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My dogs are European 41, American Ladies 10. I lied about BOB. I don't have one because they make TOO MUCH NOISE. I have big useful peasant hands. :) How can you quit smoking and not be a veritable farting Machine ? well, you won't be able to answer that question, silly me. I am plenty and extra fun, in the way you infer, when Sober. In fact, can't get my Big O when under the influence so, ummm.... 'I don't drink and drive', shall we say ? Back...way way back before it was a 'thing' back when I was young and beautiful :P I traded a very chaste glance for a Zulu Coconut. In fact, TWO Zulu Coconuts. It was funny, he turned out to be an undercover policeman and I thought I was on my way to Central Lock-up :o but, he was very sweet. A shame I couldn't find him later ...the crowds, you know. If it isn't going to be New Orleans...if New Orleans is no more... I would like a uninhabited island w/in 15 degrees of the Equator. I like mud bugs. Have you had soft-shell mud bugs ? good too, eat em up, yum :) ya see wha I don did der ? No, dawlin' no Yat. Hows yo Mama and dem ? My friend, 'The Woman Who Drinks For America' has a big loud Yat voice. :wub: I have picked up a few phrases but, not the swank of it. Remember I am an 'adopted' native.

Doreen, you are The MOST Sacred Sister of Smut and I love you very much. I have, sadly, never been to your 'Pool. I have always done artsy fartsy stuff. Thank you for your compliment, Sister. I really work at the 'talent' bit...painting is very challenging to me. I like the shell I use for my avatar quite a lot and it lives with me still. It is one of the few that I can look at and not want to 'FIX' but, the 'favourite' remains a hope in a future work. Oh, Sandy ! I am crazy envious of friends with many filled passports ! My favourite places to live were 3 miles up a dirt road in a rustic cabin in coastal Sonoma County, CA and New Orleans. New Orleans always wins. I would like to visit EVERYWHERE on this beautiful earth. First on my list is Florence and Italy in general, and Mediterranean en todo.

N O P Ever :)

Four Days I am so grateful you quit, MQ.

Our Nancy asked me to post this from my blog to 'Quit Smoking Discussion'. Thank you Nancy. Lifetime of Addiction I didn't want to hear this but, I am now facing this truth. Nicotine Addiction doesn't go away. You can put it to sleep. You can even put it into deep deep and deeper sleep for years ! but, it will awaken the moment you take one puff. One Puff. This is for your whole life. Mind boggling, huh !? This was the choice you likely didn't even know you were making all those years ago when you started smoking, I didn't understand the ramifications for sure. But, it is the truth. You will always need to be cognizant of your addiction even when smoking is a vague memory, because the moment you take a puff, the moment you take One Bloomin' PUFF, That's it ! It's all over and your enslavement will begin, again. What tenacity ! but, you need to understand, Nicotine is not as tenacious as You and Your Will. You can quit. I know you can. I quit and I am not a special snowflake, I am a Nicotine Addict, just like you. I have great resentment about my Nicotine Addiction. Damn....I didn't know it would be so invasive. I didn't know it was going to be a lifetime relationship. I am so angry about this and it is My Own Damn Fault ! But, my anger, it is a good anger. It is a righteous anger. It is an anger that will fuel my commitment to NOPE. Not One Puff EVER. Copping to the 'forever' part is a cold hard reality of the addiction. At some point, I had to quit fooling myself and accept it. It isn't just for today. It must be forever. If it isn't...I will continue to enslave myself. Some feel their addiction is so strong they cannot quit, This is wrong. You have the power. You always have the power to quit and you always have the power to stay quit. Make the commitment to NOPE ! As our friend, Sarge, says, 'Easy Peasy'. Easy ! not complicated ! This is not Rocket Science. If you make that commitment to NOPE...you will not fail. You Will Not Fail. The simplicity of it ! The Beauty of it ! Not One Puff Ever. Do it. You won't regret it. Love, S

5 morning all. :)

Dear Natalie, We are all stoked that you are working a successful quit. You are great and powerful and strong and you are having a lot of fun with us too ! What could be better ? ! Thank you for quitting, Natalie. and thank you for helping others quit too. You are a shining example of possibilities and grace. Congratulations on ONE month and many many more months of Freedom ahead ! Love, S

