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Come Inside... => The Snug => Topic started by: GROWLER on May 10, 2007, 05:52:37 PM
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Bloody determined this time, after my useless attempt back on 1/1 that lasted a whole 6 hours IIRC. ::)
10 days so far, but must admit to wavering whilst in the fag shop this morning, buying yet another catering size box of chewy.
Could almost smell them and hear them calling out to me...."go on, you know you want me" eeek:
Sadly I was wrong. It was just some fit bint standing behind me. :-*
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Bloody determined this time, after my useless attempt back on 1/1 that lasted a whole 6 hours IIRC. ::)
Good Luck with that, take it one day at a time and after a few years you will wonder what all the fuss was about. scared:
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Bloody determined this time, after my useless attempt back on 1/1 that lasted a whole 6 hours IIRC. ::)
10 days so far, but must admit to wavering whilst in the fag shop this morning, buying yet another catering size box of chewy.
Could almost smell them and hear them calling out to me...."go on, you know you want me" eeek:
Sadly I was wrong. It was just some fit bint standing behind me. :-*
Well done Growler ? I?ve applauded you for your efforts? keep us posted won?t you? thumbsup:
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just don't go all angry on us again.. scared2:
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I've had less than 10 since September. It's hell. I miss it. I loved smoking. And now I have to go Wales without my trusty nicotine to fall back on.The visit before Christmas nearly killed me! sad24:
Good luck matey.
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I've had less than 10 since September.
I think he is talking about cigarettes my dear. ::)
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just don't go all angry on us again.. scared2:
WTF's that supposed to mean? evil:
Look breasts, I've only completely lost me rag once this week...so far.
Fair to say i won't be hearing from a certain bodyshop in Widnes ever again, fc'kin pie munching tossers. evil:
Now shut TF up and giz a fag..........please.
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just don't go all angry on us again.. scared2:
WTF's that supposed to mean? evil:
Look breasts, I've only completely lost me rag once this week...so far.
Fair to say i won't be hearing from a certain bodyshop in Widnes ever again, fc'kin pie munching tossers. evil:
Now shut TF up and giz a fag..........please.
[smite]
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just don't go all angry on us again.. scared2:
WTF's that supposed to mean? evil:
Look breasts, I've only completely lost me rag once this week...so far.
Fair to say i won't be hearing from a certain bodyshop in Widnes ever again, fc'kin pie munching tossers. evil:
Now shut TF up and giz a fag..........please.
No. If I'm not allowed one then neither are you. whip:
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just don't go all angry on us again.. scared2:
WTF's that supposed to mean? evil:
Look breasts, I've only completely lost me rag once this week...so far.
Fair to say i won't be hearing from a certain bodyshop in Widnes ever again, fc'kin pie munching tossers. evil:
Now shut TF up and giz a fag..........please.
No. If I'm not allowed one then neither are you. whip:
Certainly not in your condition. eyes:
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argue:
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Session verification failed. Please try logging out and back in again, and then try again. whistle:....or in other words, I can't quote...AGAIN. evil:
Up the duff are we? scared:
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whip:
Ha Ha negative karma is a bitch!
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whip:
Ha Ha negative karma is a bitch!
Quote machine workin' again.
Will someone kindly mend it instead of farting about with the bottle display, and while we're at it, WTF is this karma nonsense all about ey?
::)
Will we be getting an end of term class report next?
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I am going to suggest user error. No one else seems to have a problem with the quote function. confused1:
End of term reports are not happening anyone with negative karma come July will be sent to the cellar with the spider:
whip:
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I am going to suggest user error. No one else seems to have a problem with the quote function. confused1:
End of term reports are not happening anyone with negative karma come July will be sent to the cellar with the spider:
whip:
Quite so ? but I think we?re going to have top have a karma amnesty and reset everybody to zero to make it fair don?t you? whistle:
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Well everyone apart from admin of course. whistle:
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Well everyone apart from admin of course. whistle:
Everyone
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Well everyone apart from admin of course. whistle:
Everyone
No!
<stamps foot and slams door>
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Well everyone apart from admin of course. whistle:
Everyone
No!
<stamps foot and slams door>
I suggest you take the weekend off to think about your actions young lady! cussing:
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Well everyone apart from admin of course. whistle:
Everyone
No!
<stamps foot and slams door>
There, there my dear. You can have some of mine. :)
Makes mark on free lunar calendar given away with "What Heifer" monthly.
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Well everyone apart from admin of course. whistle:
Everyone
No!
<stamps foot and slams door>
I suggest you take the weekend off to think about your actions young lady! cussing:
I was doing that anyway. So there!
