Good morning, ladies and gents.
Ok onward to Kayte's questions.
Everyone smoked back then, it was the "adult" thing to do. I was just a kid (14), but I wanted to be an adult.
I hadn't planned on quitting smoking, I just wanted to cut down a bit, because of the cost. I thought that e-cigs were just a gimmick, but I figured that they might help me cut down on my smoking. For two months, I smoked and vaped, but then I couldn't stand the taste or smell of cigarettes anymore, so I stopped smoking. I could have continued smoking a pipe, but I knew that quitting everything was the best for my health, so I gave it all up.
Good morning Jerry.
I don't know why kids want to grow up (me included!) It's a TRAP!
On a side note, one of my favorite Dr.Who quotes: "There's no point in being grown-up if you can't be childish sometimes."
Really glad you gave it all up! YAY for your health! I don't want to be old. I really really don't want to be old and unhealthy.
I worked hard to make sure it matched the drapes...
1) Getting shot at during work (Circle K, 17yo) during the Farm Worker unrest in the Coachella Valley. Needed to calm down. It worked.
2) Heart attack
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Hiya everybody!!
Oh! It does match the drapes. Sorry... I hadn't gotten my eyes open enough to look up yet.
Wow. Very very glad the shooter missed! Also hope they caught him and he had some time to sit in jail and think about his life. And yours.
Needing to calm down was the main reason I started, too. It's amazing how well it works.
Heart attack is a very good reason to quit. Wish it was just something like money, bad breath, etc. though.
Glad you're still with us... again!
Thanks Kayte!
I'm glad those angels were there for you that night...even with those names! Lol! Her passing really put things into perspective. I'd been smoking Newports for half of my life! Luckily I enjoy
vaping more than I ever did smoking. I look forward to being able to say I was a non-smoker for more years than I smoked!
BTW...people always thought I was older. Probably didn't help the store was up the street from a college campus. The clerk thought I was a student there! But it was still totally illegal. I was young & just kept taking advantage so it was both of us. More me than her though! After I knew I could
buy them I kept going back
Apparently I don't look as old as I am. Dale said I barely look 42. I like Dale. A lot.
I'm glad her passing got you thinking. When I started, one of the stresses in my life that made me pick them up was that my mom had cancer. Go figure. I would just have one here and there, now and then. I was 16. Then I my little world got turned upside down and I started smoking way more. The high school I went to didn't care if we smoked, so I'd hurry out of classes to the back lawn to light up. They even had ash trays out there for us.
When my mom died, my dad paid me $100 to quit. (He had quit cold turkey.) I tried, but failed.
Yeah, the responsibility is more ours than anyone else... even when we're young and stupid.
I'm so so grateful that we get all these amazing flavors with
vaping! I enjoy it more, too.
Hey!!! That's MY job!!!!!
Morning peeps! One of those nights...tossed, turned, paced, finally fell asleep around the time Haze turned off the lights in here.
On cell phones....I'm never far from mine. Living rural, it's a must have, and I use it for my business (although I don't take the write-off, too complicated). I have Pandora on it, as well as Audible Books....and Angry Birds (that has to be the MOST FRUSTRATING GAME EVER!!!!!). I have a note app, so any lists or stuff I need to remember is instantly available (Evernote)and what's really neat is that it syncs back to my laptop. When I go to an estimate, I can take pictures of the rooms and the paper and have it right at my fingertips when writing up the quotes. Our son is still on the plan, so he sends us $65/month and that helps defray the cost.
No word from Rhonda...
On smoking...I didn't start until I was 22/23. I think the reason I started was mainly boredom. But I enjoyed it and it definitely was a stress reliever. I quit mainly because smokes have gotten so expensive. A carton here is close to $55 and I was going through one every 5 days or so. And, of course, the constant grousing from family. Now that I've switched to vaping, I've had no complaints; although it took some printed material to convince my mom that nicotine isn't the monster in the closet. I think she finally understands that I need the nicotine to keep me sane and off the stinkies. Now that she's on board with that, it's all good.
Hi elf! Could you please re-do the walls in the bathroom? You won't believe what deej used in there.
I love pandora! We have a roku and I have pandora on it. And angry birds. lol It's fun to play on the TV.
Hope Rhonda is okay and not laying in bed sick needing a bowl of chicken soup.
The price of cigs is mind boggling! I remember paying .50cents a pack waaay back when. I'm glad your family is happy with your switching!
And yeah... sane is good!
