I am NOT a math or numbers person, so this exercise made my head hurt, but.............after over eight years, I think (and take this with at least a grain of salt) my lovely totals might be:
At about 25 a day, that is 74,975 cigarettes not smoked
That would be 3,749 packs. At 10 packs to a carton; that would equal 374 cartons.
A carton being 4" tall each, the stack of them would be 124 ft.
Measuring 3.3 inches (Marlboro Reds), end to end they would measure 2,474,174 inches or 389 MILES!
WOW! I could lay them on the road to the ocean, drive there and back, and still have about 89 left!!
No worries, it confuzzeled me too and I was sitting there! He did this in his head too, no calculator or paper. You did your math perfect. WOW, that's awesome! Somedays I 'don't know my own name' and yet he does this kind of stuff in his head. I've forgotten most of algrebra other than simple stuff and the only geometry I use is the basics necessary for house type measurements. That's one of reasons I keep him around
minihorses There are people with the math side of their brain better developed, and ones with the artistic/language side being stronger. I am not in the first category!!!!
minihorses I think the straight line problem is one of the left brain - I can't do that, either. I can use a ruler, make dots the same distance from the edge of a paper, hold the ruler up to those dots and STILL have a slanted line. It truly befuddles me. But - I can draw one heck of a nude, or a group of objects, or a tree, or flower, or a coat hanging on a hook, or..............most anything that interests me. I had an art teacher who TOTALLY screwed up my ability to draw things in perspective, though. She claimed not to be able to do it, but was required to teach it - and after her I could not for the life of me remember how to do it. I have not worked at drawing since. I do other things now - and I keep telling myself I am going to work at learning it again - but just have not had the patience - and it used to just be second nature!!! 
Maybe this winter when I can't go out anywhere I will be forced to get to it???!
Hi Julie minihorses Not sure of all my stats, but I have this on my app...
I am celebrating 75 days of freedom, which is 1,125 not smoked or 56 packs or 5.6 cartons. At 4" tall that would be 22.5 inches. The line of cigarettes would be about 309 feet (I'm taking YoungAtHeart word that they are 3.3 inches, she hasn't lead me wrong yet 
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My numbers aren't nearly as impressive, but still fun to add it up.
smiling_accountant I got here the same way you are doing it - one day at a time! Keep at it and you'll be here, too (just a little after me!)
