Good 'cause that place was a little scary- even Mr. Elkhoof was put off by the excessive fumes. And it was kinda' slippery moving around in the parking lot too. By the way, the root cause of the leak was a burr on the inside of fuel tank cutting the O-ring; putting the step drill inside the tank and making a few turns while pulling it into the hole serves to de- burr the hole and end the problem. Wider, flat seals under the head of the bung fitting help too but the burr was the main culprit.
Back to the quitting tobacco thing- I quit so I could ride long distance on a motorcycle. Smoking while riding is no problem and lighting cigarettes while on the highway was no problem either (some lighters really are windproof) but I cannot ride and smoke in the rain. So I quit before going on my first thousand mile run. Funny thing but I really didn't expect to quit- I smoked the last cigarette I had at about 6:30 at night (March 29) and figured when I could not stand it anymore I would go down to the store and buy some more smokes. That could still happen but it hasn't happened yet. I used Chantix and I think it really worked well because it breaks the addiction (more or less) before you actually quit using tobacco; it is a funny thing but I was smoking away and yet it seemed to have no effect due to the Chantix. So when I actually stopped smoking, I had probably been 3 weeks without responding to the nicotine anyway and the urge never got all that bad. I was a hard- core smoker too, 2+ packs a day, regular breaks walking out of restaurants to smoke during dinner, etc. No one is more surprised than I that I quit and frankly I never thought it would happen. I do not know if Chantix is used for dipping or chew but it should work the same way it does for smoking- it blocks the uptake of nicotine and so breaks the habit and therefore the need while you are still indulging in the use of tobacco.
A long time ago I had a conversation with a gentleman and I stated that I thought smoking was about 1/3 habit, 1/3 hobby (lots of tinkering involved with smoking) and 1/3 addiction. His thought was that it was nearly 100% addiction and that addiction feeds whatever emotions or mental needs necessary to feed that addiction. He pointed out that it was simply not natural or desirable to inject one's self with syringes, especially in some rather.... er, 'nasty' places but that action (shooting up) was the need spurred on by the addiction and would eventually seem like it was actually desirable to the user. Now that I have quit for a while I think he was a lot more correct than I was- it is not natural or desirable to inhale gobs of smoke and I think that most of the part where I thought I really liked smoking was just a mental response to feed the addiction.
At any rate, best of luck to you and Mrs. Chet in quitting if that is what you want to do. I pride myself on not being a rabid (or even mild) anti- smoker and do not chastise others who may smoke, dip or whatever. In fact, people can still smoke in my house. But I do not think there is much of an argument that it is generally bad for health and overall a negative thing to have a large percentage of smokers in the population. Still, I can't bring myself to beat on those who are merely doing what I did for so many years, and what remains a perfectly legal and legitimate thing to do.
Brian
They got shut down by the EPA. The FBI is still looking for a guy with some foreign accent and a phrase he was heard muttering, "Just like sex, only gooder". Store was owned by the Amish Mafia, I sure feel for the guy whenever they catch up to him. Lucky for him they only had enough hay for the first 50 miles.