# November 7, 2000 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 30, 2000, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/november-7-2000/43415 "2000-11-30T19:17:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/november-7-2000/43415/1 "2000-11-30T19:17:47Z")
That was _supposed_ to be my quit date. ☹ Still Smokin’ ~Sarah ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/november-7-2000/43415/2 "2000-11-30T19:23:45Z")
:: hands **Silver** a Nic Patch, some gauze, and a cd player :: You can do it. 🙂 :: he says as he gets up to go take a smoke break :: I haven’t been able to quit either. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/november-7-2000/43415/3 "2000-11-30T19:31:02Z")
All smokers are evil and should die horrid deaths and go straight to hell. Especially since I’m out of smokes! Gaaagghhh! I was smokin’ butts out of the ashtray last night, I was nic’n so bad… ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/november-7-2000/43415/4 "2000-11-30T19:53:10Z")
Thanks, Sim. 🙂 I suppose I’ll try Zyban again. Like it worked so well for me before. I know why I never quit though. It’s because, about a week before the 7th is when I started staying here (at my mom’s) a lot more. It’s pretty hard to quit when there’s at least 4 other people blowing smoke in your face. Awww… Poor Demo! I hate when that happens. So you should just quit. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/november-7-2000/43415/5 "2000-11-30T20:07:39Z")
Okay, guys. Clearly we need another sponsor thread. But we also need Silver to set a date. She’s told me she won’t start to stop the tenth. Or the 13th. So she’ll think about it. In any case I volunteer for the third day (she doesn’t hate me near as much as she used to). 12/x/2000: 12/x+1/2000: 12/x+2/2000: **iampunha** ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/november-7-2000/43415/6 "2000-11-30T20:15:40Z")
I _should_ quit smoking, I know… sigh…One of these days… ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/november-7-2000/43415/7 "2000-11-30T20:24:13Z")
Taken from [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=47336) thread: > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Silver Fire \* > \*\*(Hey, Jester. I hate no one…) \*\* Although that’s not 100% true, I don’t hate you, punha. Okay, the reason I won’t quit on the 10th is because I plan to spend the 8th (my mom’s surgery date) chain smoking. So I can’t quit on the 13th either, because it’s not two weeks between the 8th and the 13th. Obviously. So I’m thinking that I’ll start taking the pills (Zyban, duh) on the 9th, (depending on how surgery goes) making my new quit date December 23, 2000, right? Yeah. WOO! Just in time for Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![Nen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Nen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nen)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/november-7-2000/43415/8 "2000-11-30T20:26:26Z")
Quit? _Quit?!_ Oh yeah, I quit–quit quitting, that is. November 7th was one of my many quit dates too. Alas…one of these days… ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/november-7-2000/43415/9 "2000-11-30T20:27:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Democritus \* > **I _should_ quit smoking, I know…** Yes, you should. _nag_ _nag_ Make it your goal for 2001. If it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work. Try again, like I am now. No big deal. But, if it doesn’t work for me this time, I’m done. I’ll be a smoker for life. Sorry, guys. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/november-7-2000/43415/10 "2000-11-30T20:27:55Z")
See? If Silver and I can make up, anyone can! Doob, Techie, I’m waiting for that friendly kiss . . . ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/november-7-2000/43415/11 "2000-11-30T20:58:29Z")
I’m gonna insert a motherly nag in here too, like I do for my smoker friends IRL. Anyway, I know you can do it, Silver. And good luck.