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    Priorities, People

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    Image of TwiceShy TwiceShy
    04/02/09

    In reply to Priorities, People
    Ha! I can't explain the joy I get when I see smokers spend stupid money on cigarettes. I can't wait til prices go up again.
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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    04/01/09

    In reply to Priorities, People
    Cigarettes are very cheap in prison.
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    Image of HurtsSoGood HurtsSoGood
    04/01/09

    In reply to Priorities, People
    That's $105 a carton, if you're interested in doing the math. Assuming that a typical smoker will go through a carton a week (a very reasonable assumption), that's $5235 a year to support a bad habit that's slowly killing you. If you were well-off (and disciplined) enough to have socked away that kind of cash in your IRA starting at age 20, you could easily retire a millionaire. The principal alone invested in the "MattressFund" (TM) over a 40 year career would be $212,800.
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    Image of The Real JR The Real JR
    04/01/09

    @HurtsSoGood: Thank you for churning the numbers. I need to print your comment out and carry it with me to remind me.
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    Image of Dominant Glee Club Dominant Glee Club
    04/01/09

    In reply to Priorities, People
    Hudson Cafe wants $12. Cigarettes, influenza... I'm starting to think the Native Americans actually did win in the end. I'll be sure to ask when I head upstate to buy a $35 cartoon from them.
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    Image of J-No J-No
    04/01/09

    @The Dominant Glee Club: I once paid $14 for a pack of cigs. I stepped outside the building to go and smoke one and watched a woman get hit by a van while jay walking. So there's that.
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    Image of NoWireHangers NoWireHangers
    04/01/09

    In reply to Priorities, People
    So now smoking makes you cool and rich.
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    Image of mmstk101 mmstk101
    04/01/09

    @NoWireHangers: Don't forget beautiful/handsome.
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    Image of TheUptightMidwesterner TheUptightMidwesterner
    04/01/09

    In reply to Priorities, People
    I am smoke -free, surly and chunky. However, I am noticing that I have a lot more money. I like money more than my beloved MarbUltraLights right now, as much as I miss smoking.
    Also- how the hell is it that NY charges over 10 bucks and Minnesota only charges 6 and change?? I thought MN was the Uber-AntiSmoking State?
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    Image of HurtsSoGood HurtsSoGood
    04/01/09

    @TheUptightMidwesterner hasn't smoked in 48 days but is stil...: New York is the Smoke Nazi State. Nazis trump Uber-Antis by a large margin.
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    Image of skahammer skahammer
    04/01/09

    In reply to Priorities, People
    If you were really committed, you'd buy cartons. (From a guy named Joker who just drove up from Winston-Salem, probably.)


    Face it, you're the bull's-eye of the target market at which (nominally voluntary) excise taxes are aimed. My utterly self-interested advice to you is to keep paying them. So we can prop up Citi and everything.

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    Image of skahammer skahammer
    04/01/09

    @skahammer: Also maybe consider the purchase of some lottery tickets too.
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    Image of RonMwangaguhunga RonMwangaguhunga
    04/01/09

    In reply to Priorities, People
    A cigarette is just so damn good after a few beers. But I think this, finally, is the end for me and cigs.
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    Image of leonleonleon leonleonleon
    04/01/09

    In reply to Priorities, People
    I actually smoke because I plan on dying young
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    Image of belltolls belltolls
    04/01/09

    @leonleonleon: Fiery car wreck is way more memorable.
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    04/01/09

    In reply to Priorities, People
    No Bail Outs, but plenty of discolored teeth in your future, Hamilton!


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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    04/01/09

    @Spirit Fingers:
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    Image of mmstk101 mmstk101
    04/01/09

    @Mount_Prion: That is absolutely terrifying.
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    Image of The Real JR The Real JR
    04/01/09

    In reply to Priorities, People
    You now have heart disease.


    You now have emphysema.


    You now have fallen arches.


    You now have 80 points off your FICO score.


    You now have a general malaise coupled with ennui...

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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    04/01/09

    In reply to Priorities, People
    And god, it's $400+ for an ounce of good, ahem, uh...tobacco.
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    Image of AndIAmTellingYou AndIAmTellingYou
    04/01/09

    In reply to Priorities, People
    Take a quick PATH ride to Jersey City or Hoboken and buy them for about $6 a pack... or just quit!
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    04/01/09

    @AndIAmTellingYou: Holy crap, when you have to travel across state lines, to New Jersey no less, that's when it's time to quit.
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    Image of greengrey greengrey
    04/01/09

    @AndIAmTellingYou: I think they're over $7 in Jersey?

    They're much cheaper in Delaware though. Buy a carton there?
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    Image of AndIAmTellingYou AndIAmTellingYou
    04/01/09

    @greengrey: At the Duane Reede in JSQ (home sweet home), Camel Lights are $6.58 with tax.
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    Image of greengrey greengrey
    04/01/09

    @AndIAmTellingYou: Bah, I'm getting screwed!

    Though usually I forget to buy them in Jersey and end up getting them when I'm in the city. Doy.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    04/01/09

    @AndIAmTellingYou: Ooh, do you live near that dosa place on Newark Avenue? Mmmmm....
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    Image of AndIAmTellingYou AndIAmTellingYou
    04/01/09

    @greengrey: There is also the local Crown Fried Chicken, which still has 50 cent loosies when you're hard up for cash. Not that I've ever done that...
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    04/01/09

    @AndIAmTellingYou: That place still sell pints of vodka from behind the counter when the liquor store is closed? Not that I've ever done that...
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    Image of westvillagegirl (exiled in chicago) westvillagegirl (exiled in chicago)
    04/01/09

    @AndIAmTellingYou: "just" quit. Because it's so easy, you know?
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    Image of AndIAmTellingYou AndIAmTellingYou
    04/01/09

    @westvillagegirl (exiled in chicago): Tell me about it. But that's what people say to me. I've been quitting for two years.
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    Image of slainte_pants slainte_pants
    04/01/09

    In reply to Priorities, People
    I get free cigs by using "dinner" money to buy smokes. Also, I work for a company basically owned by the gov't, so thanks for the bogies suckas
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    Image of slainte_pants slainte_pants
    04/01/09

    @slainte_pants: Also HamNo, what type do you smoke, I'll mail a couple to the offices
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    Image of bytememehard bytememehard
    04/01/09

    @slainte_pants: Proly smokes OPs.
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    Image of Oy Veh (Informality Reigns) Oy Veh (Informality Reigns)
    04/01/09

    In reply to Priorities, People
    BALLS to your BAILOUT!!
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    Image of blix blix
    04/01/09

    @Oy Veh (Informality Reigns): The hooligans have broken free!
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    Image of Oy Veh (Informality Reigns) Oy Veh (Informality Reigns)
    04/01/09

    @blix: I have a new favorite insolent expression! :)
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