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Darter50516 66M
5669 posts
7/19/2022 6:16 pm
Added benefit



I quit smoking a couple weeks ago. besides $166 in my billfold... I noticed my spiced chicken sandwich with Mayo at lunchtime with some Pringles chips had "added flavors" I'd not noticed before.....



Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
7/19/2022 6:40 pm

I sorta noticed the banana on my cereal with cream & sugar tasted better too!.... Sunny today with a high of 87 °F (30.6 °C) and a low of 69 °F (20.6 °C). Currently 26 C... 79 F


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
7/19/2022 8:16 pm

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Hungr4Yungr 75M
803 posts
7/19/2022 9:10 pm

I am happy to hear you are noticing the added benefits of eliminating smoking of cigarettes. And those do not include the added health benefits and extra years added to your life. Good job, Bret.


Hungr4Yungr 75M
803 posts
7/19/2022 9:11 pm

    Quoting Darter50516:
    I sorta noticed the banana on my cereal with cream & sugar tasted better too!.... Sunny today with a high of 87 °F (30.6 °C) and a low of 69 °F (20.6 °C). Currently 26 C... 79 F
It was 83F here today, near calm, clear sky. 87 or 88F tomorrow.


Hungr4Yungr 75M
803 posts
7/19/2022 9:13 pm

I had a relaxing day with a long dog walk that tired me out. The little puppy dove headlong into a mud puddle and rolled around in the mud. He had just had a bath.


trytwice2009 75M
191 posts
7/20/2022 12:38 am

Congratulations on quitting. I quit on 6/10/2021 after being a pack-2 packs per day smoker for over 50 years. I still miss them.


TxJW027 81M

7/20/2022 6:43 am

When I was in the 8th grade a few guys were beginning to smoke and wear the Marlon Brando / Elvis black leather jackets to look tuff! LOL

One teacher told us ------- In the future you can buy a brick home with what you will have spent on cigarettes. ------- one of 3 reasons I never started the habit. LOL

Both of my parents smoked.------ They would gather around a table with friends to play dominoes or card games------- Light their cigarettes ----- inhale----- hack and cough for a few minutes ------like a ritual. I would sit and wonder why would anyone do something that disrupts breathing? Plus I hated the smoke.

The other reason not to smoke was later after learning to drive I spent almost everything I had on gasoline / chasing the girls so I could not afford cigarettes.
Party On!


Hawkslayer 88M
13331 posts
7/20/2022 6:56 am

You've done the right thing, smoking is no good to you or anyone else.

It only takes a drop of ink to make a million people think. There are many stories.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
7/20/2022 8:52 am

    Quoting Hungr4Yungr:
    I am happy to hear you are noticing the added benefits of eliminating smoking of cigarettes. And those do not include the added health benefits and extra years added to your life. Good job, Bret.
I don't miss the cigarettes so much during the day.... it's the evenings where Inset down to relax that I enjoyed smoking the most.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
7/20/2022 8:56 am

    Quoting Hungr4Yungr:
    It was 83F here today, near calm, clear sky. 87 or 88F tomorrow.
Breezy with a high of 87 °F (30.6 °C). Winds WNW at 17 to 18 mph (27.4 to 29.0 kph).


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
7/20/2022 9:02 am

    Quoting Hungr4Yungr:
    I had a relaxing day with a long dog walk that tired me out. The little puppy dove headlong into a mud puddle and rolled around in the mud. He had just had a bath.
You are not an experienced dog walker ! Get a retractable leash that can be shortened up or lengthened out so when your MUTT is offered a dumb choice YOU get to decide what is done.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
7/20/2022 9:04 am

    Quoting trytwice2009:
    Congratulations on quitting. I quit on 6/10/2021 after being a pack-2 packs per day smoker for over 50 years. I still miss them.
I smoked more if I came in here chatting and blogging.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
7/20/2022 9:08 am

    Quoting TxJW027:
    When I was in the 8th grade a few guys were beginning to smoke and wear the Marlon Brando / Elvis black leather jackets to look tuff! LOL

    One teacher told us ------- In the future you can buy a brick home with what you will have spent on cigarettes. ------- one of 3 reasons I never started the habit. LOL

    Both of my parents smoked.------ They would gather around a table with friends to play dominoes or card games------- Light their cigarettes ----- inhale----- hack and cough for a few minutes ------like a ritual. I would sit and wonder why would anyone do something that disrupts breathing? Plus I hated the smoke.

    The other reason not to smoke was later after learning to drive I spent almost everything I had on gasoline / chasing the girls so I could not afford cigarettes.
    Party On!
My old Mustang guzzled the gas chasing around.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
7/20/2022 9:11 am

    Quoting Hawkslayer:
    You've done the right thing, smoking is no good to you or anyone else.
I get enough second-hand smoke from JD & the guys.


sparkleflit 76F
10271 posts
7/20/2022 10:46 am

My husband died of Metastasizing Lung Cancer.......It got in his brain and he had seizures....couldn't even swallow in the end.......


MrsJoe 76F
17394 posts
7/20/2022 3:43 pm

I've known many ex smokers who wished they had never started, but never a nonsmoker who wished they had taken it up.
We all have some not so healthy habits, but smoking seems to be one of the unhealthiest and hardest to break.
Congratulations and I wish you continued success.


Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
7/20/2022 4:13 pm

    Quoting sparkleflit:
    My husband died of Metastasizing Lung Cancer.......It got in his brain and he had seizures....couldn't even swallow in the end.......
I am sorry for your loss.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
7/20/2022 4:15 pm

    Quoting MrsJoe:
    I've known many ex smokers who wished they had never started, but never a nonsmoker who wished they had taken it up.
    We all have some not so healthy habits, but smoking seems to be one of the unhealthiest and hardest to break.
    Congratulations and I wish you continued success.
It is the evenings that are the most difficult when I am used to relaxing with a drink and a smoke.