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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide to... View Postah sure feck it, bought the one above as well. Can give them to someone else after I've (hopefully) finished smoking. (please don't suggest any more books hotspur, they may be individually lowly priced but it could add up to a fortune!)
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Originally posted by Zuroph View Posthttp://www.theoriginofspeciousnonsense.com/index.html
Minister for Science is to speak at launch of a book about creationism?? This country is mad.
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He hasn't got a clue. 1 giant argument from personal incredulity combined with ignorance of everything he talks about
Wtf is Lenihan thinking. I'm just totally staggered that he would agree to this
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide to... View Postah sure feck it, bought the one above as well. Can give them to someone else after I've (hopefully) finished smoking. (please don't suggest any more books hotspur, they may be individually lowly priced but it could add up to a fortune!)Originally posted by hotspur View PostI just worked out that at that price I could probably buy every copy of that book that has ever been printed with what I lost playing poker at the weekend.Gone full 'Glinner' since June 2022.
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I am on my 7th day cold turkey off the smokes at the moment. I was discussing it with a friend today who is now off them six months and still misses the hell out of them. Taking out the addiction and how much I enjoy smoking other things contribute to me not really having my heart in giving up.
Some of the things he misses the most are some of the reasons I enjoy it so much. Firstly it forces me to take 10/20 five minute slots out of the day to just think, procrastinate and reflect during the day. This is something he has tried to incorporate into his day in other ways but generally fails.
One of the other major things is that I know no matter what the social setting I can always made my excuses and take 5 on my own. I often do this even in great company as I just enjoy the five minutes to myself.
I think the above all means that going down the road of E-Cigs is my best route once I break the habit as some of the things surrounding smoking are not something I want to give up.
The fact that I have started watching Mad Men this week is not helping with my cause
Opr
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Originally posted by hotspur View Post
I have to dissagree with you on it . I was a smoker for 20 yrs and before i quit /became a non smoker i was on 40+ a day. I had tried every possible method about 20 times and all to no avail .
I got Carr's book as a gift and i was totally sceptical about it and did not believe for one minute that just by reading a book i could quit . Well hey presto here i am nearly 4 yrs later and i have never had one craving from the minute i finished his book .
Maybe you just dont agree with his method's but dont try a deter other people from reading his books as you could be preventing them from the only chance they might have to be able to quit.
Im not saying anything about the books you are recommending as i know nothing about them . But i do know Carr's book works and im living proof .
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Originally posted by CourierCollie View PostMakes even academic books look incredibly cheap.
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Originally posted by DAMO72 View PostYou seem to have a pet hate for Alan Carr's books .
I have to dissagree with you on it . I was a smoker for 20 yrs and before i quit /became a non smoker i was on 40+ a day. I had tried every possible method about 20 times and all to no avail .
I got Carr's book as a gift and i was totally sceptical about it and did not believe for one minute that just by reading a book i could quit . Well hey presto here i am nearly 4 yrs later and i have never had one craving from the minute i finished his book .
Maybe you just dont agree with his method's but dont try a deter other people from reading his books as you could be preventing them from the only chance they might have to be able to quit.
Im not saying anything about the books you are recommending as i know nothing about them . But i do know Carr's book works and im living proof .Official Head Marshall of Waterford Gay Pride Festival 2015
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Originally posted by DAMO72 View PostYou seem to have a pet hate for Alan Carr's books .
I have to dissagree with you on it . I was a smoker for 20 yrs and before i quit /became a non smoker i was on 40+ a day. I had tried every possible method about 20 times and all to no avail .
I got Carr's book as a gift and i was totally sceptical about it and did not believe for one minute that just by reading a book i could quit . Well hey presto here i am nearly 4 yrs later and i have never had one craving from the minute i finished his book .
Maybe you just dont agree with his method's but dont try a deter other people from reading his books as you could be preventing them from the only chance they might have to be able to quit.
Im not saying anything about the books you are recommending as i know nothing about them . But i do know Carr's book works and im living proof .
I appreciate that you are being entirely genuine, but so am I. I don't say to people "Don't read Alan Carr it's crap" and then walk away. I'll give them advice on what has been scientifically shown to work, because I happen to know the science.
It's the equivalent of you writing asking people not to deter others from reading that anti-evolution book because it may their only chance for salvation. It isn't.
Unfortunately real science requires more than Damo as living proof that a treatment protocol works. Published scientific trials of treatments is what is required.
