What did u lose??With me its not the health reasons,Its the cost..You know how cheap I'am..We can take a hawaiian vacation every year with the money saved..Its to late for me,the damage is done.Over45 years 2 packs a day. But looking fwd to vacation.Add it up smokers,you can buy another rocket in 4-5 years. Jackson Ill go away now.
Jack:
I lost my sanity (among other things that I don't want to go into on a public forum). I'm cheap about some things, hell, I even rolled my own for a number of years. I can roll one driving down the road in the big truck, just don't be driving in front of me and do something stupid. 80K slamming into your sheet metal coffin ain't pretty. Besides, you'd cause me to loose my makings on the floor.
I tried chewing but it's messy. I'd spit in a coffee cup and forget to toss it and it would spill on the floor. With the anti-smoking laws anymore, chewing is the way to go though. Nuth'in like a good plug.
In 4 or 5 years I'll probably skip the Rocket and get a Viper or something. Amy wants a BMWZ4 or a Shelby 'stang. I have no desire to leave any to the kids when I go. Besides, my kid makes more in a year than I do in 5. Amy and I will spend it all, and there is plenty.
I've been to Hawaii. It is nice. Amy has good friends that own a carriage rental service on Maui. I've ridden in the volcano's on Maui where the tourists never go, on horseback. Up in the pineapple plantations where the tops of the volcano's are reservoirs of water that irrigate and pollute all the drinking water on Maui. All the water that is consumed there is desalinated sea water. The ground water would kill you. I've also been in the straits between Molokai and Maui on a small boat with the killer whales jumping all around. I've been to Parker Ranch on the big island a few times. I could have lived on the big island at Hickman. Amy was offered a billet there a few years ago, but, while it's nice to visit, my home is right here and always will be.
Honestly, I don't smoke at home. Only at work, in the big truck. There is a lot of tension involved in driving a commercial outfit on today's roads. Between the cagers doing everything in their cars but driving and the new breed of inept truck drivers (steering wheel holders actually), it can and is very nerve racking. The new breed of truck driver can't even drive a 13 or 18 speed let alone a simple 10. They have to have an automatic. They probably wear lace underwear too. I've never asked or looked and I don't want to.
Jack, you might as well keep smoking. Your lungs look like my barbecue pit after the coals are out anyway. Besides, you'll never qualify for life insurance 'cause you are basically shot just like me.
Sorry if I didn't candy coat it. What it is, it is.
Being Rocket Captain's makes us a minority. A fast minority though.
I still love ya though.
