Wow! Good for you, shrift! I think they are upping the price by a dollar here, which means I should really quit this time, but I don't wanna.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Jul 29, 2013 11:56:18 am PDT #681 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Amy - Jul 29, 2013 12:09:32 pm PDT #682 of 30000
Because books.
That's awesome, shrift. I need to quit, too. Jesse, maybe we should quit together?
But not quite yet.
brenda m - Jul 29, 2013 12:10:37 pm PDT #683 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Me three.
shrift - Jul 29, 2013 12:17:41 pm PDT #684 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Yeah, I'm pretty sure prices went up to $11 a pack here in Chicago, which was a small factor in quitting for me. I mean, I could afford it, but it made me cranky. Plus people were aggressive about asking for cigarettes and now I get a lot less street harassment.
I'm not sure what tipped me over from Not Quite There to Let's Do This Thing. I guess I'd been thinking about it for a while and then I got the Lord Voldemort of colds, so I figured I'd quit while I was already miserable.
Amy - Jul 29, 2013 12:28:53 pm PDT #685 of 30000
Because books.
My *problem* is that cigarettes are still relatively cheap here in PA.
Of course, that's over still $5, and I remember when they were $1 a pack.
erikaj - Jul 29, 2013 12:51:14 pm PDT #686 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
I don't even have a psychiatrist.
Jesse - Jul 29, 2013 12:53:16 pm PDT #687 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I definitely bought two packs when I was in PA over the weekend, and wished I had gotten more!
But, you know... I can't quit before I go to Vegas in a few weeks....
msbelle - Jul 29, 2013 1:00:28 pm PDT #688 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I will support people quitting in any way I can and of course you can quit anytime Jesse.
shrift - Jul 29, 2013 1:10:24 pm PDT #689 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I will just take all the money I've saved to buy a plane ticket to Hawaii this fall. We're waffling on what islands, though. Maui and Big Island, maybe? Or maybe just Big Island, because volcanoes.
Amy - Jul 29, 2013 1:10:42 pm PDT #690 of 30000
Because books.
Porn sex vs. real sex, explained with food. Not really NSFW, but better safe than sorry, I guess.