Yeah, I’m not about to use that kind of lighter.
Frank Method of packing
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It's a way to pack your pipe. As time goes by, you will come to a method that isn't a method or part of your thinking process. And you will reach the nirvana and sleep with 72 virgins and all that.
Yes, it is.
See, one reason why the Frank Method seems elaborate, complicated, and unappealing to the shiftless smoker was given by yourself in your follower post: the man made three videos with a full explanation not just of the procedure but the rationale. Considering that people nowadays have the attention span of a fruit fly... it's suuuuuch a haaaaassle!!!
The reality is that once one has learned to pack by such method (or any method whatsoever), the packing happens within the inside of 30 seconds.
Now, consider the fabled 3-Layer Method: when explaining it to someone who's never done it before, it can be just as elaborate, if not more. I reckon you can produce a video tutorial that's just as long as Herr Frank's tutorial, especially if the rationale behind it is also explained, and if a muscle trainer is provided. A muscle trainer? you say, who'd need such a thing?? Well, in some of the explanations of the 3-Layer Method the following "guide" is provided for gauging the firmness of the pressure: "press on the first layer as if you were shaking a baby's hand, on the second as if you were shaking a woman's hand, and on the third one as if you were shaking a man's hand". See what I mean? ANY method can be made just as complicated and overwhelming; but again, with any method you can pack your pipe within 30 seconds once you've gotten it down, without really thinking about it.
Really, people, which smoker watches Frank's three videos every time he loads his pipe?
Every methods has it's pluses and those pluses come with minuses. It's really about trying them and seeing which gives you the smoke with the least hassle from start to finish. Packing isn't stressful and works for you consistently. Draw works for you and all that.
For example the frank method doesn't leave a lot of room for making variations. Sometimes you want a particular smoke looser or tighter for whatever reason and it doesn't really allow for that. That's an example of what I mean. They all have goods and not as goods about them. Including just how easy they are to teach. Which is one of the strengths of the Frank method you can look at one tutorial and get it down. The three step method while easy and effective has too much that's vague and can only be learned by experience. Doesn't make one better or worse just different.
why would you want virgins? They don't know what they're doing and they ask annoying questions. "no that's not what that is, I know it's good but yes there is more, no they're not all the same size and shape..... etc. multiple that by 72 and you'll want to go sing like an angle at the Italian Opera house of yore (obscure historical reference to a scary practice).
Why not virgins? As long as they are not nuns, I'm game.. Before I was married that is.
they just don't have enough experience and they always ask inane questions. It's too much like baby sitting in my opinion. And you have to take your time, which is a good thing but it's nicer as an option then a necessity.
Though the nun thing always reminds me. I had a friend named Louie a gentle giant and all around great guy. His mom was a nun when she met his dad. He was why she stopped being a nun. I have always held his game in high esteem for just that fact. Oh and she had been a nun for a while something like 8 years. So it really is an impressive feat of love.
?Yes, it is.
See, one reason why the Frank Method seems elaborate, complicated, and unappealing to the shiftless smoker was given by yourself in your follower post: the man made three videos with a full explanation not just of the procedure but the rationale. Considering that people nowadays have the attention span of a fruit fly... it's suuuuuch a haaaaassle!!!
The reality is that once one has learned to pack by such method (or any method whatsoever), the packing happens within the inside of 30 seconds.
Now, consider the fabled 3-Layer Method: when explaining it to someone who's never done it before, it can be just as elaborate, if not more. I reckon you can produce a video tutorial that's just as long as Herr Frank's tutorial, especially if the rationale behind it is also explained, and if a muscle trainer is provided. A muscle trainer? you say, who'd need such a thing?? Well, in some of the explanations of the 3-Layer Method the following "guide" is provided for gauging the firmness of the pressure: "press on the first layer as if you were shaking a baby's hand, on the second as if you were shaking a woman's hand, and on the third one as if you were shaking a man's hand". See what I mean? ANY method can be made just as complicated and overwhelming; but again, with any method you can pack your pipe within 30 seconds once you've gotten it down, without really thinking about it.
Really, people, which smoker watches Frank's three videos every time he loads his pipe?
Topic drift, well beaten, stirred, folded and stuffed.
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