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[Ian-S]

Among many others yea.

As for JW, it's easy. A bud of mine simply answers the door naked. But he's weird, don't do it.

We're on the JV's black list but when I was younger my friend did that, proceeded to invite them in, then while he got dressed left them in the lounge and told them to "read something if they wanted" only thing was under the top layer of magazines, we'd stashed several copies of playboy.

They thumbed through,claw the porn, made their excuse, left and never returned, we were hiding in the kitchen almost wetting ourselves laughing.

[aretood2]

Regarding addiction or not...
I smoked cigarettes for 24 years. They are supposedly one of the most addicting things out there. But I smoked because *I* chose to.
When the day came that I perceived the downsides to be greater then the upsides, I decided to quit.

So I did. I bought a box of the patches, started using them, and threw out my cigarettes. And then weaned myself off of the patch. Took about 2 months. But I never picked up another cigarette after that day. Yes, I had powerful cravings, it wasn't easy, but as I said above, there is no disease on the face of the earth that can physically force me to ingest or smoke something.

One question. Why didn't you quit cold turkey? Why didn't you just wake up and say "nope" to smoking and move on to your life without another puff?

Do you know faith is on the borderline of mental disease, and you like people who go door to door selling the gateway drug.
Remember kids, when the god-squad comes around, just say no.
(oh, and when someone pipes up "but you have faith", that's MY CHOICE, and I LOATHE god botherers of any stripe)

You poor thing, someone knocked on your door. The horror.

[jelgate]

You poor thing, someone knocked on your door. The horror.

Release the hounds

[aretood2]

Release the hounds

The hounds? Someone should call Delta Force, the Navy Seals, The British Special Air Service, and Spetsnaz! We can't allow people to knock on doors...that's a crime against humanity of the tallest order! That only thing that is worse is asking someone for a minute of their time on the sidewalk. That should be punishable by death.

[jelgate]

This guy beat you too it

[Annoyed]

One question. Why didn't you quit cold turkey? Why didn't you just wake up and say "nope" to smoking and move on to your life without another puff?

In retrospect, I think I had overestimated the difficulty due to what is constantly printed in the media about how difficult it is, so I went the patch route.

[Chaka-Z0]

We're on the JV's black list ...

That's. just. epic.

In retrospect, I think I had overestimated the difficulty due to what is constantly printed in the media about how difficult it is, so I went the patch route.

The damn fake media again? You really can't help yourself can you

I don't think you did (overestimate), but props to you for quitting after 24 years, that takes a lot of courage. A buddy of mine quit with Champix, these pills that suppress your cravings, but there's some nasty side effects (nausea, nose bleeds, etc.).

As for the difficulty, I guess it all depends of your lifestyle. I've been smoking for about 10 years now and I'm planning to quit soon, probably this winter (I know everybody says that)... Last time I did quit for a year; I bought a vape with nicotine free tobacco flavor, which works great. My problem is that I fail every time I take a few drinks with friends, so I need to quit drinking for a few weeks too. I swear, there must be an ingredient in beer that makes you want to smoke -_-

[Chaka-Z0]

This guy beat you too it

What kind of idiots get lost? He deserved it.


/s

[Gatefan1976]

You poor thing, someone knocked on your door. The horror.

It's not often MG gets a point, and you miss it.

[Chaka-Z0]

It's not often MG gets a point, and you miss it.

It's hard for some to understand religion rewires your brain and train of thoughts. I'm still waiting for alcohol or weed vendors to knock at my door.

[Gatefan1976]

It's hard for some to understand religion rewires your brain and train of thoughts. I'm still waiting for alcohol or weed vendors to knock at my door.

For most, it's not re-wiring, it's hardwired.

[Chaka-Z0]

For most, it's not re-wiring, it's hardwired.

Brace yourself for retaliation.

[Gatefan1976]

Brace yourself for retaliation.

Hardly.

[aretood2]

It's not often MG gets a point, and you miss it.

I really wasn't paying attention to MG's post.

I'm speaking more to the whole "The horror of a door knock" I hear from one too many people. You know what I do when I don't feel like talking to a JW or whatever? I say, "thank you, goodbye" and then close the door and go about my business. It takes about a minute, maybe 2 minutes. And when I am outside I put down my phone (a crime in most countries this day) and communicate with another human being face to face (another crime) and say "No thank you" and move about my life.

[Annoyed]

I really wasn't paying attention to MG's post.

I'm speaking more to the whole "The horror of a door knock" I hear from one too many people. You know what I do when I don't feel like talking to a JW or whatever? I say, "thank you, goodbye" and then close the door and go about my business. It takes about a minute, maybe 2 minutes. And when I am outside I put down my phone (a crime in most countries this day) and communicate with another human being face to face (another crime) and say "No thank you" and move about my life.

How polite.
My std response to door-to-door is "Go Away". If that isn't sufficient, I add 'Now" and pretend to reach for something he doesn't see.