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lightkeeper
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Smoker's littering
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4/8/2008 8:44:29 PM
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Whether or not the Alex City Cicy Council prohibits smoking in public buildings, they should pass a tough law against littering.
Look in any public parking lot, on the streets and road sides and you'll see cigarette butts.
It's amazing how many people will get out of their car, immediately light up a cigarette then walk perhaps 100 feet to a building and throw it on the pavement. Even if receptacles and containers are there outside the entrance doors for public use.
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4thelake
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Smoker's littering
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4/9/2008 8:32:59 AM
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I hear you. I'M A SMOKER and I hate it to. What I hate the most is people throwing their butts in the lake. At the rock, it seems you are swimming in a bath of them. On my boat I tell everyone that if they throw their butts in the lake they can swim home. They usually laugh until I tell them I'm not joking. We can start here by asking everyone at the lake to please help with this problem. I try to tell everyone that their grand kids and such have to clean up our mess and this is something we can do to preserve our precious lake.
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cg
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Smoker's littering
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4/9/2008 9:43:18 AM
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dido, 4thelake, throw cigarette butts out of my boat into the lake and your butt is next or I will give them the choice to jump in and bring it back instead of swimming back to the ramp.
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CAT BOAT
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Smoker's littering
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4/9/2008 10:05:09 AM
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Yall quit smoking in the boat. You gonna burn the seat and carpet.
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I have a friend that I can't get him to stop his habit of throwing his butts into my landscaping. Then I hit it with the lawn mower. I finally started collecting all his butts and my beer cans and went by and threw them all across his front lawn. When he said "what did you do that for?" I stated "stop butting your butts in my yard and I won't do this again." We finally understand each other. Hee Hee! It worked!
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| Name: |
cg
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Smoker's littering
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4/9/2008 10:57:41 AM
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great point steve! it's the hardest thing I have ever tried and still trying to quit, I AM getting there! dang cigarette's.
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ALSCN
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Smoker's littering
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4/9/2008 11:55:00 AM
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One holiday weekend last year, I sat on the swim platform on the back of the boat, picking up cigarette butts that would float by in the water. I placed them in a 24 oz. coke bottle, and within about 30 minutes or so it was full. I also make a point to say something to anyone I see who throws a butt in the lake. I may be little but I am a moody thing... just ask P.P. :) he he. I guess I did this because I was a smoker and somehow I thought I had to pick up the trash of others to keep people from thinking badly about my habit.
However, those of you trying to break the habit, I wish you the best of luck... it is difficult... I know, I have done it. It's been a month and a half since my last cigarette and life is soooo much better.
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LifeTime Laker
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Good for you Lisa
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4/9/2008 12:02:52 PM
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Tobacco free since '93 here!! I agree with you guys and don't put up with folks throwing their butts overboard. We keep designated butt cans on the boat and have actually made folks go over board themselves to retrieve their trash.
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ALSCN
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Good for you Lisa
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4/9/2008 1:34:56 PM
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Thanks LTL ! I know P.P. is a lot happier... he doesn't have to stay on my case about it anymore :)
Actually, it wasn't just P.P.'s motivation that made me quit... it was a combination of things, mainly my children... I want to live to see them experience life (graduate,get married, have babies, etc.)... I am so happy that I was able to overcome the demons (that's what I call the withdrawal symptoms). I know I still have a long road ahead of me, but the hill just isn't as steep anymore.
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CAT BOAT
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Smoker's littering
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4/9/2008 4:06:33 PM
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I thought you did quit?????
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Most of my friends are smokers and most have good smoking etiquette. Those that throw it overboard, also throw it out the window. These are just bad habits that need to be broken. We ALL have some bad habit or another. STAY AWAY from those who say they don't have some kind of hang-up.!
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Most of my friends are smokers and most have good smoking etiquette. Those that throw it overboard, also throw it out the window. These are just bad habits that need to be broken. We ALL have some bad habit or another. STAY AWAY from those who say they don't have some kind of hang-up.!
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NautiMinded
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I am a smoker...however
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4/9/2008 9:25:17 PM
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I am to the point of quitting...finally. Littering aside, Mr Nauti and myself will be going up to New Jersey this weekend to make the decision to take his dad off life support due to advanced stages of COPD. He has been in ICU for 4 days, various "heroic efforts" have been practiced, to no avail, to save his life. With any luck, we can experience a miracle and have Dad a few more years, however that seems unlikely.
I am a smoker. Mr Nauti was a smoker. It will be 3 years on May 6, since he has been smoke free, due to 3 heart attacks, 5 days in CCU and 3 stents later. With any luck and a few prayers, I will be able to call myself a non smoker soon.
Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we go through the trials of life we are now facing.
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Feb
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I am a smoker...however
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4/9/2008 9:33:00 PM
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Please have a safe trip. My spouse is from NJ. The Garden State is a good place.
It is with deep anquish I hear our your family suffering.
I am in your thoughts. Lamar
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LifeTime Laker
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I am a smoker...however
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4/9/2008 9:53:36 PM
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My thoughts and prayers are with you and Mr. Nauti. Watching my Dad die of COPD was the impetus for me finally quitting. We too had to make that awful decision to remove the life support. We were VERY lucky however that Dad had made his wishes very clear not to be kept on the machines.
We buried a first cousin on my fathers side today too. Her and her husband were in the yard Sunday when the phone rang. He went inside to answer it and came back out a few minutes later to find her dead. So sad. She is the same age as my oldest sister. Massive heart attacks are rampart on my fathers side of the family. I also found out today that another first cousin is terminal with cancer. He is my age.
