lucky13500 0 #26 January 23, 2004 ALL SKYDIVERS SMOKE! When you leave a plane at 13k and head towards the Earth.........you be smokin' !!!!! ~ it takes a minute to live....but a second to die ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
caress 0 #27 January 23, 2004 That was an inspiration to quit. Skydive-or-smoke? I'd rather jump, and feel the rush of freedom in my soul, rather than kill myself slowly till I couldn't breathe anymore. However, I know it is difficult.-Caress I've learned.... That being kind is more important than being right. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kitof1976 0 #28 January 23, 2004 YEAH BABY! That's the SHMOOOOCKING I am talking about!!! "We see the world just the way we are... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #29 January 23, 2004 You can say what you will. I'm neither weak willed nor a copout. I haven't quit because I don't want to. Now don't come preaching to me about my smoking. You can join the former leader Jim Baker of the PLT. I could give a rats ass.. I don't want to hear from the ex smokers nor the non smokers about quiting and how disgusting a habit it is. I am addicted to the nicotine. As were all the ex smokers. I have not made the concsious effort to quit yet. Though I have tried before. Just wasn't my time. Just because you did it or someone else did it doesn't mean I or someone else can. That's the wonderful thing about this world everyone is different. Take your hollier then thou attitude and name calling and shove it. I'll quit when I wish. As long as there are smoke nazis hounding me at every turn I'll probably continue to smoke and blow smoke in your face.. QuoteAnd yes, it is disgusting and yes it does offend me and many other people when you infect my airspace. Then don't be around me when I lite up.... I'm just as offended by the "I'm better then you" attitude I get form former and non smokers alike. It's all bullshit. "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stuffit 0 #30 January 23, 2004 Of course. Everyone has bad habits including myself. Just dont blame it on anyone but yourself (in reference to your nicotine comment; that is definitely a copout). I am sorry if you are offended and I am sure you hear the same line a lot but dont you think there is good reason for it. Just think how many jumps, rounds of golf, or whatever you could buy with the money spent on cigarettes. No, I dont think that I am better than you. This is something that hits close to me because I see my sister smoking everyday and it really pisses me off because I dont want to see her in a hospital bed later because of it. It just makes me really mad when I hear people with the "I dont want to quit" attitude. If you dont have anyone that cares about you in your life, then fine, do what you want. But when you have people that love you, for their sake please dont kill yourself and make them watch. I am sorry to offend you. That is how I feel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydivexxl 0 #31 January 23, 2004 "Mind if I smoke?" "No, Mind if I Fart?" Steve Martin Blog Clicky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bodyflight.Net 0 #32 January 23, 2004 QuoteI dont want to see her in a hospital bed later because of it......But when you have people that love you, for their sake please dont kill yourself and make them watch. Reality Check guys... We are ALL dying We are ALL breathing the same air We are ALL in danger of every disease, ailment, virus, infection and addiction known to man, and some that arent. I wonder how your sister feels about you jumping from an airplane... does she worry about your health? Might one of our loved ones get really pissed off because they see someone taking extra chances with their life... Just wanted to point out how oddly similar the two things are.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Praetorian 1 #33 February 22, 2004 Quoteevery turn I'll probably continue to smoke and blow smoke in your face.. Wow I hope I never meet you face to face, I'll probably make some comment about smokeing and you'll blow smoke in my face, as I consider that an assult I'll probably punch you in your face, your blowing smoke in someones face is the same to them as pissing on their face... which come to think of it is a better responce then a punch ... I'll have to work on the "quick draw" :) Good Judgment comes from experience...a lot of experience comes from bad judgment. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lee03 0 #34 February 22, 2004 Have not ever smoked, will not ever smoke.-------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #35 February 22, 2004 Quit in October 2002, after 18 years (started at age 15). I'm not a "born-again-non-smoker-nazi" per se, but I don't like the aroma anymore either. Smoking is more than an addiction anyway, it's an image, one that is still romanticized by Hollywood and the like. Those that are older and smoke, do set some kind of example and yes, as an ex-smoker, I can say that there is a "cool" factor that some see in it. Regardless of the circumstances, the mere act of "smoking with style" does have an image beholden by every individual in their own way. So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peacefuljeffrey 0 #36 February 22, 2004 QuoteI have every reason in the world not to smoke; I'm a nurse, my grandpap has severe emphysema, they are expensive as hell, but I haven't been able to quit yet. I'd like about five minutes alone with that tobacco exec who said that nicotine wasn't addictive. Why, did you have the misfortune to start smoking before every last motherfucker on earth knew -- tobacco execs admitting it or not -- that nicotine is one of the most addictive substances around? I mean really, I don't think it's fair to blame someone who EVERYONE knew was lying through his teeth, when you surely had to know by the time you started smoking (unless you're like 80 years old) at least several people who smoked, and acknowledged that they were "hooked" and couldn't quit? Are you saying that you had no personal experience with those who smoked and were addicted, prior to starting smoking yourself? And you wagered your health on the say-so of a tobacco exec with an obvious conflict of interest? I hope you were kidding. --Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peacefuljeffrey 0 #37 February 22, 2004 QuoteYou can say what you will. I'm neither weak willed nor a copout. I haven't quit because I don't want to. ... I am addicted to the nicotine. As were all the ex smokers. I have not made the concsious effort to quit yet. Though I have tried before. Just wasn't my time. Just because you did it or someone else did it doesn't mean I or someone else can. That's the wonderful thing about this world everyone is different. Take your hollier then thou attitude and name calling and shove it. I'll quit when I wish. As long as there are smoke nazis hounding me at every turn I'll probably continue to smoke and blow smoke in your face... It's funny, first you made it seem like you don't want to be blamed for smoking because starting was a stupid mistake, and now you're addicted and can't quit succesfully. NOW you're saying that you "don't want to quit" -- but everything you say to back that up [i.e. I tried to quit and it "wasn't my time" (what the hell does that mean), haven't made the "conscious effort"] confirms that it's about not being able to quit, instead. "Want" to quit? Didn't "want" to quit? Why not admit that it's not about wanting, it's about being able to do it successfully? I mean, I could dive under the water in my pool and attempt to hold my breath there for five minutes. After about a minute and a half I'll have to come up for air. Will it be because I wasn't ABLE to stay under for the full 5 minutes, or will it be because I "DIDN'T WANT" to stay under for the full 5 minutes? Of course it's the former, not the latter. Why not just admit that instead of shining us on with this bullshit story about how you just "didn't wanna." You say that's not a copout? What WOULD be a copout then?! Of those who still smoke, there are those who would like to quit but haven't succeeded, and those who have no desire to quit nor intention to quit. Which are you? First you sounded like one who wanted to quit but couldn't, and then you sounded like one who didn't care to quit at all. Here's how you quit: Don't buy any more cigarettes. Don't get into the car, drive to the store, plunk down money for a shit product that is sold to you by people who must be laughing their asses off that you will pay them exorbitant prices to poison yourself. Don't ask anyone else for a cigarette, either. Bingo, you've just quit. Can't smoke a cigarette if you haven't acquired one. But wait, you don't want to quit. I forgot. You love that smoooooth, rich taste. That deeeeep green phlegm. That musssssky stink in your hair and clothes and car. Those creamy yellow teeth. That what-died-in-your-mouth breath. You LIKE that, as all smokers seem to say they do. --Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
