So who are our smokers in the barn?

[kylebuck]

Im just kinda curious who smokes.
I picked up the habit about a year ago

[theanswriz42]

Only hookah and cigars for me

[Z06PDQ]

cigar every now & then. gave up cigarettes 25 yrs ago. nothing like a good puro Cubano after a steak dinner. :cheers:

[Iron Chef]

Im just kinda curious who smokes. I picked up the habit about a year ago

Quit while you're ahead. Just sayin'

Oh and one more thing: You didn't "pick up the habit" so stop kidding yourself. You were around people who smoked, they probably persuaded you to try it, you wanted to look cool, the rest is history.

[The_Dude]

I picked up the habit about a year ago Mensa

[Defib1961]

Im just kinda curious who smokes.
I picked up the habit about a year ago

My question is.......Why did you start? I have had way too many patients that are now toting an oxygen bottle around with them or soon will be. Watching a smoker die is brutal for the family and worse for the smoker.

[Sneaks]

Wish I had never seen a cigarette.....:leaving:

[iluvmyvettes]

Wish I had never seen a cigarette.....:leaving:

:iagree: I've been a smoker for 30 years. Filthy habit!

[1TZSLO]

I quit last March in Iraq.

[Z06PDQ]

I quit last March in Iraq.

if you can quit under those conditions, you've got it whipped for good. BTW, thank you for your service. :flag:

[1TZSLO]

if you can quit under those conditions, you've got it whipped for good. BTW, thank you for your service. :flag:

NP, It was too hot out to worry about going ot smoke haha:cheers:

[jeff w]

Quit while you're ahead. Just sayin'

Oh and one more thing: You didn't "pick up the habit" so stop kidding yourself. You were around people who smoked, they probably persuaded you to try it, you wanted to look cool, the rest is history.

Joe is referring to smoking pole, not tobacco :ack:

[Garb55]

if you can quit under those conditions, you've got it whipped for good. BTW, thank you for your service. :flag:

:above:

[NEVRL8T]

Im just kinda curious who smokes.
I picked up the habit about a year ago

You, yes, YOU! Stop right now. Stop while you stil can. I smoked for twenty years. When I had been smoking for a year, I said, "I can quit when ever I want." Five years later, I was still saying the same thing. Fifteen years later I tried to quit. I couldn't. Twenty years later, when I was 36, I had a heart attack. When I was in ICU, I couldn't smoke. Laying in my bed, I could see across the ward, into the room of a man that was obviously very ill. Oxygen, grim faces from doctors and nurses, and the constant wheezing he made - that you could hear across the ward - as he grasped for a breath. I never touched a cigarette again. It will be five years this August and I still crave one like a mofo at times. The sooner you quit, the easier it will be to quit. How many people have to tell you this before you will believe them? We are not harping, we long time smokers and ex-smokers know the hell you will go through. They cost a fortune now anyway. Why pay to kill yourself?

[BuckyThreadkiller]

Smoking killed my mom and it took 10 long agonizing years to do it, after they removed her left lung.

You think it's cool now but when you find you can't quit and then ten years later are dragging around an oxygen bottle, you don't look nearly as cool.


Plus it's expensive a hell now days. Just roll up a dollar and set it on fire.

[tuco]

Joe.....your and idiot. If you can't think of anything better to do with all that money, sent it to me:toetap::beat::beat::beat:

[Jbust3]

yep.... 12.00 a ctn for Marlboro lights here in Kabul will need to quit before i go back to US for good

[oahuyahoo]

Wish I had never seen a cigarette.....:leaving:

Just had to get rid of cancer to prove it, smoke all you want, you haven't got the foggiest idea what you are doing to yourself and what you could be up against. And the real kick in the ass for me is when my dad died in my arms from cancer, I quit then and there on the spot 14 years ago.

[kylebuck]

My question is.......Why did you start? I have had way too many patients that are now toting an oxygen bottle around with them or soon will be. Watching a smoker die is brutal for the family and worse for the smoker.

Quit while you're ahead. Just sayin'

Oh and one more thing: You didn't "pick up the habit" so stop kidding yourself. You were around people who smoked, they probably persuaded you to try it, you wanted to look cool, the rest is history.

