Harry Krause wrote:

I smoked cigs for about a year, but I gave it up completely in one
day,
cold turkey, and never went back. I'm lucky about that. I have
friends
who are still trying to give up smoking and they've been trying for
years.

I smoked cigarettes for years, at least 20. I quit three and a half
years ago, haven't had one since. The strangest thing is, cigarette
smoke, as well as the people who smoke, smell terrible to me, yet I
STILL, after smelling that awful smell, sometimes get a craving.

On 7 Mar 2005 09:09:44 -0800, wrote:

Don White wrote:

Who appointed JimH the 'Lord & Savior' of our newsgroup? No one asked
for
my vote.

***************

Lighten up on ol' JimH. If this is the excuse he needs to modify his
own behavior, who cares?

It is amazing how the tone of the group can change when a handful of
people decide to modify behavior for better or for worse.

Jim's motivation may seem odd, but his efforts for 2-3 days now are
commendable. They say it takes 21 days to kick a habit, so if the more
civil tone prevails for another 16-18 there will be some chance of
permanent change.

So I can't call any names for 21 days before the urge is gone? Sounds like a
rough three weeks!


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

"John H" wrote in message
...
On 7 Mar 2005 09:09:44 -0800, wrote:

Don White wrote:

Who appointed JimH the 'Lord & Savior' of our newsgroup? No one asked
for
my vote.

***************

Lighten up on ol' JimH. If this is the excuse he needs to modify his
own behavior, who cares?

It is amazing how the tone of the group can change when a handful of
people decide to modify behavior for better or for worse.

Jim's motivation may seem odd, but his efforts for 2-3 days now are
commendable. They say it takes 21 days to kick a habit, so if the more
civil tone prevails for another 16-18 there will be some chance of
permanent change.

So I can't call any names for 21 days before the urge is gone? Sounds like
a
rough three weeks!


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

I wonder why Chuck saw my motivation as odd. It should be perfectly
clear....to have a better NG.

Now if we could only get a buy in from Don, Chuck, bb, Krause, jps, Doug
Kanter and dsk....I wonder if that is possible?

BTW: I guess I will be totally *cured* on March 24th. Perhaps I should
start using the patch to help me out until then. ;-)

On 7 Mar 2005 10:47:27 -0800, wrote:


Harry Krause wrote:

I smoked cigs for about a year, but I gave it up completely in one
day,
cold turkey, and never went back. I'm lucky about that. I have
friends
who are still trying to give up smoking and they've been trying for
years.

I smoked cigarettes for years, at least 20. I quit three and a half
years ago, haven't had one since. The strangest thing is, cigarette
smoke, as well as the people who smoke, smell terrible to me, yet I
STILL, after smelling that awful smell, sometimes get a craving.

Ditto, 39 years of smoking. Actual details a

This is to CERTIFY that:

JOHN L. HERRING

Has neither smoked nor puffed a single cigarette for: Three years, two months,
one week, three days, 14 hours, 51 minutes and 38 seconds. This means he has not
lit 58430 cigarettes, and has saved $8,764.64. The additional time he has to
spend his daughters' inheritance is about: 28 weeks, 6 days, 21 hours, and 10
minutes.


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 14:35:47 -0500, "JimH" wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
.. .
On 7 Mar 2005 09:09:44 -0800, wrote:

Don White wrote:

Who appointed JimH the 'Lord & Savior' of our newsgroup? No one asked
for
my vote.

***************

Lighten up on ol' JimH. If this is the excuse he needs to modify his
own behavior, who cares?

It is amazing how the tone of the group can change when a handful of
people decide to modify behavior for better or for worse.

Jim's motivation may seem odd, but his efforts for 2-3 days now are
commendable. They say it takes 21 days to kick a habit, so if the more
civil tone prevails for another 16-18 there will be some chance of
permanent change.

So I can't call any names for 21 days before the urge is gone? Sounds like
a
rough three weeks!


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

I wonder why Chuck saw my motivation as odd. It should be perfectly
clear....to have a better NG.

Now if we could only get a buy in from Don, Chuck, bb, Krause, jps, Doug
Kanter and dsk....I wonder if that is possible?

BTW: I guess I will be totally *cured* on March 24th. Perhaps I should
start using the patch to help me out until then. ;-)


I get my gum from Australia. Don't know if they have 'name-calling' patches.


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 14:35:47 -0500, "JimH" wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
.. .
On 7 Mar 2005 09:09:44 -0800, wrote:

Don White wrote:

Who appointed JimH the 'Lord & Savior' of our newsgroup? No one asked
for
my vote.

***************

Lighten up on ol' JimH. If this is the excuse he needs to modify his
own behavior, who cares?

It is amazing how the tone of the group can change when a handful of
people decide to modify behavior for better or for worse.

Jim's motivation may seem odd, but his efforts for 2-3 days now are
commendable. They say it takes 21 days to kick a habit, so if the more
civil tone prevails for another 16-18 there will be some chance of
permanent change.

So I can't call any names for 21 days before the urge is gone? Sounds like
a
rough three weeks!


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

I wonder why Chuck saw my motivation as odd. It should be perfectly
clear....to have a better NG.

Now if we could only get a buy in from Don, Chuck, bb, Krause, jps, Doug
Kanter and dsk....I wonder if that is possible?

BTW: I guess I will be totally *cured* on March 24th. Perhaps I should
start using the patch to help me out until then. ;-)


The greatest way to stop the name-calling urge is to killfile those who deserve
the names!


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

John H wrote:
On 7 Mar 2005 10:47:27 -0800, wrote:


Harry Krause wrote:

I smoked cigs for about a year, but I gave it up completely in one
day,
cold turkey, and never went back. I'm lucky about that. I have
friends
who are still trying to give up smoking and they've been trying
for
years.

I smoked cigarettes for years, at least 20. I quit three and a half
years ago, haven't had one since. The strangest thing is, cigarette
smoke, as well as the people who smoke, smell terrible to me, yet I
STILL, after smelling that awful smell, sometimes get a craving.

Ditto, 39 years of smoking. Actual details a

This is to CERTIFY that:

JOHN L. HERRING

Has neither smoked nor puffed a single cigarette for: Three years,
two months,
one week, three days, 14 hours, 51 minutes and 38 seconds. This means
he has not
lit 58430 cigarettes, and has saved $8,764.64. The additional time he
has to
spend his daughters' inheritance is about: 28 weeks, 6 days, 21
hours, and 10
minutes.


John H

I thought you just quit smoking recently? Anyway, I find it strange as
hell that even though when someone lights one up, anymore it just about
makes me want to puke, it will still sometimes make me want one!

JimH wrote:
"John H" wrote in message
...
On 7 Mar 2005 09:09:44 -0800, wrote:

Don White wrote:

Who appointed JimH the 'Lord & Savior' of our newsgroup? No one
asked
for
my vote.

***************

Lighten up on ol' JimH. If this is the excuse he needs to modify
his
own behavior, who cares?

It is amazing how the tone of the group can change when a handful
of
people decide to modify behavior for better or for worse.

Jim's motivation may seem odd, but his efforts for 2-3 days now are
commendable. They say it takes 21 days to kick a habit, so if the
more
civil tone prevails for another 16-18 there will be some chance of
permanent change.

So I can't call any names for 21 days before the urge is gone?
Sounds like
a
rough three weeks!


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

I wonder why Chuck saw my motivation as odd. It should be perfectly
clear....to have a better NG.

Now if we could only get a buy in from Don, Chuck, bb, Krause, jps,
Doug
Kanter and dsk....I wonder if that is possible?

BTW: I guess I will be totally *cured* on March 24th. Perhaps I
should
start using the patch to help me out until then. ;-)

Fritz fell off the wagon, he's started petty name calling again.

"John H" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 14:35:47 -0500, "JimH" wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
. ..
On 7 Mar 2005 09:09:44 -0800, wrote:

Don White wrote:

Who appointed JimH the 'Lord & Savior' of our newsgroup? No one asked
for
my vote.

***************

Lighten up on ol' JimH. If this is the excuse he needs to modify his
own behavior, who cares?

It is amazing how the tone of the group can change when a handful of
people decide to modify behavior for better or for worse.

Jim's motivation may seem odd, but his efforts for 2-3 days now are
commendable. They say it takes 21 days to kick a habit, so if the more
civil tone prevails for another 16-18 there will be some chance of
permanent change.

So I can't call any names for 21 days before the urge is gone? Sounds
like
a
rough three weeks!


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

I wonder why Chuck saw my motivation as odd. It should be perfectly
clear....to have a better NG.

Now if we could only get a buy in from Don, Chuck, bb, Krause, jps, Doug
Kanter and dsk....I wonder if that is possible?

BTW: I guess I will be totally *cured* on March 24th. Perhaps I should
start using the patch to help me out until then. ;-)


The greatest way to stop the name-calling urge is to killfile those who
deserve
the names!

The only posts I see from the loony liebrals is the ones you and a few
others respond to :-)




John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

Now if we could only get a buy in from Don, Chuck, bb, Krause, jps,
Doug
Kanter and dsk....I wonder if that is possible?

**********************
Look around and see.

Do you see Don, Chuck, bb, Krause (well maybe grin), jps, Doug
Kanter and DSK calling names or launching threads denigrating some
party or another so all like-minded folks can get their licks in?

There's your answer.