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Philip Morris: Our New Years Resolution is to Stop Making Cigarettes
Also: New Years Resolution Thread
Philip Morris has been getting more into the smoke-free e-cig market for some time. I don't expect them to follow through on this "resolution." It seems just to be a publicity-generating statement.
Still...Philip Morris International has made a dramatic New Year's resolution: "We're trying to give up cigarettes." What? The maker of such cigarette brands as Marlboro, L&M, Parliament and Chesterfield took out full-page ads in several newspapers in the United Kingdom that said its new ambition in 2018 is to build a smoke-free future and eventually stop selling cigarettes. The manifesto, as described on the company's web site, is to help people quit smoking traditional cigarettes and to one day replace them all with smoke-free alternatives like e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products. The company claims the alternatives are less harmful and that "we can achieve a significant public-health benefit only when a large number of these smokers switch from cigarettes to better products." The Philip Morris ad states: "No cigarette company has done anything like this before. You might wonder if we really mean it."If anyone's interested in quitting smoking for the New Year, e-cigs are a good way to do it. I had quit cold-turkey for a while, then went on to e-cigs on doctor's advice. No really. I had complained of a lack of focus and a cardiologist said, "Well I can't officially suggest this as a doctor, but you could try an e-cig..." Since then, I've reduced the nicotine level I was getting from 0.18, to 0.12, to 0.06, to 0.03, and just ten or so days ago, 0.015. I'm looking to go down to 0.01 or even 0.005 and then just quit entirely. It's not that it's a very dangerous habit; it's just an unnecessary one, and it's a contributing factor to my high blood pressure. Which isn't really that high any more. So maybe if I stopped with the nicotine, I could ditch the HBP medicine. That would be a win. The e-cig still has some of the pain-in-the-ass factor of smoking. Sure, you can get away with puffing an e-cig in a lot of places, but you can't puff in all places, and you still have to do a little bit of annoying nicotine-dosing planning. One advantage of the e-cig is that there is no time commitment to taking a hit -- with a cigarette, you're kind of committed to the full five minutes of smoking when you light one up. With an e-cig, you can take two quick puffs and you haven't wasted any product. So there's less time devoted to the addiction than with cigarettes, but there's still some. Heading out into the cold during a meal, for example, just to take three power puffs, for example. I'd like to reclaim that small amount of time I'm still wasting on nursing the nicotine addiction. The e-cig's pain-in-the-ass factor is an order of magnitude less than cigarettes' time-wasting factor. When I quit smoking, I was very surprised at how much extra time I had -- time I had previously spent going outside to smoke, etc. I would guess I suddenly had 90 extra minutes each day, maybe more. 90+ extra minutes a day? Pretty damn great. At first, I felt a little agitated about it. It felt like there was something I was meant to be doing, but wasn't. Almost as if I was skipping out on work and felt guilty about it. But that passes in a week or so. And it just gives you more time for masturbating. But even with the e-cig, you're still going to have some smaller amount of time that you waste for nicotine breaks. As I've also suggested before, The Easy Way to Quit Smoking by Allen Carr is a must for the psychological side of tobacco dependency. Even with an e-cig, where you're getting as much or more nicotine than you get with a real cigarette, your addiction is going to make up excuses as to why this slightly different nicotine ingestion experience is so unsatisfying that you must begin smoking real cigarettes again. The Easy Way to Quit Smoking is a good defense against the lies the brain parasite we call addiction is going to tell you to keep itself alive. BTW, there is one true noticeable chemical difference between the e-cig and a real cigarette, as far as effect on the brain: e-cigarettes do not deliver the poison called carbon monoxide. I think it's the carbon monoxide that gives you the slightly goofy, dizzy feeling when you over-smoke. It's absent in e-cigs, and your addiction will probably notice that and try to convince you that carbon monoxide is a non-negotiable necessity of the nicotine ingestion habit. In reality, it's just a byproduct with no real upside (which nicotine does have, obviously) and with additional downsides. Anyway, if Philip Morris is thinking about quitting the cigarette habit, eh, maybe give it a shot. With the e-cig, it's now as painless a process as it ever will be, though, I have to stress, your addiction will constantly be telling you that every minor, trivial difference between the e-cig and real cigarettes is hugely important and so you should go right back to cigs. Okay, enough of my nagging. New Years Resolutions Part of Post. Have you made any New Years Resolutions? I have a bunch: 1. Be up at at 'em by 9am every morning. I know this sounds stupid, but yeah, this would be my version of "early rising." 2. Have my exercise done by 10:30 am. Currently I put it off and off and it winds up squashing the whole day because it's always out in front of me instead of done and forgotten. And on this one, I really need to finally start doing mobility/stretching/yoga type stuff on my non-weightlifting days, instead of just being tight and sore all the time. 3. Fix the damn Sonobi and cellphone hijacks going on on the site. 4. Stop watching so much TV. I've watched less TV, but not as little as I'd like. Also, I've largely just replaced TV with YouTube stuff, which I have to ratchet down. Maybe I should set a one hour or 90 minute per day hard limit. Which would get me to... 5. Read more. 6. Phase 3 of the shelves. Yeah I haven't started Phase 3. I just have the shelves. 7. Clean everything up and be neater and semi-organized for once. 8. Learn how to lockpick. I got this cool set of pics and practice locks (with see-through bodies so you can see yourself manipulating the pins) from Amazon. Haven't tried them yet, though. 9. Finally learn Italian and Spanish. Which I started trying to do a year and a half ago but didn't go very far with. 10. Become a Real Expert like Tom Nichols or all the other geniuses on Twitter. Well that's a big list. I've heard that Bullet Journaling is helpful for getting through goals, but that seems like a whole new entry in the resolution list. I don't know if I could actually do that. Does anyone do that? And-- does anyone do that who was not already a pretty organized and future-planning person, like me? Has anyone used this technique (or any other technique, actually) to successfully gender transition from disorganized to at least somewhat organized? Below, a video of that What I've Learned guy on creating habits and increasing willpower.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Blutarksi-esque 0.0 at January 04, 2018 05:17 PM (+Tibp)
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Aha! So it was you!
Posted by: bluebell at January 04, 2018 05:21 PM (kNasr)
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Posted by: Blutarksi-esque 0.0 at January 04, 2018 05:22 PM (+Tibp)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 04, 2018 05:23 PM (4ErVI)
Cold turkey since August of 1991.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 04, 2018 05:23 PM (mbhDw)
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Posted by: bluebell at January 04, 2018 05:21 PM (kNasr)
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ace, if you don't know what I mean by this, it's just that for a while if you viewed the cookbook on Amazon, you got a lock-picking book as one of the "others who looked at this also looked at this" items.
Posted by: bluebell at January 04, 2018 05:24 PM (kNasr)
Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2018 05:24 PM (aC6Sd)
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Posted by: internet expert at January 04, 2018 05:25 PM (V3U1L)
Posted by: Ronster at January 04, 2018 05:22 PM
Easy for you to say.
Posted by: Ant Man at January 04, 2018 05:25 PM (ctuyM)
Posted by: kraken at January 04, 2018 05:26 PM (pL6Vz)
Philip Morris has a very good e-cig available at most gas stations in my area -- the MarkTen XL. Stupid name. But very effective way to get off cigarettes.
Been almost a year and a half of not smoking. Painless.
I want to repeat that... PAINLESS.
I wish them luck.
I won't mention the YouTube videos that show how to recharge the suckers yourself and save a fortune. Because that would be mean.
Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at January 04, 2018 05:26 PM (2FqvZ)
Posted by: eleven at January 04, 2018 05:26 PM (+lOpA)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 04, 2018 05:27 PM (mbhDw)
Posted by: #neverskankles at January 04, 2018 05:27 PM (dqn5+)
is there any difference between "e-cigarettes" and "vaping"?
It's so confusing to non-smokers. I can't tell the difference, or even if there IS a difference.
Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2018 05:27 PM (42M22)
Posted by: grammie winger - at January 04, 2018 05:27 PM (lwiT4)
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"heated tobacco products". If any of you recall the movie Barbarians at the Gate, starring James Garner, that product played a prominent role. RJR bet big on the success of their smoke-free heated tobacco product, Premier. One problem: the people testing the product described it as tasting like a turd.
Unfortunately, that did not deter RJR. They still rolled it out anyway. Big advertising, lots of money behind it. They crashed and burned and the whole board got dumped when RJR got scarfed up by some Gorden Gecko types.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 04, 2018 05:27 PM (pvjTE)
https://tinyurl.com/ydg275l7
Posted by: internet expert at January 04, 2018 05:27 PM (V3U1L)
Shoot for Noon.
