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Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:37 am
by studiotwosession
Yes, that didn't help George's situation, Dane.
I guess the Harrison Burns longevity thing can be indicative of the difference between ciggie and cigar enthusiasts.
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:53 am
by wayang
Could be...or just the difference between physiologies. My dad was a four-pack-a-day straight Camel smoker from the age of thirteen. After his death at 48 of a brain tumor caused by exposure to Agent Orange, the autopsy found his lungs to be completely clean.
Then again, dude who played 'Grampa' on The Waltons was a lifelong dopesmoker, so there ya go...
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 6:24 am
by shamustwin
Diet too, I believe.
The Japanese are on average, heavier smokers than Americans, yet their cancer rates are far far less than ours. Green tea?
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 6:28 am
by winston
Green tea is the answer I believe. How did we get here anyway? Thread drift or what?
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 6:32 am
by wayang
Oh, I don't know, Brian...I think it's reasonable for any discussion of Jimmy Page to get around to issues of health.
Not to mention posture...and violin bows...
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 6:35 am
by alanz
and sharks.
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 2:44 pm
by studiotwosession
Hmmm...well, we're also getting into genes. Keith Richards of course looks 30 years older than he is, thanks to smokes. But they haven't laid him out yet.
The Japanese....well, they eat a lot more seafood, and until recently far less red meat.
Also, our portions have been out of control for decades, including 30-oz. soft drinks, and we spend a lot more time sitting behind the wheel than walking.
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:01 pm
by johnallg
I sure hope there is a big upsurge of E85 fuel and the food industry abandons high fructose corn syrup because the corn is going to make the ethanol.
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 4:45 am
by shamustwin
I'm sure Exxon-Mobile is buying up American farmland as we speak.
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 5:23 am
by wayang
I hope they turn out to better at crop rotation than they are at ecological disaster remediation...
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:31 am
by studiotwosession
If so, they're going to have to outbid all the sprawl spawning developers out there.
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:38 am
by shamustwin
Pity the stubborn developer who stands in Big Oil's way.
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:56 am
by wayang
Which would you rather have move in next door: an oil rig or 10,000 ****** beige houses that were put together with a staple gun?
...sort of like a choice between a paper cut and a herpe...
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 12:24 pm
by johnallg
Paper cuts go away.
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:00 am
by studiotwosession
>>Which would you rather have move in next door: an oil rig or 10,000 ****** beige houses that were put together with a staple gun? <<
With cheap windows and not more than five feet between each house.