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Well everyone apart from admin of course. whistle:
Everyone
No!
<stamps foot and slams door>
I suggest you take the weekend off to think about your actions young lady! cussing:
I was doing that anyway. So there!
Oh yes, you would say that wouldn?t you?
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I am going to suggest user error.
You can suggest what you like, and all day long for all I care, but pray oh dear lord and have mercy on her soul, pray, HOW exactly can it be 'user error'.
Even THIS mother of all nuggets of all things exceedingly nuggety CANNOT get pressing the quote button wrong, can I? noooo:
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The mood you are in I reckon you could. eveilgrin:
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Today, I am much 'wavering'
The thought of smokin' myself to death is looking very appealing at this moment in time.
2 at a time should help speed things up hopefully.
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Today, I am much 'wavering'
The thought of smokin' myself to death is looking very appealing at this moment in time.
2 at a time should help speed things up hopefully.
Steady lad. keep the faith.
I have just passed 3 months off the weed and I aint killed Mrs TG yet (and she's a scouser) much to my amazement.
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Today, I am much 'wavering'
The thought of smokin' myself to death is looking very appealing at this moment in time.
2 at a time should help speed things up hopefully.
(and she's a scouser)
You REALLY shouldn't have admitted to that. REALLY! scared:
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Today, I am much 'wavering'
The thought of smokin' myself to death is looking very appealing at this moment in time.
2 at a time should help speed things up hopefully.
Steady lad. keep the faith.
I have just passed 3 months off the weed and I aint killed Mrs TG yet (and she's a scouser) much to my amazement.
I know, I know. It's just that I'm feeling a tad 'on edge' today...to put it bloody mildly.
Anyone need anything killing or destroying today? rubschin:
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Todays daily update....sorry but it DOES help...a little. ::)
Wavering defeated....just.
12 days now but feeling decidedly tetchy, yea really. whistle:
Got eye infections in both eyes now. Look like bloody Robbo cop.
Think the shite from the infection has got into my system as the 'trots' have now developed too.
All in all I feel like an overflowing bag of shite. evil:
Mrs Growler has decided to lay off the nagging for now as I threatened her with a resumption of the tabs if she didn't.
Must try that tactic more often. rubschin:
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C'Mon Growler, Time for an update. tunble:
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C'Mon Growler, Time for an update. tunble:
Here... whacky069
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Sorry. Only taken me 4 bloody weeks to catch up. ::)
54 days since I had a snout now, BUT I will admit to havin' an 'amlet with a drink.
The main thing is that I consider I've got my 'habit' of just smokinhg for the sake of it, and just simply reaching for the pack every 30 minutes now well under control.
I've been using the liquorice flavour Nicontinell chewy to help. Trouble is that it tastes that good I've become addicted to that now instead. Seriously, it's the best chewy EVER...imo.
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Sorry. Only taken me 4 bloody weeks to catch up. ::)
54 days since I had a snout now, BUT I will admit to havin' an 'amlet with a drink.
The main thing is that I consider I've got my 'habit' of just smokinhg for the sake of it, and just simply reaching for the pack every 30 minutes now well under control.
I've been using the liquorice flavour Nicontinell chewy to help. Trouble is that it tastes that good I've become addicted to that now instead. Seriously, it's the best chewy EVER...imo.
Rock on Tommy !!!
I have gone 3 1/2 years now (Well 43 months, 5 days and 22 hours 45 minutes - approximately) and I often go many days now without even thinking about fags at all.
It's been a long long time since I needed one but not quite so long since the habit wore off.
What kept me going was the thought of all that wasted suffering if I ever gave in and had 'just the one' again. I couldn't cope with starting back at day one again.
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Sittin' 'ere right now. Glass of fine red in one hand, 'amlet in t'other. Bliss. cloud9:
That's the point. I always enjoyed a smoke with a drink, it was all the other fags inbetween that were smoked simply out of habit, not enjoyment. That's finished....I hope
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Sittin' 'ere right now. Glass of fine red in one hand, 'amlet in t'other. Bliss. cloud9:
That's the point. I always enjoyed a smoke with a drink, it was all the other fags inbetween that were smoked simply out of habit, not enjoyment. That's finished....I hope
i's applaud you again but i'm only allowed one per hour ( due to the facist landlord )
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Sittin' 'ere right now. Glass of fine red in one hand, 'amlet in t'other. Bliss. cloud9:
"Hair on your G-string" playing softly in the background?
Well done old boy. ;D
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Well done Growler ? have ten applauds on the house! happy088
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Good on yer Sport...... Allus knew you could do it.
And an update from the Wench would not seem inappropriate at this time???????????????
