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  1. smokinfireman

    "Bad EMT!"

    @ newbroom I'm sorry you had such a bad experience. Some EMS workers get burnt out and tend to treat patients as robots, just going through the motions. Part of it is due to all the BS calls we run and all the drug seekers and fakers who just want a taxi ride knowing that medicaid will pay for...
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    Anyone else leave the pipe to go to cigars then return back to pipes!

    I have been known to go back and forth. Sometimes I like a good Garcia Y Vega English Corona after supper. However, due to being a poor EMT, I find myself not able to afford the cigars I love and usually buy a tub of OTC every month to help me stay off the cigarettes. So in short, yes I go back...
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    Help With Half & Half!

    Half and Half is terrible. It's like the devil grabbing you're tongue. I find it hard to light and keep lit, and if you huff and puff on it the bite only gets worse. Far better OTC blends, in my opinion. Get you some Carter Hall if you're looking for a granpappy-type smoke.
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    "Bad EMT!"

    @ derfatdutchman I think we in fire and EMS also have a tendency to be expected to be superhumans with no flaws.
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    "Bad EMT!"

    @ deathmetal You got it!
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    "Bad EMT!"

    @jvnshr Love it!
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    Military discount

    When my Grandfather was in the Navy in '58, they could get cartons of Pall Malls duty-free for about 2 bucks.
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    Public Opinion

    This is America, the land of the free. That means you are free to walk somewhere else if you don't like my smoke. I won't smoke around kids and old folks, but other than that, I fire away.
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    "Bad EMT!"

    As an EMT, I often get stereotyped by people who think that as healthcare providers, we should be the epitome of health and peak physical condition. Truthfully, most of us are overweight, out of shape, and have to have help finding our boots when the buzzer goes off at 2 AM. My partner and I...
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    Introducing A Friend To The Joy Of Pipe Smoking

    Most of the people I know are backwoods bible-thumping Baptists and can't fathom how I derive enjoyment from an apple filled with CBW and a bottle of Canadian whiskey. I was once told I would go to hell for defiling my body because its a temple. I told the fat bitch that said that that being 400...
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    What Music Are You Listening To? - May 2016

    Mideval tavern music. Love it while I smoke my churchwarden.
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    Burn holes in my shirts!

    let your light go out before you stop sucking on the pipe. This will stop the mini Vesuvius from erupting.
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    What You Knew Before You Became a Pipe Smoker

    My Grandpa smoked cigarettes since he was 11, and pipes since he was 20. He gave it all up in the early 80's, but occasionally I will see him take a sniff of his old tobacco pouch that held hand-blended Irish Killarney from Ted's pipe shop at Utica Square in Tulsa. I grew up with his old...
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    Questions about CornCobs

    One of my first cobs was a chinese 5 dollar cob from the back wall of the cigarette store. I sat down and loaded her up with some P.A. and in 10 minutes the bottom burned out and ruined a good pair of khakis.
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    Pipe Smoking and Health: "Risky business or casual pleasure?"

    Good article. Mankind will always be dying of something, you just have to choose whether or not to enjoy yourself before you die.