Estate Pipe Purchase Refusal
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Thanks Hawke. The only reason of opening this thread was to see if there were any other people like me. I don't expect someone to write something that will change my opinion. Well, it is not my opinion but the personality thing I guess.
I had a whole yard full of kids at one of my daughter's birthday parties when they were kids, and they were all playing in the sprinklers and spraying each other down with garden hoses. Then when one of them asked me for a drink, I looked down at the wet little munchkin and told her to drink from the hose, and they all lined up to drink from it. One mother, a Yankee she was from up North, got all in my face about how disgusting it was that I let the kids drink from the hose. I told her that it was ok, it has been running all day, any slugs that were in there have been washed out.
I am not a fan of this whole squeaky clean movement. I drank from a hose and swam in creeks when I was a kid. It blows my mind that these parents think that there is something different from the water that comes out of the sink and the water that comes out of the hose.
How are these kids going to have any sort of immunity from these simple germs they are killing en mass?
I am not a fan of this whole squeaky clean movement. I drank from a hose and swam in creeks when I was a kid. It blows my mind that these parents think that there is something different from the water that comes out of the sink and the water that comes out of the hose.
How are these kids going to have any sort of immunity from these simple germs they are killing en mass?
Garden hose water can be fairly toxic and typically there are warning labels to that effect. I just bought a "deluxe" garden hose and when I got it home I noted the packaging stated that it was safe to use for potable water. Big bonus as I can use it to fill my emergency water supply tank. I too drank from a water hose as a kid, back 50 years ago when excess sunlight aka tanning was good for you.
Regarding washing hands after urinating in a public toilet: I seldom do, as there are more germs on the sink faucets than on my zipper or what's inside that is handled in order to do the business of pissing in a bowl. If I think the door handle is gross, I might take a paper towel to open it.
But other than that I pay little attention to hand shaking, other doors I might open, other things I might touch, and I don't always wash my hands before eating. My health is excellent.
But other than that I pay little attention to hand shaking, other doors I might open, other things I might touch, and I don't always wash my hands before eating. My health is excellent.
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Or doesn't work, more like it.
As for the days gone by, when it was safe to drink from a stream, that must have been fairly recent as a lot of people used to die from drinking water 150+ years ago and earlier. That's why they drank very weak beer. Water could kill you.
Here's the perfect Holiday gift for your favorite germophobe: The Secret House.
Enjoy your illusions of cleanliness.
1. Alcohol soaked pipe cleaner down the draft hole to the bowl followed by a dry cleaner.
2. Remove the stem and clean the mortise and tenon area, or whatever connection type is used.
3. Stem gets a quick soak, like five to ten minutes, in the oxy/tsp mix I use for cleaning my brewhouse.
4. Run a dry cleaner down the stem to remove anything broken loose.
5. Stem gets a quick dunk in a mild acid sanitizer, also used in the brewhouse.
6. Dry stem.
7. Apply Obsidian Oil and softee bit,
8. Reassemble and enjoy without any concern about "cleanliness" at that point.
Simple!
2. Remove the stem and clean the mortise and tenon area, or whatever connection type is used.
3. Stem gets a quick soak, like five to ten minutes, in the oxy/tsp mix I use for cleaning my brewhouse.
4. Run a dry cleaner down the stem to remove anything broken loose.
5. Stem gets a quick dunk in a mild acid sanitizer, also used in the brewhouse.
6. Dry stem.
7. Apply Obsidian Oil and softee bit,
8. Reassemble and enjoy without any concern about "cleanliness" at that point.
Simple!
"That which doesn't kill me can only make me stronger."
Um... True. But it does ignore the fact that some things do, actually, kill you!
I'm not a bit of a germ nut, but I really don't want a used pipe in my mouth. Ick!
I also won't buy a used motorcycle or wear used clothes. I have no problem with shaking hands, doorknobs, handrails or silverware. Won't buy a used video game, or sell one I've bought. Won't sell a pipe, but I'm TRYING to make myself donate to the Free Pipe Project.
Yep. I've got a lot of weird quirks. Nothing rational about them. I wonder if any of our members are completely "quirk-free?"
As an aside, why do MY quirks feel completely sensible, but YOUR quirks can easily seem really weird?
Um... True. But it does ignore the fact that some things do, actually, kill you!
I'm not a bit of a germ nut, but I really don't want a used pipe in my mouth. Ick!
I also won't buy a used motorcycle or wear used clothes. I have no problem with shaking hands, doorknobs, handrails or silverware. Won't buy a used video game, or sell one I've bought. Won't sell a pipe, but I'm TRYING to make myself donate to the Free Pipe Project.
Yep. I've got a lot of weird quirks. Nothing rational about them. I wonder if any of our members are completely "quirk-free?"
As an aside, why do MY quirks feel completely sensible, but YOUR quirks can easily seem really weird?
I am not sure if this point has come up already: Has anybody considered the fact that nicotene is one of the strongest toxins known to man? How do you think ANY germs would thrive in an evironment like a pipe?
Well, I have to confess my first thought when I heard about estate pipes was "yuck, who would like to own another mans pipe?"
Today 9 out of ten of my pipes are estates. I clean and restore them myself and after I have flushed them with lots of alcohol I strongly doubt that even a single microbe survives in them.
p.s.: I buy second hand clothes, motorcycle and cars too! :wink: :lol:
Well, I have to confess my first thought when I heard about estate pipes was "yuck, who would like to own another mans pipe?"
Today 9 out of ten of my pipes are estates. I clean and restore them myself and after I have flushed them with lots of alcohol I strongly doubt that even a single microbe survives in them.
p.s.: I buy second hand clothes, motorcycle and cars too! :wink: :lol:
I've bought a ton of used CDs. Wipe 'em down and let them age in a dry environment. Almost everything is dead at that point.
Personally, I refuse to buy estate pipes because, in my religion, they are considered to be imbued with the spirit and decisions of the former owner. This is why gift pipes, including posthumous gifts, are esteemed but randoms are not.
Personally, I refuse to buy estate pipes because, in my religion, they are considered to be imbued with the spirit and decisions of the former owner. This is why gift pipes, including posthumous gifts, are esteemed but randoms are not.
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