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Thank you Brisbane...

Billy....such a loss, gone too soon...

Happy Straya Day .....let the Aussie musicfest begin....

Someone needs to light a fire under his arse.

Congratulations @Parsley for being 5 months smoke free. Well done on building a nice solid base for a lifetime quit. Its great to see you around the boards welcoming newbies and supporting your fellow quitters. Five months is definately a time for some reflection and to look at how far you have come. So give yourself a big pat on the back and make sure you do something special to reward yourself.

I am so proud of you for putting Linda first... It is such a hard thing to do when you are a natural carer. Don't waste energy even trying to understand your parents some people just make no sense. What I can tell you is any flaw or fault that causes them to treat you the way they do is their's not your's. To a certain extent we have a responsibility to care for our parents in their dotage however that does not mean we have any obligation to be abused or to put up with such behaviour. If someone kept their hand in a burning flame even though it was causing pain, damage and scars you would think they were crazy there is no reason to leave their hand in the flame...well staying around to cop the emotional wounds is just as silly...which is why I am so proud you said no and stuck to your guns. You vent away beautiful lady...cos we love you just the way you are and we don't take the gift of your support and friendship and caring nature for granted, we rejoice in it. Right that's it you need a t-shirt that says "I've got big hairy quit balls and when I say NOPE I mean it".....true on so many levels.

It used to be the kitchen table at my grandma's but after she passed it was sold so...anywhere I can sit and hear the crash and roar of the ocean....preferably west coast Vic or just over the SA boarder...there needs to be brine in the air and the waves??. .. you need to be able to hear the waves before you see them...there is no other sound like the great Southern Ocean pounding into the coastline....it reminds you how insignificant you really are but Ina humbling way best place to just be sittin in the sand back to the cliffs hearing the crash and roar...add a decent thunderstorm... perfection.

Hey @Kitano, how is it going?

Hey @Jaime hope all goes well in part of the world. How are you going with your quit?

^^ Who doesn't wake up to this every morning... paper over and nicely folded.

Who can't do a crane???.... its when you can fold a balloon that you have real skills ?

Congratulations @MLMR for being 5 Months Smoke Free. Well done MLMR, it hasn't been an easy road but you have dug deep and clung to your quit. You have so much to be proud of in reaching your five month mark. You have done a wonderful job protecting your quit and also paying it forward helping those coming behind you. I know life hasn't always been easy these past five months but regardless of its ups and downs you have controlled your quit. So make sure you take some time today to do something special for yourself as a reward and because you deserve it.

Hey Tammy.... here is your woohoo thread I had all set for yesterday but after getting home 2.45am Sunday and 11pm Sunday night after being out all day I was the walking dead last night...so didn't get around to posting it... and I am so very, very sorry because you deserved a super special, shiney and sparkly 7 month woohoo.... so here was what I had planned... Congratulations @Tammy for being 7 months smoke free! Well done on having a wonderful base to a lifetime quit. It really is an honour to share your journey. Thank you for all you bring to the boards, your support of others is a great gift and you're always there when someone is in need with words that are spot on every time. So rewards are still important, especially at this stage of your quit, when its not all new and shiny and you still have a way to go for that first year. You make sure you do something super special for your 7th month... something just for you, and just for fun. Then tell us all about it so we can be super inspired or super jealous.. or a bit of both.

Would you stop mokeying around.

Does it depend on the colour of their kit?

I have my moments.... I like to think I'm a nice mix of rules and fun... She is such a dag, her and her 3 mates are running around wearing unicorn horns. Went in the house of horrors..the little shits made me go first into every room...so funny...then when the clown chased us they were hysterical.. even the clown was laughing..thought they were going to burst my ear drums.

Ok so nope... Not the same date it was her birthday 18th...we are on day 3 of celebrations...last night was Shakespeare in the park...Friday night was the Thai resteraunt. Happy Birthday Linda...your first smoke free birthday ...woohoo....how good does that feel??? Right now I about to eat Australia....

Yes my baby is a teenager now?..... This is Luna Park...national trust protected amusement park...we have our priorities right...her and 2 friends...having a blast...so far.

Heading here for the day with the kid and her mates...

Folders of the QT unite!....don't leave me sittin on the dunny seat alone?...you know all the cool kid fold... Vote fold!

That's right boys and girls its time for another hard hitting question to test just what is the right way to toilet. So there is a third option but that's for the really weird people... so no wrap n roll to choose from... so we have learnt that dunny paper needs to be OVER.. cos the people and the poll said so but there also needs to be a definitive answer ... when using said 'OVER' paper to wipe ones bum... do you scrunch the paper or fold it.... here are some early 90's Australians to explain it clearly.... So which should it be... to fold or to scrunch that is the poll for the week. Are folders uptight and anal retentive??? Are scrunchers uncultured, abusers of the environment?

Hey @Cbdave, what's it like up north... I don't think Vaping is as big a thing here as it is in the northern hemisphere, I know its not in Melbourne, there are vapers bet we all think they are a littls wanky and its not that common.... how is it in the land of the banana and cane toad?

Omg this was seriously a draw...a complete 3 way split..didn't see that coming....our first official tied poll.

Congratulations @Wendy for being 4 years smoke free. Hope you are doing something special to celebrate today and pop in to let us know how wonderful four years of smoke freedom feels.

Definately don't be ashamed of come close, my trigger point was having to go 14 hours with coffee um..yeah that's kinda a bit pathetic...but don't be ashamed, be fricking proud, rejoice, jump for joy you stared that temptation down, flicked that monkey off ya shoulder and did not smoke... That's what you focus on, not I nearly smoke... Focus on I did not smoke...because that is the Silver lining... You were tested, you were not found wanting, you did not fail.