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Good Morning fellow NOPErs and welcome to another week of NOPE. As it is the 2nd Monday in July it is International Town Criers Day. Back in the day when people didn't read, and they didn't have phones, tv, twitter and the like the Town Criers were the twitter of the day. So without further ado, That's a NOPE from him and a NOPE from me... Topic of the day: When the Switcheroo comes it will be .... CHOCOLATE

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Greetings fellow NOPErs. Hope you are all enjoying your Sundays. So after checking the three calenders todays festivities will again be from the American Calendar of Days... today, July 8 is Math 2.0 Day, celebrating the correlation between maths, technology and our everyday lives... so lets take this day to look at our Quit Math... since I quit on 28 November 2017: It has been 7 months, 9 days & 11 hours since I took a puff and smoked - Quit Maths, yep = NOPE I have saved $5,321.02 (Australia, the most expensive country in the world to smoke, with taxes of 160% with half yearly increases) - Quit Maths, yep = NOPE I have not smoked, 5,987 ciggies - Quit Maths, yep = NOPE Because smoking will kill you and just doesn't add up I say NOPE ... cos the math tells the tale. Topic of the Day: Sundee Slang Spectacular.

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On another scorching day here it's a big fat NOPE!!!

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G'day NOPE to start my day C

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At the gym, again... I don’t learn ?

The winners of the France vs Belgium semi final will probably progress to the final as favourites. England play Croatia in the other semi final. @Wee fluffy me is learning Croatian as we speak.

Great work Z! Glad you are still nurturing your quit and I agree 100%. Get done with it asap so you can start enjoying all the benefits of being a nonsmoker. In my mind, going to vape is just trading one vice for another no matter which one in safer or worse than the other. You are still feeding your addiction.

I pretty much agree replacing cigarettes with vaping is a non-solution. It frustrated me to no end to be lectured by my vaping friends about how "easy" it was for them to quit cigarettes or drastically cut down. I'm sure it was easier for them, but to me it defeats the entire purpose so I didn't even try it that way. Over a month in and I'm now very glad I don't have to deal with yet another quit. As for the "leafy green" I'm not against it but don't partake except on rare occasions, and I actually prefer edibles anyway. I gave up booze soo it's kind of the least addictive vice I'd even consider these days if I was going to have one lol

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I thought you might like to see my five year treat....he goes on the deck by the lake. His name is Kumquat and he is 36" long!

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Sal, Justin, and Adam on the Mind Pump podcast were just talking about this the other day. I don't know that school yearbooks are obsolete, but they are being phased out. Makes sense when you think about it. With the proliferation of cell phones and social networks, these kids have no shortage of opportunities to look at pictures of their friends. Buying a book filled with picture pages at the end of the school year seems a bit of a waste to this generation. As for the styles of the day, big hair was still in style when I was in school. Some of the girls had their hair stacked so high, the photos couldn't contain it all. The haze of Aqua Net in the air in A-Hall between classes was like a dense fog.

^^^ This is a big part of it too Doreen. The motions of smoking. They say it takes 3 days to flush nicotine from your body so why is it that they recommend you stick around a support group like this for longer than that? It's the psychological part of it that takes the biggest effort for the longest time to overcome. Breaking mental triggers that might be different season to season, adjusting to better use of your time because you are not puffing away on something. This is the biggest challenge to most smokers I believe

I can only speak for myself... Vaping was not for me...it still hand to mouth puffing on something.. I needed to change my habit completely...I do believe i would have just gone back to smoking...if I vaped... I have no experience with weed....never used it...my ciggy habit was enough for me...I didn't need to look else where... Took my first puff at 11 yrs...by the time I was 12 ..I was a addict for sure...

Good for you dd, you should join in the exercise thread. Im just heading out picking everyone up for Sunday dinner.

Are you asking if the number of smokers will decrease? Current smokers who will now be underage when the law changes isn't going to stop them. I would think that the already high prices plus the continual price increases will definitely cause the number of smokers to decrease, because it will become unsustainable for the average income person to smoke.

CONGRATULATIONS on your 5 years Nancy!! I want to thank you for all the time you put in and all the many people you inspired on the QSMB. Although they aren't able to congratulate you and thank you for the major influence you had on their quits, I am sure they will never forget and will miss you very much.

Well done Nancy. You are a sweetie and an inspiration. Keep at it.

