Daily review 19/07/2019

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  1. Muttonbird 1
    22 July 2019 at 6:04 pm

    It's incredibly depressing how much Soimon Bridges undersells and disparages New Zealand. Here he calls us, "a fly". He thinks we're not good enough.

    I would hate for this negative-thinking, hand-wringing, disappointed dad to become PM. He'd have New Zealand on its knees, licking the boots of the world in an instant.

    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/07/simon-bridges-likens-nz-us-free-trade-ambitions-to-fly-dealing-with-elephant.html

  2. Muttonbird 2
    22 July 2019 at 6:38 pm

    Not only do smokers endanger the lives of themselves and those around them. Not only are they a financial drag on their loved ones. Not only are they a terrible burden on the heath system.

    Turns out they are the biggest polluters too.

    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/lifestyle/2019/07/cigarette-butts-biggest-pollutant-caused-by-humans-experts-say.html

    Its an absolutely disgraceful habit and one which is in fact very easy to kick.

    • Pat 2.1
      22 July 2019 at 6:39 pm

      reformed?

      • Muttonbird 2.1.1
        22 July 2019 at 6:45 pm

        I used to smoke in my early 20s.

        • Pat 2.1.1.1
          22 July 2019 at 6:46 pm

          it dosnt work you know

          • Muttonbird 2.1.1.1.1
            22 July 2019 at 6:56 pm

            What doesn't work?

            • Pat 2.1.1.1.1.1
              22 July 2019 at 7:17 pm

              berating smokers….indeed in some instances its likely counterproductive

              • mickysavage …
                22 July 2019 at 8:07 pm

                They do need to get over it. Smoking is bad for their health and bad for the rest of us and bad for the planet.

                • Pat …
                  22 July 2019 at 8:15 pm

                  lol….bad for their own health,? yes…bad for others? would doubt that with the restrictions imposed…bad for the planet?possibly but considerably less so than flying.

                • Sabine …
                  22 July 2019 at 8:43 pm

                  The government can ban smoking any day it likes.

                  However for some reason smoking is still legal.

                  And driving is also legal. And alcohol.

      • Anne 2.1.2
        22 July 2019 at 6:49 pm

        I'm a reformed smoker and we are the worst. When driving past a pedestrian with a fag hanging out of his/her mouth, I have had to do battle with my impulse… to stop the car, get out and yank the fag out of their mouths while giving them a piece of my mind. 😈

        • Jilly Bee 2.1.2.1
          22 July 2019 at 7:44 pm

          Me too Anne, I stopped cold turkey in 1991 when I had a terrible head cold – the fags tasted ghastly and I had ran out and simply couldn't be bothered about getting to the dairy to replenish my supply. It was also the day of our second son's 21st birthday BBQ and it suddenly occurred to me that I may like to stay alive to welcome some grandchildren into our family. I can't stand the smell of cigarettes now – they have me on the point of gagging.

    • arkie 2.2
      22 July 2019 at 7:15 pm

      Turns out they* are the biggest polluters too.

      *Just 100 companies are responsible for 71% of global emissions

    • Bruce 2.3
      22 July 2019 at 7:23 pm

      I visited a beach at Cadiz were the Mediteranean Sea empties into the Atlantic Ocean , wondering what the football field sized sand drifts 600 mm high were ,I kicked one, solid cigarette butts.

    • solkta 2.4
      22 July 2019 at 9:09 pm

      one which is in fact very easy to kick

      Bollocks to that. Giving up nicotine is one of the hardest things i've ever done in my life. Been nearly 30 years now and i would never go back.

      • Muttonbird 2.4.1
        22 July 2019 at 9:22 pm

        But it's over in about a month. Not like alcohol which stays with an addict forever.

        • solkta 2.4.1.1
          22 July 2019 at 9:35 pm

          But it's over in about a month.

          That was not my experience. The biggest danger point, at least for me, was actually at three months. Then six months. And even a year. Though i would never go back i still enjoy a bit of blow-by. People think i am being polite when i stand outside with the smokers.

          I've never managed to get addicted to alcohol although my consumption through a couple of periods in my life would be considered as alcoholic.

  3. tc 3
    23 July 2019 at 5:47 am

    Today’s open mike brought to by the QUIT program.

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