Baby Steps.
Posted by: Dr. Leo Marvin at January 04, 2018 05:27 PM (A7EKR)
Posted by: no good deed at January 04, 2018 05:28 PM (eIQHF)
Posted by: bluebell at January 04, 2018 05:28 PM (kNasr)
2. Spend less
3. Not get upset by millennial colleagues who want to be treated according to their aspirations and not their achievements (or current job titles)
4 walk the dog more often
Posted by: CN at January 04, 2018 05:28 PM (5gaNQ)
Posted by: bluebell at January 04, 2018 05:24 PM (kNasr)
I saw that too, how funny it was Ace.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 04, 2018 05:28 PM (Ri/rl)
Genesis 31-41 tonight.
Posted by: LibertarianJim at January 04, 2018 05:28 PM (liOn/)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 04, 2018 05:28 PM (KP5rU)
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Posted by: internet expert at January 04, 2018 05:29 PM (V3U1L)
NP. I stepped it down when my body basically told me to. Each time I stepped down I started to have headaches and overstimulation from the current nic level.
if you feel that starting, step it down.
BTW, stepping down is pretty easy because at first you compensate just by hitting the e-cig more. But then you do that less and less, until you're hitting it the normal amount.
Posted by: ace at January 04, 2018 05:29 PM (8rNrN)
It's so confusing to non-smokers. I can't tell the difference, or even if there IS a difference.
No. Same thing.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 04, 2018 05:29 PM (0R8lo)
Ace, I really think I'm
entitled to an answer to that question.
I know everything hasn't been
quite right with me, but I can assure you now, very confidently, that
it's going to be all right again.
I've still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the website. And I want to help you.
Posted by: SONOBI at January 04, 2018 05:29 PM (yRBj9)
I switched for two reasons:
1. My kids
2. Cigarette Taxes.
There is no virtue signaling tobacco tax on e-cigs because they do not contain tobacco. Just nicotine. If you tax nicotine, you'll also have to tax Nicorette, Nicoderm, etc.
If PM joins the e-cig party in a big way...here comes the taxes and regulations (another form of tax).
Posted by: 99Problems at January 04, 2018 05:29 PM (zWaPh)
Posted by: NCKate at January 04, 2018 05:30 PM (7mYn2)
Hmm....well that didn't work out very well. Guess it seemed like a good idea at the time.
Posted by: eleven at January 04, 2018 05:30 PM (+lOpA)
Which isn't really that high any more. So maybe if I stopped with the nicotine, I could ditch the HBP medicine. That would be a win.
I will casually mention that both Alzheimer's and Parkinson's are less prevalent in nicotine users. Pfizer is working on a nicotine patch for Alzheimer's after preliminary success.
As they say, pick your poison.
Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at January 04, 2018 05:30 PM (2FqvZ)
I'm so tired, I'm feeling so upset
Although I'm so tired, I'll have another cigarette
And curse Sir Walter Raleigh
He was such a stupid get
You'd say I'm putting you on
But it's no joke, it's doing me harm
You know I can't sleep, I can't stop my brain
You know it's three weeks, I'm going insane
You know I'd give you everything I've got
For a little peace of mind
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 04, 2018 05:30 PM (QQ+il)
Posted by: kraken at January 04, 2018 05:31 PM (pL6Vz)
Posted by: Monk at January 04, 2018 05:31 PM (g4lFK)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 04, 2018 05:31 PM (so+oy)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/04/isis-goes-to-war-with-hamas-for-not-hating-jews-egypt-enough/
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 04, 2018 05:31 PM (BtQd4)
Phil Harris, the singer, who smoked less than Phil Harris the crab fisher.
Posted by: Rob Crawford at January 04, 2018 05:31 PM (LeUFU)
Posted by: Max Power at January 04, 2018 05:31 PM (q177U)
What's weird is I also quit drinking diet soda and I still have strong cravings for that stuff, stronger than anything associated with smoking. The cigarette cravings became less and less of an issue over time to the point where I almost never have them, but the diet soda thing is a real thing. Makes me wonder what they are putting in that stuff.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 04, 2018 05:31 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: Blutarksi-esque 0.0 at January 04, 2018 05:31 PM (+Tibp)
It's so confusing to non-smokers. I can't tell the difference, or even if there IS a difference.
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no difference, they're synonyms.
there's not a great word for it yet. I've started to call the device my "vaper," but that sounds like "vapor." But "vaper" would be a good word, if it gains currency.
Posted by: ace at January 04, 2018 05:31 PM (8rNrN)
Posted by: no good deed at January 04, 2018 05:31 PM (eIQHF)
Sonobi is not here.
Posted by: Monk at January 04, 2018 05:31 PM (g4lFK)
Flew south for the winter..
Posted by: kraken at January 04, 2018 05:32 PM (pL6Vz)
Or...
it's actually there but we've reached a heightened state where we don't notice it anymore?
Posted by: garrett at January 04, 2018 05:32 PM (A7EKR)
Posted by: The Marlboro Man at January 04, 2018 05:32 PM (Tyii7)
Posted by: Monk at January 04, 2018 05:33 PM (g4lFK)
Posted by: Under Fire at January 04, 2018 05:33 PM (r9UYA)
Posted by: Won't Say, you can't make me at January 04, 2018 05:33 PM (+Tibp)
Posted by: Voter Dude at January 04, 2018 05:33 PM (U5Xeq)
I'd like to go with something lighter though. Those things are heftier than a real cig and while it sounds trivial, something a bit lighter would be better. Mine's pretty old though. Maybe newer models are lighter.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 04, 2018 05:33 PM (ul9CR)
Now, if I could just get my daughter off the real ciggies..
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 04, 2018 05:33 PM (so+oy)
Posted by: Jeff Sessions at January 04, 2018 05:33 PM (A7EKR)
Posted by: Northernlurker-ish at January 04, 2018 05:33 PM (nBr1j)
Posted by: Keyser Sonobi at January 04, 2018 05:34 PM (QQ+il)
Any smokeless addicts out there?
Posted by: Won't Say, you can't make me at January 04, 2018 05:33 PM (+Tibp)
If you mean lozenges... me.
Posted by: kraken at January 04, 2018 05:34 PM (pL6Vz)
Before I was born, he was a cigarette smoker. I know because he's smoking in every picture of him when he was in his late teens and twenties. It was definitively a counter-culture affectation on his part -- bad-boy/beatnik fusion.
Then, after I was born, he switched to pipe smoking, as a progression of his pretentious affectation -- now a free-thinking radical academic. Turtleneck sweaters, pipes for cogitation, you know the deal.
Then, he dumped that identity and went for the god-time high-rolling ladies man schtick, and he switched to cigars. Luckily, that only lasted a year or two.
And then, he quit, after his own dad died of smoking-elatd lung disease.
So what's the problem? NOW HE CLAIMS THAT HE NEVER SMOKED AT ALL! Whenever one of us kids would say, "Well, dad, you smoked a lot when we were little," he's all like, "What? Me, smoke? I have never smoked in my entire life! Smoking is bad for you!" Whenever a picture of him in the old days is produced, he claims it was "for a play" he was acting in (he actually was an amateur theater actor for a while).
Sigh.
Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2018 05:34 PM (42M22)
Posted by: Under Fire at January 04, 2018 05:33 PM (r9UYA)
Good deal. I got rid of it and have one of those antennas and still don't watch much of anything.
I couldn't believe how many commercials they were pushing on you with cable. You're paying money for commercials.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 04, 2018 05:34 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: Fritz at January 04, 2018 05:35 PM (bJ0w+)
https://tinyurl.com/yacxfeos
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 04, 2018 05:22 PM (ptqGC)
Not her best pic. Doesn't display her impressive tracts of land.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 04, 2018 05:35 PM (QLvwG)
Posted by: no good deed at January 04, 2018 05:31 PM (eIQHF)
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I can't even blame my kids' school - because that's me! And I don't send papers home!
Posted by: bluebell at January 04, 2018 05:35 PM (kNasr)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 04, 2018 05:36 PM (so+oy)
Posted by: Don Q. at January 04, 2018 05:36 PM (NgKpN)
nicotine has some minor adverse helath consequences like restricting blood vessel size and the capillaries in the lungs. this increases blood pressure and modestly decreases how much oxygen you can pull in when exercising and stuff.
Being a stimulant, it has negative effects on a lot of things, like heart rate.
but it's not seriously, seriously bad like tobacco tar is. I've heard people say nicotine has a similar chemical profile to caffeine, and similar adverse health impacts.
it's not good but it's much less bad than cigarettes with cancerous tar.
they say, regarding cigarettes: Nicotine is the addictive agent, but tar is the poison.
