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proggman 
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Joined: October 14 2013 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 1458 |
 Posted: April 20 2014 at 19:29 |
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Since I haven't tried anything here, except food. I'll have to vote for Food (diet restriction).
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When he rides, my fears subside.
For darkness turns once more to light. Through the skies, his white horse flies. To find a land beyond the night. |
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Finnforest
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 03 2007 Location: The Heartland Status: Offline Points: 17168 |
Posted: April 20 2014 at 20:04 |
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Hey good for you Steve! That's great news...and you can thank your ankle for it  |
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...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"
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Triceratopsoil
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Joined: April 03 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 18016 |
Posted: April 20 2014 at 22:34 |
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I didn't know you were an engineer, what discipline? |
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earlyprog
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Neo / PSIKE / Heavy Teams Joined: March 05 2006 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 2145 |
Posted: April 21 2014 at 04:43 |
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Slartibartfast
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Honorary Collaborator / In Memoriam Joined: April 29 2006 Location: Atlantais Status: Offline Points: 29630 |
Posted: April 21 2014 at 05:57 |
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Other, specifically.
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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HolyMoly
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Retired Admin Joined: April 01 2009 Location: Atlanta Status: Offline Points: 26138 |
Posted: April 21 2014 at 07:01 |
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I said in a prior post that stopping smoking was easy for me. In fact, there was more to the story than that, but for the sake of brevity I'll draw upon a pungent quote from our friend Mark Twain:
"Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times." |
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My other avatar is a Porsche
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
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Epignosis
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 30 2007 Location: Raeford, NC Status: Offline Points: 32552 |
Posted: April 21 2014 at 07:15 |
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Beer for me.
Although when we go to Florida and stay with the in-laws, I don't drink any beer for a week, and I'm fine, so I suppose if I really wanted to I could quit. But isn't that what all the fiendish drinkers say?  |
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Padraic
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 16 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Status: Offline Points: 31169 |
Posted: April 21 2014 at 09:48 |
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For me it's definitely food. I could also stand to cut down on the booze but that's way easier than changing my diet.
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akamaisondufromage
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VIP Member Joined: May 16 2009 Location: Blighty Status: Offline Points: 6797 |
Posted: April 21 2014 at 11:53 |
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The only one I have given up is fags *British Slang thanks* and it took several attempts but I made it in the end. However, I need to cut my cholesterol levels and this is difficult and unsuccesful so far. So Food for me, even though the ciggies were an absolute nightmare to stop.
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Help me I'm falling!
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bloodnarfer
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Joined: April 15 2010 Location: Austin, TX Status: Offline Points: 2162 |
Posted: April 21 2014 at 12:07 |
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Electrical/Computer Engineer
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Guldbamsen
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Retired Admin Joined: January 22 2009 Location: Magic Theatre Status: Offline Points: 23104 |
Posted: April 21 2014 at 12:13 |
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Cigarettes. I actually stopped a year and a half ago and then started again because most of my co-students smoked - and we all know the party is where the smokers are. There'll be 4 people sitting on chairs in the livingroom while 20 stand outside and talk about politics, music, women/men, sex, alcohol and whatnot....
Anyway I am not that bothered about smoking at the moment. It wasn't that hard to quit, I figure it's down to my mental state - do I really want to do this? I used to smoke far too much weed and hashish at one point. Every day for a couple of years, yet it didn't influence my working life badly - just my wallet as it were. Hell back then it was party all weekend - Sundays and Thursdays included, and then work all week trying to make money for the aforementioned. It wasn't all alcohol and weed though, - I have probably tried everything there is to try except for the ol needle and the damage done. Never felt 'addicted' to anything from the drug world though, even if a few summers were a tad overindulgent on my behalf. Looking back, I'm glad I did it - no regrets, but on the other hand, it was probably a wise decision to leave that life waaaaaay behind. Weed is only for the occasional weekend, and alcohol equally so - I do suspect that my intake of both will increase drastically during the summer, but I am perfectly fine with that. Regarding food: I need to watch what I eat, but I've never really had an unhealthy addiction. I loooooove food and I thank my mom's home cooking for that. That will never change, even if I end up looking like Meat Loaf.
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
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Triceratopsoil
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Joined: April 03 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 18016 |
Posted: April 21 2014 at 12:31 |
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Cool, I'm EE  |
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Padraic
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 16 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Status: Offline Points: 31169 |
Posted: April 21 2014 at 12:40 |
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crimhead
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VIP Member Joined: October 10 2006 Location: Missouri Status: Offline Points: 19236 |
Posted: April 21 2014 at 22:55 |
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Diet restriction. I don't smoke nor drink that much anymore. I'd hate to have to give up food.
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Metalmarsh89
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Joined: January 15 2013 Location: Oregon, USA Status: Offline Points: 2673 |
Posted: June 03 2014 at 12:38 |
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None of these things are vices to me. Even though I love coffee, I don't drink it every day.
I do have other vices that you have not listed.  |
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Want to play mafia? Visit here.
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smartpatrol
Forum Senior Member
Joined: April 15 2012 Location: My Bedroom Status: Offline Points: 14169 |
Posted: June 03 2014 at 14:47 |
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Record shopping
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Jim Garten
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Retired Admin & Razor Guru Joined: February 02 2004 Location: South England Status: Offline Points: 14693 |
Posted: June 11 2014 at 10:58 |
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Nice one Steve - personally, I only lasted 6 weeks a coup[le of years ago
I do have all the paraphenalia to make the attempt again (via vaping, this time), but every time I go to do it, the baccy calls to me again. |
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SteveG
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Joined: April 11 2014 Location: Kyiv In Spirit Status: Offline Points: 20617 |
Posted: June 11 2014 at 12:08 |
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^Smokes. I went back to coffee. Chris sakes, a mans got to have some bad habit for his doctor to complain about!
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Moogtron III
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Joined: April 26 2005 Location: Belgium Status: Offline Points: 10616 |
Posted: June 11 2014 at 13:22 |
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For some years I did smoke some cigars, only a few per week, but I was never nicotin addicted.
I got a girl friend who hated smoking, and I felt I would get problems with my bronchi if I continued (I was beginning to smoke a cigar almost daily), so eventually I gave up, but it wasn't very hard. I never officially stopped, but I haven't smoked in 10 years or something like that. No craving. Coffee had been a bigger problem. I used to drink 9 mugs of strong coffee per day. I brought it back to six cups of not so strong coffee, but it's hard to keep myself to that. Alcohol too: One or two glasses of wine per day is normal for me, plus a few beers per week. But after I drank 2 alcoholic beverages or something like that, it's hard not to take any more. Food can be a problem too. I like chocolate, peanuts and other high calories snacks, a lot. It's hard to be moderate. But apart from smoking, I never stopped with anything, and stopping to smoke was not hard, since I never smoked much, and to make a billclintonesque remark: I never inhaled
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Slartibartfast
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Honorary Collaborator / In Memoriam Joined: April 29 2006 Location: Atlantais Status: Offline Points: 29630 |
Posted: June 11 2014 at 19:50 |
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Well, my wife has given up smoking two times since I have known her....
Then on the other hand, she has never quit coffee. I'm not going into details, but none of the things I've tried to give up and went back to were hard to gives up. Edited by Slartibartfast - June 11 2014 at 19:52 |
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