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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Saturday, December 29, 2007 - 12:28 pm
<dusts off old creaky self, grabs walker and clobbers Juju with it before Juju's banned from this thread too>. My quit date was April 17, 1988. Cold turkey, but would have preferred today's meds had they been invented.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, December 29, 2007 - 12:36 pm
Thx Pamy! LOL Jooj, and Br! Tossing her (candy) cane aside, MB bounds youthfully back to the diet thread where she belongs.
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Saturday, December 29, 2007 - 12:53 pm
Thanks for the chart Sea! Maybe you could put it at the top so it doesn't archive? Thanks for the mention of the car. JMO but I do think mentioning how long people smoked as well as how long they've been quit is worth a mention to those lurkers who may think they've smoked too long to quit. It's NEVER too late. Congrats to all the old and new quitters and quitters to be. New Years is right around the corner and a good time to make some resolutions!
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Saturday, December 29, 2007 - 1:12 pm
Love the chart, I was getting curious how long some of the newest non-smokers have been doing. The year I quit was 1993, not 1994 - so only been 13 years. Funny, came outside of a store this morning and the cigarette that the people in front of me were smoking, smelled good. Still have to keep working on it. I used the gum to quit. Keep up the good work everyone!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, December 29, 2007 - 2:05 pm
Well, Retired, there is one circumstance when it is too late to quit, and that is when you die. And we have had a poster here who did just that - Maggiemae. She was dancing around the possibility of quitting and left it too late. And when one of her relatives let TVCH know she had died, the powers that be notified me, as I seemed to be her best friend at TVCH. Sigh ... R.I.P., Maggiemae, you had the right idea. And you are not forgotten.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, December 29, 2007 - 3:30 pm
((Maggiemae)) Juju, there was also someone else a few years back, must have been about 3-5 yrs ago because about a month ago I came across a printout I did of this thread where she posted that she needed to quit or die and she didnt make it. I had saved it to remind to quit and it got buried under tons of stuff in my desk drawer...I found it when I moved desks and now I cant remember her name
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Saturday, December 29, 2007 - 4:00 pm
Juju, I realize that. That isn't what I meant. Don't you mean Daisymae? I remember when she died. I thought Maggiemae is Bookie's sister? Did she die too? I must have missed that.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, December 29, 2007 - 4:41 pm
yes, Daisymae...that is the person I was trying to remember!!! and even after hearing her story I STILL didnt quit 4 yrs ago....what an idiot I was....Thank God for Chantix and prayer I really havent missed smoking at all....I just sit here in awe at myself sometimes...well many times that I did it....this is just so huge for me...I never thought I could...never wanted to and now I did it and dont miss it!!! I am just so freakin happy it makes tears in my eyes! even when my dad died of smoking related issues when i was 23 my mom and I didnt quit....then mom got leukemia..she quit, being in a coma for a month helped, but it was too late..she died 8 mo later ....actually my dad quit, they told him he would die in 6 mo, he lasted 10 more years because he quit.....damn I hope I have more than 10 yrs left as you can tell I have used this thread as a journal LOL....I should have put it all in a word doc...I guess I still can...... dont mind me ...just babbbling here...keep moving nothing to see here.....
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, December 29, 2007 - 4:43 pm
Sea, I agree with Retired, chart would be great at top of thread...I also think how long you smoked rather than how long its been would be a good column...only cuz we see the quit date and with 10 fingers I can figure out how long its been 
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, December 29, 2007 - 4:50 pm
I had planned to put it up top or in the middle.. I still like having how long it has been, but undoubtely would drop days pretty quickly, but how long the person smoked is a fine column.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, December 29, 2007 - 5:02 pm
Kayla...how are you doing??? havent heard from you in awhile.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, December 29, 2007 - 5:18 pm
in the middle?? I have never seen a chart in the middle...sounds interesting! oh wait!! in the middle...is that where Kar puts her message to the chatters in that BB thread ?? LOL that scared me the first time I saw it...I felt like the Grand Wiz of Oz was speaking to me. in the middle would be great also...I just love that you are doing for us!!!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, December 29, 2007 - 5:25 pm
Skootz, if your date was 1993, then it would be 14 years in 2007, no? I removed some detail from some records, but for the newer ones, kept them, but if no one wants days, I can stick with weeks.. or if someone wants the detail.. I'll try to always have the update date on the chart in case I'm not here every day (think Big Brother time )
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, December 29, 2007 - 5:31 pm
LOL, Pamy, yes.. we have what is called the "Announcement Area" that stays above all the archives of a thread and then the "About" area that floats under the archives.. we'll see how it fits, since it is a big chart, and growing..
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, December 29, 2007 - 5:42 pm
TADA!!
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Saturday, December 29, 2007 - 6:05 pm
No that is fine Sea...just so hard to believe 14 years wow...to the rest of you...one day at a time. I used nicotine gum not regular gum if that is needed lol
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Saturday, December 29, 2007 - 6:23 pm
24 years up to 2 packs a day when I quit.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Saturday, December 29, 2007 - 7:07 pm
41 years here.
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Holly
Member
06-19-2005
| Saturday, December 29, 2007 - 7:09 pm
Sea, that chart's a great idea! Thanks for doing it.
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Saturday, December 29, 2007 - 7:37 pm
I smoked one pack a day for 15 years. I quit men and I quit smoking the same year.
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Holly
Member
06-19-2005
| Saturday, December 29, 2007 - 7:44 pm
30+ years. 1+1/2 to 2 packs a day.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, December 29, 2007 - 8:57 pm
LOL Ruthie!! I took first drag at 14 or 15...figure I was full time smoker by 17...smoking pack a day by 21...I stopped right before I turned 45. I smoked at least a pack a day, some days more
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, December 29, 2007 - 9:00 pm
LOL, and sorry Retired. I wasn't correcting you. I was waxing philosophical, riffing off your thought, if you will. And yes, of course it was Daisymae I was referring. Maggiemae, Bookworm's sister is still alive as far as I know. Oopsie. Apologies to Maggiemae. R.I.P. Daisymae. Well, and good for you, Babyruth. It can be a very good thing to quit those things. I have a friend who did it and one I sure wish would. Both of them are smart enough to have never smoked, though. 
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, December 29, 2007 - 9:24 pm
<--wonders if Ruthie gave up smoking hot men or just regular type men and smoking
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, December 29, 2007 - 10:17 pm
LOL, BR!! What a YEAR!!
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