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No no no. You're embarrasing me redface:
I don't deserve applause. I've only packed the fags in. Shouldn't have damned well started in the first place. evil:
Anyway, according to the gospel of St.Mrs Growler, I HAVEN'T packed them in as I have an 'amlet with a drink. ::)
FFS, is there no end to the constant denying me of a little pleasure you miserable moose? tunble:
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Anyway, according to the gospel of St.Mrs Growler, I HAVEN'T packed them in as I have an 'amlet with a drink. ::)
'tis a bit like a serial killer saying he's stopped murdering people except for the occasional little old lady who nobody would notice anyway.
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Anyway, according to the gospel of St.Mrs Growler, I HAVEN'T packed them in as I have an 'amlet with a drink. ::)
'tis a bit like a serial killer saying he's stopped murdering people except for the occasional little old lady who nobody would notice anyway.
That's our Mort.
"Every silver cloud has a black lining" rubschin:
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Well done Growler ? have ten applauds on the house! happy088
bloody hells fire and bastard flames !!! censored:
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Well done Growler ? have ten applauds on the house! happy088
bloody hells fire and bastard flames !!! censored:
Can we be of assistance? confused:
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Well done Growler ? have ten applauds on the house! happy088
bloody hells fire and bastard flames !!! censored:
Serves your right for calling me a fascist! whistle:
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I think you've done terribly well! I still have the occasional one with a drink but the habit of doing it everyday is long gone. Once I can't smoke in the pub that one will disapear too.
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Just had my very last cigar in the boozer. sad32:
As much as I think it'll be a good thing in many ways, and also help us poor bastards to give up the weed, I do have my reservations about this heavy handed communistic state attitude being thrust upon us.
What's next then ffs I wonder? rubschin:
Drinking limit tickets being issued on the door of pubs. Once your card is fully stamped with the set quota that you're allowed, you're OUT chummy. ::)
Lost your ticket? Tough shit. evil:
Monitors being fitted at birth p'raps to register how much air you breath and tax you accordingly, and another one to limit the number of heartbeats you can have before an automatic switch knocks yer ticker off. Save a bloody fortune on pensions.
All sound a bit far fetched and pesamistic? Ask George Orwell for further details...if only.
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84 days now, but I was so so so bloody close to accepting one from NICK the other night outside the boozer. Banghead
Bloody useless dump have stopped selling cigars now ffs., and I was gasping for a smoke with a pint. evil:
Yes, I know, it's still classed as smoking , but a toffs snout with a bevvy is my little pleasure ,ok?
Trouble now is that I've become addicted to this bloody Nicotinell liquorice chewy. I bloody love the taste of it, and am using it as chewy instead of rag replacement. Can't be doin' me any good I keep thinking.
Anyone know anyone who makes liquorice chewy so I can get away from this shite?
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Liquorice chewy sick2:
How about patches?
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Just go and buy those black jack sweeties. Not quite chewing gum but probably the closest you are going to get.
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Liquorice chewy sick2:
How about patches?
Have a B.B.King earworm with my compliments. whistle:
Patches
I'm depending on you, son
To pull the family through
My son, it's all left up to you
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Liquorice chewy sick2:
How about patches?
Have a B.B.King earworm with my compliments. whistle:
Patches
I'm depending on you, son
To pull the family through
My son, it's all left up to you
And may I enquire ~ just how long have you been carrying that around in your head, waiting for an opportunity to use it?
You're not a closet C&W fan are you?
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You're not a closet C&W fan are you?
cussing:
No. It stuck in my head after hearing it on the car radio when on holiday with the kids years ago.
I made some mocking comments on the tear-jerking lyrics and thereafter they turned it up loud whenever it came on until we got home. Banghead
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Ah! That would explain it.
I wondered because our American Cousins refer to it as "Shit Kickin' Music" and given your occupation ...............
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Ah! That would explain it.
I wondered because our American Cousins refer to it as "Shit Kickin' Music" and given your occupation ...............
How curious.
I was aware of that and was going to mention it in my reply before deciding that nobody would recognise the reference.
Have a clap for your worldliness. worthy:
Perhaps it was Green Beret and CIA not SAS and MI6?
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Ah! That would explain it.
I wondered because our American Cousins refer to it as "Shit Kickin' Music" and given your occupation ...............
How curious.
I was aware of that and was going to mention it in my reply before deciding that nobody would recognise the reference.
Have a clap for your worldliness. worthy:
Perhaps it was Green Beret and CIA not SAS and MI6?
Thank you ~ I am not worthy.
