General Discussion - 2014

[Nolaq]

Would you rather have the ability to fly or be invisible?

Hmm... both are pretty tremendous.

I think I'd say fly. Not that being invisible wouldn't be all kinds of awesome too.

Definitely fly. This reminds me of a joke:

" Superman was feeling bored after a long streak of crime fighting and wanted to go out and party, so he called Batman to ask if he wanted to go to a club and pick up some girls.

Batman said Robin was ill and he had to look after him.

A little disappointed, Superman called Spiderman to see if he fancied a few beers. Spiderman told him he had a date with Cat Woman.

As a last resort, Superman flew over to Wonder Woman's apartment to see if she was free. As he landed on her balcony, he saw Wonder Woman naked on the bed with her legs wide open.

Superman thought to himself: "I'm faster than a speeding bullet, I could be in there, have sex, and be out again before she knew what was happening."

So Superman did his super thing in a split second and flew off happily.

Meanwhile on the bed, Wonder Woman said: "Did you hear something?"

"No!" said the Invisible Man, "But it tore my butt up!"

That is awesome! Great joke

There is a special place in Hell for you, G...and I hope it includes Butt secks. Lots of Butt secks...

[Idaho Spuds]

Would you rather have the ability to fly or be invisible?

Hmm... both are pretty tremendous.

I think I'd say fly. Not that being invisible wouldn't be all kinds of awesome too.

Definitely fly. This reminds me of a joke:

" Superman was feeling bored after a long streak of crime fighting and wanted to go out and party, so he called Batman to ask if he wanted to go to a club and pick up some girls.

Batman said Robin was ill and he had to look after him.

A little disappointed, Superman called Spiderman to see if he fancied a few beers. Spiderman told him he had a date with Cat Woman.

As a last resort, Superman flew over to Wonder Woman's apartment to see if she was free. As he landed on her balcony, he saw Wonder Woman naked on the bed with her legs wide open.

Superman thought to himself: "I'm faster than a speeding bullet, I could be in there, have sex, and be out again before she knew what was happening."

So Superman did his super thing in a split second and flew off happily.

Meanwhile on the bed, Wonder Woman said: "Did you hear something?"

"No!" said the Invisible Man, "But it tore my butt up!"

That is awesome! Great joke

[G]

Would you rather have the ability to fly or be invisible?

Hmm... both are pretty tremendous.

I think I'd say fly. Not that being invisible wouldn't be all kinds of awesome too.

Definitely fly. This reminds me of a joke:

" Superman was feeling bored after a long streak of crime fighting and wanted to go out and party, so he called Batman to ask if he wanted to go to a club and pick up some girls.

Batman said Robin was ill and he had to look after him.

A little disappointed, Superman called Spiderman to see if he fancied a few beers. Spiderman told him he had a date with Cat Woman.

As a last resort, Superman flew over to Wonder Woman's apartment to see if she was free. As he landed on her balcony, he saw Wonder Woman naked on the bed with her legs wide open.

Superman thought to himself: "I'm faster than a speeding bullet, I could be in there, have sex, and be out again before she knew what was happening."

So Superman did his super thing in a split second and flew off happily.

Meanwhile on the bed, Wonder Woman said: "Did you hear something?"

"No!" said the Invisible Man, "But it tore my butt up!"

[chewie]

Would you rather have the ability to fly or be invisible?

Hmm... both are pretty tremendous.

I think I'd say fly. Not that being invisible wouldn't be all kinds of awesome too.

[Idaho Spuds]

Would you rather have the ability to fly or be invisible?

[Heisenberg]

Curt Schilling Reveals He Was Diagnosed With Mouth Cancer in February, Believes Chewing Tobacco Was the Cause
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/r ... mouth.html

"I do believe without a doubt, unquestionably that chewing is what gave me cancer..." ~ Curt Schilling

At the end of the article he states that he had a heart attack in 2011. You can't convince me tobacco was not a factor in that, it affects your heart and circulation. When I stand up I get super light-headed often. Been better since I quit but was pretty bad before. Scary stuff. Stay quit boys and girls.

