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Be gone foul fag - quitters thread part 2

366 replies

imaginaryfriend · 17/08/2006 22:28

Hi guys ... join me over here?

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charliecat · 02/09/2006 07:55

Ewwww...blerrgghh. LEATHER glove Lady was here yesterday, she was not impressed with me saying they were marigolds
I am off for my driving test this morning. I sat in bed last night with a bottle of lambrini and watched a movie and fell asleep and ACTUALLY SLEPT. Last 2 times ive either not fell asleep or woke up every 10 mins..so alls good so far
Where is notasheep??

notasheep · 02/09/2006 09:42

Party last night-oops

imaginaryfriend · 02/09/2006 10:37

Monday, notasheep?

CC good luck!!! Is the test today? Let us know?

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charliecat · 02/09/2006 11:59

Back on the wagon monday NAS....
I passed ...I passed....I passed.

rickman · 02/09/2006 12:01

Message withdrawn

notasheep · 02/09/2006 12:01

YES! Monday it is.
Sorry Charlie i am a bit behind here,what did you pass?!
Well Done

charliecat · 02/09/2006 12:15

Yayyyyyyyyy Rickman....There wasnt a spare penny for another lesson so im quite relived
Driving notasheep, once id battled the stopping smoking i needed another uphill battle so I choose driving

imaginaryfriend · 02/09/2006 15:07

HHHHUUUURRRRRRAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY FOR CHARLIECAT!!!

Ooh, I am jealous. Mind you it would help if we had a car before I thought about driving. Dp can't drive either. Somehow or other we missed doing all those 'grown-up' type things and we're now getting rather ancient to begin ...

notasheep, give it a really good go on Monday? Will that be a good day to start, i.e. no temptations like a party? Did you not smoke in the day on Friday but then gave in at the party?

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charliecat · 02/09/2006 17:10

Thanks imagnary friend, after failing the first 2 I asked my instructor how many times i would need to fail before being his biggest failer....6...hmm I thought...Im going to kick the arse of that
The examiner today was the same one I had last time, about 4 weeks ago and we had had a good natter then, I cut someone up on a roundabout last time...this time she didnt take me near any major roads or roundabouts and we just toddled round the town and near where she knew I lived so i got lucky
Had I went near a big roundabout I would have probably failed again...
Its keeping it together for those 40 mins >>> You shyoudl keep at it coz once youve got your licence, thats it, you know its done. I had a 2 hour lesson beforehand too.

imaginaryfriend · 02/09/2006 21:21

It sounds great, cc, you can give me a ride somewhere some time then?

You know what? I realised just now over the stinking washing up bowl that I hadn't ONCE today thought of fags. Not once. Maybe a little pang first thing this morning, but apart from that I've just been getting on with the fagless day without even noticing. That MUST mean I'm cured, no? Although, like custy, the 3 week point is always a weak spot for me.

When do you think you can start to breathe a little more easily, I mean start to feel like a winner? I know you have to be forever on your guard but after maybe a month or so you can really start to feel like you've 'made' it?

Another thing that happened is that for the first time I spoke to dd about smoking. In the chemist she saw one of those blow-up fags with a face in the middle, I think they're advertisements for nicotinelle or something, and she asked me what it was. So I told her it was a cigarette and people smoked them but it was a very silly thing to do. She asked lots of questions. She's never seen me smoke or if she has she's never mentioned it. And I've been unable to ever talk to her about it until now.

It's like living under such a shadow when you smoke. To know you're doing something that will destroy you and pretending it doesn't bother you. Horrible. Madness.

And now, after yet another ignorable imaginaryfriend lecture, I will turn and walk dramatically away.

Oh, except to ask how you're doing custy?

And paninsect?

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charliecat · 02/09/2006 21:26

Thats a very light hearted talk you have had with your dd. Im afraid that when the subject has came up in my house I have said Yes, people can smoke and live, but they cant run as fast as they are gunging up thier lungs with black sticky stuff and whilst we know people who are alive that smoke there are thousands who are dead in the graveyard who it has killed and there are people in hospitals rigged up to machines that cant breathe...
Rant rant rant...
I drove to the shop with my best friend....yayyy
Swore id never drive to the shop but I did lol

charliecat · 02/09/2006 21:27

You must have been breathign easier today if there was barely a thought?

imaginaryfriend · 02/09/2006 21:36

Yes. No cough!!

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imaginaryfriend · 02/09/2006 21:37

Won't you turn into a lard arse if you start driving to the shop???

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charliecat · 02/09/2006 21:47

It was just the once..honestly.
I said OMG i can drive to the shops YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY and it was my first bit of excitement about passing. So becasue i could i did. Thankfully dp wanted something from the shop...lol

imaginaryfriend · 02/09/2006 21:53

I'm only joking, cc, I can see many times when driving to the shops would be a huge delight! I walk everywhere, I hate buses but do take them when I have to. And I cycle as much as I can too.

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charliecat · 02/09/2006 21:56

It going to cost me £36 on the buses to get to school, per week.
So im hoping I can get a wee car.
Can be any more expensive per week than the buses???

imaginaryfriend · 02/09/2006 22:00

I'm guessing because I'm clueless re. cars, but probably not more expensive in terms of petrol but aren't running costs meant to be a drag? How come so much on the bus??? That's a heck of a lot of money...

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charliecat · 02/09/2006 22:02

If I used it sparingly id say £15 petrol.
So the rest would be put by for MOT etc.
Fingers Crossed.

charliecat · 02/09/2006 22:04

I have NO IDEA why the buses are so dear. Cant get a half before 9.

imaginaryfriend · 02/09/2006 22:07

But how come the bus is so expensive? is it terribly far? How have you managed so far?

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charliecat · 02/09/2006 22:09

Its 12.00 for a weekly pass...jump on off any amount of times. Need 3 of those, they dont do kids ones.
To get a day pass, just one day, is 5.60 each. Over £15 for one frigging day So im as well buying the weeks one and using the thing.

charliecat · 02/09/2006 22:10

Oh...it was 24 as i was only paying for dd1, pretending dd2 was younger. We have now been using the buses for over a year and the drivers know shes older..

imaginaryfriend · 02/09/2006 22:13

That's so bollocks. People who can't afford cars are up shit creek really aren't they? Is your school very far then? I'm sure I remember reading about you walking there quite a bit? You know we've been 'chatting' for over a year now???

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charliecat · 02/09/2006 22:14

Ahhhh ive since moved. I used to walk...30 mins. Now I Bus 40 mins.
Couldnt change dd2 as she doesnt like change.

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