I used to smoke from about 17 to probably 25, something like that. I smoked a lot on nights out and it was actually working in pubs that got me into it. I used to hate myself for it as well as sometimes when I'd got a cold with a really bad sore throat I would still smoke. It was a proper addiction.
Then well one day I decided that I wanted to give that all up and did just that. I got into running and a more healthy lifestyle and have never looked back. I don't really miss it either but I think that's because pretty much everyone I socialise with these days doesn't smoke either. It makes it a lot easier as there was always that additional pressure before of others doing the same. This was all before the smoking ban which I bet has changed things significantly with now having to step outside if you do want one.
Smoking inside was so rife years ago that I didn't even notice it but now it seems really weird when I go to other countries and they still allow smoking in restaurants etc. My kids also find it very strange when they see anyone that smokes and I kind of get a little uncomfortable now if anyone around them does light up, even though my dad used to smoke cigars and cigarettes around us when we were kids.
I've got nothing against anyone that enjoys it though as that is totally their choice but for me I'm glad I gave up when I did.
@RogerRoger I don't know how serious you are being but you've just described my usual nights, but they never get as far as me actually going out 😅
Currently I'm content with amount of kids games I can pick from PS5 as I have accumulated 18 PS5 kids games on my list after I got information about Potion Permit will have PS5 physical release in this year.
I still haven't get any PS5 games and the machine yet but I will start to get the games first in July 2022 as I have scheduled to get XBOX 360 Slim + Kinect sensor on this Saturday according to my plan.
@RogerRoger I don't know how serious you are being but you've just described my usual nights, but they never get as far as me actually going out 😅
I think the most accurate description would be "exaggerated for comedy purposes" but yeah, it's mostly based on fact. Very dull, safe, predictable fact. Just the way I like it!
"We want different things, Crosshair. That doesn't mean that we have to be enemies."
@kyleforrester87 I gave up smoking about 10 - 15 years ago after starting when I was 15 (I'm 45 now). I tried giving up before that, but always started up again. By the end though, I just wasn't enjoying it so I just went cold turkey, as social smoking I would eventually smoke all the time.
Iirc correctly the only side effects I had were mucked up sleeping patterns and some random mood swings for few weeks.
I would never go back now as even smelling it makes me reek. I find everything tastes better too, even booze which was a real eye opener for me.
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@kyleforrester87 Never been a smoker, but have known and hung out with many over the years. My favorite story was when someone gave the statistic that each cigarette shortens the lifespan by 11 minutes and my mate who smoked said, “Eh, yeah but I don’t mind because those are all the worthless minutes at the end when life is miserable anyways.” 🤷🏻♂️
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@Th3solution Your friend may well have (somewhat ironically) cribbed that line from the famously plagiaristic comedian Denis Leary. He said something very similar in his "No Cure for Cancer" routine.
@LN78 Haha, certainly that’s the case. If there’s one thing about smokers I appreciate, it’s their cavalier approach to things. Probably that’s an over generalization based on my interactions over the years.
My biggest vice is probably sugar. I can’t just finish a meal and be done with it. I need to have something sweet at the end. And usually at the beginning too. 😅
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
1. Finish typing this list;
2. Go and get in my car and start up my awesome '80s playlist;
3. Drive to tesco like a like a king;
4. Go to Tesco and buy a bottle of gin, a bottle of rum, six litres of lemonade, and a bag of ice
5. Drive home like a king;
6. Put on Jedi dressing gown;
7. Put on PlayStation slippers;
8. Pour delicious beverage;
9. Play Yakuza 0;
10. Repeat steps 8 and 9 until my body gives up.
1. wake up at 3:57am
2. leave the flat at 4:15am
3. cycle 60 miles and get home at 7:50am
4. leave the flat at 8:20 and cycle to work
5. arrive at work at 9am
6. cry
7. cry
8. cry
9. cry
10. sleep
Just picked up 2 tickets for UFC London in June… watched pretty much every event since 2007 (on TV) but this’ll be the first one in person. Pretty psyched!
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