another dive (or delve) into the world of fags, look you see. which is to say cigarettes, friends in America, which is what fags are, and not the quasi colloquialism intended in a frightfully derogatory way you seem to thing it is. goodness, you would blush if you went ahead and used the term "fanny" here, for the proper meaning is also not really what you think.
so, experimentation was to be had with another variation of another brand. not my usual choice, although i did do an accidental detour with them not so long ago, but not this variation. that would be, or is, the original silver variation of the fags of Lambert & Butler.
for those pedantic or easily led, yes, disclaimer time, smoking is quite silly, don't do it, seek help, quit now, etc, and so on. or, as an alternate, be a functioning adult, make your own decisions.
provenance of these particular fags? a good (verk) colleague and indeed friend, as it happens. he was as delighted to hand them over as i was to receive them, but more on that later.
there is indeed some cognitive dissonance, if not reluctance, from me in respect of Lambert & Butler. at moments of time of whatever youth i had i can recall they had an association with the less glamorous, possibly more unsavoury style of smoker. i tended to follow the sophistication and class of Marlboro, leaving other brands to the rough, the "hard" and what have you. but, we are in different times now.
if i recall right, my other, recent incursion into the world of Lambert & Butler (i believe a variation called something Blue something) wasn't at all bad. nothing of fear, then, in giving these silver ones a bash, so as to see how they were.
not at all bad, as it happens. rather discernibly lighter than my preference, but at least of some taste. for some reason one of the things to vanish off of fag packets has been the nicotine and tar content, so it is not possible to determine (or ascertain) exactly how much "lighter" these are than Marlboro, or the reliable (as in cheap) Players Red i hammer during the week, but somewhere down light they are.
good enough for me to consider a switch too on a more permanent, or even ad hoc, basis? regrettably not so much, no. truly, they are rather good, but i simply have no wish to project myself as a "Lamberts man", whatever that may entail, or not. but still, lovely to know an alternate exists.
but, for how long does remain a question. a news article (or feature) i observed in passing, as recently as a weekend a week or so ago, suggested that "the UK", and by that i assume the government, intends to make the country "smoke free" by 2030. this i shall assume, or take simply as a given, that they propose to absolutely f*** me and many others over with yet more taxes, driving all the more demand for the cheaper, independent, saves on the paperwork types of sellers. oh if only i could find one.
quite nearly three (3) packets of these reasonably smart fags, then. one complete pack of twenty, as is now the regulation, and two with just a few missing, from moments where my chum forgot that he no longer smokes, dabbled and yet regretted it. i am very, very happy to help him try his very best to maintain a smoke free life.
does the proposal of a smoke free nation within a decade concern me? not particularly. whereas all available scientific evidence ("fact") available says i am immortal, very little of my life, my frame of mind, or anything gives any indication that i would be there to see such a sad day. to do so would, if i have got the mathematics correct, mean that i should have existed longer in a century i have nothing but disdain and contempt for, and be ever further away from the one i knew and understood. let us, or just me, see how the cards are dealt for this one.
momentarily, then, just some further testing of these splendid fags. and they are fags what are splendid, for any which come gratis, free, as a gift, are truly exceptional.
little else remains for me to add here, bar the reinforcement of them disclaimers about what a silly thing smoking is, and how you should not do it, etc. we smokers do tend to get blamed for all of the ills in society and the wider world; it is not a club of which membership is desirable. but, f*** it.
right, well, whilst i am still here i do have one or two other things to do what are not smoking, or writing of such. not all that many things, to be sure, but still.
be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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