quitting smoking

[Marye]

Originally posted by barfle:

Some of you may remember the picture of me with an 80 lb. halibut. We're going back.

I don't remember the photo barfle ... could you post it again please?

[barfle]

Originally posted by Marye:
I don't remember the photo barfle ... could you post it again please?

I found it!! That's me in the engineer cap (of course).

<img src="http://pages.prodigy.net/barfle/JimHalibut.JPG" alt=" - " />

[piqaboo]

originally posted by barfle
But it means I have even less time to provide thoughtful insights into why Haggis and OT are both dead wrong about just about everything political.

Shapley will be happy you agree with his views!

[Marye]

WOW

[piqaboo]

Holy Moly! (I mean, Holy Halibut!).
I hope you and your dad have just as much fun this go round!

[OperaTenor]

Wow, big fish! Was it good eating?

Yes, your perspective is sorely missed in the Barracks.

[Selma in Sandy Eggo]

Smoked Halibut. Yum.

And the thread's been hijacked back on track, as I have no halibut to smoke.

[piqaboo]

I bet lioness hasnt smoked just for the halibut lately either.

<ducking and running....>

[Angie Parkes]

I'm just glad all the stress didn't make lioness flounder...

[Selma in Sandy Eggo]

And there went my sole hope of steering this hijacked boat.

[Trumpetmaster]

That's one big fish!!

[mmichaelson]

OMG Lioness! I haven't been able to check in these past couple of weeks. . .I'm so sorry the rat-bastards screwed you over!! How horrible!

I'm glad you're holding your own and that you are getting well!

[barfle]

That's probably the best shot taken of a halibut on the trip, but it's certainly not the largest one we caught. Heck, it's the middle one of the three I caught that day! The biggest catch honor goes to my dad, with one that was in the ballpark of 18" longer than the one in the photo.

And yes, indeed, it was good eating (not that I could tell them apart - there were three of us on the trip, which lasted three days, and we each caught three fish per day - the legal limit, for a total of 27 halibut, all of which were over 3' long). We also each caught one king salmon per day, again the legal limit. And a week from right about now, I'll be landing in Sitka, ready to exert my hunter-gatherer evolutionary heritage.

[DavidS]

The biggest of all was the one that got away.

[barfle]

None of them got away.

For that you can thank the other guy in the picture, the boat captain, who really did all the work. We just pulled 'em in.

[barfle]

Lioness, how are you doing? :confused:

Inquiring minds (well, my mind anyway) want to know.

[mmichaelson]

I haven't heard from her since she last posted.

Lioness - hope you're swimming, not sinking. check in with us!

[Trumpetmaster]

SB,
In one of her previous posts she said she was backing off everything, posting includedand going to take it easy.
I have a feeling she's doing well not smoking. Just getting alot of well deserved CatNaps.
TM

[mmichaelson]

Thanks TM. I know she did, but we communicate via email too, so I was a LITTLE worried. . .

I hope she's ok and can't wait to talk to her again!

(Ya hear that kitty???)

[Schmeelkie]

lioness - hope all is well with your health and smoking cessation! And job hunting, too!

I was reading some selections from this thread - yeah - bladder cancer is related to smoking - my grandma had that. Recovered fine, but now has emphysema. At 87, however, she's doing a lot better than my uncle with emphysema (age 60) - but the doctors say he's got a genetic lung vulnerability - probably what took out my grandpa when he had emphysema at age 58 (smoking 2+ packs a day and working at Phillip Morris probably didn't help either). My uncle's in line for a lung transplant - hope he gets it - he's got 5 grandkids - 3mo-8 years. I was 5 when my grandpa died and the oldest cousin was 8 - I'd hate to see that happen in the next generation.

With this family background (and alcoholism) I've stayed away from smoking and been very careful with my drinking ('course a half a beer gets me tipsy after not drinking at all through pregnancy and Pumpkin's first 6 months - only occaisonal since then).

Anyway, thought if someone weighed in we might get a reply from lioness....