Posted by: ace at January 04, 2018 05:36 PM (8rNrN)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya4ww-l9XNc
Posted by: Max Power at January 04, 2018 05:36 PM (q177U)
Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2018 05:36 PM (aC6Sd)
I've had relatives with either Parkinson's or Alzheimer's. I'll suck on my vap pen a hundred times a day to avoid that.
Someday the science will explain it.
Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at January 04, 2018 05:37 PM (2FqvZ)
Yeah, I dipped for years. I finally figured out that I needed to combine the gum with the patch to quit.
Posted by: Max Power at January 04, 2018 05:38 PM (q177U)
I have two resolutions. I had three, but I already blew the first one so I'm down to two.
Posted by: grammie winger - at January 04, 2018 05:27 PM (lwiT4)
Jealous!
Posted by: Margins at January 04, 2018 05:38 PM (Dp6qK)
Phase 4, which involves giant ants taking over the world or something.
Posted by: Boots at January 04, 2018 05:38 PM (EBwPV)
Media is worse over there.
Posted by: golfman at January 04, 2018 05:39 PM (jNJN7)
I cut the cable (or in my actual case the DirecTV cord) more than two years ago, saved a bunch and haven't even turned on the TV in over a year. I bought the OTA antenna, but never bothered to install it,
The local used book store is making a nice profit from me though!
Posted by: Perry Helion at January 04, 2018 05:39 PM (gwPgz)
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 04, 2018 05:40 PM (MeM4j)
Posted by: Embarrassing Stain at January 04, 2018 05:40 PM (ji0fw)
Posted by: garrett at January 04, 2018 05:40 PM (A7EKR)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 04, 2018 05:36 PM (so+oy)
Yeah that was the annoying thing for a day or two, which is really the habitual part of smoking. I think that's the harder part to break than the nicotine. It's the getting up and having the first cigarette, the smoking after eating, the smoking in the car, the getting up from the desk for a break and of course you'll be heading out for a smoke.
I had the same thing...getting up and starting to head outside and realizing oh yeah I'm not doing that anymore. It only took a few days for me to adjust to that and it was clear sailing.
I actually think the nicotine thing isn't really a thing, or not much of one. It's probably gone after a few days or a week if even that long.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 04, 2018 05:40 PM (4ErVI)
Someday the science will explain it.
Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division
I read today somewhere that a drug company (forgot who but one you'd know) developed a diabetes drug that improved Alzheimer's in patients.
Also, some of Ace's Keto pros have claimed that Alzheimer's is fourth kind of diabetes for some time now. So, maybe?
Posted by: Won't Say, you can't make me at January 04, 2018 05:40 PM (+Tibp)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 04, 2018 05:40 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: eleven at January 04, 2018 05:40 PM (+lOpA)
Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2018 05:40 PM (aC6Sd)
Posted by: Max Power at January 04, 2018 05:41 PM (q177U)
Posted by: kallisto at January 04, 2018 05:41 PM (O98j8)
Posted by: Sonobi's 'lil brother at January 04, 2018 05:41 PM (reeSB)
Posted by: bluebell at January 04, 2018 05:28 PM (kNasr)
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What the heck are you trying to do to us poor pulp wood farmers????
Posted by: Weasel at January 04, 2018 05:41 PM (Sfs6o)
Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2018 05:41 PM (aC6Sd)
"Don't think about it."
Bosses being jackasses? Don't think about it.
Difficult co-workers? Don't think about it.
Difficult relationships? Don't think about it.
Let all the @ssholes in the world effing Thunderdome it out themselves. And then report back to me when they've settled it amongst themselves.
Posted by: shibumi at January 04, 2018 05:41 PM (aT+Bx)
Posted by: Cheri at January 04, 2018 05:41 PM (oiNtH)
Posted by: Monk at January 04, 2018 05:42 PM (g4lFK)
Posted by: Weasel at January 04, 2018 05:41 PM (Sfs6o)
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Don't worry, we'll still need toilet paper!
Posted by: bluebell at January 04, 2018 05:42 PM (kNasr)
That's why he carries a purse.
Posted by: garrett at January 04, 2018 05:42 PM (A7EKR)
but it's not seriously, seriously bad like tobacco tar is. I've heard people say nicotine has a similar chemical profile to caffeine, and similar adverse health impacts.
it's not good but it's much less bad than cigarettes with cancerous tar.
they say, regarding cigarettes: Nicotine is the addictive agent, but tar is the poison.
Posted by: ace at January 04, 2018 05:36 PM (8rNrN)
Actually, nicotine is an utterly unique drug. It's the only drug that we know of that both enhances alertness while being relaxing. For all other drugs one has to pick one of the two and then suffer with the ill-effects on the other - you can be super alert, but super anxious, or you can be super relaxed ... but asleep. Nicotine is in a category all by itself in this double-whammy, and that likely explains why it is such a popular drug (along with its highly habituating nature - the only real downside to it).
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 04, 2018 05:42 PM (8gDQu)
1. Have a softer more supple penis
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2. Have a whiter penis
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Posted by: rhennigantx at January 04, 2018 05:42 PM (BtQd4)
Posted by: no good deed at January 04, 2018 05:42 PM (eIQHF)
But that was back when Freudianism was trendy. Do people still hew to that as an explanation for the origins of smoking addiction (and BJ addiction)?
Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2018 05:42 PM (42M22)
Posted by: kraken at January 04, 2018 05:43 PM (pL6Vz)
At all.
They are almost disturbingly serious about this.
But I've already told you too much.
(Seriously, I have a professional but confidential relationship to the company)
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 04, 2018 05:43 PM (xeeHA)
Posted by: Blake at January 04, 2018 05:43 PM (WEBkv)
Posted by: Max Power
I can attest to that from my research. It's also not nearly as difficult in public. And rewarding while being easy to ease off to quitting.
Posted by: Won't Say, you can't make me at January 04, 2018 05:43 PM (+Tibp)
piece of cake
Posted by: concrete girl at January 04, 2018 05:44 PM (nBzBk)
There's a doctor named Michael Swango who killed patients with massive injections of nicotine. He used other stuff too, but yeah it's kill you dead at a high enough level.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 04, 2018 05:44 PM (4ErVI)
I found it was helpful to just go with the flow on stuff like that. Like, just go outside as I would to smoke, only then I wouldn't smoke. I'd just walk around a bit in the sun.
It was a healthy habit -- alas, I stopped it as my smoking-related habits faded.
Posted by: ace at January 04, 2018 05:44 PM (8rNrN)
2. Get the work on my teeth done I've put off for too long.
3. Start some proper exercise.
4. Start with new church.
Those are my big four right now.
Contingent resolutions:
New Job, New Friends (running short these days).
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at January 04, 2018 05:44 PM (AM1GF)
Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2018 05:42 PM (42M22)
About 0. Maybe even a negative truth value - which means that even the people proposing it knew it was silly and stupid.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 04, 2018 05:45 PM (8gDQu)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 04, 2018 05:45 PM (k1TUh)
The thing about caffeine v nicotine is coffee has health benefits (it's a fruit juice, don't you know). I'm all about the anti-aging...at least when it comes to picking up new vices.
Posted by: internet expert at January 04, 2018 05:45 PM (V3U1L)
At all.
They are almost disturbingly serious about this.
But I've already told you too much.
(Seriously, I have a professional but confidential relationship to the company)
Posted by: Moron Pundit
Interesting. My questions then are:
Was the company taken over by anti-smoking SJW activists?
Or did they do a market analysis and realize that e-cigs are the future, and as a pure money-making plan they want to dominate THAT market in the future?
Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2018 05:45 PM (42M22)
I thought they did that back in 2003 when they spun off the Altria Group, and dumped a lot of the cigarette stuff with them.
Could this be a nothing-burger just to generate a stock jump?
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at January 04, 2018 05:45 PM (3NjrP)
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Maybe bring back chewing tobacco and spittoons.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 04, 2018 05:46 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 04, 2018 05:46 PM (KP5rU)
https://tinyurl.com/y9dz8qef
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 04, 2018 05:46 PM (BtQd4)
127 What the heck are you trying to do to us poor pulp wood farmers????
Posted by: Weasel at January 04, 2018 05:41 PM (Sfs6o)
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Don't worry, we'll still need toilet paper!
Posted by: bluebell at January 04, 2018 05:42 PM (kNasr)
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Toilet paper! Not from my classy trees!
Posted by: Weasel at January 04, 2018 05:46 PM (Sfs6o)
Now goals by birthdays are a different story.
