In a month, I'll be saying Goodby- Permanetly

at $5/packet about 200 packs ...

Ian (in Sydney, Australia)

>at 2 packs a day, that's a little over 3 months after quitting

Wayne's order list is way longer

stick to it Todd

Re: OT... An Anderson infill costs...

Paul Kierstead

>Pam, I know what you mean. I took a year off from work ... I should have been looking for work, but just didn't and relaxed and learned some things instead. It was early on in that year that I quit. I am not sure I could have quit while at the previous job; at least it sure would have made it harder. It was a luxury I am very thankful for.

400 Packs for a smoother

Chad Pearson

>I have a 9 inch smoother on order (picture linked below).. I think I was quoted 400 packs (double the earlier estimate) in your currency of choice. This is assuming 5 dollars a pack.

Pop quiz hot shot...

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>Waynes planes are $100.00 per inch a pack of smokes is $5.00. Do the math!

Re: OT... An Anderson infill costs...

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>Yeah, unless you're in charge the corporate world is too, too for me. I quit drinking 30 years ago when Jack and I started Pinehill (interesting, Gerard, no?), simply wasn't that easy to arrange meeting work friends at bars. Never missed it for a moment (also quit because I'd started having hangovers, ugh). So now it's a drink every now and then.

Pam

Sorry, that should have been "26 years ago."

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>

Re: Pop quiz hot shot...

Denis Ch�nard, Orl�ans, Ont.

>Over here cigs are close to $10 a pack, so three months' worth would get me a nice smoother. Mmmmmmm....

DC

Cool!

Michael Recchione

>So, all I have to do is (1) start smoking cigarettes, (2) get addicted so I'm up to a pack a day, (3) stop. And in just a few months, I could own this plane!

Re: In a month, I'll be saying Goodby- Permanetly

Moses Yoder in White Pigeon, MI

>I am just thankful I never started smoking. At one time I occasionally smoked a cigar just because I really like the smell of a good cigar, especially while fishing. For some reason now whenever I think about sucking all that stuff into the organ which brings me oxygen, I just get kind of queasy inside and couldn't do it. But I am definitely addicted to coffee. I just need something for my hands to do while my brain is working. So whenever I am in the shop I generally have a cup of coffee around. Coffee / caffeine is not good for you either, but probably not as detrimental to your health as smoke. Meg also has gotten me started on teas, which can actually improve your health. If I was addicted to smoking I would not try to quit under my own steam; I would see a doctor and get the toughest quitting drug on the market. And I would set aside the cigarette money to spend on something I want, which might seem selfish but I think would definitely help.

Re: In a month, I'll be saying Goodby- Permanetly

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>In moderation coffee is probably also good for your health, certainly perks up your brain.

Pam

two cups a day

Gary B

>Is proven to be good for your health and keeps you focused. One in the AM, one early PM. If you drink more, switch to tea or decaf then. I go back and forth between tea and coffee, but there's no way I could give up coffee. (drinking it now :-)

Most teas have more caffene than coffee.

Phil Joines Krum, Tx

>

Not true.. do a Google search.

John Pappas

>

Re: tea

Moses Yoder in White Pigeon, MI

>Tea is really a very interesting subject. There are a large number of plants that when dried and crumbled then steeped in hot water make a good drink. The nutrients in the plants end up in the tea. It would be interesting to know what percentage of nutrients are removed from the plants into the water, and the actual process that takes place. Meg has gotten heavily into tea and will give a demonstration for our August meeting of the Meek's Mill Garden Club. She hss found an online source of tea that is pretty good, not exactly sure what site, and also a local tea shop that raises a large variety of their own herbs.

On my trip to Isle Royale I packed along a variety of teas which Meg makes up in little tea bags which are then pressed shut with a hot iron. Of course she needed a special iron to glue the tea bags shut. You know how hobbies and the expense of tools kind of go together. I drank dandelion root tea in the mornings usually which is a substitute for coffee. The taste is not like coffee but it does have kind of a strong earthy flavor that might remind me of coffee. The tea I ended up using the most was a mixture of peppermint and rose hips. It has a good flavor and seemed to be a very good mental pick-me-up and energy booster. On Thursday 6/21 after hiking 12.8 miles across fairly rough terrain with a 45 pound pack (my first backpacking trip) I felt pretty tired at the end of the day. A cup of peppermint and rose hips tea was just the thing to lift my spirits and revive my body to the point where I felt almost as good as I had in the morning when I started.

Of course the tea that you buy in the supermarket prepackaged is probably a waste of money. Who knows what they put into that stuff. I suppose it would be something like using an electric router to round over an edge instead of using a spokeshave.

I suppose I should warn you to be prepared for long pointless posts from me this week. I am off work over the 4th of July week every year now (mandatory vacation time) and have absolutely nothing to do except the long list of misc things I never have the time to do, which will make for a great week I think.

Long and Pointless Posts

Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native, Presently Away

>are fine by me Moses--bring 'em on. I find nothing pointless about the discussion of tea(s) as it is wel known that natural teas are Healthy for us, and that most of know just about zip on the subject--I for one.

You mention the waste of money for the teas in the grocery stores, well Moses, I imagine that statement holds true for 99.9999% of everything you buy from the grocerys. Either everything is full of processed sugars, or the nutients of the food have been destroyed thru the processes they have gone thru on their jouney to the grocery shelves.

T.O.

Re: Long and Pointless Posts

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>You guys really need to find a good coop or grocery that carries organically grown food, including teas and coffees. One of the better benefits, aside from superior taste, is that the organically grown food is more nutritious; so you normally eat less.

Pam

Best tea I ever had...

John in New Mexico

>Came right from Sri Lanka. Lots of flavor and pretty complex, not just kind of grassy. A friend gave me a box, being a hardcore tea drinker, a friend of his had brought him a case when coming from SL. I wonder if it was just a lot fresher than I'm used to, or if they keep the better teas local :)

John