May God have mercy on your soul Virginia. We love and miss you.
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JohnGalt
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I am a smoker...however
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4/9/2008 10:28:51 PM
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Not a smoker but have heard good results of a prescription drug called Chantix. It is relatively new. Ask your doctor or pharmacist what their experience has been with patients that have recieved this drug to help them stop smoking.
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SloTime
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I am a smoker...however
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4/9/2008 11:05:56 PM
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My thoughts and prayers are with you also, both for you and you husband in your trials with "Dad", and with your trials with quiting smoking. I listened to my Mother tell her doctor "no more chemo" and then took her home for a two year battle, without a complaint, to bone cancer.
I am a "recovered smoker", and YOU will be also. I was smoking 5 packs a day when bronchitis hit me for three weeks. After 35 years, and only one puff on a cigar to honor a friend's 1st child, I have not smoked and have NO regrets about quitting. It wasn't easy, but . . .
My wife quit, "cold turkey", one year after I did, and other than a one time "puff", at a party, because she was upset with me, for something I don't remember, she hasn't smoked and has no regrets either.
May God bless you in your trials.
Lon
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| Name: |
lightkeeper
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Smoker's littering
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4/10/2008 6:50:59 AM
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I'm a former smoker (as if you couldn't guess!). ANYONE can quit if they really want to.
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cg
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Smoker's littering
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4/10/2008 8:38:52 AM
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I did steve due to illness last year, but picked them back up for some
reason, but have layed them down for good this time.
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ALSCN
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I am a smoker...however
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4/10/2008 1:46:40 PM
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Chantix is how I quit. I don't like taking medication, but once I read all the studies and heard everyone raving about the results they were receiving, I figured to give it a shot. Honestly, the first week I felt a little sick, not much, but realized very early on that you have to eat with the medication. Also, a lot of people talk about bad dreams... I would say vivid dreams, not necessarily bad ones... but I also found if I took my second pill in mid day versus late afternoon that I wouldn't even remember my dreams. It is a 12 week program. I only did 8 weeks and knew that I didn't need to pills anymore. It has totally changed my life.
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Maverick
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I am a smoker...however
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4/10/2008 5:11:20 PM
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OK ALSCN, I have been caring around a prescription in my laptop backpack for Chantix for about 9 months now. So I guess this entire thread is a wake up call that it is time to bite the bullet and give up this nasty habit.
So are you guys and gals going to be my support group and can I - throw the microwave at PP, curse at LTL, tell dirty blonde jokes to Nauti, drive around in Cat's caddie, be given a 6 month pass on any iggy's, send nasty emails to OSMS he posts on the forum, tell Kizma to Kizma and stop playing that stupid addicting game gabby posted on the Off Topic forum, etc???
If the answer to all of the above requests is an unanimous YES by each repsective party specifically mentioned then guess I cannot think of any other reasons not to quit this horrible habit.
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DirtDiva
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I am a smoker...however
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4/10/2008 5:32:37 PM
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I wasn't "specifically" listed, but I know of ONE good reason why you should quit.....
That beautiful family you have!!!!!!!!!
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| Name: |
ALSCN
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I am a smoker...however
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4/10/2008 5:44:29 PM
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U have my support!!!!
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CAT BOAT
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I am a smoker...however
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4/10/2008 5:59:31 PM
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Ha ha, I remember that email. Miller Lite induced as it was. I need to do a search and read it again. I will join the support group for you MAV>
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CAT BOAT
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Dipping.....
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4/10/2008 6:03:46 PM
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I quit dipping July of 2007 after heart surgery. nicotine is hard to give up. I figured I had spent an entire week in the hospital with no nicotine why start back. I had dipped sinse I was 16 years old (27 years). The savings alone almost equal a car payment. No more Skoal for Cat.
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Cuss away if it helps. Heck you can even call or come by and do it in person. Nicotine is as addictive as cocaine, yet we pay subsidies to tobacco farmers. One of those things that make me go hummmm.....
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Maverick
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That a Boy CAT
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4/10/2008 7:47:35 PM
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Sure the old ticker is a lot better off without the Skol. And sure DD likes such as well.
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CAT BOAT
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That a Boy CAT
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4/10/2008 9:36:29 PM
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Mav, I am gonna come see you soon. Weather is getting warm.
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DirtDiva
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Maverick...
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4/10/2008 9:43:02 PM
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Mav,
You could always try LTL's method of relaxation to help you through the rough times.....
(Under the pontoon) down by The Lake
(Under the pontoon) out of the sun
(Under the pontoon) I'll be havin' some fun
(Under the pontoon) people floating above
Under the pontoon, pontoon
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| Name: |
Maverick
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That a Boy CAT
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4/10/2008 10:57:51 PM
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You and yours always welcome at our house.
Just bring the rakes and shovel to spread the mulch and plant the flowers -- LOL.
Actually I have a better idea just bring the family and I will let you guys clean up the pontoon boat and wash and wax the PWCs and ski boat . I have all the supplies and buffers, etc. LOL.
Trying to get house, yard and lake toys in order for my Father's 80th Birthday celebration the last weekend of May with all of his Brothers and Sisters and their children and grandchildren.
Guess I am a gluten for punishment.
But I go on strike effective Memorial Day weekend even if I am not finished with my To Do List.
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LifeTime Laker
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Maverick...
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4/10/2008 10:59:50 PM
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You are right Diva!! It has worked well for me for years. Best place in the universe for a nice afternoon nap.
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