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Mitty38
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Speaking of Winston cup and cigarettes. When I was riding around the country on a bike, I worked the Winston Cup race to get more money to travel and eventually signed up for Straits shows for a while. Whole nother story. But I would walk from the Race grounds to the Winston factory three times a day and take a tour, Back then they gave away a 10 pack of camel filters with every tour. They had so many tour guides it took them 5 days to catch on. By then I had a stash of about 80 cigarette.
RBHarter
West Central AR
I've probably related my Dad's story . I think the only smoking picture we have is a pipe from Christmas 1968 . He claimed to quit because they went to 35¢ in the machines .
In the summer of 68' he got off the wrong side of a Yamaha 350 2 cyl 2 stroke and broke his elbow dislocating his fingers at the wrist . At that you got a cotton backed plaster of Paris cast and it stayed in place for 4-8 weeks , this in the heart of the Mojave desert .
He woke one morning during that about 4 weeks in with the cast in his face , the man that only skipped the morning shower for 3-4 days at deer camp and when he was dieing (only 9 days then and managed a spit bath all but the last 6 himself) . I guess with very little imagination you can figure out what the cast smelled like , it was on his smoke hand to make it more interesting . " Oh , what the .... What is that stench !?!" That wasn't his last smoke but it wasn't long after that . From that he drew his strength and his visualization tool . He simply decided that every time he saw someone take a drag himself included the he would see them drinking from a spittoon . It worked I guess as I have no memory ever of him smoking . He told me in 82-3' that occasionally when things were just so he would catch himself needing a cigarette and checking his pockets . I guess he over came it finally in the early 2000s .
I've always wanted to quit but I was never able to get started .
All 3 of my Grandfathers smoked from their teens until the last few days of their lives . They went 78,79,&84 yr . Dad made 79 .
I'll tell you what I do miss , and it's probably weird and some sort of a conditioned response , is the smell of a Zippo and the "light drag" I guess , smell of a Lucky or a Camel , Mom's Dad's flavor . I have a drawer full of Zippos I take hunting , fishing , and generally knocking around , it quells the itch but not entirely .
In the summer of 68' he got off the wrong side of a Yamaha 350 2 cyl 2 stroke and broke his elbow dislocating his fingers at the wrist . At that you got a cotton backed plaster of Paris cast and it stayed in place for 4-8 weeks , this in the heart of the Mojave desert .
He woke one morning during that about 4 weeks in with the cast in his face , the man that only skipped the morning shower for 3-4 days at deer camp and when he was dieing (only 9 days then and managed a spit bath all but the last 6 himself) . I guess with very little imagination you can figure out what the cast smelled like , it was on his smoke hand to make it more interesting . " Oh , what the .... What is that stench !?!" That wasn't his last smoke but it wasn't long after that . From that he drew his strength and his visualization tool . He simply decided that every time he saw someone take a drag himself included the he would see them drinking from a spittoon . It worked I guess as I have no memory ever of him smoking . He told me in 82-3' that occasionally when things were just so he would catch himself needing a cigarette and checking his pockets . I guess he over came it finally in the early 2000s .
I've always wanted to quit but I was never able to get started .
All 3 of my Grandfathers smoked from their teens until the last few days of their lives . They went 78,79,&84 yr . Dad made 79 .
I'll tell you what I do miss , and it's probably weird and some sort of a conditioned response , is the smell of a Zippo and the "light drag" I guess , smell of a Lucky or a Camel , Mom's Dad's flavor . I have a drawer full of Zippos I take hunting , fishing , and generally knocking around , it quells the itch but not entirely .
Cadillac Jeff
Well-Known Member
Yup a zippo lit camel......
I quit drinking September 11 2012-----quit smoking sometime a year later.
I quit drinking September 11 2012-----quit smoking sometime a year later.
Glaciers
Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
I smoked for fourteen years, hit an occasional 3 pack a day before started cutting back, tried quitting half a dozen times. Always started back up in short order.
in Alaska you are closed in your car or house in the winters. While driving in or car with the kids in back, Talon 4 and Cole 2 years old, my 4 year old said Pop that stinks. Then I realize I was not the only smoker in my family. I quit successfully cold turkey that time.
in Alaska you are closed in your car or house in the winters. While driving in or car with the kids in back, Talon 4 and Cole 2 years old, my 4 year old said Pop that stinks. Then I realize I was not the only smoker in my family. I quit successfully cold turkey that time.
JonB
Halcyon member
My 68 year old buddy (who I've known since 1982) has had type 1 diabetes since he was 30. Back then, the Doc diagnosed that it was likely stress induced (I won't go into all the details, as it's a real long story). In the last year, he has had problems getting his numbers down, he has been forced to watch his diet much more closely, cutting out almost all carbs, but still ends up taking more insulin per day than usual. That was until about two or three weeks ago, his numbers tanked and he has had several "insulin reactions" in the middle of the night. He visited the Doctor last week, and they is thinking that after 38 years of having type 1, that his pancreas has started producing it's own insulin. They are not sure if it's a Miracle? or maybe the work of having much less stress than previously?
Mitty38
Well-Known Member
My brother got diagnosed with Croans, he lost over 100 lbs because of it. Thing is having crones probably lengthened his life, his diabetes and sleep apnea disappeared completely. His pancreas was supposed to be finished too.
Contracting Crones was supposed to make things worse. Shows just how much the experts really know sometimes.
462
California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
So, if I'm of pre-geezer age, that means that all those good looking chicks I went to school with are pre-geezerettes. I don't know any of them and probably wouldn't recognized them, but reckon they are all wrinkled and stooped and arthritic and have all kinds of diseases and illnesses and syndromes and fewer teeth.
462
California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
Yep, I'm no longer that dashing young punk, neither. More hair on my face than my head, an inch taller and 40 pounds heavier, and a goodly number of hard-earned wrinkles and scars.462 - just wait till you are geezer age. Then look in the mirror. Who dat?
Cosmetics and Botox, Jon, cosmetics and Botox.Using the book of faces, I am seeing some of the good looking chicks I went to school with...it appears to be about 80-20...meaning about 20% of my female classmates of the class of 83 have a tap on the fountain of youth
RBHarter
West Central AR
Most of the hotties in my class are a little rough too . Those that were .........homely have aged gracefully for the most part .
A lot of the marry and settle down girls actually are as good as they ever were ......but I guess farm girls do that .
True stories .
The preacher's daughter spent the 90's as a $1k/night NYC call girl.
The the painfully sweet , innocent , saving myself girl ended up just making graduation no show as the " I know he's coming back he said he loves me" girl .
The Madam's daughter , yes her mother was a real live honest to God legal brothel Madam , is marking 33 yr of wedded bliss to the preacher this year . See Salt Wells NV .
I haven't changed a bit .
A lot of the marry and settle down girls actually are as good as they ever were ......but I guess farm girls do that .
True stories .
The preacher's daughter spent the 90's as a $1k/night NYC call girl.
The the painfully sweet , innocent , saving myself girl ended up just making graduation no show as the " I know he's coming back he said he loves me" girl .
The Madam's daughter , yes her mother was a real live honest to God legal brothel Madam , is marking 33 yr of wedded bliss to the preacher this year . See Salt Wells NV .
I haven't changed a bit .
