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JonesCarpeDiem
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When there are no set prices posted for what something is going to cost that are the same for everyone, I get the feeling that the person giving me a price is going for whatever they can get.

I had to get my vehicle smogged to re register it before the 29th. Most vehicles are around $40 including the certificate but, as I own an older vehicle, they charge more. It doesn't take any longer but you feel like you are at their mercy.

I am on a fixed income and 2 years ago the CO2 levels were right onb the cusp of failure so I took it to a mechanic yesterday and paid $180 for a tuneup and oil change in preparation for the test. That's not peanuts when you have limited income.

The place they referred me to was going to charge $70.

$180 and $70 pushes it up to $250 without the $70 for the registration which would push it past\ $300.

I called another place and got it done for $45 out the door and

I DID NOT SMOKE OVER IT!

What's your beef?

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Hello, My name is Dale. I was quit 18 months before joining this site and had participated on another site during that time. I learned a lot there and brought it with me. I joined this site the first week of August 2008. I didn't pressure myself to quit. HOW I QUIT I didn't count, I didn't deny myself to get started. When I considered quitting (at a friends request to influence his brother to quit), I simply told myself to wait a little longer. No denial, nothing painful. After 4 weeks I was down to 5 cigarettes from a pack a day. The strength came from proving to myself, I didn't need to smoke because I normally would have smoked. Simple yes? I bought the patch. I forgot to put one on on the 4th day. I needed it the next day but the following week I forgot two days in a row I put one in my wallet with a promise to myself that I would slap it on and wait an hour rather than smoke. It rode in my wallet my first year.There's nothing keeping any of you from doing this. It doesn't cost a dime. This is about unlearning something you've done for a long time. The nicotine isn't the hard part. Disconnecting from the psychological pull, the memories and connected emotions is. :-) Time is the healer.