Omelet wrote:
> In article >,
> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote:
>
>> Om wrote:
>>
>>> My mom's pulmonologist told me that he felt that WTW carpeting was the
>>> dumbest idea man ever invented.
>> Given carte blanche with the decorating in Lin's and my house, I'd opt for
>> painted concrete floors. It's cool underfoot and it can look gorgeous (and
>> of course you can always put rugs down, too).
>>
>> www.concretenetwork.com/concrete/interiorfloors has a nice slideshow of
>> painted flooring.
>>
>> My vote for "dumbest idea ever" would be cigarettes.
>>
>> Bob
>
> <lol> But that pre-dates WTW carpeting! :-)
> I do have to wonder tho' how anyone ever thought that sucking smoke into
> one's lungs was a cool idea...

Actually you just grow up thinking it is normal. I was born in 1939,
both parents, sisters, in-laws, cousins, everyone smoked. FDR smoked,
the local preacher smoked, my teachers all smoked, all movie stars and
celebrities smoked. At age fifteen I started smoking, that would be in
1954, smoked until my second heart attack in 1994. Doctors even told me
that smoking was not good, made my blood thicker so that when the clot
hit me it stuck. Stopped cold-turkey after that attack and haven't even
craved them since. Both my kids smoked after they left home, now they
don't. Wife never smoked and has been in good health all her life
although I attribute that to genetics. Her mother lived to be a wee bit
over 100 years old.

I have one grandkid who smokes and I harp at him every time he is
around. Of course he is also the one who was a druggie from about age
twelve to, I hope, last year. He's now 26 yo and, again I hope, smarter
than he was.

Unfortunately I see lots of young people taking up smoking nowadays too,
mostly in junior and high school. I often wonder how they can even
afford to smoke as cigarettes are closing in on $5.00 a pack around
here. I hear they are $11.00 a pack in NYC. The most I ever paid was
$11.00 a carton and I bought four of those every week, sometimes more.
Yup, smoked four packs a day of king size filter tips every day. Don't
miss them and spend the money on other things now, like nice steaks,
imported fruit, presents for DW, important things. <G>