lambo, on cigarettes, you must be mad".
S, " Where's your Lambo then?"
NS, " ".
😁
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