For Old Guys Only

[Greg58]

Well I had a senior moment Friday morning, in a rush to get every thing packed for a camping trip on which I brought my bike and camera the one thing missing is the charger cable for the camera. It is also the sinc cable to the computer. I did get a video of the Pine Mountain Ga. Area and a little of the rv park before the camera died.

 

[Tinsmith]

Keep at it GNut! The only way I was able to quit was cold turkey. Same with the caffeine, boy that 3 week headache. Cold Turkey? Wasn't that something to drink in the 70's. I can't remember.

Dan

 

[Otero]

Cold turkey is the best way for sure. Even then, it'll take 6 mos. to
get the garbage outa your system. Still compromised with caffeine;
Really watered down coffee every other day. Tin, I think you meant
Wild Duck. Greg, that wasn't a senior moment. On every camping trip
it's a requirement that 'at least' one important item be left behind,

 

[2door]

And you don't even have to be a senior to have one. Back in the 70s I drove 120 miles to an R/C airplane contest only to find that I'd left my transmitter at home. Sort of hard to fly one of those things without it.

Tom

 

[Tinsmith]

"O" Yep there was a Cold Duck, and I just looked up Wild Turkey. It's a bourbon. I was a "Wild Turkey" back then drinking Wild Turkey whiskey.
Dan

 

[KCvale]

"O" Yep there was a Cold Duck, and I just looked up Wild Turkey. It's a bourbon. I was a "Wild Turkey" back then drinking Wild Turkey whiskey.
Dan

Cold Duck was a Champagne, Wild Turkey on the other hand is a 50% (100 proof) sweet bourbon meant for sipping.
Ya right.
I steer clear of that now too.

I quit my 2 pack a day smoking habit and alcohol abuse at the same time for a month awhile back...
It was not voluntary.
I have seldom felt that miserable in my entire life.

 

[GearNut]

I figure that I can still enjoy the great flavors and cut back on the nicotine until I am just enjoying the flavor, no nicotine. Then I'll stop that too.
I tried to quit cold turkey. Even my closest, most understanding friends did not want anything to do with me. I was a real Mr. Hyde.
Patches and gum didn't work either.
So far vaping is working out wonderfully.

 

[Otero]

That is the down side of cold turkey. I probably tried a !/2 dozen times.
Get's ugly if you've been hooked for 35 years. Hang in there G; it is
possible & well worth it.

 

[Dan]

Way to go GN!

The thing that always beats me when trying to quit is the ritual of smoking. Some thing to wast and occupy time too, I guess. But love the vaping thing. Actually prefer it to cigs.

Not just for the mental stuff like the feeling good about not sucking poison into the lungs, but is just far more pleasant and enjoyable.

 

[tooljunkie]

I tried the vape thing, for some reason i went back to the nasty thing.
Four months was my personal best. 16.00 pack i need to put it behind me.
Health more importantly. Wife and best friend heavy smokers, makes it difficult.
I keep trying. Hope we all succeed.

Cold turkey?
Cold gin time again...

Not really- occasional beer is all. Hate hangovers.

 

[Otero]

You can't beat nicotine addiction with nicotine in any form, but
if you can get to where you only smoke one or two week the
craving starts to weaken. Then you've got a real shot at beating
the damn things. Then force of habit starts to weaken as well.
I have an addictive personality, so I channeled that into a healthy
addiction. If I felt like I had to have a cigarette, I hopped on my
bike and pedaled around the neighborhood instead. I'm 65 and
in better shape now than I was in my late twenties.

 

[Dan]

Wow TJ. Folks smoking around you has to make it difficult.

Been meaning to do this for a while and the conversation brought it to mind. But a mutual support, quit smoking thread. http://motorbicycling.com/showthread.php?p=570684#post570684

 

[Otero]

I was literally born addicted to nicotine, it wasn't a big deal back then.
I started smoking at 13. Though it was illegal to sell cigarettes to minors,
they were easy to obtain. Every motel & gas station had a cigarette machine
right next to the pop machine. If your had 35 cents you were ready to be
a junkie. When I think of the health & money I squandered over the years
as a slave to tobacco I'm just furious. I'd like to take the big tobacco
execs and disembowel them and strangle 'em with their own guts. They're
free to put any additives they please in smokes without being held
accountable to the FDA. Their product is deliberately more addictive than
heroin. With all that blood money, RJR & Philip Morris now dominate the
corporate food industry, and don't drink Miller beer.
I suppose that some might think it hypocritical, having been a heavy
smoker, but I find being in the presence of someone smoking now to be
utterly obnoxious, and they will hear it from me.

 

[2door]

I just know there must be some 'Beach Boys' fans here. I've been watching old BB videos and stumbled on this classic. The Beach Boys, Bob Hope and Jack Benny. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oRb9-mypxg

Tom

 

[fasteddy]

For those of us who are old enough to remember when rocks were soft, here's one.
Cagney was 56 and Hope was 52. The year is 1955 at the Friars Club.

Steve.

http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j...=kOw7J-XOJaZ65z-TySYv8w&bvm=bv.72676100,d.aWw

 

[Otero]

2Door,Eddy. youse guys need to spend more time on yur bikes,
.......really!

 

[Tinsmith]

I was watching Canned Heat videos last night!

Dan

 

[fasteddy]

Otero,

Hang in there. You'll be old some day and hanging onto the memories of what was..

Fast (Really old) eddy

 

[Otero]

Eddy, How old does that have to be? I'm 65 now. I already spend too
much time living in the past. Remember when you could fill your tank
for $5; remember when you could rent a really nice cottage for $70
a month, when boneless chuck was 50 cents a pound & $2.50 an hr.
was actually a decent living wage.

 

[2door]

I don't "live in the past" but I sure enjoy visiting it occasionally.

Those old videos are a source of entertainment far superior to television today. In fact I don't watch any TV. None! Sitcoms with phoney laugh tracts and no humor, reality shows (that's a laugh), slanted news broadcasts, bad actors posing as weather reporters (Weather Channel).

Not much there to interest me. But, I can go to youtube and watch 50s and 60s music groups, enjoy the sounds of some great old songs and be entertained. Nothing wrong with that, to my way of thinking.

And, Otero, I remember every example you posted, and more. I'm older than you.

Tom