I confess that in our house C&W is referred to as "Music to hang yourself by"
'Though to my everlasting shame I do actually like some of it redface:
Which is probably why I recognised your quote
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I bought my first pack of Canadian snouts last night. They have those pictures on of blackened lungs, furry arteries and rotting teeth. HOrrid. Pics like that could really put you off smoking IMO ::)
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Nick!
Go and have a holiday ~ chase a maid or two along the corridors ~ jump in the pool ~ go 'coon huntin'
You can talk to us anytime!
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I am having a holiday!
Boy in the Pool, Mrs Nick in the sauna, servants clearing the breakfast dishes (!) and we are being collected later to go boating on the Lake (Ontario that is). The boat in question has a "stateroom" whatever that is. Oh, and a chef. I am killing time here.
OK?
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;) I give up ~ have it your own way and enjoy your boating trip.
And don't forget my stick of rock!
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I want a postcard too! And some nice wool!
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go 'coon huntin'
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Wonder if he's still on the leccy one...... rubschin:
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Wenchy.... sad24:
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Wenchy.... sad24:
sad32:
Must be walking by now.
..and the babbie. whistle:
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Wenchy.... sad24:
Christmas countdown........ sad24:
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Good girl.
Ring-pull training is so often left too late.
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Good girl.
Ring-pull training is so often left too late.
Not in the catholic church..... noooo:
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Good girl.
Ring-pull training is so often left too late.
Not in the catholic church..... noooo:
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Good girl.
Ring-pull training is so often left too late.
Not in the catholic church..... noooo:
drumroll:
lol: lol: lol:
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Good girl.
Ring-pull training is so often left too late.
Not in the catholic church..... noooo:
lol: lol: lol: lol:
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They smoked all of LL's fags.... noooo:
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They smoked all of LL's fags.... noooo:
noooo: noooo:
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They smoked all of LL's fags.... noooo:
noooo: noooo:
And they left all of their e-cig stuff here..... noooo:
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They smoked all of LL's fags.... noooo:
noooo: noooo:
And they left all of their e-cig stuff here..... noooo:
Apey's plan....come back to pick the e-cig up after you have re-stocked the beer fridge. noooo:
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They smoked all of LL's fags.... noooo:
noooo: noooo:
And they left all of their e-cig stuff here..... noooo:
Apey's plan....come back to pick the e-cig up after you have re-stocked the beer fridge. noooo:
rubschin:
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They smoked all of LL's fags.... noooo:
noooo: noooo:
And they left all of their e-cig stuff here..... noooo:
Apey's plan....come back to pick the e-cig up after you have re-stocked the beer fridge. noooo:
rubschin:
Apey is a past master in getting free drinks.
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They smoked all of LL's fags.... noooo:
noooo: noooo:
And they left all of their e-cig stuff here..... noooo:
Apey's plan....come back to pick the e-cig up after you have re-stocked the beer fridge. noooo:
rubschin:
Apey is a past master in getting free drinks.
Thumbs:
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They smoked all of LL's fags.... noooo:
Cheeky little beggers Shocked:
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They smoked all of LL's fags.... noooo:
Cheeky little beggers Shocked:
redface: helping out .... Thumbs: you got the leccy one........
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They smoked all of LL's fags.... noooo:
Cheeky little beggers Shocked:
redface: helping out .... Thumbs: you got the leccy one........
They emptied that too.... noooo:
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Real ones are creeping back in......... noooo:
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Real ones are creeping back in......... noooo:
You need a night in The Minema! Thumbs:
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Real ones are creeping back in......... noooo:
noooo: noooo: noooo: Think about the dosh. Thumbs:
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Real ones are creeping back in......... noooo:
noooo: noooo: noooo: Think about the dosh. Thumbs:
Will do .... Thumbs: more booze you say,,,,,,, rubschin:
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Real ones are creeping back in......... noooo:
noooo: noooo: noooo: Think about the dosh. Thumbs:
Will do .... Thumbs: more booze you say,,,,,,, rubschin:
Quite so. Thumbs:
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You need to sign this guys....
Although the website is a bit of a buggers muddle once you have selected Cyprus.... ::)
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You need to sign this guys....
Although the website is a bit of a buggers muddle once you have selected Cyprus.... ::)
:thumbsup:
Better a thread in its own right imho
How come Sweden got it's own opt out on smoking alternative snus but we go along with even more of this shite?
