Why does smoking look so freakin' cool? - Straight Dope
2011年2月13日 · I am a non-smoker, always have been. Aside from the health consequences and cost, I am also greatly turned off by dirty ashtrays, yellow fingers, and smoker’s breath. However… I often find myself - typically when watching a movie - idly wishing I were a smoker so I could do all the cool smoker’s moves: shaking a cigarette out of a pack and placing it between my lips, bending over and ...
Are there ANY health benefits to a tanning bed? - Straight Dope
2023年12月24日 · It is as if they had a ‘smoking room’ where you could have - only one! - cigarette, on the grounds that smoking looks cool. Tanning IS skin damage and CAN lead to skin cancer, Please do not do it.
Does smoking affect your looks? - Great Debates - Straight Dope
2003年4月29日 · “Next to sun exposure, smoking is the highest factor in wrinkling. Smokers have more wrinkles than people who don’t smoke. Cigarette smoke releases free radicals that break down the vitamin C in the skin and contribute to premature wrinkling. Nicotine also causes small blood vessels and capillaries to contract, diminishing circulation and depriving the skin of nutrients.” http ...
Share something positive you are going to do today
2024年11月6日 · In other words, I get to learn cool things for myself, that I then will pass on to others. Advise a student who is meeting me during office hours, who needs help figuring out which “minor” to commit to – in other words, what part of their learning, and possibly their subsequent career, will include.
They’ve found a 35,000 year old saber tooth tiger kitten
2024年12月18日 · And it has toe beans! And fur! (I can’t believe this hasn’t been posted yet - and if it has, sorry, I really did search diligently) Anyway, this is a very cool find. As far as I can tell it’s pretty much intact. Link: Mummified baby saber-toothed tiger found with fur and toes intact - Earth.com Should we/could we clone it? I just can’t get over how much it …
How did you start smoking? - In My Humble Opinion - Straight …
2000年10月3日 · It had previously been my assumption that nobody would start smoking when they were old enough to know better. I of course thought myself old enough to know better. Obviously I wasn’t. I started smoking because I had started smoking another more illicit substance. Well the first two times I had smoked that other substance nothing happened. So someone offered me a cigarette saying it might ...
Does "packing" your cigarettes really work? - Straight Dope
2002年3月30日 · You know the type-- before having a smoke, some smokers sharply smack the box of cigarettes against the palm of their hand. Now, besides thinking that it looks cool, is there any real sense to “packing” your cigarettes? “Packers” claim that by doing this they compact the tobacco within the cigarette, giving a smoother smoke. I’ve …
What is this metal plate on a British soldier's Revolutionary War ...
2024年12月15日 · The name would appear to be “gorget”: en.wikipedia.org Gorget. A gorget (/ˈɡɔːrdʒɪt/ GOR-jit; from the French gorge meaning 'throat') was a band of linen wrapped around a woman's neck and head in the medieval period or the lower part of a simple chaperon hood.
Some important advice for international travellers.
2006年5月6日 · except for one old -in every sense- german in his late 70’s, at our shooting club who never stops smoking, looks like death is riding his back and is a living poster of just why smoking non-freaking-stop for 40-50+ years is just not a good idea. But I digress. It was shorter after the airlines all started their No Smoking on Domestic flights.
Who likes the "tortured bush" effect? - Straight Dope
2024年12月3日 · The house directly across the street from us had very pleasant (to our eyes) front yard plantings - including a somewhat columnar evergreen near the front door and 3 mop cypress nearer the driveway. They had a fall cleanup done by a service, and now the columnar evergreen has a flat top you could eat off of and sharp corners you could cut yourself on, and the mops are perfect balls. Walking ...