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To: Krowbar who wrote (16052)	1/21/1998 1:11:00 AM
From: Lady Lurksalot	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Del, Tapering down has GOT to be the most difficult way to quit smoking--even worse than going cold-turkey! I mean, you're always in withdrawal. Like Janice, I keep my cigarettes too handy and light up automatically, without thinking. I have employed some unbelievably bizarre machinations to make me stop and think whether or not I really want this cigarette at this time. First, I would wrap the cigarettes in several layers of paper and secure the lot with several rubber bands and stash the little bundle up on the rafters of the garage. Then I thought about this and decided it would be definitely harmful to me if I were to fall while climbing up to the rafters and crack my coconut or something. Realizing this, I started merely leaving the little bundle in my car, but this didn't last too long. Soon, the little bundle found its way into the house, but I'd at least leave it downstairs. Sadly, this didn't last either, for I was forever running downstairs for a cigarette and thus not getting much revenue-producing work done upstairs. So, to make a long story short, the little bundle, long ago unbundled into just a plain pack of cigarettes is now back on my desk, within easy reach, and I guess you know the rest. <vbg> In answer to your question of last night, my sister and I don't exchange the magazines because we live too far apart. She, the life-long militant anti-smoker still lives in smoggy Los Angeles, the Land of Teardrops and Cough Drops for All. She still subscribes to the print editions of "Business Week" and "The Nation." I, on the other hand, read these publications online. She can't seem to get into the Internet thing either. She really should get E-mail, at the very least! I'm working on her, though. BTW, smoking cigarettes is an excellent timing device for long-distance calls to my sister and others. Three cigarettes, and I know it's time to say goodbye. In the olden days, to light a cigarette in a restaurant was a sure-fire way to make ones food order appear at the table. I mean, it never failed! Never! Holly