some times i am not near as smart as i think. for the last few days my eyes was burning, after supper, it was very painful. so i got to thinking, been setting in my truck smoking my pipe, then come in. you dumbo, the pipe smoking is your trouble. DAAAA. so ill just stop smoking. thats not hard for me. sometimes we are our own worst enemies.
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Originally Posted By: Pop_Rivit
Good. Not only will you get rid of your problem, but also the putrid stench of smoking materials.
Not to mention all of the health issues that are caused by tobacco use of any sort.
Sounds like a quitter to me.
I'm tobacco-less for week now . My umpteenth jillioneth attempt to quit.
Good. Not only will you get rid of your problem, but also the putrid stench of smoking materials.
Not to mention all of the health issues that are caused by tobacco use of any sort.
Sounds like a quitter to me.
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Originally Posted By: Pop_Rivit
Good. Not only will you get rid of your problem, but also the putrid stench of smoking materials.
Not to mention all of the health issues that are caused by tobacco use of any sort.
Sounds like a quitter to me.
I'm tobacco-less for week now . My umpteenth jillioneth attempt to quit.
Nope, never did. Both of my parents smoked, so I well remember how rancid the odor was.
Originally Posted By: Pop_Rivit
Good. Not only will you get rid of your problem, but also the putrid stench of smoking materials.
Not to mention all of the health issues that are caused by tobacco use of any sort.
Sounds like a quitter to me.
Nope, never did. Both of my parents smoked, so I well remember how rancid the odor was.
<--- smoke free for a month now.
I took up smoking a pipe every holiday season (Thanksgiving through Christmas) since college days. Still do every year. The family really likes that, and that's about the only time I smoke a pipe. Good quality tobacco and a decent pipe makes all the difference. Love my Stanwells. In fact, I'm about to crank open a Bell jar in the next day or so.
I also will smoke a good cigar occasionally during the summer, with a beer or cup of coffee. No more than once a week, though. The family hates that stench, so that goes on in the open garage or on the back deck.
As long as you don't overdo it, once in a while is more of a treat than a threat.
I also will smoke a good cigar occasionally during the summer, with a beer or cup of coffee. No more than once a week, though. The family hates that stench, so that goes on in the open garage or on the back deck.
As long as you don't overdo it, once in a while is more of a treat than a threat.
I've found that for myself, most treats wind up daily habits. I suspect any tobacco use would eventually go from once/year to once/month to once/day to who knows what. Probably because I used to smoke cigs, and the nicotene jolt from that is pretty heady stuff.
But I don't think my sinuses would take any amount any more; and the guilt (of thinking the health impact) is too much for me to bear. I'm not getting any younger. So I have no plans to touch the stuff ever again. Even though I wouldn't mind a pipe, it's just too much of a risk. Plus, I've got young impressionable kids, my wife is allergic to it, and odds are pretty good I'll lose a brother to the stuff if he doesn't quit.
Oddly enough, being around smokers, or stale smoke really doesn't bother me. My grandparents, who did die from smoking, were chimneys; and so for some perverse reason the smell reminds me of them. And not in a negative light. Dunno why. It's hard to get away from the fact that tobacco was a major vice for most of the last century.
But I don't think my sinuses would take any amount any more; and the guilt (of thinking the health impact) is too much for me to bear. I'm not getting any younger. So I have no plans to touch the stuff ever again. Even though I wouldn't mind a pipe, it's just too much of a risk. Plus, I've got young impressionable kids, my wife is allergic to it, and odds are pretty good I'll lose a brother to the stuff if he doesn't quit.
Oddly enough, being around smokers, or stale smoke really doesn't bother me. My grandparents, who did die from smoking, were chimneys; and so for some perverse reason the smell reminds me of them. And not in a negative light. Dunno why. It's hard to get away from the fact that tobacco was a major vice for most of the last century.
I never understood the drive to inhale the smoke from a burning substance. Now when I see how much people want to stop the practice many years later I am so glad I did not partake.
