The grumpy thread

[cort1977]

Surely as a Bentley owner you should be smoking big fat cigars? Possibly lit with twenty pound notes?

[plasticvandan]

Do you know I was just going to post the same thing,I've been on a Vape since 3pm Sunday,I last tried last September, and lasted til Xmas when I stupidly bought a pack of baccy,because Xmas. Sunday I ran out,and couldn't be bothered going out to get any more,so dug the vapor out again. I do think its been easier than the first time.Just ridiculous money to be spending,I would get through a 25g pack in just under 3 days.

I worked out stopping for a year would buy a Trabant (yes I know the irony of stopping smoking to buy a car known for smoking)

[cros]

Day 1 of Jury Service - Clearly I can't share details, but sometimes I fucking despair of my fellow humans

When I was on jury service (1973) the case against a 46 year old 'man' was dismissed because the 13 year old daughter of his landlord had, the judge thought, been a willing participant in full sex. Such a decision would, hopefully, be unthinkable today.

Unfortunately, similarly blatant cases of abuse now fail to even make it to the courts if there is the possibility the miscreants have cultural grounds for committing it.

[fordperv]

I was proud of mrs fp when she quit smoking, she smoked quite a bit, she quit without e cigs etc the only thing she had was some tablets from the Dr for the first few weeks

[Junkman]

I think that vaping is an entirely other type of smoking, which some people take better to than others, like some people preferring to smoke pipes, or cigars, or whatever. Being the cigarette smoker I am, I do vaping simply for cost reasons, but for me it isn't a real substitute. Especially not for a proper Gauloises or Roth Händle.

[Captain Furious]

I might have misunderstood the point of e-cigarettes from the start, I thought they were intended as a stop smoking aid, ie you stop smoking the real fags, and then wean yourself the electronic one too.  That doesn't seem to be the case, because I know people that have been on the e-cigs for years and years with no sign of quitting them.  I have even seen people that have never smoked chuffing away on e-cigs and thought...why?

 

I don't want to merely replace the nicotine delivery system, I want to try and stop.  I have done if before, so I'm hoping I can do it again.

 

[standard smokers excuses]

I just need to pick the right time. Today isn't looking good..

[Richard]

Quite a lot of people seem to puff on e-cigs almost constantly, that must be worse than smoking.

[Jazoli]

I don't buy this can't quit nonsense, I smoked from the age of 13 until I was 32, first cigs then onto rolly's for the last five or six years, probably 20-30 a day, I met the wife, she told me I stank, my house stank and my car stank, I did, they did, I quit there and then, no pills potions or stupid fucking vape things (I don't think people realise how fucking stupid they look puffing away on them) 

 

Nicotine is such a pathetic drug, it does fuck all apart from make you want another stinking fag, 12 years later I realise how ridiculous it was to smoke and have never felt better, just do it, it's not hard, most of the smokers in my family have also quit, some are dead because they didn't, just pick a day and do it, it will change your life.

[Captain Furious]

Is there a danger that it will make me all preachy?

[Jazoli]

Is there a danger that it will make me all preachy?

 

Quite possibly, but then I don't give much of a fuck really

[ShiteRider]

I recently quit, using a an e-cig as an aid, i've been nicotine free for a few weeks now.

I was using 12mg strength fluid then dropped down to 6.

Hardest thing i've found is not having something in my mouth or between my fingers.

I genuinely enjoy smoking but the reality is i've not got a pot to piss in, nor a window to chuck it out of. It's that lack of cash that's the driving factor for me.

[Sheefag]

 just pick a day and do it, it will change your life.

 

That's just what I did. I smoked 40 red Marlboro a day for 20 years. I'd tried changing to small cigars, Nicorette chewing gum and cold turkey to no avail.

One New Years eve, I just did the classic thing and chucked a full pack on the fire and never smoked again.

It's tough as fuck and I still occasionally miss them some 20 years later but it's so definitely worth it.

As Jazoli says, pick a date do it and stick to it.

[dome]

Aye I'm the same. Been off them for about 15 years now, another Malboro Red smoker but i weaned myself off them onto Malboro Lights. Smoked about 15-20 a day. It took me a few attempts to quit but couldn't go back now. I do like the odd cigar though, I put that down to owning a Jag...

[eddyramrod]

Today a customer asked me about me leaving my current job and going to another one, with very specific references.  I have a plan in progress, in fact I've been for an interview and been accepted, all on the recommendation of someone I thought was a mate.  He is the customer's source.  Well fucking thanks! 

I will decide who I tell, what I tell them and when I tell them it.  It's not up to anyone else.  There's no fucking way I'm going to work alongside someone who would do that behind my back.  Who else has he told?  How long before it gets back to my blissfully unaware present employer?  Fucking marvellous.

[wuvvum]

Day 1 of Jury Service - Clearly I can't share details, but sometimes I fucking despair of my fellow humans

It's not a pair of 29-year-olds from Ipswich who are on trial for car theft is it?  If so, may I recommend the death penalty?

