This day in history

Hello all you quitters!

Its Valentines day so you ought to do something to celebrate. I was
poking around on the web this AM and found a site where you could see
what things happened on any day in history. Fun!

So on February 14 , 1859, Oregon became the 33rd state in the Union
to be joined on the same day in 1912 by Arizona (the 48th state). In 1920
The League of Women Voters was founded. In 1929 Al Capone's gang killed
rival gang members in the St. Valentine's Day massacre. (Well, duh! Why
do you think they call it the St. Valentine's day massacre!) In1989
Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, calling for the death of
Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses. Ten years later, in 1999,
Dave Westendorf quit smoking!

Hey, wait a minute! That's me. I'm Dave Westendorf. Lets go check the
meter! Here's what it says.
Congratulations, Dave. You've been smober for 9Y 0M 0W 0D 6H 3Mns
and saved $11155.90.

Wow! Whoo hoo! Next year it'll be a decade. That is of course if I live
another year. I can't promise you that I'll be alive ... but I can
promise I won't be back on cigarettes.

Now go out and celebrate. Chocolate! I want a Hershey bar.

Dave W.
Smokeless in the Ozarks

Congrats Dave on 9 years and on Oregan joining the Union!

Fabulous!

Cheers!

-- Marvin

On Feb 14, 3:08*pm, Dave W <dwes...@uark.edu> wrote:
> Hello all you quitters!
>
> Its Valentines day so you ought to do something to celebrate. I was
> poking around on the web this AM and found a site where you could see
> what things happened on any day in history. Fun!
>
> So on February 14 , 1859, Oregon became the 33rd state in the Union
> to be joined on the same day in 1912 by Arizona (the 48th state). In 1920
> The League of Women Voters was founded. In 1929 Al Capone's gang killed
> rival gang members in the St. Valentine's Day massacre. (Well, duh! Why
> do you think they call it the St. Valentine's day massacre!) In1989
> Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, calling for the death of
> Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses. Ten years later, in 1999,
> Dave Westendorf quit smoking!
>
> Hey, wait a minute! That's me. I'm Dave Westendorf. Lets go check the
> meter! Here's what it says.
> Congratulations, Dave. You've been smober for 9Y 0M *0W *0D *6H 3Mns*
> and saved $11155.90.
>
> Wow! Whoo hoo! Next year it'll be a decade. That is of course if I live
> another year. I can't promise you that I'll be alive ... but I can
> promise I won't be back on cigarettes.
>
> Now go out and celebrate. Chocolate! I want a Hershey bar.
>
> Dave W.
> Smokeless in the Ozarks

Yeah,,,,,,, you definitely deserve some chocolate!!!!
This is beautiful -- 9Y 0M 0W 0D

Good job Dave. Thanks for leading the way.



---
Wayne Baker
Cold Turkey Quit Date: August 4, 2007
Nicotine Free: 6M 1w 3d 4h 40m
Not Smoked: 5,634
Money Better Spent: $929.61




Dave W <dwesten@uark.edu> wrote in news:dwesten-E4DB1D.14081314022008
@news.athenanews.com:

> Hello all you quitters!
>
> Its Valentines day so you ought to do something to celebrate. I was
> poking around on the web this AM and found a site where you could
see
> what things happened on any day in history. Fun!
>
> So on February 14 , 1859, Oregon became the 33rd state in the Union
> to be joined on the same day in 1912 by Arizona (the 48th state).
In 1920
> The League of Women Voters was founded. In 1929 Al Capone's gang
killed
> rival gang members in the St. Valentine's Day massacre. (Well, duh!
Why
> do you think they call it the St. Valentine's day massacre!) In1989
> Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, calling for the death of
> Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses. Ten years later, in
1999,
> Dave Westendorf quit smoking!
>
> Hey, wait a minute! That's me. I'm Dave Westendorf. Lets go check
the
> meter! Here's what it says.
> Congratulations, Dave. You've been smober for 9Y 0M 0W 0D 6H
3Mns
> and saved $11155.90.
>
> Wow! Whoo hoo! Next year it'll be a decade. That is of course if I
live
> another year. I can't promise you that I'll be alive ... but I can
> promise I won't be back on cigarettes.
>
> Now go out and celebrate. Chocolate! I want a Hershey bar.
>
> Dave W.
> Smokeless in the Ozarks
>

