Friday Frivolities!

Line 'em up and step right up! Show off your stuff and let's conga!

Two years, eleven months, three weeks, four days, 14 hours, 46 minutes
and 40 seconds. 21812 cigarettes not smoked, saving $6,543.69. Life
saved: 10 weeks, 5 days, 17 hours, 40 minutes.

FlatironMike

On Feb 5, 1:15*pm, FlatIronMike <flatironmike...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Line 'em up and step right up! *Show off your stuff and let's conga!
>
> Two years, eleven months, three weeks, four days, 14 hours, 46 minutes
> and 40 seconds. 21812 cigarettes not smoked, saving $6,543.69. Life
> saved: 10 weeks, 5 days, 17 hours, 40 minutes.
>
> FlatironMike

I am the proud owner of 12 years 2 months 2 weeks 1 day.

I have recently been back in touch with my half-sister Nancy who was
briefly part of this happy crowd back at the beginning. She dropped
out because it was close to Christmas and she was having some
difficulty with her teenaged daughter. Now she has become fascinated
with Ancestry.com and is getting me interested too. She has found out
the dates of my mother's birth and death. She died of TB in 1940, I
knew it had to be around that time because my Aunt Freida took me and
my cousin Lucille to the 1939 NYC World's Fair where there was a man
who had a machine that would turn a penny into a souvenier of the
fair. I begged my aunt to let me get one, which she did and then I
gave it to her to take to my mother in the hospital. I am trying to
carry on with the ancestry search but its rather complicated with all
kinds of earlier connections. Still, it's fun, in a weird way.

She also told me that she had quit smoking but didn't say for how
long. I congratulated her, but did not press her for details. She is
about 10 years younger than me.

Joyce, combing the ancestral material online. It seems to have
records of everyone's heritage. Mostly, the periodic U.S. Census
records, which, by the way, is coming along this year.

On Feb 5, 10:15*am, FlatIronMike <flatironmike...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Line 'em up and step right up! *Show off your stuff and let's conga!
>
> Two years, eleven months, three weeks, four days, 14 hours, 46 minutes
> and 40 seconds. 21812 cigarettes not smoked, saving $6,543.69. Life
> saved: 10 weeks, 5 days, 17 hours, 40 minutes.
>
> FlatironMike

Count me In!!

Suzie
Two years, one month, two weeks, six days, 2 hours, 31 minutes and 29
seconds. 15642 cigarettes not smoked, saving $3,363.05. Life saved: 7
weeks, 5 days, 7 hours, 30 minutes.

On Fri, 5 Feb 2010 10:15:22 -0800 (PST), FlatIronMike
<flatironmikenyc@gmail.com> wrote:

>Line 'em up and step right up! Show off your stuff and let's conga!
>
>Two years, eleven months, three weeks, four days, 14 hours, 46 minutes
>and 40 seconds. 21812 cigarettes not smoked, saving $6,543.69. Life
>saved: 10 weeks, 5 days, 17 hours, 40 minutes.
>
>FlatironMike

Three years, ten months, two weeks, one day, 13 hours, 36 minutes and
9 seconds. 46779 cigarettes not smoked, saving $7,789.05. Life saved:
23 weeks, 1 day, 10 hours, 15 minutes.

Thanks, Mike

FlatIronMike <flatironmikenyc@gmail.com> wrote in news:981471cb-fb48-4840-
bfd5-0296058d798b@o8g2000vbm.googlegroups.com:

> Line 'em up and step right up! Show off your stuff and let's conga!
>
> Two years, eleven months, three weeks, four days, 14 hours, 46 minutes
> and 40 seconds. 21812 cigarettes not smoked, saving $6,543.69. Life
> saved: 10 weeks, 5 days, 17 hours, 40 minutes.
>
> FlatironMike


Seven years, six months, three weeks, four days, 16 hours, 46 minutes and
51 seconds. 83000 cigarettes not smoked, saving $16,600.44. Life saved: 41
weeks, 1 day, 4 hours, 40 minutes.


