Greetings from Cedar City, Utah! I like the way this site is laid out and my thanks to Edge for getting me hooked up. I am a 58 year old fart that has been retired as a catskinner (30 years) for the past 3 years! My wife is also retired (school teacher) and we live in Cedar City, Utah. I build custom motorcycles (choppers) and run a business repairing HD's and other American V-Twins under the name of Iron County Choppers. As incentive to quit a 40 year tobbacco habit, my wife (Marsha) bought me an '04 MCS that is loaded with every custom option including a complete JCW performance package. The mini is in showroom condition and keeps a permanent smile on my mug! I do all of my own wrenching and look forward to learning more about this incredible ride. I will post pics of my sled when I check into the site more. The name Doof is short for Doofus Dave and you should be able to fill in the blanks! Later

 

Welcome to NAM! And good luck kickin' the 'bacco!

 

Welcome to NAM and Mini motoring!.......and 58 is not old

 

Thanks for the welcome and support! I will kick it in the butt and my cessation date is when I get back from a chopper event that I'm showing my newest creation at in Cottonwood, Arizona (Smokeout West). Doof

 

My body doesn't agree with you! Bulldozer work has a tendancy to wear you out prematurly. But, I have a young mind and rock and roll keeps me going! Doof

 

Welcome, Doof, and best of luck with the MINI and kicking the habit.

 

Hello Dave,

You will be a welcome addition to NAM! Sounds like you've got a nice car, send us some pics when you can.

I quit 15 years ago and it's one of the greatest accomplishments in my life. Hint for the day. Do stuff often where you wouldn't use tobbacco. I took my wife to the movies every night for a month. She loved it!

Good luck, I'm rooting for you!

 

Welcome to NAM, Dave! 58 is the new 35! Congrats on your MINI and on kicking the habit! If you post here a whole lot, it will keep your hands busy and you won't be able to smoke! Post some pix of your ride for us!

 

Welcome and I'm trying to kick the habit too.....:impatient

 

Another old fart here, 59 in a few weeks. Sounds like you have a great little toy. My second new MINI was an 04 JCW and it was a quick little devil. Good luck with kicking the tobacco thing. I quit in '79 and am so glad that I did.

 

Welcome, and good luck on kicking the habbit.

 

Welcome Doof. I quit smoking quite a few years ago on the 15th attempt. The thing different about the 15th attempt I acquired from an Alaskan logger . . . (tired out and converted to Alaskan logging truck driver by the time I met him). . . any way what helped me was focusing on the pleasures of not smoking. The pleasures: The way taste comes back, especially the good taste of your significant other (for example, don't wear white socks after August); smell, especially the smell of chiles roasting in the supermarket parking lot in September (you'll have to drive your MINI to New Mexico to experience it); pride, making one's own decisions instead of having an addiction make it. Oh, the other trick, I drank a beer every time I wanted a cigarette. This pretty much assures you'll be thrown out of the 7-11 and won't be able to buy cigarettes.

 

Oh my Gutt! Oh, er, you mean habit, not Hobbit. Oh, that's okay.

 

Great handle doof!
Cedar City is a beautiful city, I expect to see pictures of your MINI at Cedar Breaks, Zion, etc.
Welcome to NAM!

 

Thanks for the warm welcome and support on the cessation I'll be confronting next Monday! I just want it to go away with me being in charge for a change. My sweetie (Marsha) and I have been together for over 40 years and maybe I can clean up my insides and enjoy what time I have left with her, my kids (3) and my 10 grandchildren. Marsha and I are going to take our tent trailer and camp out in our beautiful mountains for a week without the smokes interrupting everything I do. My question is, what do I do after sex if I can't have a smoke? Anyway, cheers to you all and I'll keep you abreast of my success. I'll send some pics of my Coop, fam and choppers when I get over the first month of the withdrawal. Doof

 

Hang in there Doof, it takes awhile but well worth it. I quit in 86 and there are still times when I think about lighting up, but I know I'm addicted and can never touch tobacco again. From one old fart [73] to another, YOU CAN DO IT!!

 

Doof, from one '49 er to another, welcome to NAM and the wonderful world of MINI ownership. Hope you decide to stay awhile!

 

Well, I got my first speeding ticket(40 over) in 43 years of driving and the fine is more than the new tires I just bought for the Coop! I don't have a track nearby to rid the testosterone levels, so, I guess I need to install a governor on the motor or a good failsafe fuzzbuster! Young cop that busted me acted like he hadn't had sex for a long time. He told me that if I didn't shut up (I was pretty unruly) that he would handcuff and arrest me and put the Coop in impound. I went off the chart after that and told him that he better get some backup since I told him he wasn't going to do it by himself! Anyway, he called for another officer and luckily I knew him and he calmed me down and I only had to deal with the citation. I feel pretty lucky after the fact! Anyway, just needed to vent here since my nerves are all fired up:impatient Later- Doof