A: just look at the tax takes
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They smoked all of LL's fags.... noooo:
Cheeky little beggers Shocked:
It could be worth booby trapping your cigarette stash next time you go away. Hiding a match in a couple of cigs is a good way to get the message across. Either that or swap your ones with the roughest cheapest ones you can buy.... whistle:
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Nod and I have made a pact to go electronic. this is for financial rather than health reasons. We are meeting at a vape shop in town later to get started (again, in my case) and then off to the pub to twiddle with our new toys. angel1
I mentioned USB chargers to Nod yesterday and he looked alarmed and confused. noooo: noooo:
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Nod and I have made a pact to go electronic. this is for financial rather than health reasons. We are meeting at a vape shop in town later to get started (again, in my case) and then off to the pub to twiddle with our new toys. angel1
I mentioned USB chargers to Nod yesterday and he looked alarmed and confused. noooo: noooo:
Get one that pumps out mahoosive great clouds of 'smoke' like! :thumbsup:
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Like sitting next to a steam train pumping out strawberry , mint or other vile concoctions noooo:
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For some reason Nod decided he was too ill to go out today ::)
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For some reason Nod decided he was too ill to go out today ::)
Lightweight... noooo:
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Vapes acquired. Nod finds the technology challenging noooo: noooo:
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Vapes acquired. Nod finds the technology challenging noooo: noooo:
Are they restricted on the size of the tank, %age of nicotine now...?
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Not that I know of. Nod is troubled by having to press a button noooo:
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Not that I know of. Nod is troubled by having to press a button noooo:
lol: lol: lol:
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What did you get then...? Popcorn:
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Couple of stainless steel jobbies. About 25 squid each.
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Couple of stainless steel jobbies. About 25 squid each.
How many Watts...? ::)
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I will dig out the packet and send you a link ::)
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I will dig out the packet and send you a link ::)
:thumbsup:
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For LL??
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For LL??
No, I'm just interested in the technology...
LL has about five of them that she doesn't use... ::)
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::)
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If you are dead set on quitting and vaping doesn't work for you I do have a proven way to get you to stop (20 people tried, 19 quit, 2 of them even still talk to me). I wouldn't recommend inflicting it on Nod though as it would traumatize the poor bugger. rubschin:
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Hypnotism?
Nod is not getting on well with the vape thing.
1. He does not understand the concept of the USB charger
2. The device has a button he has to press. This is very complex, it seems noooo:
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It's an extreme form of aversion therapy. Even now the 2 that still talk to me say that the idea of putting a cigarette in their mouth makes them feel nauseous.
Like I said, I really would not recommended for Nod, but if you end up desperate enough to want to quit and can't....
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scared2:
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When I was a student nurse I had a load of (now mainly former) friends hound me about ways to quit smoking so I came up with one, completely off the cuff, one morning when I'd had enough of being asked how to.
It didn't help that back then I could be an evil bastard in the morning when I haven't had enough coffee redface:
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scared2:
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It's a last resort option Nick, you don't have to start panicking about it now lol:
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When I was a student nurse I had a load of (now mainly former) friends hound me about ways to quit smoking so I came up with one, completely off the cuff, one morning when I'd had enough of being asked how to.
It didn't help that back then I could be an evil bastard in the morning when I haven't had enough coffee redface:
rubschin:
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Have stopped angel1
Did the sums. Pack of fags is £15. Multiply by 365. Fuck me!!!
Vaping since Friday angel1
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Have stopped angel1
Did the sums. Pack of fags is £15. Multiply by 365. Fuck me!!!
Vaping since Friday angel1
Good man! Thumbs:
Fags are still about €5 here and the same in Vienna surprisingly... Plus they have fag machines outside everywhere... eeek:
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For what I am saving I could have 4 holidays in Cyprus every year angel1
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For what I am saving I could have 4 holidays in Cyprus every year angel1
scared2:
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For what I am saving I could have 4 holidays in Cyprus every year angel1
scared2:
A quadruple resonance cascade of gubberation... We'd all be doomed I tells you...................DOOOOOOOOOOMED!!! scared2:
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For what I am saving I could have 4 holidays in Cyprus every year angel1
scared2:
A quadruple resonance cascade of gubberation... We'd all be doomed I tells you...................DOOOOOOOOOOMED!!! scared2:
S-s-s-shirly there is a man with a van that does cheap fags? scared2:
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For what I am saving I could have 4 holidays in Cyprus every year angel1
scared2:
A quadruple resonance cascade of gubberation... We'd all be doomed I tells you...................DOOOOOOOOOOMED!!! scared2:
S-s-s-shirly there is a man with a van that does cheap fags? scared2:
Ask Apey, if anyone knows of such a person he would and don't call me Shirley whistle:
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For what I am saving I could have 4 holidays in Cyprus every year angel1
And I can get cheap ciggies.. Thumbs:
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For what I am saving I could have 4 holidays in Cyprus every year angel1
And I can get cheap ciggies.. Thumbs:
lol: lol: lol: