Pelican Parts
Parts Catalog Accessories Catalog How To Articles Tech Forums
Call Pelican Parts at 888-280-7799
Shopping Cart Cart | Project List | Order Status | Help



Go Back   Pelican Parts Forums > Miscellaneous and Off Topic Forums > Off Topic Discussions


Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Rating: Thread Rating: 1 votes, 1.00 average.
Author
Thread Post New Thread    Reply
Dept store Quartermaster
 
lendaddy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: I'm right here Tati
Posts: 19,858
I really miss smoking

I'm not gonna start again, but I'm just sayin'

A smoke when you're trying to wind down is a nice. I really miss that aspect, everything else about it sucks.....but I miss that part.......alot.

Why am I posting this? 'Cause I'm about to pop my second bottle of pinot of course.


In all seriousness, there is no risk of me starting again, I just feel comfortable/confident enough to admit I miss it.

__________________
Cornpoppin' Pony Soldier
Old 05-06-2007, 05:07 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #1 (permalink)
Super Moderator
 
cstreit's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Naperville, IL USA
Posts: 14,964
Garage
Me too man, me too. It wouldn't be so hard to quit if I didn't enjoy it so much, heh heh.

,,,but one more smoke and I know there won't be enough in the world for me.
__________________
Chris
----------------------------------------------

1996 993 RS Replica
2023 KTM 890 Adventure R
1971 Norton 750 Commando
Alcon Brake Kits

Last edited by cstreit; 05-07-2007 at 05:52 AM..
Old 05-06-2007, 05:48 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #2 (permalink)
Cars & Coffee Killer
 
legion's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: State of Failure
Posts: 32,246
I'll go have a cigar in honor of both of you...
__________________
Some Porsches long ago...then a wankle...
5 liters of VVT fury now
-Chris

"There is freedom in risk, just as there is oppression in security."
Old 05-06-2007, 05:50 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #3 (permalink)
Dept store Quartermaster
 
lendaddy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: I'm right here Tati
Posts: 19,858
Quote:
Originally posted by legion
I'll go have a cigar in honor of both of you...
That's what got me off the wagon the first time I quit...gateway man...gateway
__________________
Cornpoppin' Pony Soldier
Old 05-06-2007, 05:53 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #4 (permalink)
Cars & Coffee Killer
 
legion's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: State of Failure
Posts: 32,246
I've never smoked regularly...just a cigar once a month or so...

(And usually none all winter).
__________________
Some Porsches long ago...then a wankle...
5 liters of VVT fury now
-Chris

"There is freedom in risk, just as there is oppression in security."
Old 05-06-2007, 05:58 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #5 (permalink)
Dept store Quartermaster
 
lendaddy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: I'm right here Tati
Posts: 19,858
Quote:
Originally posted by legion
I've never smoked regularly...just a cigar once a month or so...

(And usually none all winter).
No, I didn't mean you, just me. I can't smoke period, I just can't cause I enjoy it too much. Hell, if I could enjoy a cigar every other night or so I would....but I can't.
__________________
Cornpoppin' Pony Soldier
Old 05-06-2007, 06:01 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #6 (permalink)
 
Banned
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Columbus, OH
Posts: 18,162
Its been about 10 years, since I quit, and I admittedly still crave one once in a while....typically when opening my second bottle of wine

I quit so long ago that I can have a cigarette and it doesn't cause me to want go back to smoking.
Old 05-06-2007, 06:02 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #7 (permalink)
Monkey with a mouse
 
kstar's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: SoCal
Posts: 6,006
I totally quit about a year ago.

Haven't cheated once, even after a bit of wine.

But, I still chew several pieces of Nicorette 4mg each day. I figure it is probably better I chew the gum than smoke, but I know the gum isn't a good habit either.

FWIW.

Best,

Kurt
Old 05-06-2007, 06:05 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #8 (permalink)
Registered
 
pwd72s's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Linn County, Oregon
Posts: 48,510
Hell, I smoke a stogie or two whenever I mow my lawn. Yeah, I have a big lawn. Cigarettes are another matter completely. I NEVER want to go back to my pack per day Camel straights habit..

Just got tired of coughing up krud as I tried to fall asleep, you know?

If you don't know? Maybe you haven't smoked long enough...yet.
__________________
"Now, to put a water-cooled engine in the rear and to have a radiator in the front, that's not very intelligent."
-Ferry Porsche (PANO, Oct. '73) (I, Paul D. have loved this quote since 1973. It will remain as long as I post here.)
Old 05-06-2007, 06:20 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #9 (permalink)
Cars & Coffee Killer
 
legion's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: State of Failure
Posts: 32,246
I've tried to smoke cigarettes a few times. They taste like crap to me.

Cigars, taste good to me...but are too expensive for me to smoke regularly.
__________________
Some Porsches long ago...then a wankle...
5 liters of VVT fury now
-Chris

"There is freedom in risk, just as there is oppression in security."
Old 05-06-2007, 06:21 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #10 (permalink)
Dept store Quartermaster
 
lendaddy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: I'm right here Tati
Posts: 19,858
Quote:
Originally posted by pwd72s


If you don't know? Maybe you haven't smoked long enough...yet.
Oh I know, three packs a day for several years. No exaggerations, I was ALWAYS smoking.
__________________
Cornpoppin' Pony Soldier
Old 05-06-2007, 06:24 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #11 (permalink)
Licensed User
 
Shuie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: ....down Highway 61
Posts: 6,505
How long ago did you quit? If its been longer than 6-9 months, trying to smoke again may cure you for good; You will probably gag and puke like the first time all over again.
Old 05-06-2007, 06:57 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #12 (permalink)
 
Dept store Quartermaster
 
lendaddy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: I'm right here Tati
Posts: 19,858
Quote:
Originally posted by Shuie
How long ago did you quit? If its been longer than 6-9 months, trying to smoke again may cure you for good; You will probably gag and puke like the first time all over again.
two or three years I guess. I quit for nine months last time and fell back in after one smoke. I doubt having another now would have any effect other than happiness
__________________
Cornpoppin' Pony Soldier
Old 05-06-2007, 07:01 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #13 (permalink)
Registered
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Canada
Posts: 1,213
One cig can get you right back on that horse. Best to avoid it.

I'm a social smoker who has tried really hard to avoid becoming a regular. I smoke more when I'm stressed but I average less than one cig a day, including all my bar time for the past 13 years. It's a tough balancing act and I'm probably going to have to quit for good soon.
__________________
1972 911T targa
Old 05-06-2007, 08:09 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #14 (permalink)
Former Drama Queen...
 
12own911's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: San Pedro, CA
Posts: 1,722
Send a message via Yahoo to 12own911
I quit 11 years ago and still desire one every once in a while... but I will not because one would do it... I've done the stopping/starting thing so many times that I do not want to go back...
__________________
~ Kim (KDOLL2)

It is better to cry in a Porsche then in my Vue...

Last edited by 12own911; 05-06-2007 at 08:22 PM..
Old 05-06-2007, 08:19 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #15 (permalink)
up-fixing der car(ma)
 
YTNUKLR's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Fremont, CA
Posts: 3,762
Garage
Send a message via AIM to YTNUKLR
Hey, I'll admit, I smoked for just about 1 year exactly. I always swore I'd never touch the things because my Dad died at 48 and my uncle at 60, partly because they smoked (I think), but curiosity got the best of me...

I bought a pack when I was a bit over 18 and immediately I was swept into smoking a couple a day. Then, a several ciggs every day. Before long, I'd quit going to the gym because smoking didn't go well with physical exertion. The worst I ever got was a half pack per day. But still....sheesh......cigarettes are friggin dangerous!

Back in January I was admittedly a bit drunk one evening and was smoking compulsively. Nicotine w/ alcohol can be a very enjoyable combination. But, I'd had one too many, was feeling a bit sick, and decided that I wouldn't be smoking the next day because I felt something outside my control was forcing me to do something I didn't really want to do. So I quit.

It was a b!tch for a few weeks but my grandpa went cold turkey on his 50th birthday after smoking for 30 years so I figured I could do the same.

This past weekend was the first time I'd smoked in about 4 months. I'd just had a few Red Stripes and my buddies wanted to have a smoke. I was worried that I'd be craving cigarettes again but this time, I felt confident I could scratch the itch. I'll never go back to cigarettes....

"Fun Fact #132": If you intravenously injected 60mg nicotine (the amount in a typical pack), you would die. The tobacco plant makes nicotine as a natural defense against bugs. Nicotine is very bad for you--it's intended to kill things.
__________________
Scott Kinder
kindersport @ gmail.com

Last edited by YTNUKLR; 05-06-2007 at 08:25 PM..
Old 05-06-2007, 08:20 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #16 (permalink)
Binge User
 
Schrup's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Glass House
Posts: 3,244
Garage
I switched to Copenhagen about 5 years ago, I'm not looking forward to kicking it. I love tobacco in any form. I don't crave cigarettes after watching a guy at work rot away from lung cancer & he still wouldn't quit. As far as I know, it was his only vice. I will have to quit in the next five years. I would be impossible to not smoke cigarettes if I still drank beer.
__________________
Paul
Old 05-06-2007, 09:20 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #17 (permalink)
Senior Member
 
Leland Pate's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Reno, NV
Posts: 3,694
I quit for good in Feb 06. I haven't had one since. The only time I seem to have even the slighest itch is when I watch action movies. Mel Gibson in Payback is always a *****. Actors seem to make smoking so damn glamorous. But it only takes a split second for me to realize I don't ever want that **** in my life again.
__________________
--
Chief Architect and Mastermind,
SCWDP
Old 05-06-2007, 10:16 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #18 (permalink)
Gon fix it with me hammer
 
svandamme's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: In Flanders Fields where the poppies blow
Posts: 23,537
Garage
i recently fell off the wagon after 9 months
i had been on a get healthy train for all that time, and felt like **** the whole 9 months, dizzy spells, nausea, not able to focus at work, really bad peformance, agitated the whole time

since i fell off the wagon, it's all gone,
work, works again...
sucks, but frankly , i need my job to pay my bills
and i'm tired of feeling frustrated and sick all the time
__________________
Stijn Vandamme
EX911STARGA73EX92477EX94484EX944S8890MPHPINBALLMACHINEAKAEX987C2007
BIMDIESELBMW116D2019
Old 05-06-2007, 10:31 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #19 (permalink)
The Unsettler
 
stomachmonkey's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Lantanna TX
Posts: 23,885
Send a message via AIM to stomachmonkey
Quote:
Originally posted by svandamme
i recently fell off the wagon after 9 months
i had been on a get healthy train for all that time, and felt like **** the whole 9 months, dizzy spells, nausea, not able to focus at work, really bad peformance, agitated the whole time

since i fell off the wagon, it's all gone,
work, works again...
sucks, but frankly , i need my job to pay my bills
and i'm tired of feeling frustrated and sick all the time
Had the same negative physical reaction last time I quit. Add to it inflamed sinuses. Went 2 years like that.

Trying to quit right now. We'll see how it goes this time.

__________________
"I want my two dollars"
"Goodbye and thanks for the fish"
"Proud Member and Supporter of the YWL"
"Brandon Won"
Old 05-07-2007, 03:07 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #20 (permalink)
Reply


 


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 09:10 PM.


 
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.6.0
Copyright 2025 Pelican Parts, LLC - Posts may be archived for display on the Pelican Parts Website -    DMCA Registered Agent Contact Page
 

DTO Garage Plus vBulletin Plugins by Drive Thru Online, Inc.