Just had to get rid of cancer to prove it, smoke all you want, you haven't got the foggiest idea what you are doing to yourself and what you could be up against. And the real kick in the ass for me is when my dad died in my arms from cancer, I quit then and there on the spot 14 years ago.
i see we dont exaclty like smoking in the barn. I picked up the habit when i lived with 2 smokers during the summer. Started out I only smoke with i drink. Now i hardly drink and only smoke .

[DropTheTop]

I quit a mere five months ago, but you gotta start somewhere. I surely hope that my 20 year smoking career is a thing of the past, because I'm much better off now. It was peer pressure that got me hooked at 15, and it was nicotine and my own weakness that kept me coming back for more. But on Christmas Eve I decided I would no longer be weak and make excuses. I didn't quit for the money I'd save. . . I quit for the days, weeks, months and years of life that I will HOPEFULLY save.

[Defib1961]

Joe seriously.....quit. My neighbor cant leave his house now. Getting up from his chair and walking to the restroom takes everything he has. I smoked for about two years, switched to Copenhagen for about 18 years and quit that 10 years ago. Best thing I ever did. Just like Sneaks said, I wish I had never in my life seen any type of tobacco. My father smoked for years before I was born. He was 36 when I was born and 72 when he died. Doctors said even that many years later, smoking contributed to his death.

[Y2Kvert4me]

i see we dont exaclty like smoking in the barn. It's not a matter of like or dislike.

It's just some older and wiser folks advising you it's a horrible (and expensive) habit to get addicted to, and it's a real beotch to quit once you are fully hooked. :yesnod:

Take that advice and get out of it while you can. Smoking for only a year, you should be able to quit it without too much fuss.
The more accomplished addicts with decades of heavy use under their belt don't find it quite so easy.

I have no problem with smokers, or even the smoke. What you are receiving here is very good advice from some smokers (or ex-smokers), not offensive comments picking on you for polluting their air.

I think most will agree we'd just rather not see you, a relatively young guy with a whole future to live for, travel down that unhealthy path in life. That is all.


:cheers:

[khblair]

Smoking killed my mom and it took 10 long agonizing years to do it, after they removed her left lung.

You think it's cool now but when you find you can't quit and then ten years later are dragging around an oxygen bottle, you don't look nearly as cool.


Plus it's expensive a hell now days. Just roll up a dollar and set it on fire.

im sorry for your loss. it killed my mother too. she was on oxygen for years and then had a lung transplant. her body rejected it.
its a nasty habit and i think it makes even the most attractive person (male or female) extremely unattractive instantly

[Munch]

Me Me Me Me!!!

To be honest though, I only smoke because it makes me look cool.

[NEVRL8T]

Me Me Me Me!!!

To be honest though, I only smoke because it makes me look cool.

Pole smoking is never going to make you look cool unless you are a knockout blonde with huge tits. :D

[NEVRL8T]

It's not a matter of like or dislike.

It's .....


Very well put. Maybe that will talk some sense into him. Got too much going for him to let this ruin his life later.

[BuckyThreadkiller]

im sorry for your loss. it killed my mother too. she was on oxygen for years and then had a lung transplant. her body rejected it.
its a nasty habit and i think it makes even the most attractive person (male or female) extremely unattractive instantly

Thanks Kim. Sorry to hear about your mom. I know all too well how tough that is. Every year on Mom's Birthday I've thrown up a long post on CF about the struggles she had trying to quit and then the real hardship my Dad faced when she effectively became an invalid. Even if smokers aren;t worried about what it does to them, they should consider the effects on those who'll have to take care of them when they can't go to the bathroom on their own.


Joey - It's not a matter of liking smoking or not. I enjoy an occasional cigar but cigarette smoking as a habit is just a proven bad idea.

[2ez 2spd]

Pole smoking is never going to make you look cool unless you are a knockout blonde with huge tits. :D

:rofl: thats the truth

Y2KVert said it best.

I smoked from when I was 15 to 30 now its been over 10 year without, I quit with my wife with one of her surgeries (she had to I did it for support) she started back I never did and I feel a lot better without it.