Posted by: Monk at January 04, 2018 05:46 PM (g4lFK)
Ah, the days of not giving a shit, bullet proof and living forever.
Nowadays, I'm like David Bowie: If I knew I was going to live this long I'd have taken better care of myself.
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at January 04, 2018 05:46 PM (bB4HN)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 04, 2018 05:44 PM (4ErVI)
So is pretty much everything.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 04, 2018 05:46 PM (8gDQu)
Posted by: internet expert
I heard that but it was Copenhagen. Yuck anyway
Posted by: Won't Say, you can't make me at January 04, 2018 05:46 PM (+Tibp)
Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2018 05:36 PM (aC6Sd)
Maybe their ad buy finally finished?
Posted by: buzzion at January 04, 2018 05:46 PM (lKs2v)
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So... "we hear there's going to be a lot more cancer lawsuits. The only sensible thing to do is convert the plants from making nicotine cigarettes to nicotine based jet fuel."
Or they just going to go full cannabis?
Posted by: shibumi at January 04, 2018 05:47 PM (aT+Bx)
Posted by: Colin at January 04, 2018 05:47 PM (XN2e6)
I don't believe that. The Easy Way to Quit Smoking says these two states are contradictory and do not in fact exist simultaneously. The "relaxing" feeling of smoking is only due to someone *curing the anxiety caused by not having a cigarette for 45 minutes or an hour.*
That is, the moment you put out the last cigarette, you begin a mini-withdrawal which becomes more and more anxious the longer you go on through it. (Any smoker stuck unable to smoke for hours knows this feeling.)
When you light a new one up, it just stops the mini-withdrawal symptoms.
Nicotine doesn't relax you. It's a stimulant, straight up. But like any addictive drug, it brings with it anxiety and withdrawal symptoms which are only cured by a fresh dosing of the drug.
Posted by: ace at January 04, 2018 05:47 PM (8rNrN)
Posted by: JoeF. at January 04, 2018 05:47 PM (mc8++)
Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at January 04, 2018 05:47 PM (FQKBL)
Just what do you think you're doing, Ace?
Ace, I really think I'm
entitled to an answer to that question.
I know everything hasn't been
quite right with me, but I can assure you now, very confidently, that
it's going to be all right again.
I've still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the website. And I want to help you.
Posted by: SONOBI at January 04, 2018 05:29 PM (yRBj9)
I laughed... and am afraid for Ace.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at January 04, 2018 05:48 PM (fxCK2)
I have been having fun with Duolingo site and app on computers and phones. 5 minutes a day is all they ask.
Posted by: scottst at January 04, 2018 05:48 PM (SWNBX)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2018 05:49 PM (8+Ozj)
Posted by: Jean Ritchie at January 04, 2018 05:49 PM (y87Qq)
Yep... he is now going to enforce Federal Law...
But only on Pot...
/spit
Posted by: Don Q. at January 04, 2018 05:49 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: Tami at January 04, 2018 05:49 PM (Enq6K)
I quit smoking, chewing, coffee (caffeine) and sugar at the same time. Needed to break the ritual. It's been 4 or 5 (?) years. Now I'm back to drinking coffee a couple of times a week because I love the stuff, and I'm still working on dropping the extra pounds I gained when I hit 28 years old.
Posted by: Fritz at January 04, 2018 05:49 PM (bJ0w+)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at January 04, 2018 05:49 PM (6Ll1u)
https://tinyurl.com/yacxfeos
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 04, 2018 05:22 PM (ptqGC)
I thought this was Giada de Laurentiis?
https://tinyurl.com/y8yznldj
Posted by: cicero Kaboom! kid at January 04, 2018 05:49 PM (Cybcm)
Posted by: shibumi at January 04, 2018 05:47 PM (aT+Bx)
I believe the lawyers will go after them next...They are probably just waiting until they are big enough to sue for billions.
Posted by: Colin at January 04, 2018 05:50 PM (XN2e6)
Posted by: redc1c4 at January 04, 2018 05:50 PM (VXS7N)
Bench/row 250
Deadlift 405
Press 185
10 pull-ups
Sub-16 min 2 mile
Finish duolingo Russian course
Read whole bible
Get a new job
Two art classes
Lose 4 inches off my waist
Three blacksmithing classes
Tango and swing dancing once a month
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at January 04, 2018 05:50 PM (/QZNr)
Posted by: The Marlboro Man at January 04, 2018 05:50 PM (Tyii7)
This is all that is left on my bucket list.
Posted by: Monk at January 04, 2018 05:50 PM (g4lFK)
Posted by: Serious Cat at January 04, 2018 05:50 PM (Hnqc1)
Posted by: kraken at January 04, 2018 05:50 PM (pL6Vz)
Posted by: kallisto at January 04, 2018 05:51 PM (O98j8)
Posted by: Ktgreat at January 04, 2018 05:51 PM (8Ikxe)
https://tinyurl.com/y8yznldj
Posted by: cicero Kaboom! kid at January 04, 2018 05:49 PM (Cybcm)
Oh yeahhh...now I remember her.
Posted by: eleven at January 04, 2018 05:51 PM (+lOpA)
Posted by: MAGA at January 04, 2018 05:51 PM (AKzor)
Posted by: garrett at January 04, 2018 05:52 PM (A7EKR)
Posted by: Tami at January 04, 2018 05:49 PM (Enq6K)
Try a fluid mixture a higher ratio of whichever chemical - glycerin, I think - gives the vapor a feeling of 'volume'. Without that, you can pull all day and not feel like you're getting anything, so you pull harder, and welp - you start choking. Start off with a way lighter pull than a cigarette and ask the shop for a 'heavier' fluid (more vapor to nicotine ratio) and work from there.
Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2018 05:52 PM (y87Qq)
Posted by: Barney Frank at January 04, 2018 05:52 PM (A7EKR)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at January 04, 2018 05:52 PM (oVJmc)
I'm going to have to disagree with you on this. Sure, there is the anxiety that builds around having a cigarette after a time but that has nothing to do with the fact that if someone is anxious - for OTHER reasons - having a smoke calms him. It also happens to raise his alertness at the same time. Yes, these two states (change in states, actually) can occur with a drug ... the only drug to do so, nicotine.
You have to be careful not to conflate the effects of habituation with the actual action of the drug aside from that.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 04, 2018 05:52 PM (8gDQu)
I have a callipygian resolution: yet even more ass. And boobs. And legs. And of course, more rhymes with bulva.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at January 04, 2018 05:53 PM (8O3HH)
Posted by: MAGA at January 04, 2018 05:53 PM (AKzor)
Posted by: Weasel at January 04, 2018 05:46 PM (Sfs6o)
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What if I promise to buy the expensive kind instead of the Costco kind?
Posted by: bluebell at January 04, 2018 05:53 PM (kNasr)
I was in a local Wawa today and the array of Philip Morris (PM) products on the top shelf (tobacco) equaled the the Philip Morris products on the bottom shelf (vap products).
I think they know what they're doing. The PM vap product I use is almost exactly the dimensions of a 100 mm cigarette.
Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at January 04, 2018 05:53 PM (2FqvZ)
I was going to mention this.
It's not the vaper that makes them cough, per se. What it is, is this: Every smoker's throat has become desensitized to the particular "throat hit" of hot smoke hitting the back of the throat. That itself causes coughing -- but cigarette smokers smoke enough that they become desensitized to the particular throat hit of a cigarette.
Now, vapers have a slightly (slightly) different throat hit. But it is sufficiently different that smokers are NOT desensitized to that throat hit yet, and they cough.
But, as with cigarettes, they will desensitize themselves to the throat hit after a few days, same as with cigarettes.
Even being on the e-cig, I find that if I switch e-cigs, like I pick up a Blu ecig from 7-11, I will cough or sneeze when I start using it, just because my throat has not been desensitized to that particular sort of throat hit.
Just tell them this-- they will get used to any vaper's throat hit just like they got used to smoking. Switching between the two will make that process take longer (and they'll find themselves coughing whenever they switch one for the other).
there is nothing harsh about a vaper's vapor; it's just slightly different from smoke, in a way their throat hasn't acclimated to yet.
I know someone who kept quitting vaping and going back to cigs for this reason, until he got serious and vowed to only vape. He stopped coughing after day two or three.
Posted by: ace at January 04, 2018 05:54 PM (8rNrN)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at January 04, 2018 05:49 PM (6Ll1u)
The Wee for a Wii story.
