Days as a hanger rat

Jay Honeck wrote:
dull, and (worst of all) everyone was smoking, which made for a bleary-eyed,
smelly evening.

Which is why I can no longer work as a bartender. If I'm anyplace with
smoking, the clothes immediately go into the washer (even if I don't
turn it on) and I head for the shower no matter how tired I am. Seems
that my tolerance (which used to be fairly high) has gone to
absolute zero.

A joy of Oshkosh is no smoking in the North 40!

For those of you who smoke, take all the offense you wish. My mother
smoked until the last 6 weeks of her life, so I've been around it
forever. And am one of those children who suffer the effects of
pre-natal smoking mothers. Afterall, the physician said it wouldn't
hurt the baby...

[end of soapbox]

For those of you who smoke, take all the offense you wish. My mother
smoked until the last 6 weeks of her life, so I've been around it
forever. And am one of those children who suffer the effects of
pre-natal smoking mothers. Afterall, the physician said it wouldn't
hurt the baby...

On her death bed, when she could no longer speak, my mother was still
clutching burned-out cigarettes, and instinctively dragging on them. It was
absolutely pathetic.

Of course, when she was pregnant with my sisters in the 1940s, her doctor
PRESCRIBED cigarettes, to help "calm her nerves."

I can't believe I ever smoked. More amazingly, I can't believe Mary married
me when I was a smoker! (Quit in '86, haven't had one since...)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On 8-May-2005, "Jay Honeck" wrote:

I can't believe I ever smoked. More amazingly, I can't believe Mary
married me when I was a smoker! (Quit in '86, haven't had one since...)


And if health and social concerns don't convince you, consider that quitting
a 2 pack a day habit will save maybe half the cost of buying, maintaining,
and flying a basic airplane.

--
-Elliott Drucker

Phyllis Diller once commented that she was really into the Cub Scout thing
with her kid and was active in all the groups. She said she gave it up when
she got to two packs a day.

{;-)

Jim



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On 8-May-2005, "Jay Honeck" wrote:

I can't believe I ever smoked. More amazingly, I can't believe Mary
married me when I was a smoker! (Quit in '86, haven't had one since...)


And if health and social concerns don't convince you, consider that
quitting
a 2 pack a day habit will save maybe half the cost of buying, maintaining,
and flying a basic airplane.

That's about the same time you started gaining weight, wasn't it?

Jay Honeck wrote:
I can't believe I ever smoked. More amazingly, I can't believe Mary married
me when I was a smoker! (Quit in '86, haven't had one since...)

That's about the same time you started gaining weight, wasn't it?

I can't believe I ever smoked. More amazingly, I can't believe Mary
married me when I was a smoker! (Quit in '86, haven't had one since...)

Nah, when I quit smoking I started going to the gym every day. From '86 to
'88, I was in outstanding shape.

Then in '88 I started my first business...THAT is when I started gaining
weight.

Unless you're really aware of what's happening to you, working a zillion
hours per week is a slippery slope to eating fast foods, snacks, and not
exercising. It took until my third business for me to be aware of what I
was doing to myself.

Slow learner, I guess...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:

Unless you're really aware of what's happening to you, working a
zillion
hours per week is a slippery slope to eating fast foods, snacks, and
not
exercising. It took until my third business for me to be aware of
what I
was doing to myself.


Working will do it to you, particularly if you have a fairly
sedentary occupation. A few years back I spent 2 years out of work
(on purpose). Most of my time was spent flying, hiking, mountain
biking, yard work, etc... After returning to work (sitting on my ass
in front of a computer for 50 hrs./week), I realized that I'd kept
eating my old diet, but had totally wiped out the "burn" side of the
caloric intake / burn cycle. Before I realized it, I'd gained 25 lbs.
in about 5 months. Pretty scary for a normally skinny guy like me.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

wrote:

Jay Honeck wrote:

Unless you're really aware of what's happening to you, working a
zillion
hours per week is a slippery slope to eating fast foods, snacks, and
not
exercising. It took until my third business for me to be aware of
what I
was doing to myself.


Working will do it to you, particularly if you have a fairly
sedentary occupation. A few years back I spent 2 years out of work
(on purpose). Most of my time was spent flying, hiking, mountain
biking, yard work, etc... After returning to work (sitting on my ass
in front of a computer for 50 hrs./week), I realized that I'd kept
eating my old diet, but had totally wiped out the "burn" side of the
caloric intake / burn cycle. Before I realized it, I'd gained 25 lbs.
in about 5 months. Pretty scary for a normally skinny guy like me.

I used to work in downtown, parked at the local downtown university
(which is why I started taking college classes which led to another
graduate degree but that's another story) and was walking 1.5-2 miles
each way between parking & work (hey, at 50 cents/day v. $4-10/day!)
And walking to lunch everyday.

Soon as I took another job in the 'burbs, no more walking like that
everyday. Still haven't taken off the weight.

Blanche wrote:

Which is why I can no longer work as a bartender. If I'm anyplace with
smoking, the clothes immediately go into the washer (even if I don't
turn it on) and I head for the shower no matter how tired I am.

Reminds me of a Friday night bowling league I was in years ago. I'd
wear an old jacket and when I got home, everything in the wash and I
went through the shower.

My mother
smoked until the last 6 weeks of her life, so I've been around it
forever.

Mine too...though the timeframe from lung cancer diagnosis until she
passed away was longer. What I found really amazing was that she quit
absolutely cold turkey immediately after she was diagnosed.
Unfortunately, 30+ years of smoking had taken it's toll

--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student
Arrow N2104T

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

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