[zz4vetteguy]

You all should stop...it is like a drug, and we all know what Mr. MacKey says about drugs...

YouTube - Drugs are bad-MMkay

[Defib1961]

Yeah smoking is cool. You too can get Emphysema
Emphysema - Pictures (http://www.goldbamboo.com/pictures-t1298.html)

[Iron Chef]

It's not a matter of like or dislike.

It's just some older and wiser folks advising you it's a horrible (and expensive) habit to get addicted to, and it's a real beotch to quit once you are fully hooked. :yesnod:

He's listening about as well as Trunk Monkey.

its a nasty habit and i think it makes even the most attractive person (male or female) extremely unattractive instantly

Nice to see you here Kim! :seeya:

[Z06PDQ]

cigarette smoking as a habit is just a proven bad idea.

:cheers: :iagree:

[kylebuck]

He's listening about as well as Trunk Monkey.



Nice to see you here Kim! :seeya:

Awe come on cheif that cut me deep
I've been getting a lot of pressure to quit.
My gf,parents,sisters, friends,and I know how bad it is for me
I just get frustrated with people who come onto work: mexicans who speak no English,in-breed coonasses that are trying to Jerry rig and ask me to figure out how they should do it.
Think trunk monkey at CIX
times 10
after dealing with such people I tend to smoke after dealing with people like that
but I do need to quit

[khblair]

Awe come on cheif that cut me deep
I've been getting a lot of pressure to quit.
My gf,parents,sisters, friends,and I know how bad it is for me
I just get frustrated with people who come onto work: mexicans who speak no English,in-breed coonasses that are trying to Jerry rig and ask me to figure out how they should do it.
Think trunk monkey at CIX
times 10
after dealing with such people I tend to smoke after dealing with people like that
but I do need to quit

you need to find a more constructive way to deal with stress

[Defib1961]

you need to find a more constructive way to deal with stress

Yeah, like cutting the end off of a blind person's cane.

[khblair]

Yeah, like cutting the end off of a blind person's cane.

:rofl:

[Z06PDQ]

Awe come on cheif that cut me deep
I've been getting a lot of pressure to quit.
My gf,parents,sisters, friends,and I know how bad it is for me
I just get frustrated with people who come onto work: mexicans who speak no English,in-breed coonasses that are trying to Jerry rig and ask me to figure out how they should do it.
Think trunk monkey at CIX
times 10
after dealing with such people I tend to smoke after dealing with people like that
but I do need to quit

learn Spanish & tell 'em stuff like "chinga te, cabron!!!".... for the Coon Asses just remind them that the Lousyanna Purchase is the only reason they are tolerated. :cheers:

[Iron Chef]

Yeah, like cutting the end off of a blind person's cane.

Or watching me, Defib and Threadkiller play a round of golf. :o_o:

you need to find a more constructive way to deal with stress

I'm still trying to find real stress in that list. :rofl:

[DropTheTop]

Or watching me, Defib and Threadkiller play a round of golf. :o_o:



I'm still trying to find real stress in that list. :rofl:

:iagree: Serious. if my list was that light, I wouldn't need Lexapro! :o_o:

[Defib1961]

Or watching me, Defib and Threadkiller play a round of golf. :o_o:



I'm still trying to find real stress in that list. :rofl:

We need one of those hats.

[NEVRL8T]

We need one of those hats.

http://movies.infinitecoolness.com/23/caddyshack10b.jpg

[DaveK88]

Aww Man Joebuck you joebucked yourself by starting. :slap:

[Z06PDQ]

We need one of those hats.

that's known as a "catch me, **** me" hat around these parts. :D

[BuckyThreadkiller]

We need one of those hats.

:nono:

You want the hat?

You can't handle the hat!

http://s1.hubimg.com/u/557184_f260.jpg

[jeff w]

you need to find a more constructive way to deal with stress

I would suggest driving his vette, but he has a c4 so it would just add to the stress.

[Defib1961]

:nono:

You want the hat?

You can't handle the hat!

http://s1.hubimg.com/u/557184_f260.jpg

Does it have a place for your pony tail?

[Z06PDQ]

does brisket smoking count? :D