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Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3234 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
Mark & John Galt: Keep it up I know you guys can do it. Hang in there! |
Dirk Villarreal Wittich Send message Joined: 25 Apr 00 Posts: 2098 Credit: 434,834 RAC: 0 |
How are you doing today, msattler? I compare the counter of the Phoenix mission with your savings on tobacco packages: every single day at least one package further......You both started your missions at about the same time. Cheers! |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51469 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Remember that you will have more healthy days with your kitties and BOINC rig, if you give up smoking! You will also spare LOTS of dollars a year so your BOINC rig will get even more computing power! No cigars => Larger RAC. No, Henri.....you are very wise................... "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
HTH Send message Joined: 8 Jul 00 Posts: 691 Credit: 909,237 RAC: 0 |
Mark: I know you will success. I give you 100% support. Henri. Manned mission to Mars in 2019 Petition <-- Sign this, please. |
Luke Send message Joined: 31 Dec 06 Posts: 2546 Credit: 817,560 RAC: 0 |
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Mr. Majestic Send message Joined: 26 Nov 07 Posts: 4752 Credit: 258,845 RAC: 0 |
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Uli Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10923 Credit: 5,996,015 RAC: 1 |
Mark, how are you doing? If you make it through the weekend, half of my donation will be in your name. Of course the kitties will have to verify this ;) Pluto will always be a planet to me. Seti Ambassador Not to late to order an Anni Shirt |
Mr. Majestic Send message Joined: 26 Nov 07 Posts: 4752 Credit: 258,845 RAC: 0 |
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Mumps [MM] Send message Joined: 11 Feb 08 Posts: 4454 Credit: 100,893,853 RAC: 30 |
Don't know if this'll help, but it's kept me from smoking in the first place: 1. My grandfather smoked for 40 years. Ultimately, they found cancer in his right lung. "We'll have to perform surgery and remove half of that lung. No big deal." Once they got in there, they found they had to remove the entire right lung. "No big deal." He never made it out of the recovery room. Died, very unexpectedly, recovering, right there. 2. My father smoked for my entire lifetime. Developed cancer which became "Cancer of the Lymph Nodes." Once it get's into the lymph system, the body cannot defend against it. I got to watch, as a young teen, as my father spent the last 6 months of his life deteriorating from the Radiation and Chemo therapy they used to try to extend his life. This once proud and powerful man died with splints on his feet because he couldn't even hold them up while he was lying in his death bed. 3. A friend of mine that was a smoker of ten+ years took himself to the emergency room because he thought he was having a heart-attack. After multiple tests, incluing X-Rays, the doctors told him it wasn't a heart-attack, but his lungs were so 'f'd up that he really needed to quit smoking. That scared him so bad, he quit Cold-Turkey. And that's something he relates as the most significant choice he's ever made in his life. It can be done. And I hope, for both of you, that you make it through the tough times. Keep on Crunchin'!!! |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51469 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Day 4..... Thanks again to all for your support..... When I first get home from work, the urge is as strong as ever, but I have resisted buying any more, so I am OK so far........ The trick for me is going to be maintaining my stubborn attitude about quitting over the next 3 days........I work 4 10's, so I have a 3 day weekend, and you know I am tapping the whiskey bottle as we speak.....ain't gonna give that up... So far, my mindset is pretty good.....I got a good percentage of 'stubborn German' in me...and right now, I am determined not to let the ciggys win....I get really perturbed when someone or something tries to best me.... If I make it through this weekend, it's a done deal!!! And my sincere wishes of support to any and all who are or who have considered quitting along with me...... "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Mr. Majestic Send message Joined: 26 Nov 07 Posts: 4752 Credit: 258,845 RAC: 0 |
Day 4..... When you make it through the weekend just don't let your will power go down. I've heard that the minute you do you will give in. Good luck this weekend! John |
John Clark Send message Joined: 29 Sep 99 Posts: 16515 Credit: 4,418,829 RAC: 0 |
Keep up the good resistance. Day 5 will soon be over, and the week end seems to shoot bye, then it is Monday again. Week end is clear and behind you, just picture it. You know you can do it! It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues |
JDWhale Send message Joined: 6 Apr 99 Posts: 921 Credit: 21,935,817 RAC: 3 |
I'll join Team Whisky with you for the weekend. You have my full support on that front ;-) I've got a shoulder that you can lean on, cry on, spill on. For DVD support... pop in a copy of "The Waterboy"... "You can DO it!" |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51469 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
I kinda identify with 'Leaving Las Vegas'.......but regardless of my OCD and Manic Depressive thingys......I would never go there.....the fact that one of my brothers did totally prevents me from going there......I shall be here for whatever duration my God chooses me to be so........ Never saw 'Waterboy'........ I am gonna win this battle.......I am sooooooooo pissed right now at ever having done it for 20 years or more....... If I only had every dime I spent on a pack o' gags back in my hand right now....criminy........I saved $24.00 or more just this week.......... Gonna do it.......meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeoooooooooooooooooooooowww...and beyond. Thanks JD....... EDIT...BTW what the frack are you doing up at this time o' night???? I thought I was the only one that kept these wacky office hours....... "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51469 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Sounds like you are doing OK there Mark. Well done, keep it up. After the first week it really is much easier. been there done it... I'm still leaving Las Vegas........not there yet....... "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
[KWSN]John Galt 007 Send message Joined: 9 Nov 99 Posts: 2444 Credit: 25,086,197 RAC: 0 |
Sounds like you are doing OK there Mark. Well done, keep it up. After the first week it really is much easier. been there done it... Mark...I'm waiting with the door open on the city limits...c'mon, jump inside...Let's ride this train outta here!! Clk2HlpSetiCty:::PayIt4ward |
JDWhale Send message Joined: 6 Apr 99 Posts: 921 Credit: 21,935,817 RAC: 3 |
I kinda identify with 'Leaving Las Vegas'....... I love "Leaving Las Vegas"... (opening scene... shopping cart in a liquor store... I can relate) actually I like "going to Las Vegas" even more... heading there Tuesday for a long break ;-) Yup, I explained to a friend about 10 years ago that if he quit smoking (3 packs/day) he could easily afford that new 4x4 truck he wanted just with the fag savings. He quit and bought the truck... somethings become easier when you dangle a carrot. Been burning the midnight oil... Microsoft VisualStudio 2005 "trial" license expires today (needed for development with Intel compiler). I'll switch to a newer trial(90 days) version when I get back from Las Vegas. I'll be poking in later tonight to offer up some JD (JackDaniels) induced support. |
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