Cellaring...How Much Should a Person Cellar?
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Are we confusing the terms hoarding and collecting? Maybe some of us collect tobacco for just that reason, to collect it. It isn't my place to say who should be collecting what. I probably have enough tobacco to last me my lifetime, but if someone has more than that more power to them.
Sonny boy, so... how did you claim this post as your own? You didn't start this thread. I am curious.
Actually, given the fact that a pretty standard comment regarding the enabling aspect of forum dynamics and its relationship to hyper-consumption was taken as some kind of attack against Freedom, I don't think I will. There doesn't seem to be any point. You either get it or you don't.
OK, first, can someone kindly tell me in what thread I can find the disgraceful post referred to here. I try and keep up to date with all of Cosmic's disgraceful posts but I am only one man.
Second, can someone please explain to this uneducated Canadian what the hell an "oik" is?
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/is-it-a-ritual-or-a-smoke#post-1255660
I make about 40 posts a day, and this one was a week ago. It must have made an impression on him. :
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I make about 40 posts a day, and this one was a week ago. It must have made an impression on him. :
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Sorry, just checking back into this thread. I was frolicking in the nude in my giant container filled with esoterica bags and missed the last few posts. What have we decided?
I've decided that the mystery of what an "oik" is bothers me more than it should.
WON'T SOMEONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!?!
Guess what? Everybody is entitled to their opinion. I don't have to agree with it. There are smokers with 3 tins and smokers with 500 lbs. Really, so what?
I may think that a septuagenarian with 500 lbs in the cellar who's still buying more has some behavioral issues, but so what? That's his issue to live with, not mine.
Can we all lay off all the personal crap? It doesn't help. Save it for another thread.
How much should someone cellar? There's no correct answer to that. You can try to guesstimate, based on rate of consumption and expected life expectancy, but it's still only a guess. You might get hit by a truck later today, or unexpectedly croak out at any moment. Your rottweiler may mistake you for a chew toy. Your rate of consumption may change. The kinds of blends you like may change. You may just get tired of the whole business and quit. Too many unknowns for any kind of answer.
I cellared for a number of reasons. I wanted to be able to smoke what I liked when I felt like it. I knew that blends disappear without warning so I stocked up on blends that I liked. If I want to smoke some Klondike Gold, all I have to do is open a tin. It's nice to be able to do that. Good luck finding Klondike Gold at a store, or McClelland that matter.
I cellared as a hedge against price increases, or increased taxes. We all knew that at some point, the fecal matter would hit the spinning blades, and it did with the FDA Deeming rules.
I cellared because I liked the way a particular blender made a particular blend and knew that the blend could switch hands without warning. A&C Peterson's Escudo is a very different blend than what STG is making, and for me, a much superior version.
I cellared to have some hard to find stuff to share or to gift to people I like who can never seem to find it. I've given away, or shared, pounds of unobtanium, some of it on this forum.
I cellared because I wanted some aged blends to smoke later on, while I enjoyed fresher stock.
I calculated how much I smoke a year and cellared based on that. But it's only a guess. So, my major purchasing is done. But I still buy a little bit here and there when I've found a blend that I didn't know about before, that I really like. Did I overdo it? Hell if i know. If I screwed up, then I screwed up and it's not anyone else's problem. Check back after I'm dead.
And if I have to quit, then I'll sell it all off. Given my family's genetics, I don't have nearly enough to get to the grave. But I'm done because it's enough for the foreseeable future.
There's no right or wrong with any of this. There are only choices. What anyone else thinks of my choices isn't my business. What anyone else does, as long as it has no direct or indirect impact on me, isn't my business.
I may think that a septuagenarian with 500 lbs in the cellar who's still buying more has some behavioral issues, but so what? That's his issue to live with, not mine.
Can we all lay off all the personal crap? It doesn't help. Save it for another thread.
How much should someone cellar? There's no correct answer to that. You can try to guesstimate, based on rate of consumption and expected life expectancy, but it's still only a guess. You might get hit by a truck later today, or unexpectedly croak out at any moment. Your rottweiler may mistake you for a chew toy. Your rate of consumption may change. The kinds of blends you like may change. You may just get tired of the whole business and quit. Too many unknowns for any kind of answer.
I cellared for a number of reasons. I wanted to be able to smoke what I liked when I felt like it. I knew that blends disappear without warning so I stocked up on blends that I liked. If I want to smoke some Klondike Gold, all I have to do is open a tin. It's nice to be able to do that. Good luck finding Klondike Gold at a store, or McClelland that matter.
I cellared as a hedge against price increases, or increased taxes. We all knew that at some point, the fecal matter would hit the spinning blades, and it did with the FDA Deeming rules.
I cellared because I liked the way a particular blender made a particular blend and knew that the blend could switch hands without warning. A&C Peterson's Escudo is a very different blend than what STG is making, and for me, a much superior version.
I cellared to have some hard to find stuff to share or to gift to people I like who can never seem to find it. I've given away, or shared, pounds of unobtanium, some of it on this forum.
I cellared because I wanted some aged blends to smoke later on, while I enjoyed fresher stock.
I calculated how much I smoke a year and cellared based on that. But it's only a guess. So, my major purchasing is done. But I still buy a little bit here and there when I've found a blend that I didn't know about before, that I really like. Did I overdo it? Hell if i know. If I screwed up, then I screwed up and it's not anyone else's problem. Check back after I'm dead.
And if I have to quit, then I'll sell it all off. Given my family's genetics, I don't have nearly enough to get to the grave. But I'm done because it's enough for the foreseeable future.
There's no right or wrong with any of this. There are only choices. What anyone else thinks of my choices isn't my business. What anyone else does, as long as it has no direct or indirect impact on me, isn't my business.
There are many excellent reasons for cellaring. They have all been mentioned here hundreds of times. I have two main reasons: Availability, because it's a hazzle to get tobacco where I live, and the supposed benefits of aging (tobacco, not myself). Apparently this pisses Mr. Happy off. Well, whatever you do, if enough people know about it, someone will be pissed off.
Happy, how is what I do with my money lame? I'm sure as hell not giving it to you to spend.
I still don't understand why I can't have whatever I desire, as long as its legal?
People like yourself worry me. Truly.
I still don't understand why I can't have whatever I desire, as long as its legal?
People like yourself worry me. Truly.
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