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Well today I join the ranks of ex'smokers, after 38 years of smoking I'm giving them up, but I'll still chew, hey, one step at a time :thumbup:
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Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska
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that my lungs were in pretty good shape considering I had smoked for so long. He said that if permanent damage wasn't already done, that your lungs will clear themselves out and rejuvenate in two or three years. The bad thing is, you're still chewing, If you want a scary little trip, take a look at a few of the pictures on the internet by typing in "mouth cancer", caused by chewing.
Anyway, congratulations on the stop smoking. The first three or four days are the hardest, and if you can hold out for three weeks, there's no reason to go back. I'm including a picture of myself holding the ever present cigarrette; this picture was taken in Viet Nam in 1970. I'm standing with Sgt. Baxter, who just got his "going home" orders. I think we were in Quin Nhon, south central Viet Nam.
Good luck Ray and good choice!
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Anyway, congratulations on the stop smoking. The first three or four days are the hardest, and if you can hold out for three weeks, there's no reason to go back. I'm including a picture of myself holding the ever present cigarrette; this picture was taken in Viet Nam in 1970. I'm standing with Sgt. Baxter, who just got his "going home" orders. I think we were in Quin Nhon, south central Viet Nam.
Good luck Ray and good choice!
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<b>I'm cheering you on bud ! You CAN do it !!!!</b> 
I don't think I ever did anything more difficult in my life than quit smoking.
I carried a box of altoids and every time I was going to die
without a smoke
I'd suck on a few. Really helped me.
It's been 8+ years and I still get the urge for a smoke every once in a while...
but the urge is very short and I don't EVER give in to it.
Now I can't stand to be in places where people are allowed to smoke.
You come out and your clothes just stink....
That's something you don't realize when you are smoking ...
but MAN -- YOU STINK !! --(the ladies know
)
You will live longer, better, cleaner,
food tastes better, and your detecting senses are increased
therefore generating much better finds !!
OK.. I was fibbing about that last part....
It's only true if you don't smoke OR chew.
I don't think I ever did anything more difficult in my life than quit smoking.
I carried a box of altoids and every time I was going to die
without a smoke
I'd suck on a few. Really helped me.It's been 8+ years and I still get the urge for a smoke every once in a while...
but the urge is very short and I don't EVER give in to it.
Now I can't stand to be in places where people are allowed to smoke.
You come out and your clothes just stink....
That's something you don't realize when you are smoking ...
but MAN -- YOU STINK !! --(the ladies know
)You will live longer, better, cleaner,
food tastes better, and your detecting senses are increased
therefore generating much better finds !!
OK.. I was fibbing about that last part....
It's only true if you don't smoke OR chew.
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chance of hooking up this old dog with a bowl of Oatmeal Vernon 
, women don't like my freedom to go when it is time for me to go, it's just my lust for freedom Vern, do they make a good tasting Oatmeal these days, maybe my old friend DC knows, sure miss that fella, give him my best because he is the best and I have never forgotten him, he is stuck in my brain like Captain Tut is, oh where have the old warriors gone Vernon, I say this with tears in my eyes, where have they gone, I miss them so.
Have you done the Gettysburg tour yet Vern, I have to amit I hope not, I always wanted to walk across that ground with you, reliving our American history and taking it all in for what it is and what went on there for those three days, the great history of the north and south doing battle those three days, funny how history works, it tells no lies but only the truth and few ever remember it like you and I, Brian and Craig, the Dons, Charlie and Ed, the Guv and Keith, Dale, and Chris from Canada and many others that post on this great forum, all bought together for one reason, sharing history.
I wear my heart on my chest so the world can see, I did not believe in slavery but did believe in the south's right to resist the mighty north and their long right arm of control, I would have been proud to serve under Robert E. Lee just for that freedom.
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, women don't like my freedom to go when it is time for me to go, it's just my lust for freedom Vern, do they make a good tasting Oatmeal these days, maybe my old friend DC knows, sure miss that fella, give him my best because he is the best and I have never forgotten him, he is stuck in my brain like Captain Tut is, oh where have the old warriors gone Vernon, I say this with tears in my eyes, where have they gone, I miss them so. Have you done the Gettysburg tour yet Vern, I have to amit I hope not, I always wanted to walk across that ground with you, reliving our American history and taking it all in for what it is and what went on there for those three days, the great history of the north and south doing battle those three days, funny how history works, it tells no lies but only the truth and few ever remember it like you and I, Brian and Craig, the Dons, Charlie and Ed, the Guv and Keith, Dale, and Chris from Canada and many others that post on this great forum, all bought together for one reason, sharing history.
I wear my heart on my chest so the world can see, I did not believe in slavery but did believe in the south's right to resist the mighty north and their long right arm of control, I would have been proud to serve under Robert E. Lee just for that freedom.
General Ray
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Like so many others of our generation, it was just plain cool to smoke.I gave it up when my son was born in 66. But I took up dipping Skoal in 1970. Used it till 1995. I think it was harder to give up than cigarettes. I think Vern, or any of the others that have quit,will tell you, it was the best sacrifice we ever made.
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