Originally Posted By: Smokescreen
I never understood the drive to inhale the smoke from a burning substance. Now when I see how much people want to stop the practice many years later I am so glad I did not partake.
Same here.
Being an endurojock in my youth also helped me resist all of the pressures to inhale various sorts of smoke from those same said burning substances (and seeing all of these 'cool', smoke inhaler kids choking to death during their attempts at the requisite 12 minute run in gym class also helped.
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I never understood the drive to inhale the smoke from a burning substance. Now when I see how much people want to stop the practice many years later I am so glad I did not partake.
Same here.
Being an endurojock in my youth also helped me resist all of the pressures to inhale various sorts of smoke from those same said burning substances (and seeing all of these 'cool', smoke inhaler kids choking to death during their attempts at the requisite 12 minute run in gym class also helped.
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Ive always found the smell of unburned pipe tobacco to be pleasant, and even when smoked, not bad. The lingering stains and messes, not to mention likely health effects have always kept me from wanting to smoke, amongst other reasons. I have never appreciated sitting in the smoke of even a pipe, but especially a cigarette or cigar, to me that is just gross.
But I can certainly see how it would effect the eyes and nose. Glad the OP is cognizant of it.
But I can certainly see how it would effect the eyes and nose. Glad the OP is cognizant of it.
well i really enjoy reading what you guys talk about. my friends here are the best.
I smoked a pipe a couple of times a week for some years. Gradually our society became so nicotine-Nazi about it that I couldn't take my pipe with me to restaurants (and everyone told me how great it smelled, too). Living in the Steam Bath of the American South meant that most of the year, I couldn't wear a jacket with pockets to carry the pipe and its tobacco pouch.
And then there were price increases on the tobacco and the pipes themselves. I gave it up about 8 years ago.
Still love to whiff a good pipeful of something chocolatey and aromatic when I find somebody else puffing away, though.
And then there were price increases on the tobacco and the pipes themselves. I gave it up about 8 years ago.
Still love to whiff a good pipeful of something chocolatey and aromatic when I find somebody else puffing away, though.
Originally Posted By: Pop_Rivit
Good. Not only will you get rid of your problem, but also the putrid stench of smoking materials.
Not to mention all of the health issues that are caused by tobacco use of any sort.
It won't get rid of the problem. Only surgery will do that.
Good. Not only will you get rid of your problem, but also the putrid stench of smoking materials.
Not to mention all of the health issues that are caused by tobacco use of any sort.
It won't get rid of the problem. Only surgery will do that.
Originally Posted By: JHZR2
Ive always found the smell of unburned pipe tobacco to be pleasant, and even when smoked, not bad. The lingering stains and messes, not to mention likely health effects have always kept me from wanting to smoke, amongst other reasons. I have never appreciated sitting in the smoke of even a pipe, but especially a cigarette or cigar, to me that is just gross.
But I can certainly see how it would effect the eyes and nose. Glad the OP is cognizant of it.
People around me always loved the smell of my pipe tobacco. Out of the pipe or in the pouch.
Ive always found the smell of unburned pipe tobacco to be pleasant, and even when smoked, not bad. The lingering stains and messes, not to mention likely health effects have always kept me from wanting to smoke, amongst other reasons. I have never appreciated sitting in the smoke of even a pipe, but especially a cigarette or cigar, to me that is just gross.
But I can certainly see how it would effect the eyes and nose. Glad the OP is cognizant of it.
People around me always loved the smell of my pipe tobacco. Out of the pipe or in the pouch.
I used to smoke a pipe about once a day. I really enjoyed it. I smoked mostly aromatics. Most had a very nice room note that often drew praise. I liked the taste and the very mild calming effect it had on me. Aromatics generally have very low nicotine and for the majority of folks that smoke them, are not addictive. I also have a nice pipe collection still.....but because of my life insurance, I don't want any excuse to have it denied to my survivor (I stopped smoking a pipe shortly before.....mostly because I was getting into running at the time and just thought it incompatible).
I do miss it and find myself looking at my pipes now and then.
I do miss it and find myself looking at my pipes now and then.
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