Dinner

**DrB0b** · 06-02-2018, 06:54 AM

Originally Posted by David48atTD

What surprises me is, from the road trip images etc is just how many Members, living in the Kingdom still smoke.

I don't know any friends in the West who smoke.

Well, when I got back to the UK after years of smoking 65 baht gaspers and found that a pack of 20 now cost £9 I gave up pretty sharpish too.

Isn't it odd how things change? I remember when I was younger everyome smoking in the cinema and on the bus. Now I rarely even see people smoking in the street. When I got my first job all the desks had ashtrays and there was a permanent low cloud of tobacco smoke in every office. Unimaginable now. The very few people I know who still smoke won't even smoke in their own homes any more, they always step outside to light up.

**Neverna** · 06-02-2018, 08:42 AM

In the UK, deaths from lung cancer have dropped considerably, especially among men.

Lung cancer deaths have fallen by more than 20% since the early 1970s, almost entirely because fewer people smoke.

Unlike most cancers, five and 10-year survival rates for lung cancer have barely improved since the early 1970s.

Instead, falling deaths rates are down to fewer people getting the disease in the first place.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-42324984

**AntRobertson** · 06-02-2018, 08:49 AM

Originally Posted by armstrong

Expats in Thailand aren't quitters like those pansy arsed lefties back in England.

**Bogon** · 06-02-2018, 09:57 AM

Originally Posted by David48atTD

I don't know any friends in the West who smoke.

Might be because they are around 11 quid a packet?

**David48atTD** · 06-02-2018, 11:08 AM

Originally Posted by David48atTD

I don't know any friends in the West who smoke.

Originally Posted by Bogon

Might be because they are around 11 quid a packet?

The price of 1 package of Marlboro cigarettes in Melbourne is £17 (AU$30)

You used to be able to bring in a Carton of ciggies tax free, but the Government changed that to only 50 sticks.

**Bogon** · 06-02-2018, 02:06 PM

^ Apologies

Was on about U.K prices. Didn't know they were that pricey round your way!

**David48atTD** · 06-02-2018, 02:47 PM

Originally Posted by Bogon

^ Apologies

Was on about U.K prices. Didn't know they were that pricey round your way!

No need for apologies ... I didn't know they were that expensive either.

Ages since I lit up.

**tomcat** · 06-02-2018, 03:17 PM

Originally Posted by David48atTD

The price of 1 package of Marlboro cigarettes in Melbourne is £17 (AU$30)

...at that price, it's a wonder anyone can afford a smoking habit...

**ShrewedPunter** · 06-02-2018, 09:17 PM

An old British classic. The humble sausage roll

**Jack meoff** · 06-02-2018, 10:51 PM

**ShrewedPunter** · 07-02-2018, 02:07 AM

#Manchester

**DrB0b** · 07-02-2018, 04:44 AM

That's a bog-standard Champagne Cocktail and about double the normal price. #rippedofftourist

**Chittychangchang** · 07-02-2018, 04:49 AM

He's probably not even in Manchester

Tonights effort...

Stir fried pork,ginger,peppers,spring onions in oyster sauce served with Jasmine rice and some delicately placed coriander in memory of Inspector Sid..

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