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35 years today #19352109 04/01/24 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 45,168 Likes: 14 North East Urth Valsdad OP Campfire 'Bwana OP Valsdad Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 45,168 Likes: 14 North East Urth Since my last smoke, chew, snuff. and that ain't an April Fools joke. I'm horrible with days/ dates/time of day and it was about three days before I realized I quit on 1 April 1989. Didn't use it as an excuse to have one though. The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni) member of the cabal of dysfunctional squirrels?

Re: 35 years today Valsdad #19352119 04/01/24 Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,414 Querencia, New Mexico Territor... Border Doc Campfire Regular Border Doc Campfire Regular Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,414 Querencia, New Mexico Territor... Congratulations! My cold turkey day was 23 Oct 1983. Funny how it seemed so difficult at the time but how important it has been in the long haul. “You must endeavour to enjoy the pleasure of doing good. That is all that makes life valuable.” Robert E. Lee, in a letter to his invalid wife.

Re: 35 years today Valsdad #19352128 04/01/24 Joined: Sep 2023 Posts: 1,334 Lodi,Calif A Alan_C Campfire Regular Alan_C Campfire Regular A Joined: Sep 2023 Posts: 1,334 Lodi,Calif Where there is a will , there is a way!

Re: 35 years today Valsdad #19352178 04/02/24 Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,495 Windber, PA T tdoyka Campfire Regular tdoyka Campfire Regular T Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,495 Windber, PA i'm on 11 years since i quit smoking and alcoholic beverages. "Russia sucks." ---- Me, US Army (retired) 12B & 51B Russian Admiral said, after the Moskva sank, "we have the world's worst navy but we aren't as bad as our army".

Re: 35 years today Valsdad #19352187 04/02/24 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 60,856 Likes: 10 Iowa/NW Ontario W wabigoon Campfire Kahuna wabigoon Campfire Kahuna W Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 60,856 Likes: 10 Iowa/NW Ontario Congratulations. These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"

Re: 35 years today Valsdad #19352291 04/02/24 Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 14,660 Likes: 3 E earlybrd Campfire Outfitter earlybrd Campfire Outfitter E Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 14,660 Likes: 3 👍

Re: 35 years today Valsdad #19352307 04/02/24 Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 11,774 Minnesota D dale06 Campfire Outfitter dale06 Campfire Outfitter D Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 11,774 Minnesota Congratulations to all that quit tobacco. You’re adding lots of quality to the many more days you’ll live. NRA Patron

Re: 35 years today Valsdad #19352345 04/02/24 Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 16,392 Likes: 1 Las Vegas NM M mark shubert Campfire Ranger mark shubert Campfire Ranger M Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 16,392 Likes: 1 Las Vegas NM Just passed 33 years for me. Gave up Copenhagen for Lent in 1991 (only had cravings for ~ 12 years ) I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: 35 years today Valsdad #19352358 04/02/24 Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 456 Texas P PatB Campfire Member PatB Campfire Member P Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 456 Texas About 15 months since my last dip of Cope.... I still crave it !

Re: 35 years today Valsdad #19352365 04/02/24 Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 26,508 Likes: 2 Blue Ridge Mtns-Smokey Mtns R Raeford Campfire Ranger Raeford Campfire Ranger R Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 26,508 Likes: 2 Blue Ridge Mtns-Smokey Mtns Congrats Geno FJB & FJT

Re: 35 years today Valsdad #19352379 04/02/24 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 28,385 Likes: 1 Idaho, USA Jim in Idaho Campfire Ranger Jim in Idaho Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 28,385 Likes: 1 Idaho, USA Congratulations, my last smoke was in 1991 sometime. But really, quitting tobacco is easy. I did it 13 times... Gunnery, gunnery, gunnery. Hit the target, all else is twaddle!

Re: 35 years today Valsdad #19352386 04/02/24 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,693 Likes: 11 Texas hanco Campfire Savant hanco Campfire Savant Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,693 Likes: 11 Texas Congrats, wifey stopped about a month ago. I’ve never had one in my mouth or dip either.

Re: 35 years today Valsdad #19352513 04/02/24 Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 5,644 Orygun H Heym06 Campfire Tracker Heym06 Campfire Tracker H Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 5,644 Orygun Quit smoking Dec 25th 1985. Proudly holding on to my other vices!

Re: 35 years today Valsdad #19352548 04/02/24 Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 19,651 Likes: 12 Central Valley NorKal FatCity67 Campfire Ranger FatCity67 Campfire Ranger Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 19,651 Likes: 12 Central Valley NorKal Can remember exact date. I used the trail off method. Less and less until one day you don't remember the last one. Been somewhere around 15+ years. "Maybe we're all happy." "Go to the sporting goods store. From the files, obtain form 4473. These will contain descriptions of weapons and lists of private ownership."

Re: 35 years today Valsdad #19352559 04/02/24 Joined: May 2003 Posts: 23,034 Likes: 6 SW Montana V VarmintGuy Campfire Ranger VarmintGuy Campfire Ranger V Joined: May 2003 Posts: 23,034 Likes: 6 SW Montana Valsdad: Congratulations! Enjoy your enhanced health and longevity and spend all the money you saved by avoiding "tobacky" with pride. Good for you. Hold into the wind VarmintGuy

Re: 35 years today Valsdad #19352566 04/02/24 Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 15,682 Likes: 1 ms N navlav8r Campfire Ranger navlav8r Campfire Ranger N Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 15,682 Likes: 1 ms Congrats. Think of how much money you’ve saved = guns, ammo. 😊 NRA Life,Endowment,Patron or Benefactor since '72.

Re: 35 years today Valsdad #19352600 04/02/24 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 69,238 Likes: 9 TX chlinstructor Campfire Kahuna chlinstructor Campfire Kahuna Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 69,238 Likes: 9 TX Congratulations Geno. I threw out my last pack of cigarettes 8 years ago. One of the best decisions I ever made. "Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!" ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: 35 years today Valsdad #19352613 04/02/24 Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 6,667 Oklahoma City S Son_of_the_Gael Campfire Tracker Son_of_the_Gael Campfire Tracker S Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 6,667 Oklahoma City Don't know the exact date, but I quit in 1990. Still get the urge occasionally. 'Four legs good, two legs baaaad." ---------------------------------------------- "Jimmy, some of it's magic, Some of it's tragic, But I had a good life all the way." (Jimmy Buffett) SotG

Re: 35 years today Valsdad #19352614 04/02/24 Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 2,731 Indiana L LazyL0228 Campfire Regular LazyL0228 Campfire Regular L Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 2,731 Indiana Good on you. I just never started. Even when family is in tobacco business.

Re: 35 years today Valsdad #19352620 04/02/24 Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 9,469 J Jcubed Campfire Outfitter Jcubed Campfire Outfitter J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 9,469 Originally Posted by Valsdad Since my last smoke, chew, snuff. and that ain't an April Fools joke. I'm horrible with days/ dates/time of day and it was about three days before I realized I quit on 1 April 1989. Didn't use it as an excuse to have one though. Congrats, Geno! O,/T Got a trip in the big white tube today. Fingers crossed! Last edited by Jcubed; 04/02/24. Reason: Fat fingered that spelling