Wow Dave!! wtg!!!
With hope and heart,
Kathleen


"Dave W" <dwesten@uark.edu> wrote in message
news:dwesten-E4DB1D.14081314022008@news.athenanews.com...
> Hello all you quitters!
>
> Its Valentines day so you ought to do something to celebrate. I was
> poking around on the web this AM and found a site where you could see
> what things happened on any day in history. Fun!
>
> So on February 14 , 1859, Oregon became the 33rd state in the Union
> to be joined on the same day in 1912 by Arizona (the 48th state). In 1920
> The League of Women Voters was founded. In 1929 Al Capone's gang killed
> rival gang members in the St. Valentine's Day massacre. (Well, duh! Why
> do you think they call it the St. Valentine's day massacre!) In1989
> Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, calling for the death of
> Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses. Ten years later, in 1999,
> Dave Westendorf quit smoking!
>
> Hey, wait a minute! That's me. I'm Dave Westendorf. Lets go check the
> meter! Here's what it says.
> Congratulations, Dave. You've been smober for 9Y 0M 0W 0D 6H 3Mns
> and saved $11155.90.
>
> Wow! Whoo hoo! Next year it'll be a decade. That is of course if I live
> another year. I can't promise you that I'll be alive ... but I can
> promise I won't be back on cigarettes.
>
> Now go out and celebrate. Chocolate! I want a Hershey bar.
>
> Dave W.
> Smokeless in the Ozarks

WTG Dave Nine years is awesome.....

Cindy TG08's

I have been nicotine free for One month, one week, six days, 18 hours, 30
minutes and 13 seconds. 895 cigarettes not smoked, saving $201.47. Life
saved: 3 days, 2 hours, 35 minutes.
Quit Date 01/01/08

"Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right."
Henry Ford (1863-1947)

"Dave W" <dwesten@uark.edu> wrote in message
news:dwesten-E4DB1D.14081314022008@news.athenanews.com...
> Hello all you quitters!
>
> Its Valentines day so you ought to do something to celebrate. I was
> poking around on the web this AM and found a site where you could see
> what things happened on any day in history. Fun!
>
> So on February 14 , 1859, Oregon became the 33rd state in the Union
> to be joined on the same day in 1912 by Arizona (the 48th state). In 1920
> The League of Women Voters was founded. In 1929 Al Capone's gang killed
> rival gang members in the St. Valentine's Day massacre. (Well, duh! Why
> do you think they call it the St. Valentine's day massacre!) In1989
> Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, calling for the death of
> Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses. Ten years later, in 1999,
> Dave Westendorf quit smoking!
>
> Hey, wait a minute! That's me. I'm Dave Westendorf. Lets go check the
> meter! Here's what it says.
> Congratulations, Dave. You've been smober for 9Y 0M 0W 0D 6H 3Mns
> and saved $11155.90.
>
> Wow! Whoo hoo! Next year it'll be a decade. That is of course if I live
> another year. I can't promise you that I'll be alive ... but I can
> promise I won't be back on cigarettes.
>
> Now go out and celebrate. Chocolate! I want a Hershey bar.
>
> Dave W.
> Smokeless in the Ozarks

Dave -
Huge congrats on 9 years smoke-free and thank you for the wonderful
history lesson
hugs,
robbster

Dave W wrote:
> Hello all you quitters!
>
> Its Valentines day so you ought to do something to celebrate. I was
> poking around on the web this AM and found a site where you could see
> what things happened on any day in history. Fun!
>
> So on February 14 , 1859, Oregon became the 33rd state in the Union
> to be joined on the same day in 1912 by Arizona (the 48th state). In 1920
> The League of Women Voters was founded. In 1929 Al Capone's gang killed
> rival gang members in the St. Valentine's Day massacre. (Well, duh! Why
> do you think they call it the St. Valentine's day massacre!) In1989
> Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, calling for the death of
> Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses. Ten years later, in 1999,
> Dave Westendorf quit smoking!
>
> Hey, wait a minute! That's me. I'm Dave Westendorf. Lets go check the
> meter! Here's what it says.
> Congratulations, Dave. You've been smober for 9Y 0M 0W 0D 6H 3Mns
> and saved $11155.90.
>
> Wow! Whoo hoo! Next year it'll be a decade. That is of course if I live
> another year. I can't promise you that I'll be alive ... but I can
> promise I won't be back on cigarettes.
>
> Now go out and celebrate. Chocolate! I want a Hershey bar.
>
> Dave W.
> Smokeless in the Ozarks
>

