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Vocalek · 11-02-2009, 07:58 PM

One year my MIL found the perfect birthday card for me. The cover read "Happy 29th birthday." Inside it said, "We know you really are 29. You've been saying it for so many years that it must be true."

They say that all it requires for a lie to turn into "truth" is to repeat it often enough. Hey, if the anti-smoker movement can get the world to believe in stuff like the dangers of 3rd-hand smoke, why can't a gal hang on to her youth a little longer?

mallie233 · 11-03-2009, 02:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vocalek

One year my MIL found the perfect birthday card for me. The cover read "Happy 29th birthday." Inside it said, "We know you really are 29. You've been saying it for so many years that it must be true."

They say that all it requires for a lie to turn into "truth" is to repeat it often enough. Hey, if the anti-smoker movement can get the world to believe in stuff like the dangers of 3rd-hand smoke, why can't a gal hang on to her youth a little longer?

hahaha! I really wasn't thinking about that. I just got confused because i'm a pretty literal person. I'm not trying to get you to give up that info! PS. my mother in law is 29 as well

renderwerks · 11-03-2009, 05:23 PM

I did it a little differently-

I just celebrated the 21st anniversary of my 29th birthday! (insert your favorite years)

For being on topic: I was 35 years a smoker; three days after my first 510 arrived in the mail, I smoked my last analog.

However- after 40+ attys, more than a dozen batteries,6 customs, DIY stuff, etc... I keep saying "I'll break even any day now". Then something new comes out!

The second best thing that has ever happened in my life (I'm a Dad)

Thulium · 11-03-2009, 08:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by renderwerks

I did it a little differently-

I just celebrated the 21st anniversary of my 29th birthday! (insert your favorite years)

For being on topic: I was 35 years a smoker; three days after my first 510 arrived in the mail, I smoked my last analog.

However- after 40+ attys, more than a dozen batteries,6 customs, DIY stuff, etc... I keep saying "I'll break even any day now". Then something new comes out!

The second best thing that has ever happened in my life (I'm a Dad)

That sounds very very familiar, except that I just celebrated the 5th anniversary of my last birthday. In a nod to Logan's Run (& "Free Enterprise"), I did not have a birthday party after my 29th--I had a "Last Day" party instead.

I haven't been using the 510 quite as long, and I'm not certain that I've smoked my last analog quite yet, but the few I've tried to smoke since getting some new juice to try last week have been surprisingly disgusting to me...One drag and I'm ready to be done with the nasty thing.

Before I got my 510, I had a Smoking Everywhere model that had a bad atty and was mostly unused except when I ran out of analogs. My daughter spotted it one day and asked, "Isn't that better for you? You should use that instead!" I think she likes that I don't have to leave the room or push her away every time I want a smoke. So, it might be the second best thing that has happened in my life...the first best thing appreciates it too.

Brewster 59 · 11-03-2009, 08:55 PM

[quote=Ashhead;689220]far more convenient than smoking tobacco...

Wow what are you smoking, I like the ecig, and I love no ashes, no odor, no cig butts and no smokers cough but my ecig is far from more convenient than cigs. I hate constantly having to charge batteries, and having to top off.]

arms4defense · 11-04-2009, 03:24 AM

I have wanted to quit smoking for several years now, but couldn't convince my wife to quit. I would quit for a week and then start smoking hers. I had given up on quitting until she quit. Until I found the e-cig. I tried to smoke one of hers the other night, because I had left mine home. After 2 or 3 drags I stomped it out, and went home to get my e-cig. I ain't never goin back.

Halcyon · 11-06-2009, 08:08 AM

Smoked for 3 years on and off. My girlfriend hates it and can't stand to be around it, and has asthma to boot, so I decided to kick the habit. I tried 4 times with no luck but witht eh e-cig it's been easy.

Vocalek · 11-12-2009, 01:26 AM

Bump! I'd like to see this poll get to 1000 responders, too.

JerryRM · 11-12-2009, 03:08 AM

I smoked for 46 years, I started in high school when I was 14, they let us have a cigarette break after lunch, but that ended with the first Surgeon General's report on smoking.

I like the law that prohibits those under 18 from smoking, but I still see kids smoking, one even asked me for a cigarette, but I refused and told him he was too young to smoke. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

Like many of you, I didn't intend to quit smoking when I bought my first e-cig two months ago, but the more I used the e-cig, the less I liked analog cigarettes. It has been two weeks since I lit up!

I was going into a store yesterday, and I could smell cigarette smoke before I even got close to the entrance! Sure enough, there was a woman smoking a cigarette near the front door. I had to hold my breath when I passed her, because I couldn't stand the smell. Can you believe it! After smoking most of my life and only two weeks not smoking, I can't stand the smell anymore!

