WOW, Fish congratulations on your new job. That is fantastic, being outside and breathing to the very bottom of your lungs. Which has allowed you to do the things you wanted to do. PROUD OF YOU FISH!!!! LOOK AT THOSE STATS!!!! Sunshine [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/7/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 456 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 7,762 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1596 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 66 [B]Hrs:[/B] 23 [B]Mins:[/B] 16 [B]Seconds:[/B] 28

Hiya [img]http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/8594/fishoutofwaterxn0.jpg[/img] So you are becoming a tree hugger, good for you! ;) Seriously, great 2CU doN so well, man. Keep it up, good post and a *high five* for getting some of the money back. [color=blue][font=Tahoma]All the best~[/color] [img]http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6922/n3us.gif[/img][size=3][color=blue]2[/color][/size][img]http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/2344/k6ob.gif[/img][/color] [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 8/20/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 596 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 13,123 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2980 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 58 [B]Hrs:[/B] 2 [B]Mins:[/B] 26 [B]Seconds:[/B] 42

Love your attitude fish :) Unbelievable about the free smokes huh? Quite disgusting! LOVE YOUR STATS.. what an inspiration for the rest of us :) J xo [IMG]http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o304/Monica58/thumbsup-1.gif[/IMG] [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 4/4/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 4 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 111 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $41 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 12 [B]Mins:[/B] 6 [B]Seconds:[/B] 59

P.S. Happy Easter, all.

I gave up the desk jockeying job I've had for the past 6 years for a bit of a careeer change. I took a job with a company that specializes in arboriculture - all around tree care, pruning, removal, fertilization, etc. So, for the time being, I get to make a living climbing in trees like we all did when we were kids, except these are much bigger. It's not as extreme a transition as it may appear. I've come into this field with a background in rock climbing(7+ years) and landscaping (college job) and a lot of the gear and systems employed are very similar if not exact. Actually a lot of the gear used in tree climbing has come from rock climbing. I'm mentioning this to illustrate the side effects of quitting smoking for me. Since I've quit, I've made other positive changes for my life, I'm growing again so to speak. I felt stunted by my addiction and now that I've shed that skin I am growing... Since I've left cigarettes in my past, I've completed 2 marathons (marathon = 26.2 miles/ I definitely could never have accomplished that as a smoker) and plan to run much more. (Exercise is a staple in my life which hugely aided my quit). And now I've made a large leap of faith with this career change. I'm also interviewing for a fire fighter position in my county. Jobs that excite me, not merely pay the bills. I want to continue this renewed excitement I have in my life - following my heart, not the betraying depressive control of the addiction to nicotine. So, to the topic of Philip Morris' paying me. All last week I worked on trees at there headquarters. On my last day, I went to one of their cafeterias for lunch and walked by a cigarette machine that magically dispenses free cigarettes to their employees at the rate of a pack a day. I couldn't help but laugh to myself. A year and a half ago that wouldn't cover half of my daily habit/addiction. Today, the thought of smoking one of those things is about as repulsive as the thought of eating a turd. But I couldn't help to note the convenience of their pack/day allotment. Tell me philip morris doesn't understand its customers - keep 'em hooked and coming back for more. Just at the standard nicotine addiction rate of a pack a day. Well, after all of those years of giving my money to those basstu