Pretty sure that’s John Coffey.

Happy Birthday! Hope you have the best damn birthday ever!

G’mornin! I will not drink with you today.

I’m late today, but I didn’t and won’t drink with you today!

Welcome back, CG! Hope you had a beautiful time, man!

Groundhog Day, again!? I’m in! I quit counting days, but it’s been a while here! I will not drink with you this day (again)!!!

Evening, y’all! So far so good, I’m not drinking with you this day!

Thanks, FT.

I’ll edit the post and add a link at the bottom.

Finally fuckin Friday!

I will not drink with you today!!

There’s a great episode of the Timesuck podcast (episode 165: Simo Hayha: White Death)

I’m not going to link to it, because I’m not sure of the thread rules, but it’s a seriously well done and researched podcast on the life of this sniper.

(Edit: 22 MAR 2024 10:47 EST)

Here’s a link to “Timesuck episode 165: Simo Hayha: White Death” (I’ll use a YouTube link, probably more widely accessible)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLyJ8d6Jq_E

G’mornin, y’all! I will not drink with you’ns today!

That made me giggle.

Thanks, Z!

Gray matter, brain, mind, The Boys In The Basement, etc… The part of us that soaks everything up, mentally… just something to focus on. The more immersed in something I get, the less I tend to crave getting shit-hammered to try to shut my thoughts down. (And, honestly, alcohol tends to do the opposite of that, anyways… I would drink to “forget” but the effect was almost always to focus intensely on all the shittiest parts of whatever it was that I was trying to forget in the first place…) Just something I found funny for a moment.

G’mornin! I will stay sober with this wonderful bunch of sweet-assed sober people this day! Mid-week humpday blues, maybe… But, I’m gonna dig in and get the old gray sponge occupied this morning.

Twosday! I will be not drinking with you guys’n gals this damn day.

Hope y’all have as good a time or better than we did! And definitely wish ya better luck if you’re fishing! That’s pretty much the only kinda camping we do, no facilities, no worries. But, now the workweek is back and it’s time to break the donuts.

Holy shit! I didn’t even realize it was Saint Patty’s!! That’s gotta be a good sign for my sobriety!!! Went camping/catfishing/dryland fishing Friday and just got back. The whole haul for the weekend was a big ol filthy carp I caught yesterday morning (28"er) but still had a fuckin ball! Can’t fucking believe I didn’t even know it was Saint Patty’s Day!! About time to start spring cleaning for us, too… Fuck, I dread it…

Tried the vape thing years ago and it didn’t make a dent in it for me… but, I know others that got off cigarettes by using them. Never hurts you give it a shot.

Right. Can’t blame ya, there. I’m choochin two packs a day, creature of habit. But, I’m not a spring chicken anymore, not entirely out of shape or anything, still active and all, but I’m feeling the out of breath thing these days and I’d like to ditch em just for health and stamina reasons. I kinda like to smoke, though… Keeps my hands engaged.

Finally Friday. I will not drink with you this day.