Ten and a half years

[sosoclever]

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[retro_rider55]

Gas station...

Lemme help you out, here, (if'n you're asking for it). This was told to me by someone who'd had the same urge; see how how they dealt with it.

" I'm 30-plus (age, not size), I was willing to walk a quarter of a mile in office apparel in, most likely, inclement weather, to what I realised was the place where 17-year-old couples go to arrange their 'family planning';

- the condom dispenser in the restroom. I put my coat back on the rack."

That help? :P

[sosoclever]

It's very funny, but no. Laughter, caffiene, and chocolate are not enough.

Thank you for trying, though!

[retro_rider55]

Then at least find a decent tobacconist who can sell you a nice ladie's (sadly, Dominican, not Cuban) cigarillo, so you'll go to Hell in style & good taste. Which you'll be tasting in your sn*t for the next two days afterward. Which is why, when I was into the cigar thing, I only did it every 4 to 6 weeks.

[sosoclever]

Blech! Or maybe even bleach! That's almost enough to keep me from wanting a cigarette, even!

But only almost.

[stacye13]

I get like that sometimes. I usually just get some from co-worker because I never finish a pack before they get stale anyway.

[sosoclever]

I'm not sure who in the office still smokes. And the_original1 and I would split a pack, I'm sure, and we'd keep it in the freezer so it wouldn't go stale very quickly.

See, I have it all planned out. I even know what kind to get, since we didn't smoke the same kind, and there's no way he'd smoke mine if I could still find them around here (Capri Menthol). Camel Turkish Gold. Or maybe just straights. Yeah, that'd knock me out in half a puff.

[stacye13]

LOL! Billy and I would never smoke the same kind either. He smokes Camel Wides. Plus, I don't smoke in front of him because he gets all mad that I'm one of "those people" that can do it/stop it whenever they want.

He asked me just last night if I thought he'd have a heart attack before he was 40. I had to respond that I'm betting on the lung cancer to get him before anything else does.

[marjory]

Camels have the greatest quantity of tar in them of any of the commmonly available brands. There's a recommendation in itself.

[sosoclever]

All my friends who smoke live far away. What's really bad is that now people are driving with their windows open, and every once in a while I'll catch a whiff . . . but that's all and then it's gone. Just enough to make me really want a smoke, but not enough to take care of it.

[sosoclever]

I'm still very tempted to celebrate mine (although it's not exactly been that long, that's just an estimate) by buying a pack. I'm sure I won't, as the money would be better spent in the gas tank.

When I started smoking, gas and cigarettes cost about the same. 90¢ a gallon or a pack. I really didn't want to see gas costing the same as cigarettes again, you know?

[chateau_noir]

There are days I have to leave all my money at home when I leave the house because I know I'll be passing a shop that sells cigarettes. It amazes me that it still has that hold on me after seven and a third years.

I smoked Menthol too. One of my favourite parts was opening a brand new pack and sniffing the freshly-packed mint smell. First cigarette of a new pack...

...

...damn you. Damn you to the orchard of white worms.

[chateau_noir]

And, back in the day, and as a non-driver, I'd often take on a four-mile walk (two there, two back) to the nearest shop to my house that sold my brand. It was special pilgrimage. Unless I got to the shop and found it closed. Then it was just an arse.

[sosoclever]

I'd give up and smoke something I could get closer to home. Or buy cartons.

[sosoclever]

Tormenting you is one of my few true pleasures, you know that, don't you?