Posted by Ernie
on 5/3/2009, 9:46 am, in reply to "Ernie, tell us more please!"
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Hi Mick,
With respect to your statement, "She hacked her ass off..." this wasn't entirely the case. When we were together she had only been smoking for about 10 years at that point, and her tar and flem build-up was far from the toxic sludge level in her lungs. If her smoking amount continued, in five years she would have been coughing up a lung every morning.
She was (and maybe still is) a medium to heavy smoker and did not like or smoke light cigarettes. At the same time she didn't smoke the highest tar cigarettes either. She hated American cigarettes and her brand of choice was the Canadian "Export A" blue pack.
With respect to her three cigarettes on the exercise bike in the morning, I think there were a number of reasons for doing this. She was never overly health conscious, and apart for the occasional walk at night, she only rode her bike in the morning. She also didn't have any tention on the wheel so essentially she was just moving her legs and working her heart a bit (the cigarettes probably worked the heart more).
She was an emotional woman, but rarely outwardly expressed it, which was one of the reasons I think she smoked. Because she started so young I think she was also very addicted to nicotine, and would hold her drags in sometimes which would seem forever.
In a lot of ways she was the best girlfriend I ever had, and when we broke up, it was without question my loss. Since these posts started I have been thinking about her more than I should. I hooked up with an older woman last weekend, and the sex was incredible (she also smoked for me but had quit five years earlier). But it wasn't what I had all those years ago. I often wonder if I will ever have that kind of feeling and experience again.
Ernie
--Previous Message--
: "occasionally coughing to clear the flem
: from her throat and lungs" ...Ernie,
: call it what it is: She hacked her ass off
: to cough up the tar and sludge from smoking
: - and it likely this happened during
: exercise as smoking and exercise are like
: two opposite sides of the spectrum!
:
: I would love it if you shared how she
: rationalized or justified smoking, given she
: must of had some commitment to fitness if
: she biked every morning - please - do
: tell!!!
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