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| justusj |
Posted - 07/14/2006 : 01:20:47 AM
Now iam a smoker/social drinker so to ask this, i dont need slack bout my health,,,,lol, but like to know do you feel there are more smokers/social drinkers than to non smokers/non social drinkers of the nudist>?? |
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| NaturistDoc |
Posted - 09/01/2012 : 12:33:22 PM
Photo op? Could be. By way of comparison, check out the ads for nudist resorts. Mighty healthy-looking folks there! |
| sailawaybob |
Posted - 08/31/2012 : 11:53:39 PM
gotta agree with you NaturistDoc a lot of nudist are overweight - me included they drink and smoke while sitting in the sun at the nudist camp/resorts but I don't think that was always the case as I have several nudist books and magazine dating from the 30's through the 50's and 60's where it seems exercise and good health was part of the objective of nudism. or was that just a photo opt back than ? I wish I could been part of it from the 50's to now and be more informative about it. |
| NaturistDoc |
Posted - 08/31/2012 : 10:18:55 PM
Warmskin, the nudist/naturist community doesn't strike me as any more committed to good health than the general public, other than in the abstract. Visit any good-sized resort and you'll see what I mean. I admit that some allowance should be made for the older-than-average demographic.
As for "... they developed enormous bladders or something" ... the "or something" has troubling implications. |
| rooftopwilly |
Posted - 08/31/2012 : 10:48:22 AM
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[i]Drinking in excess does not seem congruent to the naturist lifestyle either. Being nude outdoors, one could think, is all the "high" one would need.
Sorry, I'm Irish. I drink  |
| Warmskin |
Posted - 08/31/2012 : 01:04:19 AM
Obstensibly, naturists are committed to good health,so smoking just doesn't fit in to that lifestyle. Naturists love the completely open feeling of being in the healthy sun. I can't imagine lighting up a ciggy in those circumstances. However, each to his or her own.
Drinking in excess does not seem congruent to the naturist lifestyle either. Being nude outdoors, one could think, is all the "high" one would need.
At one nudist-resort, a fair amount of nudists in the pool were being served drinks, but through lots of patient observation, these folks never seemed to get out of the pool until the end of the day. I guess they developed enormous bladders or something.
“I rise early almost every morning and sit in my chamber, without any clothes whatever, half an hour or an hour, according to the season, either reading or writing.”
Ben Franklin
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| Bob Knows |
Posted - 08/30/2012 : 12:58:59 PM
I remember the old days before smoking was banned at most restaurants, bars, nightclubs, and other public places. When we went out for an evening we invariably came home with our clothes and hair stinking of second hand smoke, and our bodies often felt the drug effect of the nicotine we had inhaled. By age 30 we had been pretty much driven out of commercial night life, as had the majority of people in my state. Bar and restaurant owners believed that they had to allow smoking because "all" their customers smoked. That was close to truth. Non-smokers had been driven out so only smokers were their customers.
When many cities and states outlawed smoking in restaurants and bars, usually over strong objections of bar owners, total sales tax revenue (and bar income) invariably increased. The missing 2/3 of the people had finally been able to go out at night and come home feeling good about the experience.
Of course, at a nudist venue you would not have to wash your clothes that stank of second hand smoke. But hair, lungs, and bodies would feel the effects. Common smoking would prevent me from being a customer.
And I agree that there probably should be some places where smoking is allowed for those drug addicts who can't put aside their drugs for a few hours. I just wouldn't go there. |
| FireProf |
Posted - 08/30/2012 : 11:51:08 AM
Let me be clear about smoking and TCI. We've been visiting TCI for almost 15 yrs. We've had many, many really great times there and will continue to return even if they don't change their policy or designate a specific area for smoking. You can find several spots on the pool deck that will keep you away from cig smoke, unless they are right next to you. We just have specific spots we like, near our rooms and if someone is smoking next to us, we'd rather complain then move! LOL
It was just this last time that this couple was in the room next to us and sitting down wind from us and they couldn't keep a cigarette outta their mouths for 10 mins! Rights are rights but ... if two people are smoking and cause 15 others to find refuge from the smoke ... who's rights are being disregarded? I'd much rather smell cigar or pipe smoke and even then, when I'm smoking either, I find a place where no one will be affected ... even at our nude beach! If I can't smoke my cigar or pipe without bothering someone ... I don't smoke!
Loves being naked. Plays well with others! |
| nudesunguy |
Posted - 08/30/2012 : 10:45:18 AM
Good one, Bob.
