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14 years ago 0 2534 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Or is the story just a ruse by Mr Hill to advertise for sharebuyers to "safeguard its future as a sustainable nature reserve" - follow the money!!
 
I'll tell you this Mr Hill, Sgarabhaigh was a "sustainable nature reserve" long before you came along and it will be long after you have gone!
 
The newspapers, if I didn't see it, I'm never sure it happened!
 
Penitent

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 5/18/2004
Smoke-Free Days: 1914
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 47,850
Amount Saved: �11,962.50
Life Gained:
Days: 324 Hrs: 3 Mins: 34 Seconds: 52

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14 years ago 0 278 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Yep, just sounded like he needed the vacation.  Best of luck to him though, hope it works out.

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 4/3/2009
Smoke-Free Days: 132
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 1,980
Amount Saved: $990.00
Life Gained:
Days: 14 Hrs: 11 Mins: 36 Seconds: 41

14 years ago 0 363 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Doesn't seem like an extreme effort to me. It does sound like extreme measures, why doesn't he just man up and quit like the rest of us...yea you guys are right, he is getting a break from the wife. I bet he lights up with in 12 hours of being off of the island.
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My Quit Date: 4/2/2009
Smoke-Free Days: 133
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 5,320
Amount Saved: $1,596.00
Life Gained:
Days: 19 Hrs: 17 Mins: 46 Seconds: 7

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14 years ago 0 2778 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
I would have picked a nice warm Caribbean Island!  Silly guy!!!
 
    And I would have made sure the Tiki Hut was well stocked with my favorite cold beers!
 
          At least he has an iPod???
 
                   Silly guy!!!
 
                        Jim


My Milage:

My Quit Date: 3/5/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 526
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 13,150
Amount Saved: $2,169.75
Life Gained:
Days: 89 Hrs: 4 Mins: 32 Seconds: 33

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14 years ago 0 802 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
lol  I think Kaiser nailed it!
My Milage:

My Quit Date: 1/3/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 588
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 11,760
Amount Saved: $4,468.80
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Days: 64 Hrs: 4 Mins: 59 Seconds: 29

14 years ago 0 11210 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Interesting read thanks Penitent!
 
Members, share your thoughts.
 
 
Ashley, Health Educator
14 years ago 0 1387 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Pen:
    sounds like he just wants to get from his wife. 
Kaiser 

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My Quit Date: 7/30/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 379
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 9,475
Amount Saved: $473.75
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Days: 76 Hrs: 9 Mins: 21 Seconds: 4

14 years ago 0 2534 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0

"The Independent" "Health and Families" 1st August 2009
"When it comes to quitting the dreaded weed there are any number of tried and tested methods.

Some recommend patches, others claim chewing gum holds the key and die-hard cigarette-heads might even subject themselves to a spell of hypnosis to cut free from the nicotine bonds.

But a retired merchant banker, Geoff Spice, has hit on an altogether more radical solution to his addiction – banishment to a deserted island in the Outer Hebrides.

Today, the former senior director of NM Rothschild & Sons will land on 40-acre Sgarabhaigh where, apart from the sound of the relentless Atlantic wind, the occasional sheep, the midges and the regular screech of the cormorants which give the isle its Gaelic name, he will be left alone in peace for four weeks to contemplate a future without tobacco.

Mr Spice, 56, who has been puffing away since taking up the habit 43 years ago, admitted he was slightly anxious at the prospect of a month of smoke-free solitude but was determined to stick it out. His previous record of going without a smoke is nine days before succumbing to the cravings.

He said: "I'm going to have one last cigarette and give the rest of the packet to my wife and get on the boat to the island. This is my last chance. I've been smoking 30-a-day as usual but I think I can crack the habit. I also hope that living on the island and surviving by myself will mean that I will not pile on the pounds as other people do when they give up."

The former director of the blue-blooded merchant bank began his smoking career at the age of 13 while working as a paper boy at his local shop. "I pinched a packet of cigarettes one day in the hope that I could sell them at school but I couldn't so I tried them myself," he said.

Previous efforts to quit have failed, including a planned retreat to a similarly deserted Australian island while working Down Under 10 years ago. He gave up on the idea that time because he was worried about being bitten by a snake. "I don't think it will be too difficult to spend a month on the island," he said. "I can be happy with my own company as well as the company of others. I will miss my wife, Elena, my children and my family very much but I understand that my mobile phone will work on the island so we can speak that way and I'm hoping that my plan will work, I'll stop smoking and my month on the island may lead to many years of extra life that I'll be able to spend with them."

Sgarabhaigh has no electricity or water supply. It was once used as a source of peat by neighbouring islanders. The former banker will rely on driftwood to make a camp fire and bottled water for drinking. He plans to while away the time learning to play the guitar and reading books on his iPod, which is powered by a photovoltaic cell.

The island's owner, Dave Hill, has arranged for Mr Spice to be dropped off on Sgarabhaigh and picked up a month later. "If he rings to say he cannot stand it without a cigarette we will ignore it until it gets to three calls," he said. "He must have time to reflect on his decision."

Mr Hill, a retired engineer, bought the island four years ago. He has been hoping to raise £1m to safeguard its future as a sustainable nature reserve by encouraging "associate owners" to buy £125 shares in the tiny island."


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My Quit Date: 5/18/2004
Smoke-Free Days: 1913
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Amount Saved: �11,956.25
Life Gained:
Days: 324 Hrs: 0 Mins: 48 Seconds: 15

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