I can completely sympathize with you -- everytime our building has done repair work in our apartment I've been left with a mess to deal with.

Can you call a service in and have the building reimburse you for it?

Not nearly enough snow.

Plenty of snow here.

Annoyance - too slushy for good sledding

unfortunately no. The building is not owned by a management company- it's the only building owned by a couple. They were not amenable to a suggestion that because I was doing the cleaning they agreed to do, we should further reduce the rent (it's currently been reduced by about 1/3 of a month)

That's definitely not fun. However, I think the prize for "not having fun" goes to the people I overheard on Platform 5 at London Bridge last night at quarter to midnight. They had been trying to get a train to Hastings since 9pm, but all trains to Hastings had been cancelled due to the weather (after being delayed for hours PRIOR to finally being cancelled).

What DO you do when you're stuck at London Bridge close to midnight?

There's something about Mary.

that's the train down to my parents house. They are completely snowed in, can't even get car off drive as it is so icy. Why did it never happen when I was young so I wouldn't have had to go to school?

Enough that school has been cancelled yet again. Between the flu and the snow we are going on a solid week with kids cooped up in the house.

That shows that you've never had an accident with a zipper

I'm obviously far too oblique for this crowd.

And I think 501s are cool.

But cool and handy do not always go hand in hand, no?

Yeah, maybe 501s are better for hot and handy.

Kids are out of school, but I'm in at work. Worst possible amount of snow.

Slap a patch on and quit!

I had pneumonia so bad last year I couldn't smoke a cig if I tried. I've been smoke free (well, the occasional night out I've smoked) ever since. If you've made it 36 hours, you're 1/2 way through the hardest part.

I'm almost always on the wagon. I swear. If I'm out drinkin with a smoker (i.e. my freakin brother), I smoke.

The flesh is weak.

There was no sign of disability on Friday

v

Nero, that "aggravated" coughing is exactly one of the results of quitting. Every time you suck in a puff of cigarette smoke, you deposit a layer of viscous tar (and several hundred other toxic chemicals) on the surface of your bronchus (breathing tube). Now your bronchus is covered with cilia which are tiny "hairs" which have the job of sweeping particles out of your lungs and respiratory system in the form of mucus. The tar from cigarettes completely clogs up the cilia and causes them to harden and die. As soon as you quit, the tar breaks up and starts to either be coughed up or fall into your lungs, the skin on the surface of your bronchus becomes clearer, and (amazingly) your cilia start to regrow ! Then they get on with the job of sweeping up all the tar and other crap that has been accumulating in your respiratory system all these years ! For a rather better description of the process, look at this article inWhyQuit.com, and if you're interested there are many others worth reading.

The way to think about your extra coughing is that it's a sign that your body is starting the healing process.

Incidentally, I have to throw in a small disagreement with Al Dented Do not "throw on a patch" ... it's pretty well proven to be a route to failure. Research generally gives a 93% FAILURE rate for users of the patch. And note that Al has confessed that he hasn't been able to quit himself

Nero, I quit over four years ago, cold turkey, at my first attempt. I can highly recommend WhyQuit.com if you're interested in quitting, or by all means PM me if I can help

that's how I did it too. As I get older I have really begun to notice the difference between smokers and non-smokers teeth and wrinkles. Smokers teeth in general are terrible and all those nasty little lines around the mouth, yuck.

GG is right. I quit 5 years ago for good. Vanity helps in this situation. Good luck--it will be hell for the next couple of days. Just drink lots of water. Chew cinnamon sticks or cloves.

My annoyance--am sick, so I cannot do anything. Wanted to go into work but I knew I was no good to do so. Cannot eat but I am hungry.

ah, that is because these things are symbiotic, no?

I've tried this a few times at Home Depot. It always looks like a short line, but it always takes longer. Too many glitches and problems with UPCs.

of 6 people trying to do this at HD here, everyone gave up and used a human.

"unexpected item in bagging area"
"item removed from bagging area"
"unexpected item in bagging area"
"item removed from bagging area"
"unexpected item in bagging area"
"item removed from bagging area"

rfid or bust

Hey Wilf, you sound just like a Phillip Morris PR handout "A temporary toxic effect" be fucked. It's a usually pemanent carcinogenic effect. And quite often a seriously deadly effect. And when not that a nastily debilitating effect. The idea that anything I said is scarier than the reality is ludicrous, and I can't imagine why you would want to suggest so.

The answer is that I have been reading medical and professional papers. The following is one examople of a simply stated and quite clear and understandable example from WhyQuit.com: