Random Rants
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Attempting to quit smoking, I feel like a ticking time bomb. This is day one
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I never was able to quit smoking. I just switched to vaping and now I cant stand cigarettes. You can do it @el caminos.
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You can do it! Just remember that quitting smoking is hard - very hard - so be nice to yourself. If you fail, no biggie. Don’t beat yourself up - just pick up and try again! It’ll click one way or another.
Also remember that nicotine is a stimulant. There’s this false belief that smoking a cig will ease your mind / anxiety, but it often does just the opposite. It takes a while to get over the horrible feelings of withdrawal, but it gets so much better as you get some time under your belt. Plus take some time to enjoy things tasting better and smelling better now that you don’t smoke. Go on a walk and enjoy the air.
Lastly, not sure if you drink, but maybe taking a little break from that could help, too. For me, those things go together like pie and ice cream. Anyway, you got this!
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Good luck with quitting! Nicotine patches and a lung-centric pandemic was what got me to quit, and am really enjoying the benefits, most of all more money, aside from of course the long term health.
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For real. Less money on smokes = more for IH
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Thanks all! So far successful with no smoking. Definitely not an enjoyable experience, I’ve smoked for 25 years. Onto day three
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My dad successfully kicked a 50+ year habit (he started when he was eight). When I was a kid, I remember he would light a new cigarette with the butt of the previous one. He was smoking over two packs a day for probably 20 years. If he could do it, anyone can.
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This little piece of metal broke loose in one of my pumps and caused me a huge headache today. I am glad I was able to fix it though, and I won't have to drive and go get another one.
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You know you're tired when you make a cup of coffee and forget to put a container to collect the brewing coffee
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Once I put a scoop of (thankfully dry) cat food in my Chemex
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LMAO
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Bought something from a forum member on the 8th of March (located in the UK) and still waiting for it to go through the Frankfurt customs…
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Is anyone else getting pummeled by the universe on the road these days? I’ve had three cracked windshields from random rogue rocks in 6 months. Just driving peacefully and “smack!” some shit hits me square on the glass from out of nowhere. Too many damn two lane roads I guess. This last one hit at the top of the glass and is cracking down through the middle of the windshield. Bummer
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Sucks man, sorry. A cracked windshield is the most annoying thing ever. You have to see it every time you drive until it's fixed. The car is still driveable, and it doesn't seem worth the $$, so you're like maybe I can just get away with it? But then you worry that it's getting worse, or maybe you can see that it's getting worse. Just awful.
I've been driving like 1/5 of normal mileage due to pandemic and work from home, so no unlucky incidents like that. I did, however, open my sunroof this week on a nice day, and the thing refused to close. It's an old ('08) Accord, and there's a way you can supposedly "reset" the control unit but it never worked for me. So I had to pull down the headliner and use an Allen key to manually close it. But, with this style of sunroof, there's no "stop" when it's closed, there's just a point where the sunroof is sealed. So I had to keep getting in and out of the car to look at the seal and guess when I had the thing closed.
I do love this car (bought it brand new in late '07) but…maybe it's getting to be time to let it go. In fact the scant driving for the past year has almost certainly prolonged its life. At this point any major issue is probably not worth fixing.
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I got the opportunity to spend $700 (which was the "friend price") on a new windshield about 6 weeks ago courtesy of a sugar cane truck in Louisiana. I've determined that I'm just going to take the Hank Moody route and quit giving a fuck about dings and damage as long as my car drives well. I don't have a single body panel that doesn't have either a door ding or some sort of hail damage. Also, I'm never buying another black vehicle again.