On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:08:14 -0600, Dave W <dwesten@uark.edu> wrote:

>Hello all you quitters!
>
>Its Valentines day so you ought to do something to celebrate. I was
>poking around on the web this AM and found a site where you could see
>what things happened on any day in history. Fun!
>
>So on February 14 , 1859, Oregon became the 33rd state in the Union
>to be joined on the same day in 1912 by Arizona (the 48th state). In 1920
>The League of Women Voters was founded. In 1929 Al Capone's gang killed
>rival gang members in the St. Valentine's Day massacre. (Well, duh! Why
>do you think they call it the St. Valentine's day massacre!) In1989
>Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, calling for the death of
>Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses. Ten years later, in 1999,
>Dave Westendorf quit smoking!
>
>Hey, wait a minute! That's me. I'm Dave Westendorf. Lets go check the
>meter! Here's what it says.
>Congratulations, Dave. You've been smober for 9Y 0M 0W 0D 6H 3Mns
>and saved $11155.90.
>
>Wow! Whoo hoo! Next year it'll be a decade. That is of course if I live
>another year. I can't promise you that I'll be alive ... but I can
>promise I won't be back on cigarettes.
>
>Now go out and celebrate. Chocolate! I want a Hershey bar.
>
>Dave W.
>Smokeless in the Ozarks

LOL. I just love the way you presented this. Congratulations on 9
years!!
Sue

Woo Hoo Dave! What a coy way to sneak in that wonderful milestone!
Fatwas, indeed!

Now, sit back and enjoy as the Original Yodeling Gnomes are heading
your way to sing songs of smobriety to help you celebrate this amazing
milestone!

FlatironMike
1Y+

Happy 9 years Dave!!
--
Lynn VOF+ Leaper
"Everyone seems normal until you get to know them."



"Dave W" <dwesten@uark.edu> wrote in message
news:dwesten-E4DB1D.14081314022008@news.athenanews.com...
> Hello all you quitters!
>
> Its Valentines day so you ought to do something to celebrate. I was
> poking around on the web this AM and found a site where you could see
> what things happened on any day in history. Fun!
>
> So on February 14 , 1859, Oregon became the 33rd state in the Union
> to be joined on the same day in 1912 by Arizona (the 48th state). In 1920
> The League of Women Voters was founded. In 1929 Al Capone's gang killed
> rival gang members in the St. Valentine's Day massacre. (Well, duh! Why
> do you think they call it the St. Valentine's day massacre!) In1989
> Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, calling for the death of
> Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses. Ten years later, in 1999,
> Dave Westendorf quit smoking!
>
> Hey, wait a minute! That's me. I'm Dave Westendorf. Lets go check the
> meter! Here's what it says.
> Congratulations, Dave. You've been smober for 9Y 0M 0W 0D 6H 3Mns
> and saved $11155.90.
>
> Wow! Whoo hoo! Next year it'll be a decade. That is of course if I live
> another year. I can't promise you that I'll be alive ... but I can
> promise I won't be back on cigarettes.
>
> Now go out and celebrate. Chocolate! I want a Hershey bar.
>
> Dave W.
> Smokeless in the Ozarks

Phenomenal, Dave! Great post. Congratulations! You're a hero and a rock
star!

Jaime - OF - 007

Smoke free for one year, four weeks, two days, 19 hours, 43 minutes and 26
seconds. This amounts to 11874 cigarettes not smoked, saving $2,820.23, and
adding 5 weeks, 6 days, 5 hours, 30 minutes to my fabulous life.