I'm not doing this to be mean spirited, I'm doing it to give people the best chance of staying smoke free. Because for every Damo who quit after they read his book there's another thousand who went back on the smokes because he didn't give them any helpful understanding of relapse prevention.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide to... View PostNot sure if its of interest, but I'm using a service this year that McGrawHill and Prentice Hall provide whereby you can take one of their textbooks and just select the chapters you want - the book company then binds those chapters and sell it as a 'your uni' edited version (with your name on it!), with the price a pro-rata of ((num chapters selected / total chapters in book) * regular retail price). Able to get the cost of a textbook down from £45 to £20, thus increasing the chance of students actually buying it.
@Collie: Book was Young and Freedman
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I know there's a bit of hate for x-factor but was just watching this guys audition again and i really can't get where Simon and Pixie are coming from. He's obviously going to be a hit with the girls at home, and he's a far better singer than a lot of people they put through. Getting a bee in his bonnet and not even willing to give him a shot in the 2nd round was just laughable and the first time i've really hated Cowells decision.
He's 3rd favourite in the betting to win the show now with your one Cher after coming in from 7/1 to 3/1 and now 11/4
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On the cost of books let's not forget that in our increasingly digital age that a great many academic textbooks can be obtained for free online too. I paid a visit to Reads last month to print out 4 books (all either on smoking cessation or containing chapters on it funnily enough).
I am guessing that it's as usual for physics / economics/ finance books to be obtained online as it is for psychology / addiction / psychotherapy ones.
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My internet is slow tonight Tony and can't see the clip above but I presume that's the black kid?
I thought he was great, I don't enjoy the staged theatrics from the judges though, so bloody obvious he's going through.
Edit: Just reread your post, obv not the same guy!We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit.
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Originally posted by ArmaniJeansI like this heat - some proper music innit.
None of the 'black disabled lesbian warbling backwards' stuff that the other players inflicted on me.
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Originally posted by hotspur View PostYou are not living proof that his book works. You are just a guy who read his book and also quit smoking. Correlation does not equal causation. How do you know you were not so ready to change that any book would not have done? Since there is no actual method in his method it is pure placebo. Which is fine, I know a lot about how powerful placebos can be, but proper treatment advice can be so much more than placebo.
I appreciate that you are being entirely genuine, but so am I. I don't say to people "Don't read Alan Carr it's crap" and then walk away. I'll give them advice on what has been scientifically shown to work, because I happen to know the science.
It's the equivalent of you writing asking people not to deter others from reading that anti-evolution book because it may their only chance for salvation. It isn't.
Unfortunately real science requires more than Damo as living proof that a treatment protocol works. Published scientific trials of treatments is what is required.
I'm not doing this to be mean spirited, I'm doing it to give people the best chance of staying smoke free. Because for every Damo who quit after they read his book there's another thousand who went back on the smokes because he didn't give them any helpful understanding of relapse prevention.
Just my opinion .
Time for the leaba now.
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...Last edited by Hitchhiker's Guide To...; 13-09-10, 22:34."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by Flushdraw View PostI know there's a bit of hate for x-factor but was just watching this guys audition again and i really can't get where Simon and Pixie are coming from. He's obviously going to be a hit with the girls at home, and he's a far better singer than a lot of people they put through. Getting a bee in his bonnet and not even willing to give him a shot in the 2nd round was just laughable and the first time i've really hated Cowells decision.
He's 3rd favourite in the betting to win the show now with your one Cher after coming in from 7/1 to 3/1 and now 11/4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzkO9bagV0U
Hardly surprising to see Louis Walsh so eager to get him through.
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Originally posted by General P View PostLong Time lurker of both the old site and here, really enjoy the banter and this site helps get me through the day when i am quiet at work.Seems like a great community, So thanks for that .....
Oh and kayroo , you come across as the biggest douche everWe are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit.
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Originally posted by General P View PostLong Time lurker of both the old site and here, really enjoy the banter and this site helps get me through the day when i am quiet at work.Seems like a great community, So thanks for that .....
Oh and kayroo , you come across as the biggest douche ever
And welcome.
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Originally posted by Starvin Marvin View PostWe are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit.
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Originally posted by Zuroph View Posthttp://www.theoriginofspeciousnonsense.com/index.html
Minister for Science is to speak at launch of a book about creationism?? This country is mad.
