Do smokers lungs heal after quitting?

I'm 87. I smoked from the time I was 16 to about 32 which is when I quit. I was probably smoking about a pack a day, maybe a little less. Three, four years ago I noticed I was getting a little s…

Top stories for Long   Do smokers lungs heal after quitting? Tiano Tank • Answered Sat I'm 87. I smoked from the time I was 16 to about 32 which is when I quit. I was probably smoking about a pack a day, maybe a little less. Three, four years ago I noticed I ... Read more » 29 4   What are some real-life examples where respecting elders without question could lead to negative outcomes for children? Jean-Marie Valheur, divorced, father of many • Answered November 9 Jennifer Pan was never allowed to live. All she was allowed to do, was study and study some more with a side dish of homework. Friends? Forget about it. Sports? Nope. Partie... Read more » 1.2K 134   If a number is divisible by every integer from 1 to 10 except one of them, what can that missing number possibly be? Enrico Gregorio, Associate professor in Algebra • Updated October 31 We can't exclude 1, obviously. Nor we can exclude 2, 3, 4 or 5, because there would remain 4, 9, 8 and 10 respectively. Also 6 cannot be the missing number, because divisibil... Read more » 94 10   How hard was it for Apple to create a new operating system and why haven't other companies done the same thing? Trausti Thor Johannsson, Computer programmer • Updated June 7, 2020 It was extremely hard. Apple wrote the original Mac OS called System in 1984, based somewhat off of Lisa operating system. This took years to do. In 1996, Apple had started ... Read more » 396 34   What happened unexpectedly at a party you were invited to? Asked in Nostalgics • Answered by Doug Lindquist • November 12 This was in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1991. I was working at IBM. Some of the temporary college students were leaving that weekend to go home. We were giving them a going ... Read more » 65 5   Why doesn't Michael eat during the pivotal restaurant scene in The Godfather, and what does it signify about his character? Brent McKee, studied at University of Saskatchewan • Answered November 8 Refer to the novel. Michael, Sollozzo and McCluskey enter the restaurant and are seated at a table rather than at a booth at Solozzo's insistence. The waiter comes and pour... Read more » 247 40   Why do PhD programs have a significantly higher drop out rate compared to medical and law school? Do they pick weaker students or do the incentives not favor higher graduation rates from those programs? Joshua Gross, Associate Professor of Computer Science at CSUMB • Answered September 24 To complete a PhD you must complete a project of original research. And that's the difference. In medical or law school, the answers are ultimately at the back of the book. ... Read more » 253 17   Why is Spain such a miserable country? Trevor Berry • Answered May 10, 2018 Al I can say is that I lived for 15 years in the US, 12 years in one of the most beautiful coastal towns in Southern California, and I then moved to Spain 19 years ago and ... Read more » 11.7K 1.4K   Do food stamps encourage the poor to work less and are they a good thing or a bad thing? Should people get groceries for free? Jeff, I have ADHD, my answers don't match the question • Updated November 12 For kicks and giggles, I wanted to see how lucrative it was to live off the welfare train so I went to the DSHS website to their online calculator to inquire about how much... Read more » 1.5K 320   What is an eye round steak used for? Martin Bayer, Chef (1994-present) • Answered October 25 Eye round is like the worst cut of beef. Eye round isn't useless, it's just the last choice of people who like to eat food. Maybe that's too harsh. Eye round is cut from the r... Read more » 178 32   As a gynecologist, does it bother you if patients have not shaved? Shelly Riley, MBA Management, Texas A&M University (2019) • Answered October 10 I am not a gynecologist but in my younger years, I shaved my pubic hair regularly. When I was pregnant the first time and they were measuring the fetus, she made a comment ... Read more » 1.2K 328   When is the best time to brush your teeth? David A Rosania, Periodontist for 30 years; HS Biology teacher • Answered August 23, 2014 As a periodontist, I am more focused on periodontal disease than tooth decay. Periodontal disease is a much greater threat for tooth loss (and expensive, painful treatment)... Read more » 956 33 Read more in your feed

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If your child's friend comes to sleep in a diaper because he wets his bed, would you ...?

