Teethgrindingly well so far....

In all honesty, it keeps going to shit since I don't have a hell of a lot of willpower and self-medicate with them.
But, on the upside, I've told everyone around me that I'm going to need about a week. Not wanting to take out my bad moods during withdrawal on them.
Hopefully the people here don't get sick of me being even more talkative than usual, but at least here I've got a backspace so I don't do anything incredibly thoughtless or stupid.
Not a brand that's available around here. Instead, I get the irony of buying cigarettes with a vaguely racist name from a store run by the same group the name makes a vaguely racist statement about.

Sorry to hear that. Anything we could do to help? How long has it been since your started?


Now that's something I want to hear more about. ;-)

People here already do help. No worries on that one. Have been going back and forth with it for a few years now, so this isn't a new thing, just an ongoing pain in the ass. -laughs-

Well, where I live there's a Native American tribe-owned and operated convenience store and smoke shop.
Within said smoke shop, they sell a brand called Smokin' Joes. (And yes, it's smokin', not smoking, it's actually written that way on the package)
The name is ridiculous, the packaging has the face of some Native American guy wearing a headdress on it, and actual tribes are selling those.
Gotta love absurdity.

When you first mentioned it I thought you were going to offer up "Indian Spirit" (I think? I don't remember exactly - it's been a while).

I used to smoke. Menthol of all things LOL. I'll still have a cigar or three a year. But I haven't had a cigarette in a long time.

And I finally started X! Finished up the manual and jumped in game. So far - gorgeous, huge... and slow. It takes a while to move from place to place. I got scared about using the "time compression" drive as the manual mentions it will eventually deplete ranks in combat so I don't want to abuse it. Starting to wonder if I should in the early game when I have no real ranks to lose! ;)

*edit And just thought I'd add I'll be spending most of my New Year's Eve as per usual the last few years... Twilight Zone! Usually I HATE stuff like this (fake annual contrived holiday nonsense or "made up" commercial holiday BS) but how could I ever hope to resist spending an insane amount of time watching old Twilight Zone episodes?

Yeah, that's a bad one too. -laughs- The ones I mentioned are a bit more prominent, with a boatload of cigarettes, mini-cigars, all that crap, sold where I go to.
Also, don't feel like the only one. Used to smoke Newports until it got to the point that I'd have to work three jobs to afford them.

Hell, if it's going to deplete a resource that you have none of, abuse the crap out of it. ;)

Probably going to go back to Dragonfall in a bit once I'm done crunching some numbers.
On a mission that is not my cup of tea - defending three different positions at once with four people and a bunch of turrets that you have to switch off and on in the middle of fighting, versus a few dozen enemies.
Two things I do horribly - defense missions, and stealth missions.

-looks over at my Netflix list, complete with Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Kolchak loaded up- ;)

Usually I don't like defense missions either. On the face of them, they should be awesome (using all your tactical prowess to guide a VIP to a goal or ensure a target survives). I've always found they are usually exercises in stupid AI (not as much an issue in turnbased games - unless you don't control the VIP *groan*) or just utter frustration.

I always want to like defense missions because in theory they offer awesome setpieces (epic rearguard actions, last stands, utilizing chokepoints and terrain) but the execution is always me, slamming my head on the keyboard, wishing that AI unit that has to survive wouldn't rush forward into 10 heavy damage dealing enemies!

I can think of a few games that made it fun - but not many! (An older "slow" real time game called Gettysburg! had some great ones, as did a game I found here on GoG call Expeditions).
Oh wow I haven't thought of the ol' Night Stalker in ages! Please, get a network on to making this a "thing" too! I can flick back and forth during commercials! ;)

*and one last edit before bed...

I'm embarrassed to admit it but I'm not sure I've ever watched a single episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. For some odd reason, I can hear that droning opening music in my head (dun nuh nuh nah nah nun nah na), likewise with the dull utterance of "Good Evening..." But for the life of me I can't recall a single plotline. I don't think I know more about this classic than a fat man stepping into a shadow - I'm thinking I'll have to fix that sooner rather than later!

Yeah, well implemented defense missions should be occasions for the player to show tactical prowess. Don't really get that so often though, like you said.
The one I'm doing is especially fun since, even after you go through the slog of activating some stuff, you then have to defend not only the primary point from destruction, but two other points that can have control taken away from you, forcing you back into the slog to reestablish control.
And it's on a clock. And the enemies respawn. And if the clock runs out, the amount of enemies you have to slog through goes through the roof.
Not exactly my favorite mission, to say the least.

Expeditions:Conquistador? Have that one on the wishlist.

Good luck. I only heard about that show from the Sci-Fi Channel, back when they actually spelled their name properly. Now it's mostly a whole lot of crap.

And speaking of crap, I used to watch Alfred Hitchcock Presents on Nick at Night, back when THAT wasn't a piece of shit.
Feels like a bit of a running theme emerging....-laughs-

Yup. The 80s-90s had some GREAT television. Seinfeld, Frasier, Cheers, the Star Treks, Outer limits, ER, X-Files... Oh I could go on.

Morning, everyone !!! :-)
Anyone for a little coffee ?
We'll probably need more than that to make it until tomorrow...

Where I'm at the the man doesn't tax smokes on native reserves but they can't sell them to people off reserve as a form of commerce. They do it anyway and are the basically like smoking wood chips and old pants. You get 200 in a clear baggie and are collectively known as "Natives" despite their actual brand (D.K etc.)

Good morning :-) Yep coffee is good especially today :D *hug*

**Slides a huge pot of hot coffee with Hugs at the top over the bar**
How are you Moonshine ? Ready to party hard ? ^^ huhu

Awesome! *thank you hug* I am quite fine. And of course I am ready to party hard. There will be this "huge" party, consisting of myself and my family ;-P
How are you?

Lol :-D that's something !!
I'm quite fine, thanks. Still a running nose (what is that so long to recover... tss), but it's ok. I can't concentrate on my work... I'd rather stay at home, doing the couch potato under my blanket, playing some video games, watching TV crap, and drinking hot chocolates... :-D

I see you changed your avatar to reflect how you are :D Cute!