Dear Joel - I loved this - I remember when my parents used to visit me and I'd shove down my lungs as many smokes as I could prior to their arrival - the most outrageously stupid thing about this was that I would declare to them often that I had greatly cut down on my in take of cigarettes - (never did it vary much outside 25 a day over 13 years ) - I must have smelled so strongly of smokes to them when they finally arrived - how could I have lied - how could I have deceived them - why did I do just as this old lady did and plan their departure for them, prematurely, just so I could smoke another cigarette - this is another case of cigarettes completely governing your lives in the saddest dimension - just the other day on this board, a new member named Jordan mentioned how he did this same thing - he missed out on time with family because he could'nt smoke around them - is'nt this something that so many of us can relate to - wow - thanks for this blessed reminder Joel ! Respect, Duncan