[nopardons]

No, I don't have nicotine stained fingers.

What kind of a smoker were you, that your fingers got stained?

[duckln]

My fingers, if I can remember that far back, usually were stained yellow at the second knuckle of the left hand. Filters were rare and Lucky Strike and Camels were in. Like you, I got use to it, didn't notice it, but the Nuns could spot it right off when we got a surprise finger nail inspection.

Boy, was I a dumb kid!

A couple martinis a day, thins your blood, and a little alcohol is recommended by most doctors. But at my age I'm cutting back, so now I'm switching to 'box' wine, less alcohol per glass you know. It's a strategy that worked in kicking the smoking habit.

Seriously, have you ever blown smoke rings? If you try to 10 minutes after a cigarette, you probably could eke one out, that's the puff I'm talking about.