Lifetime of Addiction I didn't want to hear this but, I am now facing this truth. Nicotine Addiction doesn't go away. You can put it to sleep. You can even put it into deep deep and deeper sleep for years ! but, it will awaken the moment you take one puff. One Puff. This is for your whole life. Mind boggling, huh !? This was the choice you likely didn't even know you were making all those years ago when you started smoking, I didn't understand the ramifications for sure. But, it is the truth. You will always need to be cognizant of your addiction even when smoking is a vague memory, because the moment you take a puff, the moment you take One Bloomin' PUFF, That's it ! It's all over and your enslavement will begin, again. The tenacity ! but, you need to understand, Nicotine is not as tenacious as You and Your Will. You can quit. I know you can. I quit and I am not a special snowflake, I am a Nicotine Addict, just like you. I have great resentment about my Nicotine Addiction. Damn....I didn't know it would be so invasive. I didn't know it was going to be a lifetime relationship. I am so angry about this but, it is a good anger. It is a righteous anger. It is an anger that will fuel my commitment to NOPE. Not One Puff EVER. Copping to the 'forever' part is a cold hard reality of the addiction. At some point, I had to quit fooling myself and accept it. It isn't just for today. It must be forever. If it isn't...I will continue to enslave myself. Some feel their addiction is so strong they cannot quit, This is wrong. You have the power. You always have the power to quit and you always have the power to stay quit. Make the commitment to NOPE ! As our friend, Sarge, says, 'Easy Peasy'. Easy ! not complicated ! This is not Rocket Science. If you make that commitment to NOPE...you will not fail. The simplicity of it ! The Beauty of it ! Not One Puff Ever. Do it. You won't regret it.

-3 night y'all :)

Skiing as a kid somewhere in Quebec and as an adult spent a few summers canoeing on extensive sojourns in The Quetico (Ontario). Been to a great seedy dive bar in Thunder Bay. The Quetico Provincial Park

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No Cajun accent, Cher. I have been to England, Ireland, Portugal, Mexico, Canada, St Lucia, The Caymen Islands, Trinidad, Tobago, Mauritius

Blue no green (then I get blue and yellow) ------------------------------- CAFE wool or cotton

I love New Orleans, Ava, and as a matter of fact, I DID see you in '96 . Yes, I am Sure it was you. Didn't you see how Wildly I waved ? But, you...you turned your head in a most sublime manner and gazed out towards the River and I walked slowly home. edited to add. I loved living in the quiet parts of the French Quarter. Stayed in an apartment once that was smack dab in the whirl and really LOUD from the street, that was difficult.

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my favourite thing about NOLA is the light and what is left of the funk. I love that I can still hear a brass band on a random morning pass right outside my door. I grew up in Tennessee, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts , upstate New York, New Hampshire, California, and Wicklow, Ireland for 8th grade. (not Military...we don't exactly know what Daddy did) As an adult, I have lived in California: Venice (L.A), San Francisco, Sonoma County and Monterey County Louisiana: New Orleans (Uptown, French Quarter, Marigny and Upper Ninth Ward) also a year near Morgan City UK: Brockley in South London, Aldeburgh (Suffolk) and 1973-1976 traveled with First Husband in a 1961 VW Van crisscrossing the US 4? times

=17 Hi Wile :) check with your dentist concerning re-occurring sinus infections can also be a periodontal issue. it was for me. :( Gin gin doesn't know what game she is in :) too much whisky and honey

Hi Wiley. Pre Katrina. You knew the answer to that, Wiley. The diaspora of FUNK because those neighbourhoods got washed away by the Levee failure and the influx of rich white people has changed everything...it looks every day more and more like Suburban America or Disneyland :(

-13 Sometimes with a sinus infection, I would use Ice cubes or an ice pack on my face...sometimes THAT would work. sometimes the heat seemed to help bad bacteria/bug grow and the cold stopped them in their tracks. I have has some horrible sinus infections. cutting my head off often looked like a decent proposal...sorry you are in the throes. ((Coleen))

14 i don't remember anybody ever winning this game

12 sure miss PAUL :(