tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457805.post1759332806145006029..comments2024-01-06T10:31:34.575-08:00Comments on Across Difficult Country: GraphedC. Van Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09918883799053031223noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457805.post-1695185373876603592011-01-13T12:18:05.199-08:002011-01-13T12:18:05.199-08:00You can't smoke indoors anymore, so I have ple...You can't smoke indoors anymore, so I have plenty of time. <br /><br />I recall reading VN say he quit smoking (at one point he was up to four packs a day) by switching to a "hard candy", I never knew it was Altoids.C. Van Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09918883799053031223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457805.post-11323619719385780812011-01-12T14:55:14.968-08:002011-01-12T14:55:14.968-08:00I believe there is a direct correlation between Al...I believe there is a direct correlation between Altoids and smoking. You should do a graph on this! It seems improbable that a person could have time, and tolerance, for both smoking and Altoids. I know of two historic examples of literary figures who gave up smoking and took up those tasty hard candy-type Altoids. Vladimir Nabokov and myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457805.post-41171242103205148622011-01-09T11:28:03.558-08:002011-01-09T11:28:03.558-08:00TGGP: Demonizing tobacco lobbyists diverts attenti...TGGP: Demonizing tobacco lobbyists diverts attention from the truly evil lobbyists.<br /><br />Non: I added some buttons.C. Van Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09918883799053031223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457805.post-21931814024227677012011-01-08T15:24:04.577-08:002011-01-08T15:24:04.577-08:00How come this infernal blogger doesn't have on...How come this infernal blogger doesn't have one of them Like buttons like they got on that Facebook thingy...non de guerrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04336760586691062775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457805.post-4360777233047127032011-01-08T12:22:31.510-08:002011-01-08T12:22:31.510-08:00I originally read "hobbyists" and "...I originally read "hobbyists" and "lobbyists". Though I suppose many of the lobbyists are hobbyists as well.TGGPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017651009634767649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457805.post-83416020405190159852011-01-08T11:12:28.812-08:002011-01-08T11:12:28.812-08:00Even though I made the graph, I only now noticed t...Even though I made the graph, I only now noticed that in the Good Old Days the USA had a magnitude of 50. That's amazing, if you think about it.C. Van Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09918883799053031223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457805.post-71545893682537117172011-01-07T19:30:06.511-08:002011-01-07T19:30:06.511-08:00Recently Sailer expressed concern that his readers...Recently Sailer expressed concern that his readers don't actually appreciate the graphs he puts together to explain his points. If his graphs were as powerful as this one, he'd needn't worry.zielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669293146969638930noreply@blogger.com