mightyboosh

How many cigs have you not smoked since you quit? My ticker says 653 at the moment. I will add up all the replies after a couple of days. It will be illuminating I'm sure.

I'm a Nopester.

You must have some fond memories. I've been twice, in the 70's to race Superkarts and in 2006 for the Fifa World Cup. Both times were great trips and the locals were very friendly. The first time I remember having a burger and I thought it was the best thing ever made. It had weird things on it (to me at the time) such as lettuce and tomatoes and sauce. I've always wondered if it was an early McDonald's. The second time I had the best chicken kebab ever from a street vendor. I don't just remember the food folks.

If you had the opportunity, what is the one thing you would like to do the most. For me it would be to drive a Formula 1 car from the 70's. Forgive me for saying this but ideally a Lotus with the JPS paintwork.

I can't believe this is what the cig ads were like.

N N O O P P P E E E E N N N O O P P E E E N N N O O P P P E N N O O P E E E E

Don't worry, I've no intention of ever using one. It's just that now I'm a free man, I can see the whole NRT subject and its dangers more clearly.

Two guys are walking from Manchester to London. Whilst on a country lane, one of them comes across one of those old mileage markers on the grass verge at the roadside. He shouts to his friend, who's a little way behind him, "Hey Mick, look at this fella's headstone. They sure do live a long time in the big city." The mileage marker was inscribed: Miles 150 From London

I'm talking about e cigs. I love the look of and like to handle anything that's well engineered especially small, heavy and chunky items. E cigs fit that criteria perfectly and I'm sure I'm not alone in appreciating nicely made objects. Even the boxes they come in are a cut above a run-of-the-mill box. They've also become very tactile and the colours can be very attractive. In all honesty, they're a nice piece of kit but that's part of the problem now. Apart from delivering nicotine, they're a very attractive fashion item. Cigarette manufacturers have always tried to make their product appealing but they just had a box to work on whereas e cig design has endless possibilities. That must be stacking up to be a big problem as technology advances irrevocably. The liquids also smell good enough to drink - cookies and cream, pear drops, McDonald's apple pie etc etc. you name it, they have it. Even the dedicated e cig shops look trendy, upmarket and inviting. Now that the dangers of vaping are being realised, I wonder if the e cig makers will at some point be forced to make their product drab with graphic warning images on them, as cigarette makers were latterly obliged to do with their packaging. At the moment the whole package just looks too good.

Thanks all. I'm really pleased to have a decent amount of quit time behind me. It's going really well. I promise I will be celebrating many milestones in the future.

My ticker says 30 days at the moment and that reminded me that I quit a few years ago for 30 days. It was a weird quit in that I said to myself at the time that I WOULD start again if I did a month! This was to prove to myself that I could quit whenever I wanted to. This is the smoker's odd reasoning which we're all aware of, truly ridiculous thinking. It didn't work of course, I was back where I started, in the grip of a monster again. That's the warning. I read on here that Nicodemon does this to some people, a sort of complacency thing and a con trick to make us think we're in control. We're only in control if we NOPE with 100% conviction and don't test ourselves with such nonsense. The demon is very wily, full of tricks so watch out!

NOPE NOPE

Where?

I'd like to know the site consensus as to what constitutes a quit. Is it giving up setting fire to tobacco or is it a total absence of nicotine however it's delivered.

I'm four weeks into my quit and cold turkey is the only way for me.

Nope

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Hmm, I'll have to try some Vegemite now.

Do you mean Vegemite as 'the other stuff'? I thought it was the same as Marmite. Or do you mean the highly controversial, could cause WW3, beetroot, pineapple combo on a burger?

That's the same as Marmite here. It's great stuff but the secret is to spread it as thinly as possible on toast. Otherwise it's too strong.

Sounds weird but I'd give it a try. In fact, I will try it the next time I have a burger. Sometimes weird mixtures are a revelation.

Nope100

I met her whilst I was walking in the park. She's beautiful; full of life's energy and optimism. I just couldn't help myself. All the cliches applied, my heart was beating faster and I just felt a buzz being around her. Why oh why did I not meet her years ago. Well, I did many years ago but stupidly dumped her. I'm hoping it develops into a lifelong romance maybe marriage one day. I will take the vows seriously especially, 'Til death do us part.' She's called Oxy Gen. She's wonderful. I did date her evil step - sister for a long time - Carby Monoxide, She was a right bitch!