post-reno health: how's yours?

[Avery Todd]

Hey John,

Wish I'd known you were there. I'd have tried to look you up. :-)

Avery

At 12:05 AM 07/21/01 -0600, you wrote:
>At 05:10 PM 7/18/01 -0400, roo(k) wrote:
>
>>Fine. Thanks for asking..just a few dollars lighter in the Right Front
>>Pocket...and I smoke.
>
>I came out of it OK too with no health problems that I notice. Some of the 
>classrooms were quite chilly though. Unfortunately, the smoke in the 
>public places did get to me and I started smoking lightly again, I suppose 
>in self defense. I'm back on the patch for a few days until I return to 
>what was becoming "normal".
>
>I haven't talked about it much, but after 30 years of chain smoking John 
>Player's Specials (they call them "Black Death" on the street) I had quit 
>smoking April Fools Day of this year. While the health and business 
>benefits were the major factor in my decision, over the following 100 days 
>I saved enough by not smoking to cover a quarter of my expenses for the 
>whole convention trip!
>
>As for my pockets, I'm no lighter than my budget allowed, I  had a lot of 
>fun and I learned a lot about our profession and about life. You can't 
>really ask for more. Many thanks to the PTG and Team 2001 for making it 
>possible!
>
>Looking forward to Chicago in 2002!
>
>                 John
>
>John Musselwhite, RPT    -     Calgary, Alberta Canada
>http://www.musselwhite.com  http://canadianpianopage.com/calgary
>mailto: john@musselwhite.com    http://www.mp3.com/fatbottom
>