How not to die !

[PaulSB]

1.) I'm not 63

2.) I wouldn't say it passed me by. But a few people popping off early has highlighted the stark reality of it.

I'm sorry I've clearly got you confused with someone who included "I'm 63" in their post. My apologies.

Yes, it is a very stark reality. What we can do about it is beyond me.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

Why is smoking seen as so evil, I endure the exhaust fumes of so many vehicles but no mention is given of that pollution.

I've smoked since I was 13years old and now I'm 63, I know fellas in their 80's who still have a fag.

Smoking is a choice whereas breathing in exhaust fumes ain't.

Has the usually sensible old Raleighnut gone off his rocker? You're on a hiding to nowhere here old chum. Both your comparison and anectdote are invalid.

 

[simongt]

lifelong smokers is emphasyma,

Which is what's been the downfall of my older sister. It was diagnosed about fifteen years ago and she's been living an increasing personal hell with it ever since. She's now on oxygen 16 hours a day, six days a week and can only go out for about half a day at a time on her 'day off'.
it's one of the things that killed our older brother and when I asked her why she didn't quit when he died thirty years ago, her answer was that smokers think that they're invincible.
Never was a truer word said.

 

[Drago]

As indeed was an uncle of mine who had never smoked in his life and died of lung cancer in his 30s ...

Smoking killed my Grandad at the age of 93.

He'd dropped his Zippo on the floor of his Austin Cowley and crashed while bending down to retrieve it.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Smoking killed my Grandad at the age of 93.

He'd dropped his Zippo on the floor of his Austin Cowley and crashed while bending down to retrieve it.

I want to die in my sleep like my Uncle did

and not screaming in panic like the passengers on his bus

(sorry - this is the "home for old jokes" thread isn;t it???)

 

[tyred]

Smoking killed my Grandad at the age of 93.

He'd dropped his Zippo on the floor of his Austin Cowley and crashed while bending down to retrieve it.

Joking aside, my sister had a track record of setting fire to the back seats of cars by throwing cigarette buts out the window when driving and having them blow back in again.

 

[raleighnut]

But breathing second hand smoke is not a choice either

Yeah I ought to charge them.....................Nowt worse than an 'ex-smoker' they're all still gagging for a fag and jealous that you've got one

 

[cyberknight]

Yeah I ought to charge them.....................Nowt worse than an 'ex-smoker' they're all still gagging for a fag and jealous that you've got one

being a non smoker whos never smoked having to gag on the fumes

 

[mustang1]

Just a very morbid observation - in my early 60s and sadly some of friends and colleagues haven't made it this far. Looking at the common denominators in a completely unscientific way this is what I think:-

1.) Smokers - predictable but it's a sure fire way of significantly shortening your life.

2.) Deprivation. Those people who live in less desirable areas seemed to be disproportionately represented amongst my friends who haven't made it this far.


Happy Friday all !

I wish you good health and happiness.

 

[DaveReading]

Joking aside, my sister had a track record of setting fire to the back seats of cars by throwing cigarette buts out the window when driving and having them blow back in again.

One of my earliest memories (I was probably about 2 or 3 at the time) was being driven in the family car by my parents (both heavy smokers) when Dad suddenly stopped, leapt out of the car and ran up the garden path of the nearest house.

He grabbed the basin of water being used by the lady who was scrubbing her front step, ran back to the car with it, and chucked it on the smoking carpet where a cigarette end had fallen and couldn't be retrieved.

 

[stephec]

Smoking killed my Grandad at the age of 93.

He'd dropped his Zippo on the floor of his Austin Cowley and crashed while bending down to retrieve it.

I want to die in my sleep like my Uncle did

and not screaming in panic like the passengers on his bus

(sorry - this is the "home for old jokes" thread isn;t it???)

Has Bob Monkhouse's stolen joke book finally resurfaced? 😂

 

[Ming the Merciless]

You used to have those little triangular windows to tap the ash of the cigarette out.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Old school WhatsApp group was pinging all yesterday evening as someone had spotted one of our lot in the "Birthday's today" section of a paper
(he did quite well in his chosen career shall we say!)

anyway - prompted a lot of "I can't be that old" type comments
and that went onto this year's possible meet up

then someone suggested that "partners" might come along as well rather than just us lot - especially as the plan is to have it at the old school
there is talk of a tour (which will probably subtly be partly a fund raising exercise )

it has gone a bit quiet after that - not terrible sure it is a good idea
there may be some secrets that people don;t want revealed after a few drink!!!

 

[SpokeyDokey]

It is approximately twelve years since I smoked my last cigarette. I haven't done much right in life, but that was the one thing I did get right.

I have saved thousands which has allowed me to buy my own home. Life as a non-smoker is so much more enjoyable than that of a smoker in ever way.

I visited a family friend in hospital just before Christmas who had just been diagnosed with stage four lung cancer at 61, and it is not a nice way to end your life. My 72 year old uncle was a heavy smoker and over the past ten years has had several heart attacks, has COPD, endless chest infections and is hopelessly out of breath just walking around the kitchen.

I have a 64 year old B-I-L in the same state, he is basically dead on his feet and has an appalling quality of life.

Doctors warned him about his very heavy smoking years ago but... despite his suffering he is still in denial that cigarettes have caused his health issues. Beyond stupid imo.

 

[HLaB]

My Auntie Maggie died in her 90s and smoked all her life. You would go into her Edinburgh tenement and it was freezing and she was having a puff out the windows so as not to set of the smoke detectors the council had installed. Me on the other hand who has never smoked in my life and is a very moderate drinker could have (but fortunately didn't) died of cancer in my early 40s. We are two blips in the statistics however.