--
SteveS
OOF

On Feb 5, 1:15*pm, FlatIronMike <flatironmike...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Line 'em up and step right up! *Show off your stuff and let's conga!
>
> Two years, eleven months, three weeks, four days, 14 hours, 46 minutes
> and 40 seconds. 21812 cigarettes not smoked, saving $6,543.69. Life
> saved: 10 weeks, 5 days, 17 hours, 40 minutes.
>
> FlatironMike

I have been quit for 5 Years, 5 Months, 1 Week, 6 Days, 7 hours, 25
minutes and 24 seconds (1,992 days).
I have saved $10,360.00 by not smoking 25,900 cigarettes.
I have saved 2 Months, 4 Weeks, 22 hours and 20 minutes of my life.
My Quit Date: 23/08/2004 8:00 AM

FlatIronMike <flatironmikenyc@gmail.com> wrote in news:981471cb-fb48-4840-
bfd5-0296058d798b@o8g2000vbm.googlegroups.com:

> Line 'em up and step right up! Show off your stuff and let's conga!
>
> Two years, eleven months, three weeks, four days, 14 hours, 46 minutes
> and 40 seconds. 21812 cigarettes not smoked, saving $6,543.69. Life
> saved: 10 weeks, 5 days, 17 hours, 40 minutes.
>
> FlatironMike
>


---
Wayne Baker
Smoke Free: 4m 1w 4d 6:34
Not Smoked: 3,869
$ Better Spent: $889.87

"Wayne Baker" <nospamloansarranger@cox.net> wrote in message
news:Xns9D169E88BF02Dnospamloansarrangerc@69.16.18 5.250...
> FlatIronMike <flatironmikenyc@gmail.com> wrote in news:981471cb-fb48-4840-
> bfd5-0296058d798b@o8g2000vbm.googlegroups.com:
>
>> Line 'em up and step right up! Show off your stuff and let's conga!
>>
>> Two years, eleven months, three weeks, four days, 14 hours, 46 minutes
>> and 40 seconds. 21812 cigarettes not smoked, saving $6,543.69. Life
>> saved: 10 weeks, 5 days, 17 hours, 40 minutes.
>>
>> FlatironMike
>>
>
>
> ---
> Wayne Baker
> Smoke Free: 4m 1w 4d 6:34
> Not Smoked: 3,869
> $ Better Spent: $889.87

Cindy DOF
TGO8
Two years, one month, four days, 18 hours, 30 minutes and 3 seconds.
15335 cigarettes not smoked, saving $4,776.98. Life saved: 7 weeks, 4 days,
5 hours, 55 minutes.

"Wayne Baker" <nospamloansarranger@cox.net> wrote in message
news:Xns9D169E88BF02Dnospamloansarrangerc@69.16.18 5.250...
> FlatIronMike <flatironmikenyc@gmail.com> wrote in news:981471cb-fb48-4840-
> bfd5-0296058d798b@o8g2000vbm.googlegroups.com:
>
>> Line 'em up and step right up! Show off your stuff and let's conga!
>>
>> Two years, eleven months, three weeks, four days, 14 hours, 46 minutes
>> and 40 seconds. 21812 cigarettes not smoked, saving $6,543.69. Life
>> saved: 10 weeks, 5 days, 17 hours, 40 minutes.
>>
>> FlatironMike
>>
>
>
> ---
> Wayne Baker
> Smoke Free: 4m 1w 4d 6:34
> Not Smoked: 3,869
> $ Better Spent: $889.87

On Feb 5, 1:15*pm, FlatIronMike <flatironmike...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Line 'em up and step right up! *Show off your stuff and let's conga!
>
> Two years, eleven months, three weeks, four days, 14 hours, 46 minutes
> and 40 seconds. 21812 cigarettes not smoked, saving $6,543.69. Life
> saved: 10 weeks, 5 days, 17 hours, 40 minutes.
>
> FlatironMike

Smobriety comes to: 2W 3D 5H 42Mns 344 cigs not smoked $-Saved to
date: $47.32

Jane

On Feb 5, 7:15*pm, FlatIronMike <flatironmike...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Line 'em up and step right up! *Show off your stuff and let's conga!

