Re: A Fresnell lens for heat

On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:49:10 -0800, Rich Grise <richgrise@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

If you don't want to smoke, just don't smoke. It's just that simple.

It is indeed that simple, a mere matter of will and discipline. I
enjoyed it for many years but I mustn't now because of cardiac issues
so I don't and won't. I don't mind if others around me do, doesn't
bother me a bit. That said, after I quit in May of '08 my young
neighbors on both sides quit a few months later.

As you get older, e.g. after you retire and have time, you might want
to walk more than a mile a day. I do three miles every day at a pace
the Army calls quicktime as defined in FM 22-5. Mary does her three at
a slightly slower pace and not up and down the hills that are on my
outdoor routes but she does 'em every day and there's no way she'll
let me shirk without a large ration of sting she can deliver so well.
No wonder I love her so... and she's such a good shot to boot.

I thought I had very low risk of lung cancer because there is zero
history of any cancer in my lineage of many smokers. While not
doubting the surgeon general's findings, I still think that. Smoking
undeniably increases risk of lung cancer for the population in general
but there are other very relevant variables that strongly affect the
risk for each individual. Some can get away with it, others can't.

The other variable is congestive heart disease and failure. There
are multiple factors to that also, including heredity. My heart rate
was considered high when I had my physical at Fort Belvoir at age 21.
I sat bareassed on a bench with a tag on my toe while they decided
whether or not to accept me. They decided to accept me. Smokes were
19 cents a pack at the PX and commissary in those days, and were
included in MRE rations.

Smoking would be unwise and foolish for me now because nicotine would
interfere with beta-blocker drugs that have recently become a daily
regimen for me.

I can live with that. Getting old is not for sissies.

I certainly am not an antismoker zealot and I disdain P.C. zealots in
pursuit of superiority re any subject including but not limited to
smoking. As we said when appropriate back in my military days,
"smoke 'em if ya gottem."




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