Welly misses mileage milestone by miles

[Welly]

First I missed that all important 60K a while back and vowed to capture the 61K in all its glory until it rolled-over on a busy road last night

So here, nearly, is the big 61 and here's to many more

[puggy]

I suppose when you reach the stage when you are driving a vulva
watching the milometer seems like an exciting thing to do

[Welly]

For some reason I can't think of a reply to that

How are you Puggy?

[steve_earwig]

*forwards pic to police re: driving without due care & attention*

[Welly]

One of my many hobbies (including experimental Asian cookery) is to safely raise the driven wheels of a vehicle on my driveway and run the drive-train through its gears whilst stationary. This is why the MPG-o-meter is saying 99mpg so nerr

That was a little fib, I actually hopped into the rear seat for a bit whilst on a busy A-Road and zoomed-in on the dash, this in itself was a nuisance as I couldn't find anywhere to put my Red Wine and Cigarette

[steve_earwig]

Well that's ok then Did they make smoking while driving illegal now? It wouldn't surprise me anyway (nobody smokes in my cars ). I presume you weren't eating a donkeyburger at the time...

[Welly]

I presume you weren't eating a donkeyburger at the time...

No I'd just finished eating (hence the cigarette) but I was in the middle of an important text message

You can schmoke in cars but not in 'shared' work vehicles. Do you still smoke steve?

[steve_earwig]

Oh yes I tried to give up once more last year but I started again to avoid a domestic World War 3...

[scotty73]

driving a vulva

I think that was another reason for the ciggie and red wine... Lucky (dirty bastard)... i wonder who he was texting to brag about it?

[puggy]

I'm very well thanks welly , as i hope you are

as regards eating whilst driving dont you have your food puree'd now so
you can suck it through a straw ??

[lozz]

Oh yes I tried to give up once more last year but I started again to avoid a domestic World War 3...

Get a electronic ciggy mate,
I've not had a real CIG in 4 month,

I've been using one called i-breath, it still contains nicotine but not as harmful as areal CIG
I cut down that way..

I've saved a fortune with it too,
With what I've saved its paid for a cheap car for the mrs..

http://www.i-breathe.co.uk/

[Welly]

I used to smoke but stopped in 2001, I hadn't really noticed the cost of fags recently until someone said the other day and I was shocked

I cut down (rather than stopped) over a month or so until I was down to maybe 2-a-day and it seemed pointless then so just stopped. I suppose we're all different though. I know one thing; it was nice to go into shops without needing to look at the Cigarettes and I think we'd all rather be a non-smoker at the end of the day.

Oh and Puggy; I haven't quite got to liquidised food yet but you'll be the first to know

[lozz]

I tried stopping smoking without the i-breathe thingie..
Did OK for a while, the end up with the worst caugh ever,
Also noticed people wouid spark up in front of you knowing full well your quitting..

Its like walking past a pie shop when your hungry,,

[Welly]

I kinda miss smoking sometimes;

Sitting outside on a hot day with a Coffee was a good one.
Beach Smoking was hard to beat.
First one in the car on the way to work (or after work) was always good.
Not to mention Beer-and-a-fag
I never did do that smoke-after-a-meal thing and never smoked indoors cos she didn't like the smell

.....this probably isn't helping is it?

[steve_earwig]

No, I'm thinking "small beer compared to all the advantages of giving up" You should work out how much money you've saved since you quit...

My wife smokes, so there's no incentive to go outside or anything. I kind of wish there was, it would limit the amount I smoke. It doesn't help that fags here are cheap compared to the UK (about 2 quid a packet, or 4 quid odd for a wotsit of tobacco which is what I'm on these days).

I've tried a few gimmicks to help giving up: chewing gum (gave me lockjaw), patches (hahaha I have 12 on my arm now and I still feel like killing someone ), I even bought some nicotine spray last time I was in the UK, it was quite pricey and made me vomit. So I'm a little reluctant to try anything else. The stupid thing is I gave up for almost a year once, using Zyban, but I rather idiotically though I could get away with being a "social smoker", only smoking when I had a drink (don't even think about it, there'll soon be no-one you can ponce one off and then you'll buy a packet...) Unfortunately they don't do them here