For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for September 14, 2013

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    bluskies  over 11 years ago

    Nagging and/or spying rarely accomplish the desired result; usually the opposite, in fact.

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    Chris Kenworthy  over 11 years ago

    Iā€™m Canadian, in fact I think I grew up not far from where Lynn was working at the time. And I donā€™t think Iā€™ve ever heard the phrase ā€˜taking a few stridesā€™ before.

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    alondra  over 11 years ago

    I donā€™t know about ā€œtaking a few stridesā€ but when I was a kid in the 60ā€™s we called everybody ā€œman.ā€ It was just a word you threw in the way kids today say ā€œlike.ā€

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    Ray Thomas  over 11 years ago

    This is a funny series, but quitting smoking is only hard for people who MAKE it hard. I woke up one morning 30 years ago and didnā€™t want to smoke any more. I was a bit uncomfortable for a couple of days, but that was it. I havenā€™t smoked, nor wanted to, for 30 years.

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    lightenup Premium Member over 11 years ago

    I donā€™t know about the ā€œwanting toā€ part. My mom really wanted to quit for years, but it was so hard for her to quit. Other than the nicotine part that is hard to kick, I think she has one of those addictive personalities thatā€™s hard for her to give up habits. My husband was able to easily give up smoking with hardly any effort at all, and he only gave it up because it was such a pain to smoke in the US when he moved here. Obviously he could have continued smoking if he ā€œwanted toā€ because there are places to smoke with a little effort.

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    Poollady  over 11 years ago

    That would be NO

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    tuslog64  over 11 years ago

    Several years ago there was a generic brand of cigs merely labelled SMOKES.They still around?

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    JanLC  over 11 years ago

    What quitting smokers who ā€œcheatā€ donā€™t understand is that the odor clings to their clothes and breath. They donā€™t fool anyone except themselves.

    Ray Thomas: How unfair and judgmental can you get? Just because you and a few others had a relatively easy time quitting doesnā€™t mean those who donā€™t are deliberately making it harder for themselves. I have known people who quit cold turkey with almost no problem at all and people who have struggled for years trying to overcome what is, after all, a physical addiction.

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    tammyspeakslife Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Thatā€™s ā€™70ā€™s lingo.Speaking as a Canadian

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    Asharah  over 11 years ago

    In the end Georgia canā€™t do anything. Itā€™s up to Phil to quit.

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    tonyacsims  over 11 years ago

    Busted!

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    feefers_  about 1 year ago

    Selfish sod. Heā€™s a whiney manchild. Never cared about the smoke he puffed into the air. Around kids too

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