Significant Milestone
Bruce Watson
606,093 cigarettes not smoked, saving $143,947.67.
Life saved: 5 years, 39 weeks, 4 days, 11 hours, 45 minutes.
No nice, large, round numbers there.
But this week I outlived my dad.
msmomo2u
Oh Wow Bruce!!! That is absolutely
fantastic!!! Congratulations!!!!
Bruce Watson
msmomo2u <suzmth...@comcast.net> wrote:
>> Thirty-three years, two months, one week, 20 hours, 48 minutes and 51 seconds.
>> 606,093 cigarettes not smoked, saving $143,947.67.
>> Life saved: 5 years, 39 weeks, 4 days, 11 hours, 45 minutes.
>>
>> No nice, large, round numbers there.
>>
>> But this week I outlived my dad.
>
>Oh Wow Bruce!!! That is absolutely
>fantastic!!! Congratulations!!!!
Thanks.
It further drives home the futility of smoking.
I'm in excellent health. But so was he.
Except for a certain fatal disease.
writer272002
FlatIronMike
amazing and I bet they could stretch across the country if you were to
put them all in a roll. Definitely you are king of the QuitList and
the numbers sure do not lie! So, just keep on kicking butt and lead
the way for the rest of us!
FlatironMike
Two years, nine months, one week, three days, 18 hours, 20 minutes and
45 seconds. 20295 cigarettes not smoked, saving $6,088.58. Life saved:
10 weeks, 11 hours, 15 minutes.
Bruce Watson
FlatIronMike <flatiro...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Woo Hoo Bruce! 600,000+ sickerettes not smoked. The imagine is
>amazing and I bet they could stretch across the country if you were to
>put them all in a roll. Definitely you are king of the QuitList and
>the numbers sure do not lie! So, just keep on kicking butt and lead
>the way for the rest of us!
They were the 100 mm variety. So that would be 60,000 meters or
60 kilometers, which is 37.3 miles. That wouldn't get me to
Cheyenne nor would it get me to the Space Station.
But it isn't the number of cigarettes not smoked, nor the savings,
nor the time smober, that's significant with that meter flash,
it's the years of life saved.
msmomo2u
> In article <2262dfa4-a7de-48e6-a2d0-6b1fd31d5...@b15g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>,
>
> FlatIronMike <flatironmike...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >Woo Hoo Bruce! 600,000+ sickerettes not smoked. The imagine is
> >amazing and I bet they could stretch across the country if you were to
> >put them all in a roll. Definitely you are king of the QuitList and
> >the numbers sure do not lie! So, just keep on kicking butt and lead
> >the way for the rest of us!
>
> They were the 100 mm variety. So that would be 60,000 meters or
> 60 kilometers, which is 37.3 miles. That wouldn't get me to
> Cheyenne nor would it get me to the Space Station.
>
> But it isn't the number of cigarettes not smoked, nor the savings,
> nor the time smober, that's significant with that meter flash,
> it's the years of life saved.
Yes. It truly is. I was thinking of that when I looked at your meter.
You have a significant amount of life saved. 5 years. Wow!
Bruce Watson
msmomo2u <suzmth...@comcast.net> wrote:
>> In article
><2262dfa4-a7de-48e6-a2d0-6b1fd31d5...@b15g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>,
>>
>>
>> They were the 100 mm variety. So that would be 60,000 meters or
>> 60 kilometers, which is 37.3 miles. That wouldn't get me to
>> Cheyenne nor would it get me to the Space Station.
>>
>> But it isn't the number of cigarettes not smoked, nor the savings,
>> nor the time smober, that's significant with that meter flash,
>> it's the years of life saved.
>
>Yes. It truly is. I was thinking of that when I looked at your meter.
>You have a significant amount of life saved. 5 years. Wow!
It might very well be those 5 years I'm living right now.
Sue
wrote:
That's exactly what crossed through my mind when I reached that
"milestone" two years ago.
