Giving up smoking was "What I did today"

[Jaxom]

this was What I did today but I have copied all post to here. I will try to remove all non "Giving up" posts so that it makes sence.
Jax

[sewer rat]

Givving up smoking

Gave up smoking after 27 years !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not sure if I'm or or or just .
Just as a matter of interest, how cold has it been in your part of the UK the last two mornings. We've had -10 and -13 !!!
Rat

[nick the grief]

Hi Rat or should that be cold turkey

It's been quite warm in Warwickshire by comparison, -5 & -2

keep up the no smoking and get digging in the muck heap .... it'll stop you biting your nails

[sewer rat]

NTG
Have been working in and around farms / drains most of my life - learned to stop biting my nails at an early age !!
This is my first serious attempt to give up the old C-sticks - went to stop smoking clinic last night - the health visitor tested me for CO in my breath - scared me sh****ss!
Rat

[nick the grief]

Perhaps I should go rat, it might help me. Daft thing is I stopped for about 6 month then started again. If I packed in I could afford to buy another greenhouse ! No there's a thought

Best of luck to you, I hope you kick the habit.

[Socks]

keep it up Sewer Rat, i gave up 6 months ago after smoking for the best part of 15 years, never looked back.

although it does help that my wife found out she was pregnant 6 months ago!

i now need to find some way of giving up beer!

[Nicos]

try rhubarb schnapps!!!!

[Lesley Jay]

Keep up the good work Rat. I shall keep my fingers crossed for you!

[Nicos]

well done all of you.....not being a smoker, I probably have no idea what you are going through although I have observed others giving up over the years and have deep respect for your self control.
As a well earned reward why don't you put the money you would have spent in a jar and after say a week/month/year spend it on something for your allotment that you would otherwise wouldn't have bought due to it's expense or extravagance. Maybe a greenhouse heater, replacement wheelbarrow, chair,lawnmower,strimmer,shed, fruit bush,secateurs....and then you can be reminded on a regular basis how well you have done for years to come (as well as get even more pleasure from your fruit and veg growing!) Keep up the good work.

[nick the grief]

You could pay to have a gardener and just soak up the sun in a deck chair

[Jaxom]

I gave up five years ago and so did my other half (2 days after me). We now have a top of the range greenhouse, wide screen LCD television, new computer, constructed 50 meters of Garden fence, power tools for the garden and best of all more money in our pockets.
I used the Alan Carr book, which has a permanent success rate of 97%. The good thing about using his books method is that it does not take any willpower to succeed.
Jax

[sewer rat]

Thanks to you all for your encouragement - wish I could say that any money saved will be going on pressies as some of you have suggested, but as me and the OH are finally getting married in May, that's where any immediate savings will be going - still, it's nice to dream and there's always next season to spend on the garden
Rat

[sewer rat]

Today I erected a post and rail fence and built a cold frame that is 15 metres long but alas, not for me, for my boss
He then turned round and asked what he should do with the area that I had fenced off for him - when I suggested it would be ideal for growing veggies, he said he reckoned that veg from supermarkets tasted as good or better than GYO, and was cheaper .
Just proves what I always believed - bosses don't know their a@#e from the elbow.
Rat
P.S Not finding it too bad being off the ciggies - the heavy duty patches are obviously a help. This weekend will be a big test as I'm a bouncer ata alocal club on Saturday nights and they are always smoky.

[nick the grief]

I'll see if I can find the article about the water in spain being full of pesticides from the hydrocultured Tomatoes Rat, that should have a similar affect on your boss as the nurse did to you the other night

[sewer rat]

Today I dug and levelled a small area beside my raised beds, covered it with Terram, then gravelled it, and placed my 2 victorian chimney stacks and large stone sink on it. Behold, the Rat's Herb Garden. Admittedly all I have at the mo is Thyme, Lemon Thyme and Oregano -transplanted from elsewhere in the garden ( I have Fennel but as it grows so tall, it can stay where it is).

Made 2 x fleece covered tunnels / cloches.

Sowed 20 seeds of Cauliflower Idol (a miniature variety) and 20 of Cabbage Minicole into cells and they are now sitting on one of the kitchen windowsills - trying to get a flying start on the season but in reality am probably just trying to satisfy my imaptient streak!

Still off the fags

Rat