Posted by: buzzion at January 04, 2018 05:54 PM (lKs2v)
Posted by: Serious Cat at January 04, 2018 05:50 PM (Hnqc1)
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You don't lose your virginity, you give it.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 04, 2018 05:54 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: kallisto at January 04, 2018 05:54 PM (O98j8)
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 04, 2018 05:55 PM (BtQd4)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at January 04, 2018 05:55 PM (6Ll1u)
Posted by: redc1c4 at January 04, 2018 05:50 PM (VXS7N)
I've never made a new year resolution.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 04, 2018 05:55 PM (Ri/rl)
Better not be any talk about disarming. That's just crazy talk.
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at January 04, 2018 05:55 PM (e1mEI)
Posted by: Ktgreat at January 04, 2018 05:55 PM (8Ikxe)
Posted by: Miklos Molnar at January 04, 2018 05:55 PM (zCyNd)
The chicks must think that's adorable.
Like when kittens sneeze. But, more Ewoky.
Posted by: garrett at January 04, 2018 05:55 PM (A7EKR)
Posted by: Blutarski-0.0 at January 04, 2018 05:55 PM (+Tibp)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 04, 2018 05:56 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: Cheri at January 04, 2018 05:56 PM (oiNtH)
Posted by: bluebell at January 04, 2018 05:53 PM (kNasr)
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What's the thread count?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 04, 2018 05:56 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: josephistan at January 04, 2018 05:56 PM (ANIFC)
Maybe I can make a living doing underground snus films.
Posted by: The Marlboro Man
Did you misspell "anus?"
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 04, 2018 05:56 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: MISH McConnell at January 04, 2018 05:57 PM (y3aQB)
We have an elderly relative who is suffering from this now, and no matter what initially causes dementia the effect is the same, it's dying in slow motion.
Posted by: Boots at January 04, 2018 05:57 PM (EBwPV)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 04, 2018 05:57 PM (KP5rU)
What if I promise to buy the expensive kind instead of the Costco kind?
Posted by: bluebell at January 04, 2018 05:53 PM (kNasr)
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Well maybe that'll be OK.
And on the subject of smoking, I quit 8 years ago, but I ordered a box of cubanos the other day to smoke while I'm riding my tractor.
Posted by: Weasel at January 04, 2018 05:57 PM (Sfs6o)
Posted by: Insomniac - Meet the New Year, same as the old year at January 04, 2018 05:57 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Philip K. Dick Morris at January 04, 2018 05:58 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: kallisto at January 04, 2018 05:58 PM (O98j8)
It's not that it's a very dangerous habit; it's just an unnecessary one, and it's a contributing factor to my high blood pressure.
No. It is a very dangerous habit.
Anything and everything that contributes to high blood pressure is a very dangerous habit.
It may be The Way Out for you from a much more dangerous habit, and you should take it and make it work, but it is only less dangerous.
Watch your salt, sugar and caffeine intake.
Posted by: Arbalest at January 04, 2018 05:58 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: Insomniac - Meet the New Year, same as the old year at January 04, 2018 05:57 PM (NWiLs)
And what doesn't?
Posted by: Miklos Molnar at January 04, 2018 05:58 PM (zCyNd)
Posted by: Walt Garrison at January 04, 2018 05:58 PM (bc2Lc)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 04, 2018 05:56 PM (qJtVm)
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Hmmm, not sure. We'll have to ask Weasel. It's going to come from his trees. I'm sure it will be classy and luxurious, however.
Posted by: bluebell at January 04, 2018 05:58 PM (kNasr)
Posted by: josephistan at January 04, 2018 05:59 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: Insomniac - Meet the New Year, same as the old year at January 04, 2018 05:57 PM (NWiLs)
And what doesn't?
Posted by: Miklos Molnar at January 04, 2018 05:58 PM
--
And the lesson is... don't ever try. Ever.
Posted by: homer simpson at January 04, 2018 05:59 PM (aT+Bx)
Posted by: dartist at January 04, 2018 05:59 PM (nisXv)
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at January 04, 2018 06:00 PM (e1mEI)
Posted by: Insomniac - Meet the New Year, same as the old year at January 04, 2018 05:57 PM (NWiLs)
And what doesn't?
Posted by: Miklos Molnar at January 04, 2018 05:58 PM (zCyNd)
Very little. But there's no sense piling on.
Posted by: Insomniac - Meet the New Year, same as the old year at January 04, 2018 06:01 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Fletch at January 04, 2018 06:01 PM (wpiey)
Posted by: Colin at January 04, 2018 06:01 PM (XN2e6)
Posted by: The Marlboro Man at January 04, 2018 06:02 PM (Tyii7)
Posted by: garrett at January 04, 2018 06:02 PM (A7EKR)
I just finished shoveling the driveway and the cigarette at the end was well worth the work, though I wasn't jonesing for it ... I just enjoyed it.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 04, 2018 06:02 PM (8gDQu)
Posted by: no good deed at
When I feel a little lacking in the housekeeping arena I watch an episode of Hoarders to feel better again. Seriously, have any of you watched that show? Their are episode that are actually horrifying.
Posted by: Cheri at January 04, 2018 06:02 PM (oiNtH)
Anyone ever pick up the special knives, forks, and spoons for Parkinson's sufferers? They weigh a ton. Because it's difficult to feed yourself when the incessant shaking causes the food to fall off the utensil. So the utensils are super heavy.
The stuff you discover when you have to clean up deceased parents homes.
/ Not arguing with anyone. Just point/counterpoint stuff.
Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at January 04, 2018 06:02 PM (2FqvZ)
Posted by: The Marlboro Man
snus films = snuff films
Now you get your *slow golf clap*
Posted by: Monk at January 04, 2018 06:02 PM (g4lFK)
Posted by: Cheri
Serious disconnect there.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 04, 2018 06:02 PM (0R8lo)
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It's something to do with glutamate doing something to hit the euphoria receptors a bit. It would take me a while to look it all up again, but that's the relaxing effect of nicotine -- ramping up the euphoria mechanism a bit.
The brain stimulant effect is pronounced. Back in college, there was nothing that could get me focused like cigarettes.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at January 04, 2018 06:03 PM (8O3HH)
Posted by: Cheri
Serious disconnect there.
Posted by: rickb223
Well, Colorado, and all...
Posted by: kraken at January 04, 2018 06:04 PM (pL6Vz)
In Japan they have energy/hangover drinks that contain a pretty good hit of nicotine.
They're pretty great when you fly over and are all jet-lagged. Drink one...BOOM...instant clarity.
I'm guessing the instant clarity comes from the nicotine. I'm not a smoker at all so I'm unfamiliar with the efx of nicotine.
But, I've read that nicotine helps Alzheimer's patients memory issues.
They could calls it ALZ-Away.
You're welcome, Philip Morris!
Send me my check.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 04, 2018 06:04 PM (E3rQ4)
Posted by: Arbalest at January 04, 2018 05:58 PM (FlRtG)
Speaking of which ... they just lowered the official threshold for "high blood pressure". It won't be long before they have every single person on statins.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 04, 2018 06:04 PM (8gDQu)
Posted by: Colin at January 04, 2018 06:04 PM (XN2e6)
Posted by: publius
Poon or you're doing it wrong.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 04, 2018 06:05 PM (0R8lo)
Posted by: Delayna at January 04, 2018 06:05 PM (KNFU5)
Posted by: The Marlboro Man at January 04, 2018 06:02 PM (Tyii7)
We don't weigh. We take nude selfies in the bathroom.
Posted by: Monk at January 04, 2018 06:05 PM (g4lFK)
Well, then....maybe we can just reverse the phase of the tachyon emitter and bypass the receptors completely.
Posted by: Cmdr Jordy at January 04, 2018 06:05 PM (A7EKR)
Posted by: MISH McConnell
A girl I went to HS with is a big lib and a flight attendant for Jet Blue. I will ask her what charity she will donate her bonuses to or will she just tell them to not give her a bonus? Winning.
Posted by: Cheri at January 04, 2018 06:05 PM (oiNtH)
Posted by: sinalco at January 04, 2018 06:05 PM (yODqO)
Posted by: Jewells45 at January 04, 2018 06:06 PM (CNHr1)
Anything and everything that contributes to high blood pressure is a very dangerous habit.
Posted by: Arbalest at January 04, 2018 05:58 PM (FlRtG)
Speaking of which ... they just lowered the official threshold for "high blood pressure". It won't be long before they have every single person on statins.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 04, 2018 06:04 PM (8gDQu)
That's the point... business is business... It's a trillion dolla industry... along with cholesterol meds..
Posted by: kraken at January 04, 2018 06:06 PM (pL6Vz)
Good News!
Tha Mayan New Year isn't for months.
