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[Sharps '74]

Smoke if you gottem. When I joined the Army smoke breaks and smoking seemed compulsory.

Yeah, I remember .....

Our line crew would be working on a pole installation and someone would call a 'smoke break'. I'd continue working. Finally, I got smart and when they quit for a smoke, I'd down tools and sit on my ass or lean on a shovel.

When asked what the hell I was doing, I said - "Equal time break". Caused a little kerfuffle until I said "Charge me." No problem after that .....

Smokers wasted more man hours than any nose picker or navel gazer ever did.

 

[Sharps '74]

My dad learned to smoke in the army, it relieves boredom and stress, he never quit, until it killed him. Grizz

Relieves boredom and stress until a smoker can't get his fix. Then things go to hell pretty quick.

 

[VanIsleCam]

Relieves boredom and stress until a smoker can't get his fix. Then things go to hell pretty quick.

I quit 3 years ago, and remember during my second attempt my wife saying "Well maybe you need to smoke to relieve stress?" My response: "If smoking relieved stress, smokers would be the most relaxed people in the world".

 

[Tikka223]

Yeah, I remember .....

Our line crew would be working on a pole installation and someone would call a 'smoke break'. I'd continue working. Finally, I got smart and when they quit for a smoke, I'd down tools and sit on my ass or lean on a shovel.

When asked what the hell I was doing, I said - "Equal time break". Caused a little kerfuffle until I said "Charge me." No problem after that .....

Smokers wasted more man hours than any nose picker or navel gazer ever did.

Amen to that!

 

[diopter]

I quite back in 1998. Used Zyban to help quite. Think I stayed awake for close to 2 week due to Zyban.
Not sure whether the Zyban did it(made me quite) or whether no longer thinking of myself as a smoker did.

 

[Grizzly Adams]

I quite back in 1998. Used Zyban to help quite. Think I stayed awake for close to 2 week due to Zyban.
Not sure whether the Zyban did it(made me quite) or whether no longer thinking of myself as a smoker did.

Think that's Adolf Galland in the middle pic with the cigar. His aircraft logo poked a little fun at his unique nose.

Grizz

 

[AP]

I remember squatting in CP’s during an ‘O’ group with my eyes stinging from cigarette and pipe smoke barely able to see the map or my notes. I was always impressed with guys that new exactly which pocket in their combats they had their cigarettes ... until I realized that some guys had a package of smokes in every pocket!!

 

[Kampfhamster]

Relieves boredom and stress until a smoker can't get his fix. Then things go to hell pretty quick.

During a shooting class with the NCO-club we had quite an interesting situation: One guy would start complaining and get nervous because he didn't get his fix for 3 hours. It didn't occur to him that he was the only smoker in a group of ten.

 

[bearhunter]

During a shooting class with the NCO-club we had quite an interesting situation: One guy would start complaining and get nervous because he didn't get his fix for 3 hours. It didn't occur to him that he was the only smoker in a group of ten.

I saw a fellow that got himself killed because he just had to fire up his home rolled TUMBAKU. You could see the smoke and smell that pernicious weed for a couple of hundred yards, if you were downwind of it. He would chew on the darned things for hours and when he got excited, just had to fire it up. Bad habits can kill you.

The ambush failed as well.

Luckily he was the only casualty.

None of the women liked him to get near them. His teeth, very important to a Matabele', were stained dark brown from the African Tumbaku, which was foul smelling and very strong. He also reeked of smell and it seemed to ooze from his pores when he sweat.

 

[uglydukwling]

I had a friend who had quit, but he started again because he said smoking helped with the depression his chemo caused.

My mother-in-law was never able to quit until her Alzheimer's progressed to the point that she forgot she smoked.

Another friend smokes constantly, including while he reloads ammunition.

 

[johnny rotten]

Is that a B26 in the pics above
Looks like tight quarters in there
Literally just enough room for bombs, fuel, and flight controls with the crew squeezed in as an afterthought
Crewing one of those planes must have sucked if you were a tall guy

 

[Kampfhamster]

I saw a fellow that got himself killed because he just had to fire up his home rolled TUMBAKU. You could see the smoke and smell that pernicious weed for a couple of hundred yards, if you were downwind of it. He would chew on the darned things for hours and when he got excited, just had to fire it up. Bad habits can kill you.

The ambush failed as well.

Luckily he was the only casualty.

None of the women liked him to get near them. His teeth, very important to a Matabele', were stained dark brown from the African Tumbaku, which was foul smelling and very strong. He also reeked of smell and it seemed to ooze from his pores when he sweat.

that sure sucks.

 

[ipscgraz]

Not sure where this is from; I found it in my web travels. I am assuming it was a training pic for the USMC.

The only thing I have is

Diagram of the potential ways a Japanese soldier could potentially try to destroy a M4 Sherman.

 

[Sharps '74]

Smokers can't be trusted o do the right thing.

A couple of years back when we had a VERY dry spring and summer, the wild fire hazard was off the scale. Thousands of hectares went up in smoke and there were mass evacuations. It still didn't stop smokers from ejecting butts from their vehicles. A few fines were issued, but not enough.

In my basic, we were told that a smart patrol leader would pat down his people looking for stashed cigarettes. In our innocence, we asked why and were told that you couldn't trust a smoker not to light up at the worst possible moment.

I still remember the pungent odour of Deutscher tobacco smoke in the steubens at railway stations where the air was blue. Just as rank in the field.

 

[bearhunter]

that sure sucks.

It sure did for him. We definitely missed him.

 

[x westie]

Not sure where this is from; I found it in my web travels. I am assuming it was a training pic for the USMC.

The only thing I have is

Interesting the wire cages over the crew’s hatches

 

[ArmedGinger]

Interesting the wire cages over the crew’s hatches

Haven't seen cages but I have seen them with spikes!

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

Tank's on fire - throw open the hatch and reach up to lever yourself out. Mind the spikes...

 

[Grizzly Adams]

Interesting the wire cages over the crew’s hatches

Imagined being buttoned up in there, in tropical heat.

Grizz

 

[purple]

Smokers can't be trusted o do the right thing.

A couple of years back when we had a VERY dry spring and summer, the wild fire hazard was off the scale. Thousands of hectares went up in smoke and there were mass evacuations. It still didn't stop smokers from ejecting butts from their vehicles. A few fines were issued, but not enough.

In my basic, we were told that a smart patrol leader would pat down his people looking for stashed cigarettes. In our innocence, we asked why and were told that you couldn't trust a smoker not to light up at the worst possible moment.

I still remember the pungent odour of Deutscher tobacco smoke in the steubens at railway stations where the air was blue. Just as rank in the field.

Chronic coughers and people with colds and sniffles were screened out of patrols too. I don't know about chronic farters though. Chines troops ate a lot of garlic and people said you could smell them.