How do you feel about july 1st smoking ban? On July the 1st smoking will become banned in NSW pubs,clubs and public areas. Is this fair when it is not illegal to smoke? Using heroin is illegal,but yet there are shooting galleries where people can go for a hit, but smokers are treated like social lepers. I know that i can't smoke on a plane, but there are sharps containers on aircrafts. Is this a double standard? The airlines say that these containers are for diabetics, but most of the diabetics i know carry their own. |
I believe that every place that bans smoking around other people should have designated smoking areas. I mean these people pay a lot of tax for cigarettes.
Also it is good to have designated smoking areas because they protect non-smokers lungs. |
Why are Europeans more tolerant of smoking than Americans? I've been to Europe several times, and they let me smoke almost everywhere indoors in Europe(except until recently) - restaurants, bars, night clubs, office buildings and even some galleries.
Now back home in the U.S I am not allowed to smoke anywhere but outside. Why are Americans so much more anti-smoking than Europeans? More American men also seem more turned off by my smoking than European men. Why is this? |
| Because non smokers in the states believe everything they hear. They are the most gullible people in the world. For decades, people smoked around each other, and no problems developed. Now all of sudden you get second hand, and now third hand smoke. Oh brother. If second hand smoke was as dangerous as people believe it is, there would be nobody alive in their 50s and 60s. They all grew up in clouds of smoke from their parents WW2 era. |
Where in LA can I find art galleries.? Im new to LA and I love art. Where in LA do they have a section that is dedicated to art galleries. For example, in venice beach they have shop after shop lined with smoking accessories, but where can I find the comparable to art galleries and other cool contemporary items.
Thanks in advance!! |
artscenecal.com/
this website has all the gallery districts and their openings listed on the site. it also has maps and writes up.
my favorite gallery district is the culver city one, located on washington and la cienega. it has some awesome stuff. it is also the easiest district to find the galleries in b/c they are all lined up next to each other.
bergamot station in santa monica is the same way, and also has great stuff.
www.bergamotstation.com/
here is a link to a map with with all it's galleries.
www.ccgalleryguide.com/
LA has the second largest market (next to new york) or contemporary art (and we're STILL emerging!! :) so you're in the right place if you like art. |
To: All Randy Orton Fans that hate smoking.? www.wrestlezone.com/images/galler…
To make this a question, how do you feel about Randy Orton smoking? |
| i new that he was smoking but i think its so stupid and taking drugs is also not a good thing. smoking is a bad habbit and will screw up his career. bad move. |
What do you think of 16yr old Taylor Momsen smoking? the girl who plays Jenny on Gossip girls
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i don't usually judge celebrities and i'm not saying she has to be a role model
i just think shes too pretty to be smoking |
| Her lungs, not mine. |
How to clean an oil painting? My grandmother did several oil paintings before she died. They are lovely, but only valuable to our family.
The painting is sticky and drippy with smoke residue due to heavy smoking around it. My local art gallery wants almost $200 to clean it!
Is there a home-remedy that I could attempt?
Thanks for any advice you can offer! |
I can't make any guarantees about the safety of these methods for your particular paintings. But I can tell you what I do to clean my own paintings, and how we clean the priceless paintings at the gallery I work at.
1. safest, but won't work on sticky areas: use a very soft brush to remove dust and soot particles (super soft paintbrush, baby toothbrush, shaving brush, that kind of thing). You can buy a micro attachment kit for your vacuum that has small brushes (under an inch in diameter) for deeper cleaning (don't scrub the surface with the bristles, though--just light, circular passes). If that doesn't work, you can use a chemical sponge (dry rubber sponge: www.spongeco.com/) in short strokes across the surface, but only if the surface isn't damaged or flaky. It picks up every last bit of dirt and soot, but likely won't work on the really sticky parts.
2. use soft, clean cloths and water with a few drops of dish detergent. If you can remove the frame to test this on the side or edge of the painting first, do so. Watch the surface of the painting and check the cloths to see what's coming off, and obviously if the paint colours are lifting off, stop cleaning. Try just damp cloths at first, dab the painting, no scrubbing. If she painted on canvas, be careful not to stretch the canvas by pressing too hard. If damp cloths aren't working, use a bit more water, just beware that water can seep under varnish, if there is any, and that if the paint is thin, and the canvas or board gets wet, it can shrink or warp and cause cracks in the paint. I've cleaned my own paintings this way, but the conservator would wring my neck if I ever tried it at the gallery. I've also used rubbing alcohol on a cotton ball for really bad areas...scary, but it works. Use a tiny amount of alcohol.
If these methods don't work, it might be worth it to ask around at the gallery to see if there is a conservator's apprentice or helper working there. Ask around unofficially by checking with the security guards, reception staff, gallery shop clerks, etc. He/she might be willing to look at your painting to recommend a solvent or clean it for a lower price (under the table on his/her own time). You could also check antique and framing shops to see if they have lower prices for cleaning services. |
If you had your druthers, which of the following would you spiritually prefer to be doing today? Specifically today, not any given day...
Spend the day:
A. ...exploring new museums and art galleries with a kindred spirit.
B. ...in a dark air-conditioned bar drinking with a bunch of your contacts.
C. ...alternately f*cking, napping and smoking loads of cannabis with a lover.
D. ...right here in R&S. |
C Señor.
Though A and B I admit have a certain allure.. |
Bella Smoking Pot?!?!?!?!?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!… Hae you heard?! (This is to serious Twilight Fans)
Kristen Stewart (A.K.A Bella Swan in Twilight) was found smoking pot on her porch step with her boyfriend.
Link to the story:
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People are freaking out because they say she's such a big actress right now and such an influence on little girls.
okay, yea she's big. and i am complete and totally obsessed with Twilight, but i'm not a dumb ***. i'm not going to do pot because a celeberty does it.
personally, i don't care what she smokes in her Private time, but to do it out in the open like that was a dumb *** move. and i think the press demeans us guys. we're not THAT impressionable that we will do whatever celebs do, if that were true wse would all do every drug out there, be anoexic and every other desease out there. give us some credit!
and if you think about it, she does look like a pot head in parts of the movie and some pics. lol..
what do you think about this? |
yeh, i know, i mean i can understand why the media are saying she will be influencing people...
but all i can say is she will be influencing the stupid people, who would do something just because a celeb did.. |
Has anyone seen the pictures of Kristen Stewart aka Bella Swan smoking weed? photos.tmz.com/galleries/kristen_… |
| All you goody two shoes. OMG someone famous has a habit, that makes them rob, steal, kill, and beatup old ladies. NOT! I was 25 and found out my dad smoked pot. Would have never and I mean never would have guessed. In my state the mariuana law just passed 67% to 37%. Sounds to me pot is more common than people pretend it isn't. All I'm saying is it doesn't make someone a bad person. |
Help deciphering the photographer of this photographic depiction? There's a photograph on the itunes application art gallery, it depicts a blonde girl on the right side of the photograph smoking. She wears a colorful mask and a red dress. It looks as though the background is a field. If anyone knows the artist it would be very helpful. Thanks |
| Please link me to the photo. I might recognize the artist or maybe able to find out from the EXIF data for you. |