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Great accomplishment being smoke free for 4 years - congrats!! Be sure to celebrate but remember ..... don't dance with no pants!!

Yay!!! OO

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Then, there's the day after as your tummy still struggles to digest all that food ?

Yes, sorry about your friend Wantsit. That and other horrible health issues is what smoking has in store for us almost surely if we continue to light up. Quitting is our best option! And Jillar is absolutely correct in what she said. Yes, there are still thoughts of smoking that come to us from time to time but they are no longer what I would call cravings. They are very easy to dismiss. The key is you have to truly believe that smoking did nothing positive for you; only harm. If that is your true mindset, dismissing these thoughts about smoking is very easy - virtually no effort. Not like the early days of your quit that's for sure. Stay with it. You too will be fine

And what's at the top of YOUR list Jo?

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Oh .... OK. I get it now Isn't she an Ausie too (well; sort of?)

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Back at the helm .... great stuff Dave! Nope!

Where I live, every time the government raises the cig taxes, the black market in cigarettes goes into high gear and involves the indigenous communities and their own cigarette manufacturing and distribution business. As has been said, people find a way when they have to. As Doreen said though, perhaps it's enough to discourage younger peeps from starting. That's where I think there's a bigger threat in the vaping area though - young people just staring out. They are trying to make it look like the thing to do. I have heard countless radio adds in the past week or so for some Vape company where they are offering a free vape "starter kit" to people between the ages of 19 & 21 (conditions apply) yeah like you have to commit to buying so many vials of vape juice or something I'm sure. Openly luring young people into vaping though - that's just wrong!!

OK so .... Houston; We have a PROBLEM!! I was in the galley with @catloverdoing a fabulous job cleaning the grills in preparation for the big party when I saw there was something odd stuck in the hull of the ship. It appeared to be a huge disc made out of cork or something. I twisted it around to see what it was and it suddenly popped right out .... well; clearly that was a mistake as we started taking on water big time and I couldn't get the plug back in. We had to abandon ship in a hurry as it was listing to the port side pretty bad. As we rowed away in the lifeboat, there seemed to be a fire just before she tipped right over on it's side and then .... oh my, it's just too traumatic to even tell you about it but I'm in bits over it (actually, so is the ship ) I hope @Tammy, @MLMR and @RhinoDragon got out OK! I saw them pass by us on the galley deck just before the "incident" I managed to get a short video of the final moments as @Doreensfree rowed us away in the lifeboat. Does anyone know where I can get a new ship built in 2 or 3 days I'm gonna make some calls and try to pull in some favors that are owed

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5 Morning G!

OO!! Yes, it is a VERY good morning isn't it Sslip

It's a wee bit choppy today so think I'll take the crew and clean below deck. Come on @johnny5 grab that bucket and let's go clean the galley! Sure hope it calms down before party day!

Anyone who has Ummm ........ where was I going with this thought ..... oh yeah; a beer in hand is more than welcome

Glad to see you're done with that and back at it sir

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That's great! Now it's just the aftermath of way too much food! Hubby will be like this tomorrow ........

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Va I can understand because that's tobacco country isn't it? Taxing the smokes is a double edge sword though because the Gov't then gets used to the revenue so punishing the industry down the road becomes more and more difficult.

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So sorry that you got bad news about a loved one. Please be careful during this time MLMR because your addiction will know when you are vulnerable and will try and coax you back to being it's slave again and that would change NOTHING!.Just keep noping no matter what your junkie brain might tell you. You've come too far and worked too hard to go back now. Stay strong friend!