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Poll: Do you smoke while working? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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Michael Harris 
Germany
Local time: 23:27
Member (2006)
German to English
No way!! But then I dont smoke at all.
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| I don't smoke | Aug 4, 2010 |
Interesting question. Not one that I'd ever thought about, being a non-smoker!
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wonita (X)
China
Local time: 17:27
| I don't smoke | Aug 4, 2010 |
I have tasted a cigarette as a teenage, and I didn't like it, still don't now.
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The pipe is not handy while working. But I love to smoke pipe when reading.
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No, I never smoke. I always buy my smoked herrings in the shop in the harbour...
Another strange poll at ProZ - very professional indeed.
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| professional or off-topic polls | Aug 4, 2010 |
Erik Hansson wrote:
Another strange poll at ProZ - very professional indeed.
Actually, I don't find it off topic at all : it could well relate to occupational health and safety issues
On the other hand, I don't mind off-topic polls, I find them amusing, interesting and often enlightening.
Ciao, D.
edited for typos [Edited at 2010-08-04 09:59 GMT]
[Edited at 2010-08-04 10:00 GMT]
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Rebekka Groß (X)
Local time: 22:27
English to German
Some off-topic polls might be interesting but this one is totally pointless.
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Nicole Schnell
United States
Local time: 14:27
English to German
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In memoriam | I enjoy my wonderful cigarettes | Aug 4, 2010 |
Yes, I smoke a lot. Not thoughtlessly and none of this stuff that you can buy at the check-out stand. I do like fine French cigarettes. A box of any other commercial stuff might rot on my desk and become stale. I don't smoke because it is a habit or... he, he, against popular believe, an addiction.
I also order imported tobaccos from Belgium and Holland and roll them with a little special machine, then I keep them in an engraved silver cigarette case.
Smoking fine ciga... See more Yes, I smoke a lot. Not thoughtlessly and none of this stuff that you can buy at the check-out stand. I do like fine French cigarettes. A box of any other commercial stuff might rot on my desk and become stale. I don't smoke because it is a habit or... he, he, against popular believe, an addiction.
I also order imported tobaccos from Belgium and Holland and roll them with a little special machine, then I keep them in an engraved silver cigarette case.
Smoking fine cigarettes should be compared to smoking fine cigars (which I do too, BTW). Don't toss all those smokers into one pot and call them addicts. Or would you call a wine connoisseur automatically a drunk or wino?
However, I love smoking cigarettes while working. It makes any creative pause worthwhile.
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| if i still smoked | Aug 4, 2010 |
i'd smoke while working! Nicole's post reminded me of that relaxing cigarette pause.
However I admit I still smoke once in a blue moon....like on my birthday or social occasion but very rarely and not while working.
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Interlangue (X)
Angola
Local time: 23:27
English to French
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| Not while working | Aug 4, 2010 |
... and never inside.
I smoke at powwows and conferences for instance (if I am not the only smoker). Amazing to see how easy it is to start a(n interesting) conversation with complete strangers, around an ashtray.
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Nicole Schnell
United States
Local time: 14:27
English to German
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In memoriam | I like that, Marlene! | Aug 4, 2010 |
Marlene Blanshay wrote:
i'd smoke while working! Nicole's post reminded me of that relaxing cigarette pause.
However I admit I still smoke once in a blue moon....like on my birthday or social occasion but very rarely and not while working.
See? There are smokers - and there are smokers. And not everyone of those evil smokers eats little children.
My good old Zippo just made "Click!". The one that a friend of mine bought while traveling Cambodia. A very old Zippo with an engraving of the Liberty Bell and the inscription "USS Independence", so it must have belonged to a soldier. This Zippo made its way to Germany and is now back in the US after all those years.
Fine cigarette.
Click!
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Nicole Schnell
United States
Local time: 14:27
English to German
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In memoriam | It's a social thing indeed | Aug 4, 2010 |
Interlangue wrote:
... and never inside.
I smoke at powwows and conferences for instance (if I am not the only smoker). Amazing to see how easy it is to start a(n interesting) conversation with complete strangers, around an ashtray.
What I don't understand is how people actually can enjoy a cigarette outside. We don't enjoy food while standing up, right?
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jacana54 (X)
Uruguay
English to Spanish
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| I like it too! | Aug 4, 2010 |
Daniela Zambrini wrote: Actually, I don't find it off topic at all : it could well relate to occupational health and safety issues On the other hand, I don't mind off-topic polls, I find them amusing, interesting and often enlightening.
It's good to know we're all different — and alive!
I still hope we'll all get to meet for coffee one day, and I wouldn't mind going to the smoking area for the occasion (although I don't smoke).
[Edited at 2010-08-04 18:18 GMT]
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| Two cigarettes per day :-) | Aug 4, 2010 |
I don't smoke while working and I don't smoke in the house, but for my partner and I those two daily cigarettes are a fun and relaxing ritual (one after lunch, one after dinner).
To each his (her) own!
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