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Nice, one of my fave's as well. Rush puts down a really big sound, one of the biggest IMO, not to be understated I gotta say that these (3) guys have been on for FORTY SEVEN years (1968). Nobody lasts that long! These guys are proof that Rock & Roll will never die. #World Class Rock band! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld0bFyyOrbc

yea he was young alright I like this live version from Rush https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klVkBFWvA3M

sure Mike, I don't play but if you ever did, that would be cool to be able to lay down any kind of groove, this is a tribute to mambo john treanor an Austin persussionist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omkbg4eno1s&feature=player_embedded

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Townes Van Zandt 1944 -1997 Texas Songwriter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxTpJ1Cyl9s

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Ray Wylie Hubbard - his kid Lucas on Guitar--Austin scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omkbg4eno1s&list=RDomkbg4eno1s

No, I am a good grandpa Sharon, my grands don't get to drink beer unless THEY pay for it from their weekly allowance :)

Hey Tracey congrats to you! I hope you celebrated the day! :) Markus

They all smoke. None of them speak. What is the significance of the white garb? The scene with Liv Tyler and the axe was...wierd. The dog shooter. The disappearing bagel in the toaster oven. What the hell do they want? A "pledge house". Really? ...disturbing, there is no plot, it's just bug out eerie. Anyone?

"A serving of Irving"...lmao at the club scene and the bingo parlor :)

The Quit Train Rolls On

Mine was the same as yours Lennna. I had always wanted to but never did. I remember thinking how pathetic I was after that coughing fit. I wondered why I was still smoking and realized I had given up control of my health and my life to cigarettes. I wanted to quit then. At that time I remember thinking that to quit I would have to lose myself as I existed up to that point in time. The realization that I could never, ever smoke again filled me with such a sadness. I was seeing a stranger, someone who was going to lose his best friend, and I was scared. I could not see myself doing that. But I went on with that mind trip, and just did CT with a couple of weeks of Chantix. I realized later that in that moment of truth I was breaking the chains of my addiction. I had found my quit. (this will give you an insight into my tolerance for risk, I had to see it to make it real. But I couldn't see that what I had done for 35 years was risky). It is hard to break this addiction down and get real with it. Markus

You are truly a wristwatch in a world of lumps Here's a link to a compliment generator, just refresh for a new one! Snappy comebacks for all occasions. http://www.madsci.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/~lynn/jardin/SCG

Susanna, Watching and waiting, some things seem never to change. But they all do eventually. And so will you. You will find it, we all do. hugs, Markus

Tiffany, Wishing you the best. I hope this is your sticky. I wish I could help you, but all I can do is watch and hope. I've been doing that for years. Hang in there. Lot's of us watching you. And hoping this is it. I think about people I have met on the quit sites who keep up the fight and keep relapsing and I hope to read one day that they have finally found it. Quitting is easy. The hard part is what you are doing now, in keeping the quit. hugs, Markus

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Hi there Wiley and friends :) I like Tracey's post. I like all of the posts. I love militant anti-smoking rhetoric, so I couldn't just leave it as a simple "I feel like a never-smoker". :) Nobody ever quit by not being fiercely proud of what they have done and most don't mind telling why they feel like they do. And nobody who ever quit did it without having a "warrior" spirit" which allows them feel reborn. It's amazing what a human being can do when they have a dream. Thanks for the post Beacon. :)

How does it feel? I feel like a never smoker. Being exposed to 2nd hand cigarette smoke makes me physically ill. I will die a non-smoker. I'll bet my life on it. If you quit long enough you'll forget how to smoke. Smoking is a sickness, a mental illness, not only an addiction. The quit is the cure for your malady. If you are sick, get well soon, it may just save your life.

hey you guys, still alive...hope you all are well! :) Smoke-free is lovely as ever, miss ya guys, sometimes ya gotta break away...will never forget this place and the kindness here! Kilo Tango Quebec love, Markus