Reciprocity

Yesterday I went fishing with a friend of mine who I hadn't seen in a few years. We used to go fishing pretty often until life got in the way. I knew he was a smoker of both cigarettes and pot (he LOVES his pot!!). Last time we were together I was a smoker too (cigarettes primarily). I was curious to see if he would say anything to me about why I wasn't smoking. Hey! We're stuck together in a 12 foot aluminum boat 8 km's (5 miles) out on Lake Erie for 6 hours so talk is gonna happen when we're not reeling in a fish! So he says nothing to me about why I was no longer smoking. I watch him going about 1 to 1 on the joints and cigarettes. I didn't say anything to him about his smoking but did notice him coughing and hacking, more when he was smoking the pot than when he was smoking cigarettes but still ..... there was clearly a lung issue going on there. This guy is probably mid-40's, overweight and still a heavy smoker when you combine both the cigs and the pot. I'm just wondering what others might do in a similar situation? Start a conversation about smoking in general or just remain silent unless the other person brings up the subject? I don't want to be one of those reformed smokers who pesters people about smoking but I also don't like seeing friends going down a path I know only leads to a bad place. What do think you would have done in the same circumstances? The reason I ask now is we will probably be going fishing again this year before the lakes freeze over. I will therefore have another opportunity to either do nothing or maybe say something? Oh yeah! We caught 5 decent size Walleye yesterday. They are a nice eating fish for those who don't know what a Walleye is. Moist, tender, non-fishy tasting white meat fish.

I'll take #0 (is that an option here?)

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True! TNP has caught a fish in the past year?

Nope!

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IMHO In My Humble Opinion - computer slang. IMHO you are doing a great job!

Oh, oh ........ forgot about this game Yes! #1 is the lie so Jordan is up! I have never had frostbite actually. Surprising as the outside temps can be brutal at times, especially if it's windy too! #2 Yeah, done that in my first real job. Worked for Capitol Record Club a looooooong time ago and they produced a best of rock hits recording that was offered as some sort of gift for joining the Club or something. I just went to the studio to make sure the correct bits of each some were featured in a commercial ad they wanted made. #3 was a Christmas present I got one year. Opportunity to go to a race track near me and take either a hopped-up Vette or a Mustang around the track for I think it was like 4 laps? I got kind of worried when they said that some people throw-up due to the G-force on turns - lol. It really wasn't that bad. I think they were just being overly dramatic

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There's a wealth of information available to us all when it comes to smoking and quitting. I'm glad you're looking into this kind of stuff. Every little bit helps you quit and stay quit. Knowledge is power!

Travelling - it's all going there!

Congrats to you Wantsit! 9 months smoke free is 3/4 of the way to a complete year. Next month you are into double digits and then time will fly by. You'll be on the Lido Deck before you know it! Let us know how you're celebrating

I'll assume you meant -1 so I will have another BIG O please! 0

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^^^^ Well, this is a good point you bring up. You just never know what even the worst of teams can do on any given day! I witnessed that last night watching a Canadian Football League game when the Toronto Argos beat the Winnipeg Blue Bombers somehow. Argos were down 20-0 at half time with zero wins this season and Winnipeg is the #1 team in the league this year. I fell asleep around half time and woke up with only a few mins left in the game and Toronto was winning? I was still a little groggy so thought; "Maybe I'm dreaming this?" Anyway, as one wise old baseball guy always said; "It ain't over till it's over!!"

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Nope!

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I have always used the day I put out my last cigarette as my quit date. It was approx. 8:00 AM on a Sunday morning - my wake-up smoke. Put it out and never had another one. So to me, the day I made that conscious decision to smoke one then not smoke anymore is my actual quit date. As others have said though, in the grand scheme of things, it matters not the actual date you quit. It just matters that you DID quit and remain quit

Post Season .... what's that? In Toronto, they're already getting ready with the new Lawn Bowling turf that they'll install in October at the Dome!

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Anyone seen L.T.?

Is nobody going?

Canadian Bacon

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