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I get my rest and good sleep. And the 90 proof special reserve won't be added at lunch, dinner, or just snacking around. Plus, I like to get something accomplished, early in the day, so I carry that sense of accomplishment through the day. The grey cat clan, including one black, one calico, plus the 5 grey ones that have managed to remain here, have been feasting on roasted turkey breast for two days No wonder, I live in abject poverty... Heheh

Nicotine & caffeine for me. This morning, some Egg Nog, idk, if it's healthy or not. I did add a dollop of 12 year old Weller. Happy Holidays!

George Burns famously smoked cigars daily. Lived to 100. Che Guevara famously smoked cigars and didn't make it to 50. So ymwv, I'm no doctor, and am not prescribing or diagnosing here. I doubt it was cigar smoking that finished off Che Guevara. Maybe, stirring up revolutions in South America was the culprit So, a word to those who strive for longevity, don't go and get yourself executed.

We were not talking about other chemicals; we were specifically speaking nicotine. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-leading-edge/202506/the-hidden-healing-power-of-nicotine https://www.vumc.org/ccm/whynicotine

Nicotine? Oh yeah that's what's found in potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, and egg plants, used as a defense against insects.

Thank You Taomeow for sharing that. Endeavor to persevere. Resilient rhymes with resistant. No one is accusing me of "sanity" & I ain't everyone's cup of tea either. And a former mod team/admin once labeled me a 'cowboy' Well, the similarities I have in common with Clint likely end somewhere around there This thread is about keeping on keeping on. And doing it well. So dear bums, many of you in your youth, or arriving at some number, that may be messing a little with your mind,, Compare and contrast Dick and Clint. Both are still kicking. This thread gonna run like the Energizer bunny.

I will provide an example that shows the problem does go on in purely technical physical sciences too, and has a long history . Back in the 1960s, during Cold War era, when it seemed there was nothing that good ol American engineering couldn't accomplish; especially with aircraft, Lockheed and Boeing announced they would produce supersonic passenger jets. For them, the sky was not a limit. However, the Concorde and a 😱 Russian TU144 achieved supersonic passenger aircraft before America. And into the 70s, Boeing still hadn't come up with one, science stepped in, warning about "potential" ozone damage. So, corruption and greed, has been around in human nature a long long time, and likely will remain until the end of days

Oh, I forgot this is a poetry thread. The truth is bent for gold, What pure inquiry knew. A noble purpose bought and sold, For what the balance sheet will hold The measured, merchant's due