What I could have been doing...

As a smoker, I spent on average probably 4 minutes smoking each
cigarette. I averaged a pack a day, so that means I spent 1 hour and 20
minutes a day in the act of smoking. That's 487 hours per year. I
started when I was 13; minus the two years or so of my first quit, that
means I smoked for 31 years. 487 hours per year times 31 years means
that I spent 15,097 hours of my life sticking a cigarette in my mouth
and sucking up poison.

What a waste!

ConcordPhil
Charter member of the Lucky 7s and grateful to have not smoked 725
cigarettes in the past 1M 5D 6h 43m. Being smoke-free these past 36 days
has saved me $181.39 and 2D 12h 25m of my life.

What a waste,indeed! so what are ya gonna do with the time that you are no
longer using to smoke?
Becky
"ConcordPhil" <nobody@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:qo7wi.7671$ZW4.6395@trndny04...
> As a smoker, I spent on average probably 4 minutes smoking each cigarette.
> I averaged a pack a day, so that means I spent 1 hour and 20 minutes a day
> in the act of smoking. That's 487 hours per year. I started when I was 13;
> minus the two years or so of my first quit, that means I smoked for 31
> years. 487 hours per year times 31 years means that I spent 15,097 hours
> of my life sticking a cigarette in my mouth and sucking up poison.
>
> What a waste!
>
> ConcordPhil
> Charter member of the Lucky 7s and grateful to have not smoked 725
> cigarettes in the past 1M 5D 6h 43m. Being smoke-free these past 36 days
> has saved me $181.39 and 2D 12h 25m of my life.
>

What a waste,indeed! so what are ya gonna do with the time that you are no
longer using to smoke?
Becky
"ConcordPhil" <nobody@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:qo7wi.7671$ZW4.6395@trndny04...
> As a smoker, I spent on average probably 4 minutes smoking each cigarette.
> I averaged a pack a day, so that means I spent 1 hour and 20 minutes a day
> in the act of smoking. That's 487 hours per year. I started when I was 13;
> minus the two years or so of my first quit, that means I smoked for 31
> years. 487 hours per year times 31 years means that I spent 15,097 hours
> of my life sticking a cigarette in my mouth and sucking up poison.
>
> What a waste!
>
> ConcordPhil
> Charter member of the Lucky 7s and grateful to have not smoked 725
> cigarettes in the past 1M 5D 6h 43m. Being smoke-free these past 36 days
> has saved me $181.39 and 2D 12h 25m of my life.
>

ConcordPhil wrote:
> As a smoker, I spent on average probably 4 minutes smoking each
> cigarette. I averaged a pack a day, so that means I spent 1 hour and 20
> minutes a day in the act of smoking. That's 487 hours per year. I
> started when I was 13; minus the two years or so of my first quit, that
> means I smoked for 31 years. 487 hours per year times 31 years means
> that I spent 15,097 hours of my life sticking a cigarette in my mouth
> and sucking up poison.
>
> What a waste!
>
> ConcordPhil
> Charter member of the Lucky 7s and grateful to have not smoked 725
> cigarettes in the past 1M 5D 6h 43m. Being smoke-free these past 36 days
> has saved me $181.39 and 2D 12h 25m of my life.
>
True Phil it *was* a waste but on the other hand you now have given
yourself all that extra time from now on. One day at a time from now on
Phil but your days have I hour and 20 minutes extra to do stuff in
Regards Chris

ConcordPhil wrote:
> As a smoker, I spent on average probably 4 minutes smoking each
> cigarette. I averaged a pack a day, so that means I spent 1 hour and 20
> minutes a day in the act of smoking. That's 487 hours per year. I
> started when I was 13; minus the two years or so of my first quit, that
> means I smoked for 31 years. 487 hours per year times 31 years means
> that I spent 15,097 hours of my life sticking a cigarette in my mouth
> and sucking up poison.
>
> What a waste!
>
> ConcordPhil
> Charter member of the Lucky 7s and grateful to have not smoked 725
> cigarettes in the past 1M 5D 6h 43m. Being smoke-free these past 36 days
> has saved me $181.39 and 2D 12h 25m of my life.
>
True Phil it *was* a waste but on the other hand you now have given
yourself all that extra time from now on. One day at a time from now on
Phil but your days have I hour and 20 minutes extra to do stuff in
Regards Chris

Damn, Phil. That is an amazing amount of wasted time. I pulled up
the calculator and with my roughly 38 years of sucking up that poison,
I wasted over 2 years. All I can say is I am GLAD as hell that I now
have that time to do much more important stuff...

FlatironMike
Hokey-Pokey Enthusiast
Six months, three days, 2 hours, 33 minutes and 12 seconds. 3682
cigarettes not smoked, saving $1,104.39. Life saved: 1 week, 5 days,
18 hours, 50 minutes.

Damn, Phil. That is an amazing amount of wasted time. I pulled up
the calculator and with my roughly 38 years of sucking up that poison,
I wasted over 2 years. All I can say is I am GLAD as hell that I now
have that time to do much more important stuff...

FlatironMike
Hokey-Pokey Enthusiast
Six months, three days, 2 hours, 33 minutes and 12 seconds. 3682
cigarettes not smoked, saving $1,104.39. Life saved: 1 week, 5 days,
18 hours, 50 minutes.

Becky wrote:
> What a waste,indeed! so what are ya gonna do with the time that you
are no longer using to smoke?
> Becky

eightpans wrote:

> True Phil it *was* a waste but on the other hand you now have given
> yourself all that extra time from now on. One day at a time from now
on Phil but your days have I hour and 20 minutes extra to do stuff in
> Regards Chris

Well, there's this cute (non-smoking) woman who works out at the Y same
time as me and... well, we shall see what we shall see After all,
when my libido phase kicks in, I would really prefer to have someone to
share it with!!!

ConcordPhil
Charter member of the Lucky 7s and grateful to have not smoked 744
cigarettes in the past 1M 6D 5h 6m. Being smoke-free these past 37 days
has saved me $186.05 and 2D 14h of my life.

Becky wrote:
> What a waste,indeed! so what are ya gonna do with the time that you
are no longer using to smoke?
> Becky

eightpans wrote:

> True Phil it *was* a waste but on the other hand you now have given
> yourself all that extra time from now on. One day at a time from now
on Phil but your days have I hour and 20 minutes extra to do stuff in
> Regards Chris

Well, there's this cute (non-smoking) woman who works out at the Y same
time as me and... well, we shall see what we shall see After all,
when my libido phase kicks in, I would really prefer to have someone to
share it with!!!

ConcordPhil
Charter member of the Lucky 7s and grateful to have not smoked 744
cigarettes in the past 1M 6D 5h 6m. Being smoke-free these past 37 days
has saved me $186.05 and 2D 14h of my life.