Posts by Jackie Clark
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That, Emma, is actually quite a good reason. And let's face it, faced with what you are all going through in Chch, a cigarette can only be a reassuring thing. As would be a joint.
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@Craig - me three.
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I'm a smoker very much of webweaver's calibre, although I do smoke if I am alone in my car. I am afraid that both my husband and I smoke - moderately, on the smoking scale, I have been told. I must say that when I used to smoke far more than I smoke now, that sometimes I felt like I was eating them. And yes, I know it's a stupid habit, made stupider by the fact that I started in my early 20's just to look cool. VERY stupid. In fact, epically ridonculously stupid. However. I am not ready to quit completely just yet, and because I affect no-one but me with this filthy habit, I would much like to remind those strangers and family and friends who harangue me - if you know me, you know that I will do the exact opposite of what you want me to do, particularly if you hassle, so quit it. I suspect that most responsible, adult smokers feel the same.
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Big hugs to all our Cantabrian PASers. How bloody awful. When I was a boarder at Marsden in Wgtn, we used to have earthquakes all the time - tiles fell off the roof but nothing more. And then when Mum and I were in Vanuatu, we were lying on her bed reading when the bed started rolling. Mum had no idea what it was. Never been in anything like what you are all experiencing down there, though. I'm just worried about my friend Kath, who lives by the beach. She's safe at the mo. So that's something. And can I just say.........see? There are things to be said for Auckland.
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Okay, delerious mind speaking. Maybe.
One finger at a time, relax your grip and free your mind Hamish Clark/Breaks Co-op. Yes he's my bruv but I stlll think it's a lyric that bangs.
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I know nothing of Holmes' use of cocaine - I just think it's absolutely ludicrous to retroactively remove cigarettes from old films etc. Madness.
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Good, good, it's all good. I look forward to sitting in a quiet space somewhere in one of those beautiful rooms, and listening to interesting peoples. That would be you, Dyan, amongst others.
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Oh Islander, I should have said - there were disappointing bits about it, for sure. And no, I don't remember all the characters names. And really, you know who the best book I ever read was by. I just loved it. Not as much as I loved the best book I have ever read, but enough, I think. I just thought it was inherently cinematic, and atmospheric. No writer am I, though.
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Sorry that was about Denis Welch. Not Jim Anderton.
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And he writes beautiful novels. (Well, one). Best book I ever did read. Human Remains . Just gorgeous.