smoking climbers?

[polingspig]

hornett 22 wrote

funny how our casinos are convieniently exempt from these laws.

Gamble with your life or your money.

I used to smoke. I did it because I liked it. I never minded a no smoking rule for any business. 2nd hand smoke is harmful and the business owner should be able to make a decision about it. The law forcing businesses to be smoke free bothers me. I take a minimalist stance in regard to Gov.
If you don't want to hire a smoker, don't hire one. If you do hire a smoker, don't expect him to quit because he works for you now.
By the way, (Sunrise Guy) how stupid is it to publicly tell A LOT of strong, enrgetic, motivated men that may have acces to you that they are stupid? Just a little southern reasoning.
A Vegan in Texas?

 

[minderaser66]

i smoke cigarettes at work , on the job, right in the customers face if i feel like it. i'd like to slap any company owner who wouldnt hire a smoker. thats ridiculous! "i dont hire smokers" meanwhile their sniffin oxys on your damn dashboard. i've seen it all and if you told me you wouldnt hire me cause i smoked i would laugh in your face. get real, its a tough job and if someone needs to light up a smoke to calm down whats the problem? 99% of the butts i smoke go into a can and are discarded properly, i dont flick em all over the customers lawn. some tree co. owners drive me crazy with their b.s and most of em cant take a christmas tree down without breakin somethin.

 

[pbtree]

I quit back in 1982, and never looked back...

 

[hornett22]

mindearaser66..........

nice to see you speak your mind.you're all right in my book.i agree the PC crap is out of hand but this is NE where everyone is trying to kiss someones a$$.

i put all my butts in my pocket.

 

[Curtis James]

There are three kind of lies :
Lies
Dam lies
And statistics. Wanna talk about cancer ,How about all the cancer causing agents in almost all gum out there. Aspartame! asulfame. sacarine. sucrulose. At least the stupid smokers aren't spuing about the stupid people eating all these food addatives. How about our soft drink industry? Sodium benzoate and I beleive it is folic acid when not refridgorated become benzine a known carcinogin. Where are those warning labels? this is the real issue. Check your sunny delight labels. and things like Hi C. they have the two ingredients i'm thinking of. Smokers know their choice and the out come. They may be in denile but so is most of the general public about what they are really consuming. Do some research on sodium chloride. Before you go calling people stupid. Why is there always all this friction. I get all the friction I need from my port a wrap.

 

[adam]

healthy people

I don't smoke, take drugs or drink. I see climbing just like athletics, the stronger/fitter you are the more you can do and the faster, with the added fact of a clear mind whilst' in the tree. My mother used to smoke and my sisters do still smoke and it's just not worth the money you waste on em'.

Myself personally would not hire a smoking climber or even groundy for that fact. It's just a preference that I like to have moderately fit/healthy people working with me for better production.

I do smoke, 150 removals ( and I'm not talking about peckerpoles)and over 300 trees pruned last year (didn't miss a single day of work) at the age of 52... "judge people by their climbing" [1I'dJak]

 

[Chucky]

I'm startin' to like this new dude, Adam.

 

[arborealbuffoon]

I have smoked cigarettes for a long time. I have done tree work for at least as long. Neither activity is advisable.

 

[adam]

I have smoked cigarettes for a long time. I have done tree work for at least as long. Neither activity is advisable.

And that's why my kids don't smoke and don't climb trees. Why unadvisable activities are always more tempting than advisable ones?

 

[Chucky]

And that's why my kids don't smoke and don't climb trees. Why unadvisable activities are always more tempting than advisable ones?

Another rhetorical question, Adam?

Anyway, the answer is TESTOSTERONE. An extremely dangerous and potentially lethal chemical compound, especially when administered in large doses. However, ironically, this highly dangerous drug is responsible for the survival of the human species, without which, during the hunter-gatherer paleolithic era of our ancestors, we would have soon become endangered and extinct, as all sorts of man-eating predators of the time would have had us for lunch in short order.

 

[JayD]

I do smoke, 150 removals ( and I'm not talking about peckerpoles)and over 300 trees pruned last year (didn't miss a single day of work) at the age of 52... "judge people by their climbing" [1I'dJak]

JoHnDee is only stating his preference..his rite to say no if he wants to,just like the rest of us if we don't like something we don't go there..there's alway going to be two sides to this question..when you smoke your rite...when you don't your rite..so I think on this one we are all going to have to agree on disagreeing,me personally think the size of you job is irrelevant tree work is tree work and sometime the smaller stuff the stuff we take for granted is the one that's gunna slap you..and if this happens it won't matter if you smoke or not.

 

[hornett22]

check out the ingrediants in the orange flavored soda.

glycerol ester of wood rosin! do some research on that! i smoke so don't hire me.i work for myself anyway.

 

[LarryTheCableGuy]

Boy, them smokers sure do get b1tchy.

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[Patrick62]

I don't climb, but....

For what it is worth, 32 days so far. Cold turkey.
1 pack a day to.... nothing. I have quit a few times before. This is it!
No particular reason to quit, I simply have had my fun and that is that.
Smoking was great. There were good times, bad times. My reasoning is that the rest of my body will do much better without it. Think about this one, how do you sleep for maybe 7-8 hours without waking up every two hours and lighting a cigarette?? Hmmm? How? Simple, the part that calls for more is "sleeping"

I am going to take a cue from my father who smoked for many, many years but quit and is doing just fine. He decided to adopt the other philosphy... you can smoke 'em if you got 'em. Doesn't get exited at all about someone burning one. Go for it!

We all will quit eventually, starting was optional :Eye: :Eye: