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On Mar 1, 8:17*am, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 1 Mar 2008 04:53:08 -0800 (PST), wrote: On Mar 1, 1:44*am, -rick- wrote: wrote: This sucks... I did it to myself though.. please don't smoke guys, and if you do, find a way to quit. Good luck man... *How many years? *I finally quit after 29. thirty five or so.. Mine was 39. Got a spot of emphysema (sp?), but it's not gotten any bigger over the past eight years. I'm keeping my fingers, toes, and everything else crossed. We're rooting for you. Hell, even saying a prayer! -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." One of the worse thing's I've ever seen was a friend's dad in Jellico, TN a miner with black lung before unions made mining semi-safe. He wasn't over 50 at the time that I knew him, and he parked his car right next to the house. He would walk to the car from his favorite seat at the kitchen table, it would be 10 or 12 paces. He would be totally spent. Just gasping for air. |
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On Mar 1, 11:50*am, wrote:
On Mar 1, 8:17*am, John H. wrote: On Sat, 1 Mar 2008 04:53:08 -0800 (PST), wrote: On Mar 1, 1:44*am, -rick- wrote: wrote: This sucks... I did it to myself though.. please don't smoke guys, and if you do, find a way to quit. Good luck man... *How many years? *I finally quit after 29. thirty five or so.. Mine was 39. Got a spot of emphysema (sp?), but it's not gotten any bigger over the past eight years. I'm keeping my fingers, toes, and everything else crossed. We're rooting for you. Hell, even saying a prayer! -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." One of the worse thing's I've ever seen was a friend's dad in Jellico, TN a miner with black lung before unions made mining semi-safe. He wasn't over 50 at the time that I knew him, and he parked his car right next to the house. He would walk to the car from his favorite seat at the kitchen table, it would be 10 or 12 paces. He would be totally spent. Just gasping for air.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - that's gruesome. i bet he was married to an oxygen bottle too. |
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On Mar 1, 3:06*pm, Tim wrote:
On Mar 1, 11:50*am, wrote: On Mar 1, 8:17*am, John H. wrote: On Sat, 1 Mar 2008 04:53:08 -0800 (PST), wrote: On Mar 1, 1:44*am, -rick- wrote: wrote: This sucks... I did it to myself though.. please don't smoke guys, and if you do, find a way to quit. Good luck man... *How many years? *I finally quit after 29. thirty five or so.. Mine was 39. Got a spot of emphysema (sp?), but it's not gotten any bigger over the past eight years. I'm keeping my fingers, toes, and everything else crossed. We're rooting for you. Hell, even saying a prayer! -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." One of the worse thing's I've ever seen was a friend's dad in Jellico, TN a miner with black lung before unions made mining semi-safe. He wasn't over 50 at the time that I knew him, and he parked his car right next to the house. He would walk to the car from his favorite seat at the kitchen table, it would be 10 or 12 paces. He would be totally spent. Just gasping for air.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - that's gruesome. i bet he was married to an oxygen bottle too.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Oh, yes indeed! You just couldn't help but feel for the guy. You could tell there was a real manly man in there. |
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