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Well, I've started smoking......
Rack Ops
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A few weeks, while I was in a tobacco shop with a friend, I came across a small pouch of pipe tobacco for only a couple bucks. Having never tried it, I thought I would pick it up and broaden my horizons a bit.
I didn't have a pipe, so I picked up a cob pipe for an additional 2 bucks.
Two pouches of tobacco and a pipe ended up costing me 6 bucks. I brought it home and fired it up......and now I find myself smoking at least once every other day.
Anyone else smoke a pipe occasionally?
I didn't have a pipe, so I picked up a cob pipe for an additional 2 bucks.
Two pouches of tobacco and a pipe ended up costing me 6 bucks. I brought it home and fired it up......and now I find myself smoking at least once every other day.
Anyone else smoke a pipe occasionally?
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I smoke 2-3 cigars a week. That is my real smoking pleasure.
Hard to completely give it up!
I do however smoke. I would smoke in my sleep if I could. Can you tell I am a fan of cigarettes? [;)]
One cigarette, as long as a hoe handle.
I am not much a fan of cigars or a pipe.
I do however smoke. I would smoke in my sleep if I could. Can you tell I am a fan of cigarettes? [;)]
I quit a couple of months ago due to the price increase caused by social engineering. Many times every day I find myself at a loss on what to do next, because it's time for a smoke and I ain't got any.
[B)]
quote:Originally posted by freemind
I am not much a fan of cigars or a pipe.
I do however smoke. I would smoke in my sleep if I could. Can you tell I am a fan of cigarettes? [;)]
I quit a couple of months ago due to the price increase caused by social engineering. Many times every day I find myself at a loss on what to do next, because it's time for a smoke and I ain't got any.
[B)]
Roll your own.....
Then learn to GROW your own, and process your own.
I pay 20 bucks for 2400 rolling papers.
I miss the pipes and cigars, but I don't miss the waiting for biopsy results!
I still have the habit, about one a day but usually not on Sundays.
Initially, I was packing it too tight....the pipe kept going out it I wasn't puffing constantly. Now I think I'm packing it too loosely, as it smokes well, but seems to burn up rather quickly.
I'm still working on packing the pipe right.
Initially, I was packing it too tight....the pipe kept going out it I wasn't puffing constantly. Now I think I'm packing it too loosely, as it smokes well, but seems to burn up rather quickly.
Takes time to learn, but also remember this, expect to light it a few times before you finish a smoke, and the amount has as much to do with it as how tight it's packed.
Also, light it with a wooden match (Kitchen matches are best) for the best smoke and flavor. Don't use gas or liquid lighters on cigars or pipes.
Jon
A few weeks, while I was in a tobacco shop with a friend, I came across a small pouch of pipe tobacco for only a couple bucks. Having never tried it, I thought I would pick it up and broaden my horizons a bit.
I didn't have a pipe, so I picked up a cob pipe for an additional 2 bucks.
Two pouches of tobacco and a pipe ended up costing me 6 bucks. I brought it home and fired it up......and now I find myself smoking at least once every other day.
Anyone else smoke a pipe occasionally?
That was dumb.
I say that as someone who has been smoking for the last 12 years. Quit now before it's too late.
Stop now...before it becomes a habit that you cannot quit. I speak from experience.[B)]
I know what you mean, ECC, but there is really no habit that a man cannot break. Especially with help from a Higher Power.
I still marvel at my own success. Knowing my own weak will, I know I had help from something bigger than me.
This is one of my favorites.
http://www.neptunecigar.com/pr/tabak_especial_corona_negra_434__46.aspx?SRC=GoogleProducts
I paid $29 for a carton of Camel Lights yesterday.
Anywhere from $40-$45 here in NC
quote:Originally posted by ECC
Stop now...before it becomes a habit that you cannot quit. I speak from experience.[B)]
I know what you mean, ECC, but there is really no habit that a man cannot break. Especially with help from a Higher Power.
I still marvel at my own success. Knowing my own weak will, I know I had help from something bigger than me.
So did I...but how long did it take...and how much damage did it do to your body in the mean time.?.? Don't you wish you had stopped before you really got started?
The recent tobacco tax increases didn't hit pipe tobacco as hard. But as I had been making my own cigaretts for years I may have to pick up a pipe more often. Bulk tobacco for cigarettes went from under $2 to $24 per pound. So what once cost about $12-15 lb. is now in the $35-50 range. I made my own, or injected into filter tubes, to have additive free and sometimes exotic tobaccos that were much better than factory mades with their flavors and floor sweepings and who knows what else. Cigarettes around here are $4-5 a pack with the state still wanting to put another tax on them. This is to fund this SCHIP health ins. scheme that Bush vetoed twice and OStalin was all to happy to sign. Oh well, got off subject. Enjoy the pipe, it can be very relaxing and satisfying. There are so many tobaccos and pipe styles to pick and ponder it can become a real hobby of sorts.