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I've posted this not so much for the song as the reactions.

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@jillar She's beautiful and another cat that loves boxes I see. What does she weigh?

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That's a great way to phrase it and true.

He's a Maine Coon but the two breeds are easily mistaken for each other. Is there a pic of yours on this thread somewhere?

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The small things count as well. It could be, "Have I got my fags?" "Damn, I've forgot my lighter. Oh no, It's empty, I'll have to nip to a shop on the way to work. Have I time?" I've got eight fags left....erm....is that enough until I get home tonight? Let's see, two on the way to work. Six on my breaks. Bugger, none for my journey home. Mmmmm... not enough but I've no money left. I'll ration them better." Etc.etc. All that palaver is gone now. The freedom comes in many guises.

We have three cats and two dogs. I love them all but I've got to admit that Oliver is my special boy and soul cat.

The breaks don't just seem longer, they are longer. I used to 'catch up' on my lunch break and smoke three at least so that took about 15 mins off my break. That was just destructive, addictive and wasted time. I tend to stay in the building now, find a spare computer and do my own thing for a full hour.

A very wise post and a reminder for all about the dangers. You may remember in my introductory post that I said I gave up for seven years in 1997 so, an addict is an addict is an addict until we're pushing up the daisies. My late mother in law had quit for more than thirty years and detested the smell etc. of cigarettes. She never wanted one but once said that if she did have one, she'd be back on 60 a day immediately. She had never read up on addiction but she knew instinctively what it meant.

It's Stoptober soon here in the UK. Is there a similar thing elsewhere in the World? Anyhoo, it will be the first time that I don't have to avoid and hang my head in shame at the public info ads on the TV. I've allowed myself to feel a little smug about it, just a little.

Ha, people do become more annoying when you give up. The first thing I noticed when I quit was how much more energy I had after a few days. Hang in there with us, you can do it.

I thought you were going to post a pic of boxes or something. I'd work there. The grass is always greener though I suppose. Anyway, I quit whilst I was off work and when I went back I didn't know what to do with myself at break times. It used to be a case of desperately watching the clock so I could go to my car to inhale poisons and make my car messy and smelly. I've found other useful things to do now but it is weird at the beginning, weird but good.

Could we get to a million?

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Google says 6.5 trillion are sold each year so roughly you have not smoked 6.5 x 8 yrs = 52 trillion cigarettes (approx). Well done.

@mrsguest 145 for you. I think I'll do a running total instead. 44,598 so far.

I googled this and didn't realise it was so recent that it was allowed on F1 cars. Just think of how much lobbying and kicking and screaming the tobacco companies did as they saw their ads being banned all over the place. I remember the snooker World Championships being sponsored by Benson and Hedges and the players lighting up during broadcasts. "The advertising of cigarettes on Formula 1 cars has been banned since 2008. The 2008 Bahrain Grand Prix was the last time the Marlboro logo was seen on a Ferrari F1 car."