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That's awesome! They were so cute.Mornin fugee's.
All the pups have homes now. Thats a big worry off me.
With all the recent talk about vaping dry herbs in the past days, an incident at work drove home the reason why I don't. A very good friend of mine was terminated because he failed a random drug test. He worked in the maintenance department and they are rarely tested. He went to a friends house the night before, hit a blunt a few times for the first time in years and they hit him first thing the next morning. Failing a drug test will be listed on his work record so it can be seen by future employers. Thanks but no thanks! Getting high for a little while isn't worth my future.
Hey girl. Happy Friday!With all the recent talk about vaping dry herbs in the past days, an incident at work drove home the reason why I don't. A very good friend of mine was terminated because he failed a random drug test. He worked in the maintenance department and they are rarely tested. He went to a friends house the night before, hit a blunt a few times for the first time in years and they hit him first thing the next morning. Failing a drug test will be listed on his work record so it can be seen by future employers. Thanks but no thanks! Getting high for a little while isn't worth my future.
Hey sweetie! Happy Friday to you! Tomorrow will be happy day for me though...I don't have to work Sunday.
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Then you just need to go more slowly. When I was weaning down from WTA being 10% of my vape, for a month I stayed at 9%, then a month at 8%, and so on, till I got to 4%; at which point, I started going .5% at a time, which I'd stay at for 2-3 wks or whatever seemed appropriate -- when I got to 2%, I started going .2% at a time and staying at each new reduced level for a week, till I got to 1%, then I went .1% at a time till I was done with it. And it was still very challenging, but definitely possible; the challenge was *discomfort*, not out and out craving and psychosis, as when I used to try and quit smoking cold turkey.
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With all the recent talk about vaping dry herbs in the past days, an incident at work drove home the reason why I don't. A very good friend of mine was terminated because he failed a random drug test. He worked in the maintenance department and they are rarely tested. He went to a friends house the night before, hit a blunt a few times for the first time in years and they hit him first thing the next morning. Failing a drug test will be listed on his work record so it can be seen by future employers. Thanks but no thanks! Getting high for a little while isn't worth my future.
When I was working I wouldnt dream of it. Well maybe dream but not actually do it
Had too much to lose. About a year before I was retired a good buddy of mine with 1 year less than I had failed a drug test. There are no second chance, out the door he went. Just was never worth it to me. Now that I dont have to fill a cup on command anymore, why the hell not Down here if you get fired, doesnt matter what the reason is and you try to hire on with another company, they can call your previous employer and the only thing by the previous employer is allowed to tell the future employer is that you worked for them from the date you was hired to the date you was no longer employed. They wont tell them anything else.
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Much the same here too, choppie. My husband lost two excellent jobs thx to drug tests, which explains why when he turned 60, he quit using the stuff, despite the fact that his current employment has never tested him -- one of the jobs he lost, it was because of an on-the-job accident, so when he went to medical, naturally they tested him -- WC paid for the injury and med care, but he lost the job immediately. He drives a forklift at his current employment, and he's a certified expert at it, loading and unloading trucks at lightspeed, but let some nimrod wander in front of him and get injured, they'd probably test both of them, and at his age (now 65), jobs are hard to find; GOOD jobs, impossible. So he does without, much to his chagrin. But it's better for his "borderline" (his doc called it) COPD. Better for our budget too; I get by with very little of the stuff, an 8th oz every 2-3 months, but he's as bad with that stuff as we used to be with booze -- no such animal as "enough".
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With my job, yeah, it was too good to throw it away for a buzz. Why I once I decided not to do it for the job, I stuck with that. Always said one day I will resume being a burn out like I was before the career. That time is now as far as I am concerned yet I can understand where your hubby is coming from.
For me vaping costs more money.But I didn't start vaping to save money.I started vaping to save my life.
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This stuff will fix what ails you.
https://www.abbeyroast.com/collections/coffee-black-white
Made by The Benedictine Monks of Our Lady of Guadalupe Monastery.
I rolled or stuffed my own for years.So my costs were $60 every other month.Then when I got married my wife and I were smoking 2 packs a day.The cost went up to about $100 per month.
I spend way more on vaping than that.Not that I'm complaining.I'd spend far more if it means getting to see my grandchildren graduate college & walk down the aisle.
And yes I know making my own e-liquid would cost way less.
Thanks. And thank you to everyone! Andria I will try your Technique.
YQW anytime...Cheers!
Oh and let me know what you think of that coffee.Personally I love the stuff.
Yeah where is that wench anyway? It is 39 degrees here!Afternoon fugee's. Another nasty front moved thru last night but cant blame that on Atchaffy, it came from the north.....Must of been Lucy's doing
Hey but I did send you some rain he he heAfternoon fugee's. Another nasty front moved thru last night but cant blame that on Atchaffy, it came from the north.....Must of been Lucy's doing
We are in the 50's and still misting with what looks like some more rain comin.
Yeah my sister just texted me complaining about it. I couldn't even imagine living Alaska. Must be rough.
There is a nest on my back deck of wren eggs. I heard a ruckus a little bit a go and it was the parents fighting over a moth!
Ok, I was BAD today. Baked up a decadent meatloaf. Seasoned with a dash of Cayenne, dash of salt, fresh peppers, fresh onion---just a tad, and topped with freshly grated Parmesan cheese and parsley..............I'll diet tomorrow. lol
Mashed potatoes, freshly made ranch.........with a salad of Romaine, red onion, and chia seeds........
Rascal and me just dined on microwaved Salisbury steaks and instant potatoes. He wanted seconds and belched on me for compliments to the cook.
I love those too! Gravy........................mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm yeah!Rascal and me just dined on microwaved Salisbury steaks and instant potatoes. He wanted seconds and belched on me for compliments to the cook.
How about a little hippie music?
Dude that is so WRONG! No way to get that outta my head.Doncha just hate it when some stupid song gets stuck in your head.......
Yeah, me to
That's crazy how he flips those sticks around
My mom loved this
I dedicate this song to my mom. Because she loved Billy Idol and I did catch her fall.
And my favorite! The Balfa Brothers!!!!!
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I liked his music ok, but everytime I saw that sneer of his, I wanted to slap it off his face. Then slap him again just for making me slap him in the first place!
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I like a little INXS, but my fave by far is "What You Need" -- in my 20s I had a brief stint as a topless dancer, and everytime I hear that song, I wanna jump on a table and shake my moneymaker!
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Here's one of my alltime faves, from the 80s... I still try to dance to this song; I do a little better since I quit smoking, but still got asthma, so dancing must be done *carefully* !
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Doncha just hate it when some stupid song gets stuck in your head.......
Yeah, me to
I was a huuuuuuuuuuuge Sweet fan; had a couple of their albums, and once I won tickets to see Bob Seger, the Against the Wind tour I think, and Sweet was the opener -- I liked them from Ballroom Blitz, Fox on the Run, and later, Love is like Oxygen. Fantastic band!
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ETA: Ever notice how music makes a fantastic calendar? Ballroom Blitz, 7th grade; Fox on the Run, 9th grade; Love is like oxygen, 11th grade.
In 12th grade, towards the end of it, around my birthday, I got SERIOUSLY into Cheap Trick, because the Budokan album had just come out, and I got it for my 18th bday. I went to see them in various venues 3 diff times, because for rock in the 80s, they ROCKED.
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