CrinkzPipe Posted:

If smoking makes your life interesting get out more.

Smoking is band everywhere interesting in the US. Hell, my apartment is no smoking. So I go out to smoke. Therefore I get out more. Your logic is specious.

Also, I picked up the habit in Germany, 2000, back when smoking was allowed while you were on the line to order food at a fast food joint. I was going to Uni, about the only place you couldn’t smoke was in clbumes during clbum, and 3m by 3m “no smoking zones” in some buildings. I figured I was taking in a pack a day secondhand, why not enjoy it?

I smoke Marlboros when I’m flush, self-rolled Bugler blends when I’m skint. They were like 5,00DM at the time, which was roughly $2.50. Now it’s a $5.52 a pack, and I’m just off a pack a day.

I’ve “quit” about half a dozen times. First time for 3 months, **** got insanely rough at work, re-started. Second time for 6 months, friend died and ****ing everyone who knew him was a smoker. Kind of concerned that my quitting is a jinx, so I’m keeping the habit for the good of those around me.