70K Before Wacken 2013

[Alix]

seems funny, but I bet it was a hell lot funnier IRL.

Said doctor is originally from India, but his accent suggests he worked in England for a long time. Not only did he pick up the accent, but also the sarcasm which he pulls off brilliantly and does so on a regular basis We need more good doctors with a sense of humour and less bland/irritating personalities.

I guess you had to be there, and work in the field of medicine in some way or another

 

[Koldawne]

Also, @smoking discussion, am I the only one who never started? Never saw the appeal. So I never even had one. And I don't plan on changing that.

I think a lot depends on your environment growing up. I am also a lot older than you are. Back when I was growing up EVERYONE smoked, it wasn't a choice LOL

 

[Koldawne]

Good morning Wacken Forum!!!

GOOD MORNING~!

 

[agresionpower]

I guess you had to be there, and work in the field of medicine in some way or another

yeah, that was pretty much what I meant

 

[agresionpower]

I think a lot depends on your environment growing up. I am also a lot older than you are. Back when I was growing up EVERYONE smoked, it wasn't a choice LOL

that's how it works with alcohol nowadays...

 

[Koldawne]

The flu spreads more easily than corona virusses.
but this flu has a ~20% mortality rate, and the corona virus has a ~50% mortality rate.

Stay the F away from anyone who's been to the middle east recently or knows anyone who has been there recently or any old Chinese men. That should keep you reasonably safe.

 

[Koldawne]

that's how it works with alcohol nowadays...

Which is funny because I never developed any kind of drinking habit at all. I rarely touch it actually. Not for any particular reason, just don't seem to think about it at all LOL

 

[agresionpower]

Stay the F away from anyone who's been to the middle east recently or knows anyone who has been there recently or any old Chinese men. That should keep you reasonably safe.

I guess for now we're all quite safe anyway.
the flu has 130 reported cases, the corona virus has 30.
with 6 billion people, that's like nothing (yet)

 

[Alix]

yeah, that was pretty much what I meant

As much as I try not to, I feel like I'm a little too involved in my work; I forget that normal people don't speak like that etc.

 

[Alix]

Also, @smoking discussion, am I the only one who never started? Never saw the appeal. So I never even had one. And I don't plan on changing that.

Nope, go us! Think of all the dosh we've saved I don't know about other countries, but tobacco is taxed extremely heavily over here. There are posters at work that say all these things about "every cigarette you don't smoke is doing you good" and I think it says that if a pack-a-day smoker quits, in one year they will save $4k!

 

[agresionpower]

As much as I try not to, I feel like I'm a little too involved in my work; I forget that normal people don't speak like that etc.

I know what you mean... I don't have to start telling people what I do for a living in detail, nobody would understand

Well Sari and Koli would probably.. but that's because they work in the same industrie

 

[Alix]

that's how it works with alcohol nowadays...

As far as my peers are concerned, that makes me one hell of a stubborn individual

 

[Alix]

I know what you mean... I don't have to start telling people what I do for a living in detail, nobody would understand

Well Sari and Koli would probably.. but that's because they work in the same industrie

Yep - the second someone mentions anything more than the "on" button with regards to computer, my mind just switches off haha!

 

[Koldawne]

Nope, go us! Think of all the dosh we've saved I don't know about other countries, but tobacco is taxed extremely heavily over here. There are posters at work that say all these things about "every cigarette you don't smoke is doing you good" and I think it says that if a pack-a-day smoker quits, in one year they will save $4k!

When I started smoking a pack of 25 cigarettes cost $1.50. When I quit about 25 years later they were $10. I smoked about a pack / day so quitting definitely was worth it for me - not as expensive as AUS though! Honestly keeping the price high likely discourages a lot of kids - it's a lot tougher to get 5 dollars from your parents every day than it is to get $1.50, and when you're a kid it's not like you have a job so if you start smoking like I did at 12 you pretty well are relying on your parents to support your habit.

 

[agresionpower]

As far as my peers are concerned, that makes me one hell of a stubborn individual

*gives Alix a beer*