tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post4811278093855199794..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: booted, subversive, transparentAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-11767458752533315432011-01-11T05:09:26.172+00:002011-01-11T05:09:26.172+00:00I am seriously envious of those boots and leg-warm...I am seriously envious of those boots and leg-warmers!<br /><br />I remember working quite hard at learning how to smoke. I worked in a prep school for a short time, and the matron, a former nun, would ply us, her assistants, with mild cigarettes. 'Go on' she would say,'they're so mild, you won't even feel it pull as it goes down!' Smoking has always been an act of shared escape, bravado, rebellion, if you like; even the last school I worked here there was a small room set aside where smokers went, and I remember one of them, a pregnant teacher, saying she didn't want to stop because she vastly preferred the atmosphere (social rather than gaseous) in there to the smoke-free larger room. The tobacco companies must be very happy that this sense of camaraderie of course, as must be the makers of carbon-proliferating outdoor patio heaters!Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-55269042206244271192011-01-10T21:33:12.313+00:002011-01-10T21:33:12.313+00:00We love Heidi's leg-warmers and boots! A video...We love Heidi's leg-warmers and boots! A video of them walking please!Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642126053527835870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-7241959544512368432011-01-09T12:16:58.941+00:002011-01-09T12:16:58.941+00:00CC And now I must admit to a sneaking feeling of g...CC And now I must admit to a sneaking feeling of guilt. I have never encouraged anyone to smoke and wouldn't. Two of our neighbours recently died of lung cancer; and not that it's relevant, but neither was a smoker, which perhaps contributes to my insensitivity.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-81221570631362741582011-01-08T22:55:23.425+00:002011-01-08T22:55:23.425+00:00Fantaaaaaaastic boots!Fantaaaaaaastic boots!herhimnbrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01182397064631016552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-10209893808609113462011-01-08T21:18:46.986+00:002011-01-08T21:18:46.986+00:00Asa former smoker I must say I am horrified that a...Asa former smoker I must say I am horrified that anyone would see encouraging another to learn how to inhale tobacco smoke as an admirable act of rebellion. Hving watched several friends and family members die painful frightening<br />deaths gasping for air tethered to a ventilator and/or oxygen tank, I see this act<br />as an act of assisted suicide. This has nothing to do with being PC, it has to do with life and death and heath. The one urging the other on is the exact opposite of a friend.CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653106775702366387noreply@blogger.com