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Every day being a quitter is making you more and more of a WINNER!
Keep It UP!!!
Keep It UP!!!
No one has commented on your improved aroma yet?
True. However, I've seen some fellow rocketeers' projects, including motors, make a table saw look like a moderate investment.$2,500 saw
Or a
$200 Rocket
I agree ld take the Saw too, if I could afford it.
If you feel so inclined, set yourself a reward, like maybe buying some exotic kit, or a bunch of motors, once you've reached some milestone.
My wife and I have started a diet of eliminating almost all bread, so it's a "lower carb" diet. I'm not eliminating all carbs, that's pretty drastic for us.
My reward is a new SawStop cabinet table saw if I lose about 20 lbs. -- getting down under 190. No rocketry rewards for me -- I basically have more than a lifetime supply of kits!
If you feel so inclined, set yourself a reward, like maybe buying some exotic kit, or a bunch of motors, once you've reached some milestone.
My wife and I have started a diet of eliminating almost all bread, so it's a "lower carb" diet. I'm not eliminating all carbs, that's pretty drastic for us.
My reward is a new SawStop cabinet table saw if I lose about 20 lbs. -- getting down under 190. No rocketry rewards for me -- I basically have more than a lifetime supply of kits!
I'm at $151.77 savings so far, and going strong. I no longer constantly wish I were smoking. I do have these moments where I'd just like to go outside for a smoke break. But the nicotine craving has mostly left.
The going outside thing, well, I've tried just going out there, and I get outside, and wonder what am I doing out here? If I have no cigarette to smoke, it feels silly, and I feel a bit unsatisfied.
I was using a vaping pen (no nicotine) for a while, but that was just a bit of mild flavor. And it's vegetable oil. A coworker who's also quitting and I talked about vaping today, and she mentioned that heavy vapers get a layer of oil on their windshields from vaping in their cars, and have to clean it with alcohol. Since I'm not getting anything other than a very mild flavor from that, I've decided I don't need that. And I don't want a nicotine vape - why keep putting it into my system if I'm trying to kick the addiction?
I had a pipe last time I tried quitting, and I'd cheat with that thing pretty hard. I'd go out several times an evening to smoke my pipe - you know, like a gentleman - but I'd inhale all of it. I'm not going back to that.
So, I'm no longer climbing the walls, but have a vague sense if dissatisfaction from time to time when I feel like it would be a good moment to go outside for a lovely cigarette. I think back to how I started - rolling my own with a nice, damp tobacco from Holland - and crave that. Marlboro has nothing on that stuff, but it was pretty easy. Still, I don't know where I'd get my Amsterdam Shag, and it would just get me back to smoking again.
So, I'm just going to stick with it, go to bed if I get bored and want to step outside. I've been in a bit of a funk lately and haven't been rocket building. I imagine that will come back soon. Sometimes I step outside and have an apple - that seems to help. Of course, I can't really eat 20 apples a day. That seems unpractical.
As to the shopping list, I lost my Jolly Logic Chute Release at my last launch, and now I can afford one without cutting into my normal bank account - it's all cigarette money, i.e. gravy. I'm going to splurge on a MDRM soon. I know, it's not the most expensive rocket, but I try not to spend to much on a single kit. Might be the most expensive one I'll have bought so far.
Then, there will be the NCR Archer, a new Chute Release of course, some altimeters, some motors... It'll be nice to afford a HAZMAT charge, which, I'll have to remind myself, will be less than three days' cigarettes would have been. That's kept me from ordering some motors I've wanted to try out.
Of all the saws out there, what made you pick the Saw Stop?
Thirsty,
Wow, you are doing great! My wife and I are making fruit smoothies for breakfast, so we are getting more sugar than I'd like, but I've lost about 3 lbs. in roughly 2 weeks. I've eliminated sodas, which is a huge amount of sugar. I got my wife to quit drinking diet sodas, I just don't think they help on diets. Cutting out all the bread and things like chips is the toughest, but probably one of the best things we've done.
The artificial sugars used in "diet" sodas are linked to weight gain because they trick your body into not using its intrinic methods for dealing with sugar. After you drink it, your brain realizes that it's sweet, so it attempts to deal with the sugar. However, as there are no affects after ingestion, you end up training your brain to ignore it when sugar is ingested and allowing more of the sugar to be eventually stored as fat.
Can't remember all the details, but that's the gist of it.
Woody,
Woody, for me, the SawStop is a beautiful saw that just happens to have flesh-sensing technology. I have a contractors saw now with 1.75HP, and it struggles to cut hardwoods, even with a new Forrest blade. I own a Festool track saw which I use for breaking down sheet goods, but for ripping hardwood strips, nothing beats a cabinet saw.
Four years ago I had an accident and cut off about 1/2" of my left thumb. I could have lost multiple fingers. I was fortunate. I had excellent recovery, and have full use of my thumb, just not 100% feelings -- I'd guess 80%. Good enough that most days I don't think about it. I've got about 50 years of woodworking experience, but all it takes is one careless move. I use safety push blocks called GRR-Rippers now, which are great push blocks. But I want more power, greater accuracy, and the SawStop does that and more. If I had the room I'd probably buy a Hammer slider saw, but I'm not sure I could get it into my basement shop! If SawStop wasn't around, I'd likely get a Powermatic or Delta. I've got a Powermatic bandsaw which has proved to be an excellent tool. There are some really good cabinet saws on the market.
When this is all over, I would be interested to hear how much (if at all) discussing this online helped you get through it.
I kind of which I could help in some way but I don't think there's much I can do other than lend moral support.
Likewise! I'll be checking back. Important to know how diets go for others, and to bring on the guilt and shame if I slack off! I'm tired of clothes feeling tighter every winter, and struggling to get back to my summer weight. That, and the nagging from my doctor at my annual physical every December.Good luck to both of us!
That's good enough reason. The electronics cost around $100 each time you trip the brake.
I hope you never have to replace the electronics.
I had a PM2000. JessEm router table on the left, bench block w/vise on the right.
I miss my shop, more than I can say.
Grippers are nice add, really safe.
But it's winter. I have plenty of time to go shopping. Next launch isn't till April.
[Edit: How did I ever afford to be a smoker? Especially a smoker and rocketeer??]
Report time... Still smoke free. I wasn't smoking heavily, so I've only earned about $35. I set my price at a $550 M2000 to launch my L3 rocket again. So looking at it as 6.35% has me motivated to not lose that accumulation. If everything goes according to plan, my wife had agreed to let me by it and fly it at MWP.
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