Catching up: Re: Smoking

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I know this thread is a bit old, but we have been away for a week or two (away all of last week, and kind of in and out most of the week before), so I am trying my best to catch up here in this chatty bunch...I am an ex-smoker too, started when I was about 15 or 16 (don't remember exactly), and quit 10 years ago (which means I was a smoker for some 11-12 years). Started out with just a couple a day, at the very most, but we all know that never last for long... My normal ration, so to speak, for most of my smoking years, was 1 pack per day (more on social occasions). My first cigarette (or first 10, to be exact, I shared a pack with a mate) was a Swedish brand, called "yellow blend", but I didn't like it too much. Found it a bit... well... bland I guess (should have been called yellow bland instead...). Didn't do much for me, so to speak. Switched to Marlboro red for a short while, liked that a whole lot better, but I found "my brand", the one to really hit the spot, when a friend introduced me to the Danish brand Prince ("red", their original blend). Quitting was definitely one of the hardest things I have done, too. I even decided that if I should take up smoking again, then it's for life, because I can't do the whole quitting thing one more time...I've had the occasional cigar since, on New year's eves especially, but no more than once or twice a year, and the last 4-5 years none at all. BUT... I have no problem with tobacco smoke, on the contrary, I like the smell. If I find myself walking close to someone on the street who is smoking a cigarette, I'll walk slower (and closer if I can), and take deep breaths... And I can still differentiate between different cigarette brands just from the smell (most especially, I can differentiate red Prince from "the rest"...). I would definitely object to smoking inside the house, though. I didn't like that even back when I was smoking, I'd never smoke indoors myself, after we moved to our first apartment (college dorm is another story...), and I'd allow guests to do it only on bigger parties (the terrace we had with that apartment would hold 10 people at the same time, at the most). And then I'd spend the next day trying all the old household remedies to try and get rid of the smoke (wet towel, vinegar in a bowl etc), and of course have all the windows open for hours, even in the middle of winter. Old, stale, cigarette smoke just isn't at all the same thing as fresh one.love/Reb>> Must be, I just know I can't be around it at all. > > > > >   > ~*~Hugs~*~

> ~*~Akiba~*~

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> -- Smoking

> > >  > .I know we are Akiba but why? I still say quitting smoking was the hardest> thing I've ever done. And right after, I seemed to catch every darn bug> around. And if I'm in a place where people smoke, my eyes start watering,> etc. There must be a physial reason for it? ... hugs, Cait

> What's for dinner?

> > > What's for dinner at your house? Most of you have probably already eaten> but I''m in Arizona so it's earlier here:)

> > > I am cooking some boneless pork in olive oil, garlic and black pepper. I> threw in a few potatoes with the pork. And I am cooking a skillet of baby> lima beans sauteed in a bit of olive oil, seasoned with only a little salt> and garlic. > > > > The aroma coming from the kitchen is delectable ... hence my fixation on > what's for dinner":) > > > > hugs

> > > Sharon

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