Smober for 0 years 11 weeks 5 days 13 hours (82.5 days)
1651 cigarettes not smoked

:-)

Phlebas

Learning of one's heritage can be interesting, Joyce. My mom's family
tree was researched by one of my aunts many years ago but I know next
to nothing on my father's side. I have thought at times it could be
interesting to find out what is out there about them. I bet they were
all horse thieves... <G>

FlatironMike
no royal blood
3 days shy of 3 years

"FlatIronMike" <flatironmikenyc@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:654b9552-6193-

> I bet they were all horse thieves... <G>

They must have been good at it - or you wouldn't be here.

-W

I still don't have a proper working meter to cut and paste into but it says:

3M 2D 20h and saved $318.75

PolarBear
QOF Rocker2004
"Failing to prepare is preparing to fail" I will not fail.
I will prove that Bipolars can stay quit too


"FlatIronMike" <flatironmikenyc@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:981471cb-fb48-4840-bfd5-0296058d798b@o8g2000vbm.googlegroups.com...
> Line 'em up and step right up! Show off your stuff and let's conga!
>
> Two years, eleven months, three weeks, four days, 14 hours, 46 minutes
> and 40 seconds. 21812 cigarettes not smoked, saving $6,543.69. Life
> saved: 10 weeks, 5 days, 17 hours, 40 minutes.
>
> FlatironMike
>

>Line 'em up and step right up! Show off your stuff and let's conga!

I quit living my life around stink sticks: Five years, four months,
one week, 21 hours, 4 minutes and 12 seconds ago. 117352 cigarettes
not smoked, saving $14,669.40. Life saved: 1 year, 6 weeks, 1 day, 11
hours, 20 minutes. My quit date and time is September 29, 2004 @
3:00PM. Yes, the figures are correct. They're based on 3 packs/day
(20 stink sticks/pack) at a cost when I quit of $7.50US for 3 packs.

--
BessieBee
Leslie
OOF :-)

"My face, I don't mind it because I am behind it.
It's the folks out front that get the jolt."
~My Grandma, 1898-1981~

On Feb 6, 9:48*am, FlatIronMike <flatironmike...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Learning of one's heritage can be interesting, Joyce. *My mom's family
> tree was researched by one of my aunts many years ago but I know next
> to nothing on my father's side. *I have thought at times it could be
> interesting to find out what is out there about them. *I bet they were
> all horse thieves... <G>
>
> FlatironMike
> no royal blood
> 3 days shy of 3 years

Mike, I think stealing horses was about as common long ago as stealing
cars is today. Both Phillip's mother and my grandmother tried to join
the DAR but a search of their backgrounds revealed that one was a
horse thief and the other was a deserter from the army. I can't
remember which was which. Most of what my sister had dug up is on our
father's side. Her mother's people came from Sicily and my mother's
family came from Germany. My uncle Willie tried to teach me to sing
Ach, du leiber Augstine in German. I told Wolfgang that and he said
it was a drinking song. Yesterday I was scrolling down the list of
our ancestors that she had found. There are 491 of them. And as I
scrolled away, I suddenly recognized a name: Jubal Early. Click!
Years ago, in high school I think, the history teacher was teaching us
about the Civil War and there was a General Jubal Anderson Early, on
the Confederate side. Well, Anderson is another name that recurs often
in our family tree along with Early. This stuff can get addictive.
I'm afraid I am letting her do all the heavy lifting, but she seems to
enjoy it.

Hey, kiddo, congarats on being so close to 3 years. I knew you could
do it. Please alert the gnomes; they really have to give you a gnome
party.

Hugs, Joyce

I do agree, Joyce, that horse thieving is as wretched as stealing cars
or BIKES... <G> Where are the thumb hangers when you need them?
Relatives and ancestors are always an odd lot no matter how one looks
at them. You just gotta put up with them because they are one thing
there is no return for.

FlatironMike
recycling center
Two years, eleven months, four weeks, one day, 31 minutes and 2
seconds. 21880 cigarettes not smoked, saving $6,564.13. Life saved: 10
weeks, 5 days, 23 hours, 20 minutes.