When I was 12, I went to a friends house for an overnight. Before deciding if I could go, she called my friends mom and asked if she was comfortable diapering me before bed. I didn't know this b…

Top stories for Long   If your child's friend comes to sleep in a diaper because he wets his bed, would you be able to put it on for him? Ethan Hoeksema, Teenage bedwetter • Answered Thu When I was 12, I went to a friends house for an overnight. Before deciding if I could go, she called my friends mom and asked if she was comfortable diapering me before bed... Read more » 68 14   How many eggs did Paul Newman actually swallow during the filming of that infamous scene in Cool Hand Luke? Adam Huberty, BA English with Creative Writing & Classics, Loyola University New Orleans (2001) • Answered November 9 Despite the character Lucas Jackson eating 50 eggs in Cool Hand Luke, the film's star Paul Newman ate none. Instead, while filming the scene, Newman would put an egg in his ... Read more » 1.1K 64   What percent of computers run Linux? Steve Baker, Senior Software Engineer (2013-present) • Answered September 21 Well, the number of desktop computers that run is has been estimated at between 1% and 5% - the remainder being Windows or MacOS (which is based on BSD Unix - which Linux w... Read more » 210 31   What is an eye round steak used for? Martin Bayer, Chef (1994-present) • Answered October 25 Eye round is like the worst cut of beef. Eye round isn't useless, it's just the last choice of people who like to eat food. Maybe that's too harsh. Eye round is cut from the r... Read more » 178 32   Can you tell me about the dumbest person with a college degree you have ever encountered? Asked in Jokes, Humour & Funny stories 🤣😹🙈😆 • Answered by Joseph Reinckens • November 6 Not necessarily "dumb", but foolish: ANTHONY DESGRO. This is going to sound ridiculous—but it actually happened! That is why I'm including the actual names. Desgro graduated f... Read more » 404 54   If a number is divisible by every integer from 1 to 10 except one of them, what can that missing number possibly be? Enrico Gregorio, Associate professor in Algebra • Updated October 31 We can't exclude 1, obviously. Nor we can exclude 2, 3, 4 or 5, because there would remain 4, 9, 8 and 10 respectively. Also 6 cannot be the missing number, because divisibil... Read more » 94 10   What is stopping anyone from growing vanilla beans and thereby breaking the apparent monopoly? They aren't THAT labor intensive, and they could grow in many places, as I understand it. Klaus Schadenfreude, Brought up with guns. I own, shoot, and build guns. • Answered September 30 It is labor intensive. Vanilla comes from Mexico. Mexico held a natural monopoly on vanilla production for centuries (from the 16th to 19th centuries) because the vanilla or... Read more » 876 56   I live alone. Is it safe to get a homeless person in my home? Doug Porter • Answered February 16, 2024 No. I am a male, I live alone, I offered and let a homeless woman stay in my basement for a few days to rest, shower, wash her clothes and get some decent food. She turned ... Read more » 9.8K 1.6K   How do you spend your monthly salary? Gourav Mishra, Manager at Public Sector Banks (2015-present) • Updated November 8 My wife (37) and mine(39) combined gross monthly income is Rs. 360000 after 13 years of PSB service. Our net monthly income is 215000 Deductions includes Income tax of 36000 N... Read more » 93 5   How does your body warn you one month before a heart attack? Bruce Palmer, former Retired Teacher • Answered Fri For me the only symptom was shortness of breath. Maybe 6 months before I would need to take a break mowing my yard. The events that made me go to the ER (this was during CO... Read more » 25   HELL EXISTS AND HAS A NAME Alessandro13 • Posted Mar 9, 2024 What you are seeing is an image of Io, a moon of Jupiter, taken a few days ago during a close pass by the Juno probe. Look carefully... because you are seeing what comes closest to Dante's idea of h... Read more » 1.2K 330   What are some real-life examples where respecting elders without question could lead to negative outcomes for children? Jean-Marie Valheur, divorced, father of many • Answered November 9 Jennifer Pan was never allowed to live. All she was allowed to do, was study and study some more with a side dish of homework. Friends? Forget about it. Sports? Nope. Partie... Read more » 1.1K 132 Read more in your feed

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