March 14th of that year for me. There are still bics all over my house. And a zippo that I got off my old roommate for a mason jar half full of rum....but that I'm hanging on to on purpose, mainly because I can tell people that I swapped my roommate a jar half full of rum for it. Good deal all round. I got a cool lighter, he got schnockered for an evening.
I think the time is so memorable because that's when emergency services were rushing him to the hospital.
April 14, 2004 3:00pm. Smoked my last one before getting into the truck to go to the hospital while having my heart attack. Crashed when I walked through the sliding doors of the ER. I still remember the gurney ride to the OR with the lights flashing overhead and my new wife running along beside the gurney. Could not breathe, some nurse sitting on top of me doing CPR.
Have not smoked another cigarette, cigar, pipe or used chew since that day.
It has also saved me about $14,000 which I have spent on gear, guns and vehicles with a big smile on my face.
If you didn't bring jerky what did I just eat?
Guess cigarette prices were lower back when....
But yeah....
I figure my saying are about $5200 per year @ $100 bucks a week for 52 weeks....+/-....but lately falling behind buying Handi Rifles
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Evoking the 50 year old rule...
First 50 years...worried about the small stuff...second 50 years....Not so much
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I live in the south and it affects the prices. No tobacco tax other than the Federal requirements, which equal more than a dollar per pack.
When I started smoking Winstons and Camels were $0.25 a pack, now they are $35 a carton here in KY. Generic brands are still $2 a pack here with top brands $4 for a single pack. Take the Federal tax off and generics would be less than $1 a pack.
A pack a day at $4 comes to $1,460 a year.
If you didn't bring jerky what did I just eat?
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Evoking the 50 year old rule...
First 50 years...worried about the small stuff...second 50 years....Not so much
Member Wahoo Killer knives club....#27
Not that time.....was actually walking in for an appointment for a "cath" and check up....after postponing it from July.
Decided to get checked out after the owl hooted at me, a couple of week earlier....as I sat on my porch having a smoke....... at "The Place"....made the hair stand up on the back of my neck...
Go in get cathed/checked, ....give it a few days to heal up the groin.....then load up and head for Louisiana for a month or so.....
Then when they brought me breakfast....in stead of going home.....found out I had the by-pass coming up.......major bummer.
Geezer Squad....Charter Member #1
Evoking the 50 year old rule...
First 50 years...worried about the small stuff...second 50 years....Not so much
Member Wahoo Killer knives club....#27
Y'all reminding me...in a little over two weeks it will have been a year since my last cigarette. Didn't realize that, seems like yesterday.
That was the best part huh?some nurse sitting on top of me doing CPR
The pessimist complains about the wind;
The optimist expects it to change;
The realist adjusts the sails.
- William Arthur Ward
Walking Tree, there ain't a "best part" of a heart attack!
I didn't notice the nurse until I looked because there was already an elephant sitting on my chest.
If you didn't bring jerky what did I just eat?
Correct....and everyone has something to stick you with, cut you with and shock you....
Geezer Squad....Charter Member #1
Evoking the 50 year old rule...
First 50 years...worried about the small stuff...second 50 years....Not so much
Member Wahoo Killer knives club....#27
Besides, I heard the nurse was a guy......
”There's nothing glorious in dying. Anyone can do it.” ~Johnny Rotten
Actually the cute little blond student that gave me a bath....in the IC...kinda let me know I was recovering a bit.
I could see her instructor telling her...."OK today, Geezer bath.....Hey look, part of the program....."
LOL
Geezer Squad....Charter Member #1
Evoking the 50 year old rule...
First 50 years...worried about the small stuff...second 50 years....Not so much
Member Wahoo Killer knives club....#27
I suppose that is part of the job they have to endure. There are very few good looking guys in their twenties to thirties confined to the cardiac intensive care unit.
It's a geezer fest!
If you didn't bring jerky what did I just eat?
The picture has the rucksack stuffed with an empty cardboard box. They never look that squared up and neat when loaded with gear. That type also rides badly and sags down your back. The shoulder straps are a pain to deal with and cut you to the bone in only a few minutes.
Most good book bags have better straps and carry better.
If you didn't bring jerky what did I just eat?
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