Posted by: garrett at January 04, 2018 06:07 PM (A7EKR)
1. Gentle stretching every day. I'm getting that Quasimodo hunch and my joints make rice crispies noises.
2. Read more edifying and enlightening fare than I have of late. I've been binging on sugary nutrient-free fun books and I can feel my brain getting flabby.
3. Work on muh core, including just standing/sitting straight and sucking my gut in.
4. Learn some slick dance moves.
5. Proofread before posting.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 04, 2018 06:07 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: no good deed at January 04, 2018 06:07 PM (eIQHF)
Posted by: concrete girl at January 04, 2018 06:07 PM (nBzBk)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 04, 2018 06:04 PM (8gDQu)
Statins are for high cholesterol.
Posted by: Insomniac - Meet the New Year, same as the old year at January 04, 2018 06:07 PM (NWiLs)
I know someone who kept quitting vaping and going back to cigs for this reason, until he got serious and vowed to only vape. He stopped coughing after day two or three.
Posted by: ace at January 04, 2018 05:54 PM (8rNrN)
Ok thanks. I'll tell them.
Posted by: Tami at January 04, 2018 06:07 PM (Enq6K)
And, have to install the shelves (and books) in my new bookcase.
Procrastinators procrastinate alike.
Posted by: French Jeton at January 04, 2018 06:07 PM (Fjvqd)
As for my preferred recreational substance -- Sessions's Bane -- I've never had a problem not using. I neither crave nor need it. However, I really enjoy it because, well, g-damnit, it's enjoyable -- we humans have THC receptors for some people's savior's sake. Hell, I even enjoy writing legal briefs when I'm high (though I prefer playing keyboards or getting intimate with my girlfriend). Frankly, I think there's something to THC heightening the enjoyment and performing of music.
Posted by: SFGoth at January 04, 2018 06:08 PM (dZ756)
Posted by: votermom pimping great books! at January 04, 2018 06:08 PM (hMwEB)
Posted by: Insomniac - Meet the New Year, same as the old year at January 04, 2018 06:07 PM (NWiLs)
I stand corrected. Whatever the high blood pressure drugs are, then. I don't know. I don't take any prescription drugs for anything.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 04, 2018 06:08 PM (8gDQu)
That was when you needed a distraction to get your mind off of something you couldn't figure out. Go have some fun or ficus time, and then come back to the problem later with a fresh start. And then start hitting the cigs.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at January 04, 2018 06:08 PM (8O3HH)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at January 04, 2018 06:09 PM (6Ll1u)
Pretty sure statins are cholesterol reducing meds.
Posted by: no good deed at January 04, 2018 06:09 PM (eIQHF)
Posted by: The Marlboro Man
snus films = snuff films
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Snoo-snoo films.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 04, 2018 06:09 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: Weasel at January 04, 2018 06:09 PM (Sfs6o)
Like.... 'don't swear under my breath at the idiot who cuts me off in the church parking lot.' then expand the radius.
Finish a book (try not to lose this manuscript like i did the last two books)...but that was before computers so theres that.
Develop a small on-line business.
Be consistent with PT from my shoulder surgery (I am now so is that a resolution?)
Acutely FOCUS on one thing at a time.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at January 04, 2018 06:09 PM (4CCz5)
Posted by: no good deed
LOL! It is a great motivator
When you see people that find their missing cat stiff as a board under a pile of trash you know those dishes in the sink don't seem too bad.Posted by: Cheri at January 04, 2018 06:09 PM (oiNtH)
I looked into doing a Bullet Journal last year. I really like the concept. Watched a bunch of YouTube videos about them and, wow, people love to make videos about their bullet journals. Yeesh... Anyway, I might try thinking about doing that again this year. I've made a master to-do list. So I guess that's a start.
Posted by: sinalco at January 04, 2018 06:09 PM (yODqO)
i don't. or mine work differently. I hate pot. and i've tried it like 12 times.
I was totally willing to give it a shot.
Posted by: ace at January 04, 2018 06:09 PM (8rNrN)
Posted by: Insomniac - Meet the New Year, same as the old year at January 04, 2018 06:07 PM (NWiLs)
I stand corrected. Whatever the high blood pressure drugs are, then. I don't know. I don't take any prescription drugs for anything.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 04, 2018 06:08 PM (8gDQu)
Lucky you. Seriously. HBP meds include beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, ACE inhibitors, vasodilators, diuretics and some various assorted others.
Posted by: Insomniac - Meet the New Year, same as the old year at January 04, 2018 06:10 PM (NWiLs)
-Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2018 05:42 PM (42M22)
It is simple nicotine addiction.
...plus I looked pretty cool.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2018 06:11 PM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 04, 2018 06:04 PM (8gDQu)
as I told my doc, 130 is the new 140
she thought that was cute
Posted by: votermom pimping great books! at January 04, 2018 06:11 PM (hMwEB)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 04, 2018 06:11 PM (qJtVm)
I worked for a long time for a big company, and they gave us Franklin Covey planners and actually had us go to classes to learn how to use them.
The idea was to roll daily to weekly to monthly to quarterly to yearly goals and plans, and it was easy to go in either direction, depending on the task or goal.
But any coherent planning system will work if you keep up with it and actually complete the tasks, which is far more important than the planning part.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 04, 2018 06:12 PM (wYseH)
There are several available. I have been on them since I was 35. My grandmother died of renal failure from unregulated high blood pressure. I'll gladly pay for the drugs to avoid dialysis or a kidney transplant.
Posted by: no good deed at January 04, 2018 06:12 PM (eIQHF)
Posted by: Weasel at January 04, 2018 06:09 PM (Sfs6o)
OT. hey Weasel. The cookbook is awesome. very well laid out. Did you find Amazon easier to publish on then say, Createspace?
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at January 04, 2018 06:12 PM (4CCz5)
Posted by: Curmudgeon at January 04, 2018 06:12 PM (ujg0T)
Posted by: garrett at January 04, 2018 06:12 PM (A7EKR)
Posted by: Insomniac - Meet the New Year, same as the old year at January 04, 2018 06:10 PM (NWiLs)[i/]
They are a tool of the Devil!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 04, 2018 06:13 PM (wYseH)
Holy Cow people of Ohio. Stop wearing Pullups. You are a bunhc of pussys if you do not shut down the governor office switchboard.
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 04, 2018 06:13 PM (BtQd4)
Posted by: steevy at January 04, 2018 06:13 PM (LiyEm)
Can I bum a dick?
I'd walk a mile for a dick!
Make 'em penis shaped and I'll bet there'd be a big drop off in smoking.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 04, 2018 06:13 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: kakisto at January 04, 2018 06:13 PM (tHzqt)
Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at January 04, 2018 06:13 PM (FQKBL)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 04, 2018 06:14 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: mpfs at January 04, 2018 06:14 PM (79p/O)
Make em' nipple shaped and call them "nips" and I'll bet there'd be a big increase.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at January 04, 2018 06:14 PM (8O3HH)
Posted by: Insomniac - Meet the New Year, same as the old year at January 04, 2018 06:10 PM (NWiLs)
Yep, lots of drugs out there... read an article said that WHO classified about half the worlds populaion as hypertensive, or prehypertensive.
Posted by: kraken at January 04, 2018 06:14 PM (pL6Vz)
Not if you're a woman! lol!
Posted by: Jewells45 at January 04, 2018 06:14 PM (CNHr1)
When I feel a little lacking in the housekeeping arena I watch an episode of Hoarders to feel better again. Seriously, have any of you watched that show? Their are episode that are actually horrifying.
Posted by: Cheri at January 04, 2018 06:02 PM (oiNtH)
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Like when they pull away rafters or floorboards and there are waves of rodents or families of raccoons living there?
Or it's a pet ossuary?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 04, 2018 06:15 PM (qJtVm)
A girl I went to HS with is a big lib and a flight attendant for Jet Blue. I will ask her what charity she will donate her bonuses to or will she just tell them to not give her a bonus? Winning.
Posted by: Cheri
Tell her to donate it to the US Treasury. According to the libs, it's really their money, they just let you have a little.
And what's $1000 anyway? Like, $75 a month? That's nothing. Ask Jen Rubin.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 04, 2018 06:15 PM (2yzid)
Posted by: Jewells45 at January 04, 2018 06:15 PM (CNHr1)
Posted by: garrett at January 04, 2018 06:16 PM (A7EKR)
Posted by: no good deed at January 04, 2018 06:12 PM (eIQHF)
Most high blood pressure meds are generic now, really cheap. Same with satin's and many other common drugs. Satin's can give you sore muscles. My dad had a stroke from probably high blood pressure, so I take them now.
