Giving up the dreaded Weed!!!!!!!

[bugbear]

For those of you that were a fantastic support when I first gave up the weed, I thought that I would update you and say that it will be six months on Monday since I had my last smoke :lol:

Nice one!

Now - what's the money saved being splurged on?

BugBear

 

[Digit]

Whisky!

Roy.

 

[woodbloke]

Whisky!

Roy.

Amen to that...nice one though, well done. Wish my daughter would give up - Rob

 

[miles_hot]

go Mike! sorted your little pippin problem yet?

Miles

 

[Noel]

Well done. Any side effects Mike? Belly wise that is.

 

[The Shark]

Hi Mike,
Congratulations - well done! Now just keep it going.

Since I managed to give up some years ago, I only smoke after ***, so not very often!

Malc

 

[Noel]

Do you smoke after ***?
Never looked...

 

[The Shark]

:lol:

 

[Racers]

Hi,

Classic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36m2jLl0Me4


Pete

 

[OldWood]

Roy.[/quote]

Hi Roy, the wife has been growing her own fruit and veg for years, the only thing is since we moved to Scotland we cannot grow a decent Cox's Orange pippin, and I love a pippin.

Cheers

Mike[/quote]

Ah, I thought I'd noticed the smell of *** smoke drop off a bit recently !!

I gave up a pipe too long ago now to remember, and it wasn't the nicotine loss I craved, but the habit of using the packing of the pipe, tamping it down, lighting it, etc as a distraction activity while I thought something out. And then there was the "dummy in the mouth" effect!

Whereabouts are you, Mike? COP's won't grow in Scotland and they are I believe not the easiest to grow anywhere. There are a number of Cox derivatives that do OK here if you're in the market for new trees - this guy may be worth contacting but sadly I see he's giving up. Interestingly a holding near me (Edinburgh area) has just put in a 250 tree orchard.

http://www.butterworthsorganicnursery.co.uk/

Rob

 

[Digit]

A works manager once asked me why I smoked a pipe Rob and I told him that it was a life saver.
He asked me to explain so I told him that by the time i had opened my pouch, stuffed my pipe, lit it and got it burning properly i had calmed down sufficiently that I no longer intended throttling him!
He also had no sense of humour BTW! :lol:

Roy.

 

[woodbloke]

My old dad smoked a pipe (and anything else he could legally get hold of ) most of his life. His favourite was always one with a very short stem and big bowl that he called his 'nose warmer' :lol: - Rob

 

[Digit]

I smoked a pipe for many years but I never found a 'baccy' that I enjoyed that was also popular with my audience!

Roy.

 

[Mike.C]

Thanks once again for all your support.

Roy I am sure that you never had an easy ride getting off prescription drugs

Bugbear we are saving for another trip over to the US next year :lol:

Rob, One day she will hopefully wake up and kick the habit [-o<

Thanks Miles :wink: unfortunatly the orange pippin's are non existent up here

Noel Sadly there is a huge side effect. Put it this way, if I was a woman it would look like I am 18 months over due, and the baby was refusing to come out :evil: But I am working on that. :roll:

Thanks Malc. The birds would say your hot stuff then

Hi Rob, I'm a fair way from you up along the coast in Fraserburgh. I have tried a number of different Cox's but sadly as yet I have not found any as good as the orange pippin :roll: I will drop that guy a email though because you never know.

Once again guys you support is much appreciated. Now if any of you can get me a supply of orange pippins I can go on a diet, because at the moment as Noel sussed out I am a bit front heavy :lol:

Cheers

Mike

 

[Digit]

It was a bloody site easier than giving up tobacco Mike, IMO if you've beaten cigs you can beat any damn thing!

Roy.

 

[Mike.C]

It was a bloody site easier than giving up tobacco Mike, IMO if you've beaten cigs you can beat any damn thing!

Roy.

Thanks mate, but now that that little beggar Noel tricked me to come out with my dreaded secret, I have to cut down on my food intake. :lol: The only trouble is food tastes so b£oody good these days that's going to be another battle in itself :roll:

Cheers

Mike

 

[Digit]

I was lucky, I didn't put on any weight, but my sense of taste and smell improved enormously.
I have heard it said that, over time any weight gain is eventually lost, dunno if that's true or not, perhaps someone else knows?

Roy.

 

[Mike.C]

I was lucky, I didn't put on any weight, but my sense of taste and smell improved enormously.
I have heard it said that, over time any weight gain is eventually lost, dunno if that's true or not, perhaps someone else knows?

Roy.

I hope so Roy because if I get any worse I won't be able to reach my work bench :lol:

Cheers

Mike

 

[Digit]

I grieve for you! :lol: :lol:

Roy.

 

[OldWood]

Digit - fairly early on in my pipe smoking career (taken up as two of us students thought it would be cool sitting on top of a mountain and having a quiet pipe - should have remembered that Scots mountain weather is not friendly enough for that) - anyway I was trying the Dutch type tobaccos which I seem to remember always tasted a bit like custard - my father's comment was that it smelt like something my mother put under her armpits!

The best one was giving a cadge of a strong 'anti-flies' pipe mix I was using in remote Turkish mountains to our horseman for his roll-up; he didn't come back for any more. :twisted:

Rob