Dan!

There was speculation that you had an operation, changed your name to Daniella, and that after taking some belly dancing lessons, you were gainfully employed in a Turkish brothel. Is that true?

Good to hear from you.

Well it was on the internet, so it must be true

I almost got an image of Daniella on the screen in my mind...luckily my self defense mechanism kicked in...

I quit smoking cigarettes when I started running in my mid-20's...after about 30 years, I wrecked my knees running nearly every day and playing tennis once or twice a week. Had my right knee replaced at 57 yrs old.

Like DED, I picked up walking once running was not an option, after the knee replacement...my daily average is about 4 miles give or take a mile depending on whether I do one or two walks that day. It was about then that I started smoking cigars....occasionally during walks...

Conversely, I quit running when I started smoking cigarettes in my late teens.

Ok, not exactly a straight correlation, but my competitive athletic career ended after high school. My competitive partying career began with the next stage of edumacation. Cigarettes just happened to be a good palate cleanser between beers