coliholic
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No not about boats this time. Proper "man" type smoking (apologies to Pauline etc).
Gather tcm's gone eight weeks so far without a fag (well done, git) & others I know have given up (we're a dying breed eh), and now a mate has invited me on his boat for a couple of days sailing round the East Coast. But it's a non-smoking boat. Half a dozen of us going and planning a real good piss up etc, but only two of us smoke. Other smoker is a bit of a wimp and does whatever he's told, so wants to know what I'm gonna do before he opens his mouth.
Now as you've probably already guessed, I'm a smoker. But only in the open air, even at home only ever smoke in the garden or maybe here in "the office", but with the window open and the door closed. And never in anyone's else's house or boat or even down below in my own boat. All in all I think I'm a pretty considerate smoker. Never light up in a restaurant when anyone else is eating and try to make sure that my smoke doesn't disturb anyone else etc etc.
But what to do about mate's rag 'n stick thing?
Plan is we'll be on the boat from about 10:00 Sat till 18:00 Sunday and "at sea" all that time and he's adamant that there's nowhere on the boat where he'll agree to let me have a quiet puff. Sort of agreed that if we find a handy cardinal bouy that we can tie up to, I can jump on that and have a puff, but not on board anywhere. Suggested the dinghy and he started getting really ratty about it. And he's REALLY serious about this. A good mate and I don't want to piss him off, but he just can't see my p.o.v. He says since I can go 8 hrs without a ciggie when I'm asleep, how come I can't do the same when awake?
So what's the solution? Nicotine patches? Chewing gum, placebo fags, Soltron, a kick in his bolx or what? Don't want to miss the jolly, but..............
Oh and I KNOW you're going to say "give it up".
So how do you do that then?
Gather tcm's gone eight weeks so far without a fag (well done, git) & others I know have given up (we're a dying breed eh), and now a mate has invited me on his boat for a couple of days sailing round the East Coast. But it's a non-smoking boat. Half a dozen of us going and planning a real good piss up etc, but only two of us smoke. Other smoker is a bit of a wimp and does whatever he's told, so wants to know what I'm gonna do before he opens his mouth.
Now as you've probably already guessed, I'm a smoker. But only in the open air, even at home only ever smoke in the garden or maybe here in "the office", but with the window open and the door closed. And never in anyone's else's house or boat or even down below in my own boat. All in all I think I'm a pretty considerate smoker. Never light up in a restaurant when anyone else is eating and try to make sure that my smoke doesn't disturb anyone else etc etc.
But what to do about mate's rag 'n stick thing?
Plan is we'll be on the boat from about 10:00 Sat till 18:00 Sunday and "at sea" all that time and he's adamant that there's nowhere on the boat where he'll agree to let me have a quiet puff. Sort of agreed that if we find a handy cardinal bouy that we can tie up to, I can jump on that and have a puff, but not on board anywhere. Suggested the dinghy and he started getting really ratty about it. And he's REALLY serious about this. A good mate and I don't want to piss him off, but he just can't see my p.o.v. He says since I can go 8 hrs without a ciggie when I'm asleep, how come I can't do the same when awake?
So what's the solution? Nicotine patches? Chewing gum, placebo fags, Soltron, a kick in his bolx or what? Don't want to miss the jolly, but..............
Oh and I KNOW you're going to say "give it up".
So how do you do that then?