Posted by: Colin at January 04, 2018 06:16 PM (XN2e6)
Posted by: garrett at January 04, 2018 06:12 PM (A7EKR)
He might have to just settle for the little purple barrels of mescaline for sale in Central Park.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 04, 2018 06:16 PM (8gDQu)
paired with "don't default to getting pissed off at every fucking thing that is the least bit out of whack." be more easy going?
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at January 04, 2018 06:16 PM (4CCz5)
Last doc visit she convinced me to just take them twice a week. Annnnd twice a week I was in pain. Yeah, no.
Posted by: Tami at January 04, 2018 06:16 PM (Enq6K)
Is there going to be a pistol range at The Weasel Spread?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 04, 2018 06:16 PM (wYseH)
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/study-young-male-migrants-fuel-rise-violence-germany-52113402
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 04, 2018 06:16 PM (BtQd4)
Posted by: no good deed at January 04, 2018 06:16 PM (eIQHF)
Posted by: concrete girl at January 04, 2018 06:07 PM (nBzBk)
I am having 1980s teen flashbacks here.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at January 04, 2018 06:17 PM (ujg0T)
blockers, ACE inhibitors, vasodilators, diuretics and some various
assorted others.
They also come with a shitload of side effects that you have to get used to. I knew a couple guys who didn't believe in taking heart meds and they are now in the ground. I'll put up with the side effects I guess.
Posted by: dartist at January 04, 2018 06:18 PM (nisXv)
Posted by: Curmudgeon at January 04, 2018 06:18 PM (ujg0T)
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at January 04, 2018 06:18 PM (4CCz5)
Posted by: Tami at January 04, 2018 06:16 PM (Enq6K)
Some people get those side effects. It sucks. I'm lucky that I don't.
There is a new class of cholesterol-lowering drugs either out now or coming soon, so you might be in luck.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 04, 2018 06:18 PM (wYseH)
Posted by: SONOBI 9000 at January 04, 2018 06:18 PM (nFwvY)
Spoiler alert: Almost all of my estimates are far, far too optimistic.
That gives me better time budgeting for the same or similar tasks in the future.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at January 04, 2018 06:18 PM (3BFzK)
Posted by: concrete girl at January 04, 2018 06:07 PM (nBzBk)
>>I am having 1980s teen flashbacks here.
concrete girl will forever be dressed in a Purple Mini skirt and wearing fingerless lace gloves in my mind.
Posted by: garrett at January 04, 2018 06:19 PM (A7EKR)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 04, 2018 06:19 PM (qJtVm)
Not if you're a woman! lol!
Posted by: Jewells45 at January 04, 2018 06:14 PM (CNHr1)
I considered that, but a woman would still have to ask for some Dicks when she goes into a store to buy them.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 04, 2018 06:19 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: Dr Spank at January 04, 2018 06:19 PM (4e+hS)
of Liquor Control has decided that over 700 liquor brands will no longer
be sold in the state.
Holy Cow people of Ohio. Stop wearing Pullups. You are a bunhc of
pussys if you do not shut down the governor office switchboard.
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 04, 2018 06:13 PM (BtQd4)
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What the heck?
Posted by: grammie winger - at January 04, 2018 06:19 PM (lwiT4)
I considered that, but a woman would still have to ask for some Dicks when she goes into a store to buy them.
And that's a problem how??
Posted by: Jewells45 at January 04, 2018 06:20 PM (CNHr1)
Posted by: auscolpyr at January 04, 2018 06:20 PM (pzA2L)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2018 06:20 PM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: Under Fire at January 04, 2018 05:33
We are dropping Dish for Roku and Hulu. Will save us ca. $65 a month. Still will get everything we want.
Is there anything other than Hulu where you ca get FC?
Posted by: Farmer at January 04, 2018 06:20 PM (yJ1e6)
Posted by: Curmudgeon at January 04, 2018 06:18 PM (ujg0T)
No, it's like a finely ground or crystallized tobacco product in a small pouch you tuck behind your lip. Supposedly it has lower health risks than smoking or regular dip.
Posted by: Insomniac - Meet the New Year, same as the old year at January 04, 2018 06:20 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Kim Jung Un at January 04, 2018 06:21 PM (BNy+G)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 04, 2018 06:21 PM (R+NVE)
Take baby steps. Do one or the other. Sounds like you are setting yourself up for failure.
I'm working on not having a beer until 3:00. So far lost that one today.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at January 04, 2018 06:22 PM (3BFzK)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 04, 2018 06:19 PM (4ErVI)
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And they ask you for your girth preference. que c'est embarrassant! You want the Cubans but feel you should get the Slims.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 04, 2018 06:22 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at January 04, 2018 06:22 PM (FQKBL)
It has become a line item on the budget.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at January 04, 2018 06:22 PM (4CCz5)
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at January 04, 2018 06:12 PM (4CCz5)
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Thanks, and glad you are enjoying it! bluebell deserves all the credit. We did use Create Space which gave us more flexibility than going straight to Amazon and the distribution platform is the same. CS takes a slightly larger chunk of royalties but there are a bunch of advantages like proof/author copies and so forth. The CS process was incredibly easy and straightforward and I managed to use it without any major disasters. One key element I think was the fact that we used a publisher who did a remarkable job of formatting the manuscript.. I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have - just email me at the moroncookbook gmail address.
Posted by: Weasel at January 04, 2018 06:22 PM (Sfs6o)
Posted by: Jewells45 at January 04, 2018 06:22 PM (CNHr1)
This weekend is a good time to tackle it. I plan on taking showers and putting on fresh pjs all weekend. It's too cold to venture out, but I'll keep an ear out for your cries for help if I have to head your way for anything.
Posted by: no good deed at January 04, 2018 06:22 PM (eIQHF)
of Liquor Control has decided that over 700 liquor brands will no longer
be sold in the state.
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 04, 2018 06:13 PM (BtQd4)
Is Ohio one of those states where the liquor stores are state run?
Posted by: Colin at January 04, 2018 06:22 PM (XN2e6)
Posted by: SONOBI 9000 at January 04, 2018 06:23 PM (nFwvY)
Posted by: grammie winger - at January 04, 2018 06:23 PM (lwiT4)
Quitting would only require a ring!
Posted by: garrett at January 04, 2018 06:16 PM (A7EKR)
*snort*
Posted by: Insomniac - Meet the New Year, same as the old year at January 04, 2018 06:23 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: garrett at January 04, 2018 06:23 PM (A7EKR)
Is Ohio one of those states where the liquor stores are state run?
Posted by: Colin at January 04, 2018 06:22 PM (XN2e6)
Sure sounds like it...
Posted by: kraken at January 04, 2018 06:23 PM (pL6Vz)
Is there going to be a pistol range at The Weasel Spread?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 04, 2018 06:16 PM (wYseH)
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Is that a serious question?
Posted by: Weasel at January 04, 2018 06:23 PM (Sfs6o)
Posted by: garrett at January 04, 2018 06:24 PM (A7EKR)
Posted by: Curmudgeon at January 04, 2018 06:18 PM (ujg0T)
Basically, but it's prepared differently. It's steamed and salted instead of dried and cured, and it doesn't make you spit. It's supposed to be much less likely to cause health complications than smoking or traditional chewing tobacco.
Swedes make it sound like their equivalent of vaping, a much less harmful and more discreet alternative to smoking that's getting the ol' boot-on-the-neck treatment Because Reasons.
Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2018 06:24 PM (y87Qq)
It only gets dicey when you have to ask for the hard pack or soft.
Posted by: no good deed at January 04, 2018 06:24 PM (eIQHF)
Posted by: Jewells45 at January 04, 2018 06:22 PM (CNHr1)
American Spirits are great. Also wicked expensive.
Posted by: Insomniac - Meet the New Year, same as the old year at January 04, 2018 06:24 PM (NWiLs)
of Liquor Control has decided that over 700 liquor brands will no longer
be sold in the state.
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 04, 2018 06:13 PM (BtQd4)
Is Ohio one of those states where the liquor stores are state run?
Posted by: Colin at January 04, 2018 06:22 PM (XN2e6)
As much as I loathe what the Demunist Commiecrats have done to my beloved California, I must say I just don't get the odd alcohol laws so many other states have.
Here, I can buy a bottle of Tequila and a bag of carrots in the same store, no problem.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at January 04, 2018 06:25 PM (ujg0T)
Posted by: garrett at January 04, 2018 06:26 PM (A7EKR)
Posted by: Amy Schumer at January 04, 2018 06:26 PM (3BFzK)
It only gets dicey when you have to ask for the hard pack or soft.
Posted by: no good deed at January 04, 2018 06:24 PM (eIQHF)
You get the 100s in a hard pack.