I thought Curt quit dipping back in 2003, I remember reading an article about it. So my question is can you still get oral cancer even after you've quit for 10 years or is there any evidence he never quit in the first place? Just curious.

This story from 1998 says he started in 1985.

This story quotes him as saying he dipped for about 30 years.

And this story says he quit for 1 1/2 years, then started again while golfing.

Once the damage is done it is done. But over time the risks reduce.
http://www.killthecan.org/additional-re ... timetable/

Thanks for the info...I'll pass this on to my friend.

[Idaho Spuds]

Curt Schilling Reveals He Was Diagnosed With Mouth Cancer in February, Believes Chewing Tobacco Was the Cause
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/r ... mouth.html

"I do believe without a doubt, unquestionably that chewing is what gave me cancer..." ~ Curt Schilling

At the end of the article he states that he had a heart attack in 2011. You can't convince me tobacco was not a factor in that, it affects your heart and circulation. When I stand up I get super light-headed often. Been better since I quit but was pretty bad before. Scary stuff. Stay quit boys and girls.

I thought Curt quit dipping back in 2003, I remember reading an article about it. So my question is can you still get oral cancer even after you've quit for 10 years or is there any evidence he never quit in the first place? Just curious.

This story from 1998 says he started in 1985.

This story quotes him as saying he dipped for about 30 years.

And this story says he quit for 1 1/2 years, then started again while golfing.

Once the damage is done it is done. But over time the risks reduce.
http://www.killthecan.org/additional-re ... timetable/

[redyota]

Hi folks. Tony here, from Nov '14. Just wanted to vent about how much it pisses me off when anyone who is in the process of quitting talks about how much they love/miss their brand of choice. I wasted almost a decade killing myself with the nasty shit. Countless dollars that could be used to pay off my education. Instead, all i got was receded gums and a lifetime of worry about every sore or irregularity that shows up in my mouth. I don't understand how a quitter could possibly say they love or miss it. I think my hatred of chewing and of myself for doing it so long is a huge part of my motivation. Sorry for the rant, just think its BS when I see quitters talk positively of the very thing that has ruined portions of all of our lives, and i think im just having some dip rage. FUCK NIC.

That is the right mindset, young jedi!

What you are describing is called romanticizing dip... and if not addressed will always prove deadly to a quit.

This addiction is like any other addiction in most ways. For some the sense of "loss" when they quit can be quite acute. My recommendation to those folks is to remember why they are here, look at cancer pictures, read the stories at the top of words of wisdom, and read all of the unethical things that big tobacco has done to keep generations of people hooked, selling death for profit. In short, those people need to get pissed at what was done to them... and how it could have impacted them and their family.

Nice post, Tony. 30 had a guy in his group who romanticized the Kodiak for a long time. He even wrote a story about how he killed the bear. Posted a line to the story each day with roll call.

He really just put the bear in a coma. Around 300 days in or so, he woke the bear up and let it eat him.

Those butt munchin merchants of death couldn't pay me enough to ingest their poison anymore.

I hearby swear...

I WILL use the term "butt munchin merchants of death" at least once in conversation today...

I really want to hear how that went yesterday...

[chewie]

Physical exam of Jim Kelly shows no evidence of cancer
http://www.si.com/nfl/2014/08/20/jim-ke ... -radiation

YES!!! Talk about some GOOD news for today!!!

"'The treatments so far have completely eliminated Mr. Kelly's pain, and his level of function has essentially returned to normal. Further, on physical examination, there is no evidence of the cancer.'"

[lighty7]

Curt Schilling Reveals He Was Diagnosed With Mouth Cancer in February, Believes Chewing Tobacco Was the Cause
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/r ... mouth.html

"I do believe without a doubt, unquestionably that chewing is what gave me cancer..." ~ Curt Schilling

At the end of the article he states that he had a heart attack in 2011. You can't convince me tobacco was not a factor in that, it affects your heart and circulation. When I stand up I get super light-headed often. Been better since I quit but was pretty bad before. Scary stuff. Stay quit boys and girls.