"Dave W" <dwesten@uark.edu> wrote in message
news:dwesten-E4DB1D.14081314022008@news.athenanews.com...
> Hello all you quitters!
>
> Its Valentines day so you ought to do something to celebrate. I was
> poking around on the web this AM and found a site where you could see
> what things happened on any day in history. Fun!
>
> So on February 14 , 1859, Oregon became the 33rd state in the Union
> to be joined on the same day in 1912 by Arizona (the 48th state). In 1920
> The League of Women Voters was founded. In 1929 Al Capone's gang killed
> rival gang members in the St. Valentine's Day massacre. (Well, duh! Why
> do you think they call it the St. Valentine's day massacre!) In1989
> Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, calling for the death of
> Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses. Ten years later, in 1999,
> Dave Westendorf quit smoking!
>
> Hey, wait a minute! That's me. I'm Dave Westendorf. Lets go check the
> meter! Here's what it says.
> Congratulations, Dave. You've been smober for 9Y 0M 0W 0D 6H 3Mns
> and saved $11155.90.
>
> Wow! Whoo hoo! Next year it'll be a decade. That is of course if I live
> another year. I can't promise you that I'll be alive ... but I can
> promise I won't be back on cigarettes.
>
> Now go out and celebrate. Chocolate! I want a Hershey bar.
>
> Dave W.
> Smokeless in the Ozarks

WOW!
Congrats Dave and thanks for coming back and sharing!

Cheers to freedom!!!
Cat




"Dave W" <dwesten@uark.edu> wrote in message
news:dwesten-E4DB1D.14081314022008@news.athenanews.com...
> Hello all you quitters!
>
> Its Valentines day so you ought to do something to celebrate. I was
> poking around on the web this AM and found a site where you could see
> what things happened on any day in history. Fun!
>
> So on February 14 , 1859, Oregon became the 33rd state in the Union
> to be joined on the same day in 1912 by Arizona (the 48th state). In 1920
> The League of Women Voters was founded. In 1929 Al Capone's gang killed
> rival gang members in the St. Valentine's Day massacre. (Well, duh! Why
> do you think they call it the St. Valentine's day massacre!) In1989
> Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, calling for the death of
> Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses. Ten years later, in 1999,
> Dave Westendorf quit smoking!
>
> Hey, wait a minute! That's me. I'm Dave Westendorf. Lets go check the
> meter! Here's what it says.
> Congratulations, Dave. You've been smober for 9Y 0M 0W 0D 6H 3Mns
> and saved $11155.90.
>
> Wow! Whoo hoo! Next year it'll be a decade. That is of course if I live
> another year. I can't promise you that I'll be alive ... but I can
> promise I won't be back on cigarettes.
>
> Now go out and celebrate. Chocolate! I want a Hershey bar.
>
> Dave W.
> Smokeless in the Ozarks

Hi Dave Nice to see you! Congratulations on your 9 years. What a
cool quit date, btw!

Take care,
Nicole 7 years


On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:08:14 -0600, Dave W <dwesten@uark.edu> wrote:

>Hello all you quitters!
>
>Its Valentines day so you ought to do something to celebrate. I was
>poking around on the web this AM and found a site where you could see
>what things happened on any day in history. Fun!
>
>So on February 14 , 1859, Oregon became the 33rd state in the Union
>to be joined on the same day in 1912 by Arizona (the 48th state). In 1920
>The League of Women Voters was founded. In 1929 Al Capone's gang killed
>rival gang members in the St. Valentine's Day massacre. (Well, duh! Why
>do you think they call it the St. Valentine's day massacre!) In1989
>Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, calling for the death of
>Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses. Ten years later, in 1999,
>Dave Westendorf quit smoking!
>
>Hey, wait a minute! That's me. I'm Dave Westendorf. Lets go check the
>meter! Here's what it says.
>Congratulations, Dave. You've been smober for 9Y 0M 0W 0D 6H 3Mns
>and saved $11155.90.
>
>Wow! Whoo hoo! Next year it'll be a decade. That is of course if I live
>another year. I can't promise you that I'll be alive ... but I can
>promise I won't be back on cigarettes.
>
>Now go out and celebrate. Chocolate! I want a Hershey bar.
>
>Dave W.
>Smokeless in the Ozarks