Sue
Bruce Watson
I read somewhere it's supposed to be liberating. That we
no longer have that baggage to carry around. That we can
go on and live the remainder of our lives unencumbered by
the constant reminder that we are condemned to meet the same fate.
That having quit the destructive behavior so long ago we
really do have that time of life saved.
Quitting wasn't giving up something. It really was gaining
a lot. Look at those numbers again. They're far more rewarding
than sucking on cancer sticks could ever be--if it ever was at all.
FlatIronMike
> But this week I outlived my dad.
Well, I do have 15 years before I will have outlived my Dad, but I do
have to admit when I turned 56 and had *not* had a heart attack like
he did when he was 55 I felt liberated to some degree. Of course the
following year my cholesterol numbers went wacky & I do take meds for
that now but it's in control and with 8 days to 59 I am thrilled to be
here.
FlatironMike
old fart in the making
Two years, nine months, one week, four days, 14 hours, 0 minutes and 6
seconds. 20311 cigarettes not smoked, saving $6,093.50. Life saved: 10
weeks, 12 hours, 35 minutes.
Sue
wrote:
I still have 24 years to go to outlive my mother. She died at 87 and
was a 2 to 3 pack a day smoker for all but the last week when she was
in the hospital - although she tried to convince me that the doctor
said it would be ok.
Sue
kestrel
Mike, we are thrilled that you are here. You always have something
positive to contribute and you will never be an old fart. I will
think of you at the Yoda of our happy band of quitters.
As for me, my mother died when I was 7, before she was 30. For a very
long time, I was sure I would not live longer than she did. So I had
a really great time, doing everything on the double, without a thought
for tomorrow. Then one day I woke up and found out that not only was
I past 30 but I had two rugrats who ran me ragged, and a lot of
responsibilities I never even thought about before. Well, I was
always a quick study and an honors student in high school. I learned
a lot and what I didn't learn I made up by myself. We all got along
just fine. But left over from those bad old days was a two-pack a day
nicotine habit.
Well, one of those rugrats is here today with his wife. They are
watching the Law & Order SVU marathon. He went out to fetch bagels
and we feasted. They arrived last night and will be going home to
Connecticut this afternoon. Despite my bad habits, he never smoked
cigarettes. I never inspected him for pot smoking, but I figure he
did some of that. He's a lawyer so he has to be up on his cases and
able to present his arguments in court. I think he does just fine.
My point here is that whatever our parents did to us or what we have
done to our children, sooner or later, most of us turn out okay. And
sometimes, better than just okay.
We are what we make of ourselves.
Joyce
12 years
Lynn
how long did you smoke?
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Bruce Watson
Lynn <lynn....@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>"Bruce Watson" <anon...@nyx.nyx.net> wrote in message
>news:12588187...@irys.nyx.net...
>> Thirty-three years, two months, one week, 20 hours, 48 minutes and 51
>> seconds.
>> 606,093 cigarettes not smoked, saving $143,947.67.
>> Life saved: 5 years, 39 weeks, 4 days, 11 hours, 45 minutes.
>>
>> No nice, large, round numbers there.
>>
>> But this week I outlived my dad.
> congrats Bruce,
Thanks. I feel it's a real achievement.
> how long did you smoke?
Fifteen years. I started at nothing and during that period
worked up to almost three packs a day. I calculate a 20 pack-year
history. That's supposed to be right on the threshold of harm.
My ambition is to volunteer for a smoking-disease study and be
rejected because I didn't smoke long enough and quit too long ago.
I've read that if one quits smoking before age 35 and remains
quit for 15 years, the risk from deadly diseases caused by
smoking drops to almost that of someone who has never smoked.
I quit before my dad and a couple of years after that he followed
my example. But it was too late. I think his main reason for
quitting was that he was having a hard time breathing if
he smoked. But no one, including him, was aware of that at the time.
I quit mainly because I observed nonsmokers. They appeared
to be perfectly happy not smoking. They could enjoy everything
without having to fix. I wanted to recapture that. It wasn't
money. It wasn't health. It wasn't bans. It was just that
it wasn't doing anything for me--if it ever did.
PolarBear
nice Bruce,
I love that meter, thanks for showing that it can be done. and I guess
you never look back.
HappyPolarBear
DavidL
Bless you and your father's memory.
Bruce Watson
PolarBear <carm...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Thirty-three years, two months, one week, 20 hours, 48 minutes and 51 seconds.
>> 606,093 cigarettes not smoked, saving $143,947.67.
>> Life saved: 5 years, 39 weeks, 4 days, 11 hours, 45 minutes.
>>
>> No nice, large, round numbers there.
>>
>> But this week I outlived my dad.
>
>nice Bruce,
>I love that meter, thanks for showing that it can be done. and I guess
>you never look back.
If by "never look back" you mean look back to those years of smoking,
no, I don't. I regret them. I'm not one of those who thought
smoking was pleasurable. I tried it thinking is was supposed to
be because those who did did it with such abandon. It must have
been the greatest thing on the planet. After a while I got hooked
like everyone else, exhibited extreme denial and defended my
addiction with stupid rationalizations. When it became clear
nicotine wasn't doing anything for me, I sought a way to quit,
failed a few times and eventually was successful.
I realized in the later years, I wasn't smoking for pleasure,
I was smoking to keep withdrawal and craving away. I was giving away
hard-earned money to tobacco-industry gangsters who wanted me dead
but not before I had bought them all luxury cars.
I broke the cycle of addiction. Been there. Done that. Bought the T-shirt.
Not doing it again.
If by "never look back" you mean put all that nastiness and stupidity
behind me and live my life as it should have always been, a never
smoker, then no, I didn't. I'll always be an ex-smoker and I
feel responsible to warn others not to fall for the trap I walked into.
Like anyone, I did some really stupid things but smoking was the worst.
Yes, I know quite a few wouldn't put it at the top, but I've led a pretty
good life (It had to be luck!).
That I quit (and, hopefully, in time) doesn't quite make up for
the naivete and stupidity of starting.
We remind those here who have quit not to smoke one, not even one.
It's equally important for people who have never smoked.
It's equally important for those still smoking.
DutchVanAfoort
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Lizzy
Wonderful, smarvelous --- what a great job Bruce.
Just love these numbers, round or square!!!
Love
Lizzy
Bruce Watson
Lizzy <dizc...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Thirty-three years, two months, one week, 20 hours, 48 minutes and 51 seconds.
>> 606,093 cigarettes not smoked, saving $143,947.67.
>> Life saved: 5 years, 39 weeks, 4 days, 11 hours, 45 minutes.
>>
>> No nice, large, round numbers there.
>>
>> But this week I outlived my dad.
>
>Wonderful, smarvelous --- what a great job Bruce.
Thanks, but a great "job"?
Yes, I guess in a way I made it happen. By quitting all those many years ago.
>Just love these numbers, round or square!!!
Shows that it can be done. One hour at a time. Then one day at a time.
The time span lengthens.
And, eventually, you find yourself no longer counting the time.
Then you're completely free of the nicodemon.
>Love
>Lizzy
eightpans
Huge Bruce Nice One !!! Well Done !!!!
Chris
Bruce Watson
eightpans <chris...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Thirty-three years, two months, one week, 20 hours, 48 minutes and 51 seconds.
>> 606,093 cigarettes not smoked, saving $143,947.67.
>> Life saved: 5 years, 39 weeks, 4 days, 11 hours, 45 minutes.
>>
>> No nice, large, round numbers there.
>>
>> But this week I outlived my dad.
>
>Huge Bruce Nice One !!! Well Done !!!!
>Chris
Thanks.
Congrats on your 4 years.