Sorry to interrupt the beginning of your lovely festivities Jo but I need to know how long I have before the next Lido Deck Party? Things were ship shape for Nancy's festivities yesterday but then last night one of my spotters reported a rather unfortunate and messy Taco Tuesday incident over in the men's shower room on Lido Deck. I'm looking for clean-up volunteers but so far ...... no takers ? Worst case , I may have to address this one myself. Now, where did I leave that Hasmat suit?

Thanks to all....it is hard to believe it has been 5 years. After smoking for 40 years, I did not know if it was even possible for me to quit. The thing that got me through is pledging Not One Puff Ever, day after day. Once I made that pledge first thing each morning, I knew I would not go back on my word and smoke that day. And the days turned into months and years! If I can do it, anyone can!!!

Australia has pretty strict laws and regulations around smoking. We were the first in the world to ban tobacco advertising, then tobacco sponsorship from sporting events, we were the first to introduce graphic packaging, then uniform plane packaging (all brands are an olive green colour with huge graphic anti smoking ads), we also have a policy of prohibitive pricing. This means each 6 months the tax rate on smokes goes up, and mandatory prices also increase. Currently, the cheapest budget smokes on the market will cost you more than $1 per smoke and that's if they are on special. So that's the federal laws.... then there are state laws as well... Victoria, where I live is one of the toughest states.. you can't smoke: In pubs, clubs, outside dinning areas You can't smoke in any public building You can't smoke withing 10 meters of a school (including universities) You can't smoke at sporting venues like the MCG You can't smoke at within 10 meters of any junior sporting competition (so this is club level) You can't smoke within 5 meters of the doorway to any public building, including shopping centers, hospitals, office blocks, club rooms, restaurants. You can not smoke in prisons, not even in the yard. (we were the first state to do this and went through months and months of riots but now its just how it is, you go to prison your quitting, they'll give you NRT but that's it, no more smoking Can't smoke on beaches Can't smoke at kids playgrounds can't smoke at skate parks Illegal to smoke in a car with any passenger under 18, if you have more than 1 <18 in the car and are caught smoking you recieve one fine for each passenger >18 and its a big dine (couple of hundred I think) and 3 demerit points (you only have 12) so you have 4 kids in the car and get caught smoking you loose your license. I have no issue with this, didn't have issues with it when I was a pack a day smoker. Queensland introduced the no smoking in prison laws this year and have had less drama than we did. So now, the ACT (territory, so sort of a state, where Canberra is) have tabled for public debate 37 law changes. These include two relating to smoking. They want to introduce the no smoking in prison law like Vic & Qld but they also want to raise the legal smoking age to 21. (Currently in Australia the legal age to drink, drive, vote & smoke is 18 (in the NT you can drive at 16)) ... and everyone is up in arms. Bring it on I say. Up the age to 21... the reality is how many new smokers wait until they are 18 to start smoking, sure there will be some but not that many, the extra 3 years will probably weed out that group of kids out of ever becoming smokers. The thing is, if it looks like the ACT is going to do it, Victoria will probably jump in and do it first because as a state we have to be first. So do you think raising the legal age of smoking is going to benefit the level of smokers?

Has Jo's love of pineapple rubbed off on you @jillar? Your birthday Joe?

More like this... And for the sake of transparency, during this time I had a peach-fuzz moustache and owned a pair of acid washed jeans.

Jillar you want your cake and eat it too?

Congrats, Nancy... I know my time here has been better because you were here too.. you are a major inspiration to many folks quitting. i think my five is looming on the horizon..., but damn...that went quick? CONGRATS

-8 No ....that's a super soaker.. I used a super sooker....

Nah I have selective OCD... are all the notes in my purse in value order, then in serial number order... check, are the cans in the cupboard in alphabetical order check, have I double checked the flipping honour roll at least once an hour so I don't miss anyone... check.... made the bed, who cares. Is that wierd?

It doesn't but by the time it heats up your usually fast asleep... just enough to get to sleep does the trick. Have you tried freezing your knickers?

Oxters - meaning armpits. Normally said in phrase im up to my oxters in.... We say nipper too jo but also nip used to mean snog when i was a kid!

Prior to 1783. When America became independent they taxed currents and they went up to 2 pence. where can I get a room or trailer to rent for 50 cents.

Nancy, huge congratulations on 5 years smoke free! And a huge thank you, you have been present ever since the start of my quit and are still looking after people all these years down the line.