Fire, that's disheartening to hear about TCI; we were planning a visit, but if cig. smoke is a problem we may reconsider. I'd much rather smell pot smoke than tobacco.
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| Bob Knows |
Posted - 08/29/2012 : 10:06:48 PM
Car crash data from 2010 shows that 31% of fatal car crashes are "alcohol related." That means the other 69% of fatal car crashes are sobriety related. Maybe our society ought to outlaw sober driving, the apparent cause of most fatal crashes. |
| Bob Knows |
Posted - 08/29/2012 : 10:05:12 PM
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Originally posted by JayMoses
Well, a research done by the Department of Psychiatry at the University Medical School of Lubeck, Germany conclusively showed that alcoholics experience erectile dysfunction problems much more often than non regular drinkers. Ouch! cider beer
A major 20 years study by the Universities of Texas and Stanford found that heavy drinkers outlived non-drinkers. Moderate drinkers lived longest, but 2/3 of the non-drinkers died before the end of their study.
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| Bob Knows |
Posted - 08/29/2012 : 10:03:15 PM
I don't know why some people lump smoking and drinking together. Smoking shortens your life, on average. Drinking lengthens life for an average person. Smoking disturbs other people with smoke, stink, and ashes. Drinking disturbs nobody but the drinker. Moderate wine drinkers live about 25% longer than non-drinkers. Recent research has shown that even heavy drinkers live somewhat longer than non-drinkers. Since learning those statistics I've been a moderate wine drinker. I've come to enjoy a glass or two of wine with dinner every night. |
| FireProf |
Posted - 08/29/2012 : 2:50:50 PM
I don't understand why TCI can't do the same. The idea's been put out there ... it's their decision to do with it as they please.
LWS was nice ... it's just that the male owner was not very nice to the Prof the second time there and made a point of making her feel stupid for asking a legitimate question. Doubt we'd return, she's not that enthused! LOL
Loves being naked. Plays well with others! |
| NaturistDoc |
Posted - 08/29/2012 : 12:37:25 PM
Living Waters Spa is even smaller than TCI. It has a smoking area, but it is almost never used. That's one of the things I like about it!
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| FireProf |
Posted - 08/29/2012 : 10:29:43 AM
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Originally posted by NaturistDoc
My experience is a little different from FireProf's. In my one visit to Terra Cotta a few years ago, I recall being rather put off by all the second hand smoke I absorbed. Maybe things have changed since then. When we were at Eden Bay in 2004, I'd say at least a third of the guests were smokers, but the island breezes (and the courtesy of most of the smokers) prevented it from becoming a problem.
As for drinking, It seems to me that few nekkid people are teetotalers, nor are there large numbers of heavy drinkers. The amount of drinking varies wildly from one place to the next. Some of the bigger, 'hipper' places in the Caribbean seem to promote a party-til-you-puke atmosphere. Others are considerably more laid-back.
With regards to the second hand smoke:
Our annual trip to TCI was a good one, not great but good. 1) one couple was missing in action/ too many family commitments. and 2) the amount of smoking was bordering on unbearable! One couple smoked a couple packs a cigs in the daily light hours that we were all sunning and trying to relax.
I have no problem with people that want to smoke. THE PROBLEM: they can NOT contain that smoke within their OWN space. That smoke is just as irritating to them as it is to us ... ever see a smoker inhale and keep the smoke inside their bodies??? They exhale it all over the place AND ... they feel they have the right to do so. They feel they have the right to expel toxic gases into the air for others to breath!
I've spoken to and written to TCI about their smoking policy and trying to designate a "smoking area" but TCI is small and it would be difficult to find a place where cig smoke would not find it's way onto the pool deck.
When we go to TCI for a week, with our friends, we always leave our doors open. We like the fresh air, we go in and out of each other's rooms for various things, drinks, mixers, snacks ... we could not do this this last time because our rooms were filling up with cigarette smoke! If there's a policy for NO SMOKING in the rooms, how do you keep the cigarette smoke smell outta rooms when you allow people who smoke ... to rent the rooms!?
Cigarette smoke knows no bounderies and most of those that smoke fail to see past their rights and how they infringe on those that do not.
Loves being naked. Plays well with others! |
| JimmieMac51 |
Posted - 08/29/2012 : 01:41:44 AM
Quit smoking in 1975 or 76, started up again in 1985 for about 6 months...been smoke free since then.
Quit drinking for about 8 years, during my first marriage. When I got divorced, I discovered I was not an alcoholic...I just love my beer.
Jimmie |
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