I thought Curt quit dipping back in 2003, I remember reading an article about it. So my question is can you still get oral cancer even after you've quit for 10 years or is there any evidence he never quit in the first place? Just curious.

This story from 1998 says he started in 1985.

This story quotes him as saying he dipped for about 30 years.

And this story says he quit for 1 1/2 years, then started again while golfing.

Thanks Remshot - I'm sure lots of people were just like Heisenberg, um just asking for a friend......

I love how all these ballplayers also say they only dip during the season - like anyone believes that.

[Remshot]

Curt Schilling Reveals He Was Diagnosed With Mouth Cancer in February, Believes Chewing Tobacco Was the Cause
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/r ... mouth.html

"I do believe without a doubt, unquestionably that chewing is what gave me cancer..." ~ Curt Schilling

At the end of the article he states that he had a heart attack in 2011. You can't convince me tobacco was not a factor in that, it affects your heart and circulation. When I stand up I get super light-headed often. Been better since I quit but was pretty bad before. Scary stuff. Stay quit boys and girls.

I thought Curt quit dipping back in 2003, I remember reading an article about it. So my question is can you still get oral cancer even after you've quit for 10 years or is there any evidence he never quit in the first place? Just curious.

This story from 1998 says he started in 1985.

This story quotes him as saying he dipped for about 30 years.

And this story says he quit for 1 1/2 years, then started again while golfing.

[Remshot]

Curt Schilling Reveals He Was Diagnosed With Mouth Cancer in February, Believes Chewing Tobacco Was the Cause
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/r ... mouth.html

"I do believe without a doubt, unquestionably that chewing is what gave me cancer..." ~ Curt Schilling

At the end of the article he states that he had a heart attack in 2011. You can't convince me tobacco was not a factor in that, it affects your heart and circulation. When I stand up I get super light-headed often. Been better since I quit but was pretty bad before. Scary stuff. Stay quit boys and girls.

I thought Curt quit dipping back in 2003, I remember reading an article about it. So my question is can you still get oral cancer even after you've quit for 10 years or is there any evidence he never quit in the first place? Just curious.

This story from 1998 says he started in 1985.

This story quotes him as saying he dipped for about 30 years.

[Heisenberg]

Curt Schilling Reveals He Was Diagnosed With Mouth Cancer in February, Believes Chewing Tobacco Was the Cause
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/r ... mouth.html

"I do believe without a doubt, unquestionably that chewing is what gave me cancer..." ~ Curt Schilling

At the end of the article he states that he had a heart attack in 2011. You can't convince me tobacco was not a factor in that, it affects your heart and circulation. When I stand up I get super light-headed often. Been better since I quit but was pretty bad before. Scary stuff. Stay quit boys and girls.

I thought Curt quit dipping back in 2003, I remember reading an article about it. So my question is can you still get oral cancer even after you've quit for 10 years or is there any evidence he never quit in the first place? Just curious.

[Tony S]

Curt Schilling Reveals He Was Diagnosed With Mouth Cancer in February, Believes Chewing Tobacco Was the Cause
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/r ... mouth.html

"I do believe without a doubt, unquestionably that chewing is what gave me cancer..." ~ Curt Schilling

At the end of the article he states that he had a heart attack in 2011. You can't convince me tobacco was not a factor in that, it affects your heart and circulation. When I stand up I get super light-headed often. Been better since I quit but was pretty bad before. Scary stuff. Stay quit boys and girls.

[Kdip]

Curt Schilling Reveals He Was Diagnosed With Mouth Cancer in February, Believes Chewing Tobacco Was the Cause
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/r ... mouth.html

"I do believe without a doubt, unquestionably that chewing is what gave me cancer..." ~ Curt Schilling

Hope that will be another nail in the coffin for smokeless tobacco use in the major leagues!!!!!