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steve2470

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3. "It can't happen to me" = how a 16 year old thinks and how some adults think

Reply to lastlib (Original post)

Sun Mar 22, 2015, 11:51 AM

Mar 2015

Oh YES, it CAN and very likely WILL happen to you. You can only smoke near flammable gases so many times before BOOM happens. Then, if you don't die, you will be moaning in the hospital you had NO idea whatsoever.

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The monthly Mensa meeting will NOT be held in Olathe, Kansas...... [View all] lastlib Mar 2015 OP

Taking this area OFF my travel list pdq! In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #1

wise move, my friend! lastlib Mar 2015 #8

Back in the day when smoking was more popular... Major Nikon Mar 2015 #2

"It can't happen to me" = how a 16 year old thinks and how some adults think steve2470 Mar 2015 #3

It's like Russian roulette, with a cigarette.... lastlib Mar 2015 #5

very true nt steve2470 Mar 2015 #7

NO DARWIN IN KANSAS, lastlib, elleng Mar 2015 #4

good point. lastlib Mar 2015 #6

She probably thought you supported the economic misery inflicted by the guv's austerity budget. kairos12 Mar 2015 #9

You'd love the sight I see every year a few weeks before the Fourth... Lars39 Mar 2015 #10

I believe Dick Hickock is the most notable person from Olathe Tom Ripley Mar 2015 #11

NJ has its share of geniuses! NJCher Mar 2015 #12