Today I had a message from my Win 7 computer

[Ed Cryer]

On Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:19:42 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

I haven't had a cigarette in 43 years now, but even back in the days
when I smoked, I never did that.

Coincidentally, I just cited the same number in a post in this thread. I
quit Mar 15, 1968. And I'm happy to have done so ]

Me too.

I can't remember the date, or even the month, but I did it twice that
year. The first time lasted about six weeks, and the second time 43
years (so far).

And that reminds me of what Mark Twain said: "Stopping smoking is
easy. I've done it a thousand times."

I often quote that when I describe my process of quitting.

One example: I had been off the weed for six months when I was having a
fun at a party and bummed a cigarette, knowing I could handle just one.
Hah! Good lesson, though. When I finally quit (it was about six years
later), I understood that I am an addict and I knew what (not) to do.

I'd been reading a book called "The Easy Way To Stop Smoking".
One little bit of simple logic hit me like a ton of bricks. It went
something like this.

"When you were a kid you tried a cigarette and were sick. Later you
tried another, and were a bit less sick. Until eventually you got to be
able to smoke without being sick; and then you were feeding the
"nicotine demon".
So then, when you claim that a cigarette gives you pleasure, all that
amounts to is that you've placated the nicotine demon once again."

That made me think something like this.
"Call yourself a free man, Ed, when you're spending a fortune and slowly
ruining your health - all just to feed an unnatural craving?"

I think that's what did it for me. It stabbed me in the deepest recesses
of my ego.

http://www.theeasywaytostopsmoking.com/

Ed

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, Ken.

My Dad smoked all his adult life - until about 2 years before he died from
lung cancer at age 78.

Like most kids, I tried it, too, several times. It made me look so grown
up.

When I was 13 and my brother was 11, we were catching a cross-country bus to
visit our grandparents. We were going to be on our own for the 80-mile
trip. We finally had a chance to smoke without Dad knowing. But just as we
saw the bus rounding the curve and coming to the crossroad where we would
flag it down, Dad reached over and pulled the sack of Bull Durham from the
bib of my overalls. For once, he did not spank us or anything. But he
looked so disappointed in me that I've never again had any desire to smoke.

That was one of the best things my Dad ever did for me.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-2010)
Windows Live Mail 2011 (Build 15.4.3538.0513) in Win7 Ultimate x64 SP1


"Ken Blake" wrote in message

I haven't had a cigarette in 43 years now, but even back in the days
when I smoked, I never did that.

Coincidentally, I just cited the same number in a post in this thread. I
quit Mar 15, 1968. And I'm happy to have done so ]

Me too.

I can't remember the date, or even the month, but I did it twice that
year. The first time lasted about six weeks, and the second time 43
years (so far).

And that reminds me of what Mark Twain said: "Stopping smoking is
easy. I've done it a thousand times."

 

[Ken Blake]

Hi, Ken.

My Dad smoked all his adult life - until about 2 years before he died from
lung cancer at age 78.

Like most kids, I tried it, too, several times. It made me look so grown
up.

When I was 13 and my brother was 11, we were catching a cross-country bus to
visit our grandparents. We were going to be on our own for the 80-mile
trip. We finally had a chance to smoke without Dad knowing. But just as we
saw the bus rounding the curve and coming to the crossroad where we would
flag it down, Dad reached over and pulled the sack of Bull Durham from the
bib of my overalls. For once, he did not spank us or anything. But he
looked so disappointed in me that I've never again had any desire to smoke.

That was one of the best things my Dad ever did for me.

Great story, RC!

 

[ray]

An interesting thread! The number of people who can quote the exact date
is amazing. How many of those, when asked for their spouse's or
children's birthdays, wedding anniversary etc. will reply with (at best)
a brief pause.
Allen

Of course, that's not the point. The point is that one would obviously
not trade in a car simply because the ashtray is full, although that's
really a nonsensical question to begin with. Similarly, one should not
have to reinstall an OS if you have a decent one to begin with. I've not
had to do a reinstall for 15 years.

 

[Roy Smith]

People have been tossing butts out the window since long before ashtrays
started disappearing.

I remember one time when I was driving over-the-road for Wiley Sanders,
I was in Indianapolis coming around I-485 on my way to deliver a load.
When I reached my exit, I had to stop for a traffic light and noticed a
sign that said "Cigarette butts are litter too". Then I looked down at
the ground below the sign and it was covered with butts.


--

Roy Smith
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
Thunderbird 5.0
Tuesday, August 09, 2011 8:29:15 PM

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

An interesting thread! The number of people who can quote the exact date
is amazing. How many of those, when asked for their spouse's or
children's birthdays, wedding anniversary etc. will reply with (at best)
a brief pause.
Allen

Thanks for the good laugh!

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Of course, that's not the point. The point is that one would obviously
not trade in a car simply because the ashtray is full, although that's
really a nonsensical question to begin with. Similarly, one should not
have to reinstall an OS if you have a decent one to begin with. I've not
had to do a reinstall for 15 years.

Thanks! It sounds like you got my point. That might make you unique

But I'm often fairly oblique like that...

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Great story, RC!

+1

Rather moving, in truth.