Is There a Cure for TAD, or Am I Doomed?

[DonutLuvr]

Is there an actual cure for TAD? Or am I doomed?

Is there a support group?

My wallet wants to know

Took a long hiatus from keeping up with the forums - and in that time discovered some blends I really enjoyed and wanted to stock up on are no more.

Now I found myself cellaring deeper the blends I know I love, and buying tins that reading reviews I feel like I would like.

Six seperate purchases in the last 3 weeks

 

[Ryan]

Totally doomed

 

[OzPiper]

Only when you run out of money, maxed out your credit cards,
and the banks refuse to extend your line-of-credit

You can, of course, appeal to your local loan-shark
Or sell a kidney.

 

[DonutLuvr]

The good news is I haven’t really succumb to the double whammy of PAD.

I’ve only bought one new pipe this year and my bullpen consists of around 15-20 or so

 

[HammerandPipe]

If you’re that pressed to buy, my unfortunate butt could use some speakeasy and samarra

 

[Brad H]

Only cure I know is show the wife the stash, or the 38 caliber treatment.

 

[OzPiper]

show the wife the stash

Then the OP is Indubitably doomed

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

You do not want a cure. Tobacco is never going to get cheaper. Pricing has nearly doubled in the past ten years. Great blends become a shadow of their former selves. Or are discontinued. The anti smoking Nazis are slowly but surely winning. When your cellar is large enough to last until you're 100, you may then look for the cure.

 

[elvishrunes]

Good news at this stage you know what you like, me too. I have 3 tins of Marlin Flake I have to collect from the post tomorrow, can’t wait to try, know I will like. Every year that goes by these days more cellaring is a better and better option… whoops

 

[Servant King]

Is there an actual cure for TAD?

No.

Or am I doomed?

Yes.

Is there a support group?

Yes, but it's not particularly...supportive.

My wallet wants to know

Take a closer look. By this point, your wallet will be so microscopically tiny that it should barely retain the properties of a solid.

Took a long hiatus from keeping up with the forums

That is a punishable offense. Please PM a mod immediately, and follow their instructions.

and in that time discovered some blends I really enjoyed and wanted to stock up on are no more.

Nevermind. That outcome is punishment enough.

Good luck!

 

[daveinlax]

Best cure at least temporarily is you wife finding out what you’ve spent on tobacco.

 

[DonutLuvr]

You do not want a cure. Tobacco is never going to get cheaper. Pricing has nearly doubled in the past ten years. Great blends become a shadow of their former selves. Or are discontinued. The anti smoking Nazis are slowly but surely winning. When your cellar is large enough to last until you're 100, you may then look for the cure.

Absolutely right about it never getting cheaper. Granted, I’m relatively new to the pipe smoking world - but I found these order from 2020 with prices way lower.

Not only that, excise taxes now.

And it appears no more ordering from Estervals - always got a ton of Salty Dogs and Veermaster through them for way less all in plus shipping for what it would have cost to purchase stateside in CONUS. I had thought I had enough - but it wasn’t and I smoked it all even the ones I was aging

 

[NookersTheCat]

Pricing has nearly doubled in the past ten years.

Tobacco has only gotten cheaper. Central bankers and parasitic beurocrats, however, HAVE devalued the representative value of your labor by half in the last ten years...



(Friendly PSA by your local [philosophical NOT political )Anarcho-capitalist)
Agreed to all other points tho haha

 

[Brad H]

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Tobacco has only gotten cheaper. Central bankers and parasitic beurocrats, however, HAVE devalued the representative value of your labor by half in the last ten years...

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(Friendly PSA by your local [philosophical NOT political )Anarcho-capitalist)
Agreed to all other points tho haha

There we have it. Buy now while the $ is worth more!

 

[wyfbane]

You do not want a cure. Tobacco is never going to get cheaper. Pricing has nearly doubled in the past ten years. Great blends become a shadow of their former selves. Or are discontinued. The anti smoking Nazis are slowly but surely winning. When your cellar is large enough to last until you're 100, you may then look for the cure.

This is only true if you have no kids or dislike them. I have cellared so deeply my son is likely set for life, as well... and I still squeak in a purchase here or there.

 

[spearheadbill]

The “cure” is to keep adding more until you’re done. Sounds like you’re just about there.

 

[warren]

Is there an actual cure for TAD?

It's called self-control. Use it! There are a lot of seemingly "compulsive" personalities here, I believe.

 

[BingBong]

My TAD has been temporarily suspended owing to hospitalization, so that's one way. No resume date so far, alas.

 

[OzPiper]

My TAD has been temporarily suspended owing to hospitalization, so that's one way. No resume date so far, alas.

Sorry to hear.
Get well soon so you can get back to your fix of Cabbie’s

 

[wyfbane]

My TAD has been temporarily suspended owing to hospitalization, so that's one way. No resume date so far, alas.

Hope you get well and get home soonest!