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respect!
Did you quit cold turkey?
I've been smoking since I was 11 or 12. I go through two packs a day no problem. Somehow the doctor says I'm completely healthy though. I've thought about quitting but it's good for stress.
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respect!
Did you quit cold turkey?
I've been smoking since I was 11 or 12. I go through two packs a day no problem. Somehow the doctor says I'm completely healthy though. I've thought about quitting but it's good for stress.
JimEIV
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Thank you. Sounds like I'm on the same plan as your father.
The biggest difference Ive noticed is my sense of smell seems to be much more sensitive.
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"good for stress" until you die early in life with much pain until it happens along with having negative effect on your family.
Please reconsider. I quit on October 1, 1985 so I know others can if they want to.
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I never thought quitting smoking was that tough. For me I found out other ways to take my attention away from the itch for it. It's been harder for me to quit dipping honestly. It's just so easy to do just a disgusting habit.
BenedictGomez
Corsi is GROSSLY overrated
I'm growing pickling cucumbers for the first time to give this a whirl. They wont be ready until mid-September, but I want to make Bread & Butter pickles. Ever done that / any tips?
RG showing his age, these "young" drivers dont use CDs.
2 packs a day is an incredible vacation at the end of the year
2*$8*365 = $5840
Not to mention you'll be able to spend your 401k and social security on fun things in retirement, versus likely being dead some point between 45 and 65.
BenedictGomez
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Richer's Ghost
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Ok, your own music. Whatever app you choose. I use amazon prime music, itunes station streaming.
CDs still sound better than streaming though. To much compression of the dynamic range.
BenedictGomez
Corsi is GROSSLY overrated
Big time. It's not even close.
The whipper snappers dont understand this though as 99% of what they've ever listened to is on a digital audio format.
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I still have the first album I ever bought... AC/DC Dirty Deeds. I bought it at Pathmark in Fairlawn NJ for 4.99 in 1980 when I was 10 years old because I liked the song "Big Balls". That album still sounds great . Still a Bon Scott fan.
I do love vinyl. I don't necessarily think it sounds better, but the sleeve, the art, the lyrics, the information that comes with an album was awesome.
. Still a Bon Scott fan.I do love vinyl. I don't necessarily think it sounds better, but the sleeve, the art, the lyrics, the information that comes with an album was awesome.
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I still have the first album I ever bought... AC/DC Dirty Deeds. I bought it at Pathmark in Fairlawn NJ for 4.99 in 1980 when I was 10 years old because I liked the song "Big Balls". That album still sounds great
I do love vinyl. I don't necessarily think it sounds better, but the sleeve, the art, the lyrics, the information that comes with an album was awesome.
I have Iron Maiden's first album in vinyl.
Along with a few Kiss albums.
JimEIV
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Iron Maiden, Iron maiden that's one of my favorite all time albums.
You should here me do Phantom of the Opera.Although I'm a much bigger Dickinson fan.
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I only like the first few Iron Maiden albums, same with Judas Priest. Metalica is another one. Everything after And Justice For All is gross. I mean, I guess it's okay for a rock band. It's just nothing like their earlier stuff, I loved their thrash stuff.
They started to be a little more blah later in their careers. It's very similar to the punk bands after they got popular or signed to major labels, even though it was a different genre of music. It's all part of the music industry and business. I never held it against bands that spent years putting out music in the underground music scene, one they signed to major labels. It was just that when they signed to these labels, most of them changed their style of music significantly and to be more radio/mainstream friendly.
Smash by the Offspring is an awesome album, it was never supposed to get popular. Everything after that though, there's a couple good songs on the next few albums. A lot of it was horrible though.
The bands that got signed to major labels but didn't change much musically, they never lasted long and were dropped after just one or two albums and never had a charting radio single or hit. Sick Of It All comes to mind right away. Their two major label releases were awesome and not a huge departure from their earlier stuff by any means. But no one bought their record because it wasn't friendly to the ears. And the radio never played their songs because it wasn't radio friendly.
The first few albums that Bad Religion put out on Atlantic were not that bad. They weren't too much of a departure from the previous two albums before that. But they didn't really catch on. And then they made one ''Radio friendly'' album on Atlantic and it was a dud and completely bombed. Most of the people who loved the band for the first 15 or 20 years before that thought it sucked, people who loved Blink 182 and Green Day also thought it sucked. It was a complete failure and they started putting stuff out on Epitaph again after that and stayed for good.
They started to be a little more blah later in their careers. It's very similar to the punk bands after they got popular or signed to major labels, even though it was a different genre of music. It's all part of the music industry and business. I never held it against bands that spent years putting out music in the underground music scene, one they signed to major labels. It was just that when they signed to these labels, most of them changed their style of music significantly and to be more radio/mainstream friendly.
Smash by the Offspring is an awesome album, it was never supposed to get popular. Everything after that though, there's a couple good songs on the next few albums. A lot of it was horrible though.
The bands that got signed to major labels but didn't change much musically, they never lasted long and were dropped after just one or two albums and never had a charting radio single or hit. Sick Of It All comes to mind right away. Their two major label releases were awesome and not a huge departure from their earlier stuff by any means. But no one bought their record because it wasn't friendly to the ears. And the radio never played their songs because it wasn't radio friendly.
The first few albums that Bad Religion put out on Atlantic were not that bad. They weren't too much of a departure from the previous two albums before that. But they didn't really catch on. And then they made one ''Radio friendly'' album on Atlantic and it was a dud and completely bombed. Most of the people who loved the band for the first 15 or 20 years before that thought it sucked, people who loved Blink 182 and Green Day also thought it sucked. It was a complete failure and they started putting stuff out on Epitaph again after that and stayed for good.
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are we talking shower curtains being sewn into custom cosplay outfits or audiophile media?
njdevsfn95
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To me Vinyl is easily cleanable exterior housing material.
I know because I finally cleaned off tape residue that's been on it since Christmas.
Richer's Ghost
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Oh the transition from college days to father days... it's subtle, slow, but complete.
BenedictGomez
Corsi is GROSSLY overrated
BenedictGomez
Corsi is GROSSLY overrated
I think the survival rate last year was abnormally high due to the warm winter and unprecedented mast crop keeping them away from hunters. Not that there's data for such a thing, but it seems like every grey haired person claimed they'd never seen such a bunker acorn year.
Anecdotally, while this is only my 4th season "pulling pictures", I pulled the SD last week and already have 2 bucks that are bigger than anything I've seen on the property the previous 3 seasons combined. A relatively decent 8 pointer for NJ, and a really nice 10 pointer, who already seems aggressive shooing others away from a mineral pile.
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njdevils1982
Hell Toupée!!!
ya, ive done sweet pickles before….as for tips, have fun and dont be afraid to experiment with ingredients….a red chili looks real nice in the jar and adds a bit of kick for instance….and use fresh dill not the dried stuff if you are using dill
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I just don't enjoy sweet pickles. Love salty/vinegar brines with LOTS of garlic myself. My dad used to jar about 2 cases of cauliflower, green tomatoes, pickles, green peppers, carrots, onions, celery in a hot mix. Man that stuff was awesome.
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