Is there a source for this? Like a paper source?You are technically correct...the best kind of correct
World Record Holder for Long Distance Soul Reads: May 7th 2011
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Originally posted by Kayroo View PostThe Irish Minister for Education and Science? Conor Lenihan? REALLY????
Is there a source for this? Like a paper source?
Has to be, surely.We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit.
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If Lenihan is going to the book launch in a private capacity as a friend of the author, then I don't see what the problem is with this? I don't think either him or the government is endorsing the book in an official capacity.
Should the Minister For Arts be banned from going to The A-Team because its got little artistic merit?
I do seem to be the only person in Ireland with this view though.
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Originally posted by General P View PostLong Time lurker of both the old site and here, really enjoy the banter and this site helps get me through the day when i am quiet at work.Seems like a great community, So thanks for that .....
Oh and kayroo , you come across as the biggest douche everYou are technically correct...the best kind of correct
World Record Holder for Long Distance Soul Reads: May 7th 2011
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide to... View PostIrish Times story posted above confirms it as true and obv they would have double-checked with the minister's people before publishing it
That's comical, he maybe attending in a 'personal capacity', but given his job description it's retarded in the extreme. Hardly surprising though I guess.
Our government is such a joke, it'd be funny if it wasn't!We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit.
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Originally posted by Bubbleking View Posthow does one play Chinese poker?
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Shut up you American!!!
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Originally posted by ArmaniJeans View PostIf Lenihan is going to the book launch in a private capacity as a friend of the author, then I don't see what the problem is with this? I don't think either him or the government is endorsing the book in an official capacity.
Should the Minister For Arts be banned from going to The A-Team because its got little artistic merit?
I do seem to be the only person in Ireland with this view though.
Amazed that no one has pulled him up, and had a quiet word in his ear about it.
How can he not realise how inappropriate this is.We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit.
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Originally posted by ArmaniJeans View PostIf Lenihan is going to the book launch in a private capacity as a friend of the author, then I don't see what the problem is with this? I don't think either him or the government is endorsing the book in an official capacity.
Should the Minister For Arts be banned from going to The A-Team because its got little artistic merit?
I do seem to be the only person in Ireland with this view though.
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Originally posted by Bubbleking View Postdoes anybody want a quick game on PPP so I can learn? busto stakes obv
Or I mean the cheapest possible. And I havent a clue what I am doing
Sitting down now. Quick guide anyone? WTF are the buttons on top forLast edited by MegaSin; 13-09-10, 23:22.
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Originally posted by Ste05 View PostCompletely disagree, there has to be a level of cop-on. He needs to be able to say no to some of his friends requests and have been able to say "sorry mate, I couldn't do that because I'm the Minister for fucking Science you gobshite".
or at the very least recognizes the fact that being at that book launch guarantees him the granny vote next election
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Originally posted by dannydiamond View PostThe thing is that by attending the launch and especially in such a public manner, that's pretty much an endorsement for the book, he simply should not be doing that.
But I have a feeling Lenihan may have been innocent in all this.
Theres a big 'anti-religious' aspect in play I think. If the book was about other science 'hot-topics', say it was pro-GM foods, or a 'we should do nothing about climate change' book or a 'pro nuclear power' book - the fuss probably wouldn't be as big.
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Originally posted by cooker3 View PostI can't stop watching his videos. It's like watching a car crash.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgZUV-_S5zM
He hasn't got a clue. 1 giant argument from personal incredulity combined with ignorance of everything he talks about
Wtf is Lenihan thinking. I'm just totally staggered that he would agree to this
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Originally posted by MegaSin View Post5 euro or dollar buy in and sure
Or I mean the cheapest possible. And I havent a clue what I am doing
Sitting down now. Quick guide anyone? WTF are the buttons on top for
http://poker.about.com/od/pokervaria...inesepoker.htm
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Originally posted by Opr View Postbtw is it terrible that I really couldn't give a shit about the time smoking takes off my life for example 10 years its more the fear for the quality of life it gives rise to in the later stages of life that frightens the crap out me
Opr
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Originally posted by Bubbleking View Postdoes anybody want a quick game on PPP so I can learn? busto stakes obv
1 hand you have an invalid hand because you put a straight at the back and a flush in the middle.
1 hand you used 2 pair in the middle but you were better off putting 1 pair in the middle and 1 pair at top
An other hand you had 7 diamonds and you just picked any 5 diamonds for a flush. You missed out on 2 other pairs because you picked the wrong diamonds in the flush
You're geting there tho!
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