Vocalek, I voted in your poll and I sent you a couple of PM's.

Joye 510 and a KR808D-1

$igmund · 11-12-2009, 04:39 AM

I started smoking about 16 years ago - averaged a pack per day (as high as two packs at times) until june of this year. I have quit analogs all but entirely - one here and there if I run out of juice or a battery dies. I have smoked less in the past five months than I smoked in any week prior to receiving my 306.

View Poll Results: How many years did you smoke tobacco before starting to use an e-cigarette?
Never smoked tobacco	3	1.02%
1 to 5 Years	23	7.80%
6 to 10 Years	26	8.81%
11 to 15 Years	59	20.00%
16 to 20 Years	38	12.88%
21 to 25 Years	36	12.20%
26 to 30 Years	29	9.83%
31 to 35 Years	31	10.51%
36 to 40 Years	17	5.76%
41 to 45 Years	25	8.47%
46 to 50 Years	5	1.69%
Over 50 Years	3	1.02%
Voters: 295. You may not vote on this poll

11-02-2009, 07:58 PM	#31
Vocalek Super Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Springfield, VA Posts: 613	One year my MIL found the perfect birthday card for me. The cover read "Happy 29th birthday." Inside it said, "We know you really are 29. You've been saying it for so many years that it must be true." They say that all it requires for a lie to turn into "truth" is to repeat it often enough. Hey, if the anti-smoker movement can get the world to believe in stuff like the dangers of 3rd-hand smoke, why can't a gal hang on to her youth a little longer? __________________

11-03-2009, 05:23 PM	#33
renderwerks Full Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: SoCal - The IE Posts: 86	I did it a little differently- I just celebrated the 21st anniversary of my 29th birthday! (insert your favorite years) For being on topic: I was 35 years a smoker; three days after my first 510 arrived in the mail, I smoked my last analog. However- after 40+ attys, more than a dozen batteries,6 customs, DIY stuff, etc... I keep saying "I'll break even any day now". Then something new comes out! The second best thing that has ever happened in my life (I'm a Dad) __________________ Rick Got Photography?

11-03-2009, 08:55 PM	#35
Brewster 59 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Rohnert Park Calif Posts: 210	[quote=Ashhead;689220]far more convenient than smoking tobacco... Wow what are you smoking, I like the ecig, and I love no ashes, no odor, no cig butts and no smokers cough but my ecig is far from more convenient than cigs. I hate constantly having to charge batteries, and having to top off.] Last edited by Brewster 59; 11-03-2009 at 09:55 PM.

11-12-2009, 01:26 AM	#38
Vocalek Super Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Springfield, VA Posts: 613	Bump! I'd like to see this poll get to 1000 responders, too. __________________

11-04-2009, 03:24 AM	#36
arms4defense Full Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 35	I have wanted to quit smoking for several years now, but couldn't convince my wife to quit. I would quit for a week and then start smoking hers. I had given up on quitting until she quit. Until I found the e-cig. I tried to smoke one of hers the other night, because I had left mine home. After 2 or 3 drags I stomped it out, and went home to get my e-cig. I ain't never goin back.

11-06-2009, 08:08 AM	#37
Halcyon Full Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 29	Smoked for 3 years on and off. My girlfriend hates it and can't stand to be around it, and has asthma to boot, so I decided to kick the habit. I tried 4 times with no luck but witht eh e-cig it's been easy.

11-12-2009, 03:08 AM	#39
JerryRM Full Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Rhode Island, USA Posts: 123	I smoked for 46 years, I started in high school when I was 14, they let us have a cigarette break after lunch, but that ended with the first Surgeon General's report on smoking. I like the law that prohibits those under 18 from smoking, but I still see kids smoking, one even asked me for a cigarette, but I refused and told him he was too young to smoke. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Like many of you, I didn't intend to quit smoking when I bought my first e-cig two months ago, but the more I used the e-cig, the less I liked analog cigarettes. It has been two weeks since I lit up! I was going into a store yesterday, and I could smell cigarette smoke before I even got close to the entrance! Sure enough, there was a woman smoking a cigarette near the front door. I had to hold my breath when I passed her, because I couldn't stand the smell. Can you believe it! After smoking most of my life and only two weeks not smoking, I can't stand the smell anymore! Vocalek, I voted in your poll and I sent you a couple of PM's. Joye 510 and a KR808D-1 __________________ The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjoy - Benjamin Disraeli

11-12-2009, 04:39 AM	#40
$igmund Full Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Liberty, NY Posts: 25	I started smoking about 16 years ago - averaged a pack per day (as high as two packs at times) until june of this year. I have quit analogs all but entirely - one here and there if I run out of juice or a battery dies. I have smoked less in the past five months than I smoked in any week prior to receiving my 306.

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