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ChurchCat
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:57 am Posts: 1652
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I have just had an exciting geeky day out. I went to the Gadget show at the NEC. I even spoke to a leather catsuit clad Suzy Perry. I met a Dalek and played with an iPad. All in all a good day. 
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Paul1965
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:29 pm Posts: 5975
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Sat Apr 10, 2010 5:13 pm |
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pcernie
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Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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Pics? ....  Suzi knows her audience 
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Sat Apr 10, 2010 6:28 pm |
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Fogmeister
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:35 pm Posts: 6580 Location: Getting there
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I went there last year!
It was very good!
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Sat Apr 10, 2010 6:33 pm |
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:26 pm Posts: 17040
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You should have gone to find Kate Russel from the BBC's Click. I think she was giving out prizes to people who found her by following her on twitter. She's never been seen in proximity to the ugly stick either. http://twitpic.com/1ekjxe
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Sat Apr 10, 2010 6:39 pm |
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TheHobgob
Occasionally has a life
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:33 pm Posts: 491 Location: UK, England.
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Aye, my mates working there at the moment, having a great time. I've never been myself, may be worth in next year.
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Sat Apr 10, 2010 6:46 pm |
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ChurchCat
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:57 am Posts: 1652
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The crowds were a bit dense for pics and I only had a phone for a camera. I smoked my first cigarette there too. It was an electronic cigarette < Clicky It sent me high for about half an hour. A bit of an acquired taste but my mate who is a smoker says it was just like the real thing. Very clever.
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Sat Apr 10, 2010 7:49 pm |
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pcernie
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Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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Why, CC, why? Actually, would it be possible to get 'psychologically' addicted to those things? 
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Sat Apr 10, 2010 8:07 pm |
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ChurchCat
Doesn't have much of a life
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Why? Because I am very old and have never tried. What was the harm? You certainly would get addicted. In every meaningful way these are standard cigarettes. However no carcinogens and no tar to fill up your lungs. Very very similar to a nicotine gum. It just is more realistic for the smoker and apparently (so my smoker friend says) tastes and feels like the real thing. The end of the E-Lite glows when you drag on it too. Only instead of glowing red it glows green.  Note you can blow smoke rings with it too. Only it is not smoke it is water vapour. Clever stuff.
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Sat Apr 10, 2010 8:28 pm |
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pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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I wasn't being serious re. you trying it, CC 
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Sat Apr 10, 2010 8:55 pm |
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belchingmatt
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri May 15, 2009 3:16 am Posts: 6146 Location: Middle Earth
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As it contains 'real' nicotine you can be psychologically and physically addicted. The important thing is whether you can use it when flying.
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Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:03 pm |
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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I was going to go with a friend but his illness was too variable to risk going this year. Maybe next year? It is a long old trek to get there.
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Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:46 pm |
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bobbdobbs
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:10 pm Posts: 5490 Location: just behind you!
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Also where the nicotine is derived from. As most are extracted from tobacco plants, so although the levels of some of the carcinogens would be lowered others may be concentrated due to the extraction process.
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Sat Apr 10, 2010 10:05 pm |
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pcernie
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Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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Keep thinking of Suzi in her catsuit 
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Sat Apr 10, 2010 10:06 pm |
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ChurchCat
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:57 am Posts: 1652
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They say you can. At the stand they suggested that you smoke it in the loo to stop a fuss being made. There is not "real" smoke though so the detectors won't go off.
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Sat Apr 10, 2010 10:32 pm |
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