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Post by Jen on Jun 14, 2013 8:01:32 GMT
Most problems can be solved by shopping in my experience!   Shopping is definately theraputic.............can we get it on the NHS????  The MHRA would probably class it as medicinal!  |
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Post by Jen on Jun 14, 2013 8:00:31 GMT
Most problems can be solved Forgotten about, until the statement comes, by shopping in my experience! Fixed that for you  SHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhh! We're pretending bank accounts don't exist! In all seriousness, I know times are hard, but £30 spent on not smoking is a wise investment IMO  |
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Post by Jen on Jun 13, 2013 14:31:27 GMT
My bergamot has just arrived along with a couple of stripy drip tips - cracking service!  |
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Post by Jen on Jun 13, 2013 13:50:20 GMT
Well ... I just engaged in one of my favourite pastimes .... saying hello to the cat. Said cat loves to sun bathe on the garden table. As soon as you go out and say hello he opens his eyes and rolls over ... hence falling off the table, his little startled face the last thing you see as he disappears over the edge. It works EVERY time Smart he ain't, an endless source of amusement he most certainly is. Does he then do that thing where he walks off a little way, sits down and starts washing a paw with his back turned to you as if to say, 'Nothing happened. I meant to do that'? I love that thing! We always just start laughing uproariously and he gives us his dirtiest look before slouching off to nurse his wounded pride |
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Post by Jen on Jun 13, 2013 13:28:00 GMT
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Post by Jen on Jun 13, 2013 13:24:27 GMT
Vaping is vaping, ECCA has to stand for all vapers, not just the online community. I very much dislike the fact that it is the owners of cigalike companies that always gets on tv. However, they are the ones who want to do it. We need someone working for ECCA who is also willing to do it. Elites have a very good reason to get on tv, ECCA can't afford to pay anyone, we need someone who will do it for love and I don't mean that they will get sexual favours for getting on TV, but I suspect Dolly would be willing to help out if that was the only way Maybe you need a 'Face of ECCA'... Absolutely we do - are there no vaping slebs around who could be persuaded to do it for a good cause? Hasn't Lord Sugar got involved in some way? He likes small businesses, too. Could be worth a tweet or email, at the very least. |
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Post by Jen on Jun 13, 2013 12:05:23 GMT
+1 for the PS4, it's what we shall be getting  |
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Post by Jen on Jun 13, 2013 11:25:22 GMT
Who took it to court and how was it funded? Just posted in another thread about legal challenges like this |
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Post by Jen on Jun 13, 2013 11:21:39 GMT
Looks like we should be lawyering up somehow then, right? A lawyer or barrister who understands this stuff on our side would be a great asset. Think of the twitter joke trial and the publicity raised from that through celebrities and the legal bod that won the case for him was found through twitter too. Social media is a powerful tool here. Social media can be very powerful when used in the right way. I do believe that we need to shift this to the judicial and not legislative side of things, though. As has been said, governments are incredibly susceptible to business interests - the whole reason the MHRA wants to make ecigs medicinal is because only the big companies can afford to comply - that's lobbying for ya  Whilst courts may not be wholly incorruptible, they at least do not have the same kind of interests as the government and are able to throw a big spanner in the works, as shown by Germany etc. I'd be happy to contribute to some kind of Kickstarter or similar project (which is where social media would come in), and I think we need to recruit some kind of high profile spokesperson or sponsor. Anyone remember the great Oatmeal fundraisers? Here, here and here - both excellent examples of how to use social media to raise funds for a common cause, both of which I supported financially So, my view would be to use social media to raise funds to pay the professionals to do this properly and take the fight away from the government and to the courts. Your thoughts? |
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Post by Jen on Jun 13, 2013 11:01:40 GMT
Looks like we should be lawyering up somehow then, right?
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Post by Jen on Jun 13, 2013 10:16:06 GMT
I shall treasure my taste buds for the couple of weeks we have left together then! Tease-smiley You make it sound like we are both going to kick the bucket....it's sweet but not killable sweet I meant my tastebuds and I, you are living proof that you survived, even if your palate hasn't |
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Post by Jen on Jun 13, 2013 10:14:43 GMT
What do you mean by standing up and fighting Blownupdolly? I'm happy to write letters and emails and stuff like that, but job issues mean I can't travel much, unfortunately. Don't mean literally standing up...geeez if that were the case I am buggered from the start!! But I do have my wheelchair Just meant being actively and reliably involved. This is usually when things go pear shaped. Well, that and the infighting.  Right, count me in then Just remember reading somewhere about some MP recommending we actually go to Brussels and heckle from there! I'd love to, really, but can't |
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Post by Jen on Jun 13, 2013 10:13:15 GMT
Well, mine is currently having a short nap to recover from all that sleeping he did overnight and in preparation for the day's main snoozing...
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Post by Jen on Jun 13, 2013 10:11:55 GMT
Well, me too, but some people have more refined tastes You won't have once you have tasted that Sticky Toffee Pudding  I shall treasure my taste buds for the couple of weeks we have left together then! Tease-smiley |
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Post by Jen on Jun 13, 2013 10:07:18 GMT
What do you mean by standing up and fighting Blownupdolly? I'm happy to write letters and emails and stuff like that, but job issues mean I can't travel much, unfortunately. |
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Whilst courts may not be wholly incorruptible, they at least do not have the same kind of interests as the government and are able to throw a big spanner in the works, as shown by Germany etc. I'd be happy to contribute to some kind of Kickstarter or similar project (which is where social media would come in), and I think we need to recruit some kind of high profile spokesperson or sponsor.