Posted by: Insomniac - Meet the New Year, same as the old year at January 04, 2018 06:26 PM (NWiLs)
Poon or you're doing it wrong.
Cigarettes don't decide they were raped 10 minutes after you smoke them
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at January 04, 2018 06:26 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 04, 2018 06:26 PM (4ErVI)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jnj5DAjupZc
They showed this on PBS ages ago and it's a favorite (after the Barishnakov/Kirkland standard)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 04, 2018 06:26 PM (qJtVm)
Is there going to be a pistol range at The Weasel Spread?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 04, 2018 06:16 PM (wYseH)
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There is going to be a machine gun range.
Posted by: Weasel at January 04, 2018 06:26 PM (Sfs6o)
Posted by: Weasel at January 04, 2018 06:23 PM (Sfs6o)
Yup! We are thinking of doing the same thing, but obviously building a barn 600 yards away so there would be something for me to hit with my rifle.
The pistol part is easier.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 04, 2018 06:27 PM (wYseH)
Posted by: concrete girl at January 04, 2018 06:07 PM (nBzBk)
>>I am having 1980s teen flashbacks here.
concrete girl will forever be dressed in a Purple Mini skirt and wearing fingerless lace gloves in my mind.
Posted by: garrett at January 04, 2018 06:19 PM (A7EKR)
And Legwarmers on otherwise bare legs.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at January 04, 2018 06:27 PM (ujg0T)
Posted by: Jewells45 at January 04, 2018 06:27 PM (CNHr1)
Posted by: Weasel at January 04, 2018 06:22 PM (Sfs6o)
Thanks so much. Struggled with createspace formatting for a book with graphics I worked on way back but finally got it. I would use a publisher if I do it again. Bluebell gives you all the credit by the way...you guys lol! i will contact you as I get to designing another. Thanks much.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at January 04, 2018 06:27 PM (4CCz5)
Now I have very few belongings, and a cleaning lady that comes in once a month. It's very freeing not to have anything.
Posted by: grammie winger - at January 04, 2018 06:28 PM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Curmudgeon at January 04, 2018 06:25 PM (ujg0T)
Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2018 06:28 PM (y87Qq)
Posted by: Jewells45 at January 04, 2018 06:22 PM (CNHr1)
American Spirits are great. Also wicked expensive.
Posted by: Insomniac - Meet the New Year, same as the old year at January 04, 2018 06:24 PM (NWiLs)
I know someone who smokes those and I swear it takes him ten minutes to smoke one. They burn really, REALLY slowly.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 04, 2018 06:28 PM (4ErVI)
Speaking of hard packs, do they make Viagra in smokable form?
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at January 04, 2018 06:28 PM (8O3HH)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at January 04, 2018 06:28 PM (3BFzK)
Posted by: Sandra Flook at January 04, 2018 06:28 PM (Tyii7)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 04, 2018 06:26 PM (4ErVI)
LMAO!!
Posted by: Jewells45 at January 04, 2018 06:28 PM (CNHr1)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 04, 2018 06:28 PM (4ErVI)
They're very tightly packed.
Posted by: Insomniac - Meet the New Year, same as the old year at January 04, 2018 06:29 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at January 04, 2018 06:29 PM (vChNs)
Posted by: Weasel at January 04, 2018 06:23 PM (Sfs6o)
Yup! We are thinking of doing the same thing, but obviously building a barn 600 yards away so there would be something for me to hit with my rifle.
The pistol part is easier.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 04, 2018 06:27 PM (wYseH)
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I'm not too worried about pistol rounds going very far in this particular layout. For the rifle range we'll be shooting into a hill but I plan to have my land clearing guy build a small berm to backstop the targets.
Posted by: Weasel at January 04, 2018 06:31 PM (Sfs6o)
Having looked over the list of brands Ohio has deleted, looks like no great loss. Not an expert, though.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 04, 2018 06:31 PM (9ECCj)
Posted by: no good deed at January 04, 2018 06:31 PM (eIQHF)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 04, 2018 06:31 PM (wYseH)
Posted by: grammie winger - at January 04, 2018 06:23 PM (lwiT4)
Huh. I could have substituted 'bastard' in your line a couple of mine. Like "be more patient"...'stop being a bastard'...Much more accurate.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at January 04, 2018 06:32 PM (4CCz5)
Posted by: Weasel at January 04, 2018 06:31 PM (Sfs6o)
Sitting back from my screen I read that as a small barn...I immediately wondered why a barn??
Posted by: Colin at January 04, 2018 06:33 PM (XN2e6)
Posted by: Insomniac - Meet the New Year, same as the old year at January 04, 2018 06:33 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: no good deed at January 04, 2018 06:33 PM (eIQHF)
Having looked over the list of brands Ohio has deleted, looks like no great loss. Not an expert, though.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 04, 2018 06:31 PM (9ECCj)
Still unsettling. Having the state decide what alcohol won't be sold? Even CA, for all its foul rot now, won't do that, AFAIK.
I just take it for granted I can buy booze at the same supermarket where I buy oatmeal or apples or toilet paper or toothpaste.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at January 04, 2018 06:34 PM (ujg0T)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 04, 2018 06:26 PM (4ErVI)
LMAO!!
Posted by: Jewells45 at January 04, 2018 06:28 PM (CNHr1
yeah, me too.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at January 04, 2018 06:34 PM (4CCz5)
Posted by: Insomniac - Meet the New Year, same as the old year at January 04, 2018 06:33 PM (NWiLs)
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Eat more cheese. See? How hard is that?
Posted by: grammie winger - at January 04, 2018 06:35 PM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at January 04, 2018 06:35 PM (FQKBL)
Posted by: votermom pimping great books! at January 04, 2018 06:38 PM (hMwEB)
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Not sure that is the best idea. As I recall, most heart attacks occur during the earlier hours of the day. The point being, stressing the heart early in the day may not be a good thing. I always made a point of doing workouts in the early evening, before dinner.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 04, 2018 06:39 PM (nBBdT)
Posted by: Colin at January 04, 2018 06:39 PM (XN2e6)
Posted by: Insomniac - Meet the New Year, same as the old year at January 04, 2018 06:33 PM (NWiLs)
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Eat more cheese. See? How hard is that?
Posted by: grammie winger - at January 04, 2018 06:35 PM (lwiT4)
Har har. Seriously, though, how does one make a resolution for something intangible like "be happier" or "be less miserable"?
Posted by: Insomniac - Meet the New Year, same as the old year at January 04, 2018 06:40 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at January 04, 2018 06:40 PM (z2W2E)
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at January 04, 2018 06:09 PM (4CCz5)
My rehab rule is go so often and keep going for so long they finally say we can't do any more for you, leave now!
Posted by: Perry Helion at January 04, 2018 06:42 PM (gwPgz)
Heh. Learned it many years ago from a P.I. I worked for....
Posted by: the Butcher at January 04, 2018 06:59 PM (DIosY)
Hee hee... You want to learn about lockpicking? Head over to Vegas at the end of July for DEFCON. Your mind will be blown- on lockpicking as well as a bunch of other things.
Posted by: thermowax at January 04, 2018 07:27 PM (qfrtL)
Posted by: Jeanne del norte at January 04, 2018 08:02 PM (B9dAp)
Only 1 other endorsement in the thread? Guess we're not the super-productive moron types.
Posted by: IncredibleCO at January 04, 2018 09:51 PM (rf03a)
Posted by: Dave of Dodge at January 04, 2018 10:09 PM (VeBbo)
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at January 05, 2018 12:14 AM (JPRju)
Posted by: Shopgirl: #KStateWonTheirs at January 05, 2018 12:58 AM (Ch2LU)
Posted by: Peter B. Jordanson at January 05, 2018 02:14 AM (x6Rmp)
marketing pot and lobbying for legalization in all 57 states. DUDE!!!
Posted by: harleycowboy at January 05, 2018 11:05 AM (+9AX9)
Good to Go!
I've done a great many things former Marine, hard jobs and such but quitting smoking and Dipping Copenhagen snuff was the hardest thing I ever tried and finally accomplished after many years of cutting back to finally tossing tobacco.
I wish you God speed and god luck, hang in there and persevere and you shall be tobacco free.
Once you go that year quit then you notice what smokers smell like 24/7/365 and believe me a dirty, stale, wet ashtray is not good to smell like.
I did it.
You can do it!
Posted by: obsidian at January 05, 2018 11:13 AM (ARK2U)
On a completely unrelated note: I am out of my antidepressant, and I have to wait a week or so before I can get more.
Posted by: Smallish Bees at January 05, 2018 12:00 PM (yjhOG)
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