[Cavcraft]

It's not as easy as just giving up on the spot for most people, some may be able to, most won't. I tried the patches as they're really good, plus other things like an inhaler and the chewing gum. The gum was porperly minging, basically what I'd imagine a cigar made out of an Egyptian camel walker's 23 year old sandals suffused with a tincture of cat shit would taste.

[Sheefag]

It's tough, make no mistake, I gave up numerous times before I gave up for good.

 

The time has to be right and you have to stick with it but it's not easy.

 

What was weird about quitting smoking, was that I realised that I smoked in all of the same places, at the same time, every single day and that there were in fact, only two or three really good cigarettes a day.

The rest really were just habit.

[ShiteRider]

It's tough, make no mistake, I gave up numerous times before I gave up for good.

 

The time has to be right and you have to stick with it but it's not easy.

 

What was weird about quitting smoking, was that I realised that I smoked in all of the same places, at the same time, every single day and that there were in fact, only two or three really good cigarettes a day.

The rest really were just habit.

This, i rarely had more than one or two cigs a day if i was at home, but if i was at work or driving i'd be chuffing all the time.

[beko1987]

Our gas and leccy bill is £96 a month, WTF?

 

The gas costs more than the electric over the last few months, with the heating off completely since march and the hot water coming on twice a day. Hot water is going down to once a day in the evening...

[Tamworthbay]

Our gas and leccy bill is £96 a month, WTF?

 

The gas costs more than the electric over the last few months, with the heating off completely since march and the hot water coming on twice a day. Hot water is going down to once a day in the evening...

Do you notice your neighbours mentioning having more baths recently?

[beko1987]

Not noticed a bit of hosepipe coming from the meter to next door, its thanks to them that we don't have to have the heating on, one side has it on constantly cos OAP's, the other has it on constantly cos they have a house cat, us in the middle have to have the windows open in november (works for us)

 

I'll have to get stricter with the meter readings over the next few months I think and see if it helps The only gas thing we use is the water, and I've left it on all day once this year, but the boiler wasn't firing for all of that

[garbaldy]

We pay direct debit spread over the year and it's £59 gas and £54 leccy per month.

Hot water is heated by the gas a couple of hours am and pm central heating in winter only.

[eddyramrod]

The myths our parents drummed into us when we were little...

 

Cheats never prosper

Crime doesn't pay

Honesty is the best policy

Words can't hurt you

Treat people as you'd like them to treat you and they will do the same

 

ALL MYTHS.  No truth in any of them, except the first two, but that only applies to me, obviously.

 

Fucking useless humans.  I'm so glad I'm another race.

[xtriple]

I have smoked for a VERY long time and given up for a couple of years, twice. After the back incident, I have smoked constantly (nearly literally!) and I really don't want to quit entirely! I enjoy it. There, I've said it, I am a pariah...  But, the cost element is fooking ridiculous! £15 a day is £465 a (31 day) month. Which is a bit much even for a dopey twat like me that spends like I win the pools weekly!  

 

Anyway, moving on... I went to the garage to get the dollop out (it's sunny and dry) making sure I remembered to take the garage keys. got there, unlocked, went in, where's the keys to the Bentley? Oh yes, on the windowsill where I left them along with my phone and the dogs lead. So I locked up again and carried on in the KIA.

[purplebargeken]

Went to the garage this afternoon. Blocked by a tatty as fuck Fuckass parked all on the piss. 

 

Incensed, I back up the Hyundai to the front of the Ford and pushed it all the way to the middle of the car park. 

 

Fucker was still there when I left.

 

A couple of scratches on the Hyundai bumper but it's marked anyway. They went away a lot with some polish.

 

Fuck right off!

[eddyramrod]

Good move Ken.

 

I can't believe how toweringly angry I am.  It's not going away either.

[Tamworthbay]

Not noticed a bit of hosepipe coming from the meter to next door, its thanks to them that we don't have to have the heating on, one side has it on constantly cos OAP's, the other has it on constantly cos they have a house cat, us in the middle have to have the windows open in november (works for us)

 

I'll have to get stricter with the meter readings over the next few months I think and see if it helps The only gas thing we use is the water, and I've left it on all day once this year, but the boiler wasn't firing for all of that

Have you seen the Bottom episode when they were stealing gas? It was off Brian Glover iirc.

[Mr A Lawrence]

Ive never smoked.

 

Could never see the point of buying something for £7 then setting fire to it.

 

Missus used to smoke but stopped in 2000 by just not buying them again!!

[dollywobbler]

 

Missus used to smoke but stopped in 2000 by just not buying them again!!

 

That worked for me too. Sort of. Met Edith Bowman at the Reading Music Festival, shared my last two fags with a pal and never smoked again. Clearly a powerfully influential woman. That's what folk who want to quit should do. Meet Edith Bowman.

[Richard]

I've met her parents and I've never smoked since. Not that I smoked before.