Frustration Not Relaxation
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Good advice Scott!
Unfortunately another go yesterday with even drier leaf and matches this time yielded the same result. Its enough to make me toss all my pipes.
Could you have covid?
Since I tested positive, I haven't been able to taste much either. Just sort of burnt taste.
I tried the last few days after two weeks off smoking and still no taste but burning ash. Putting it down to covid and hoping it passes soon.
nope, no symptoms and I can taste everything else just fine. Keeping a pipe lit and cadence are also a problem now. Total reset of any 'skills' I had before.
I had no symptoms either. We get tested every 7-10 days at work.
The loss of tasting my tobacco and slight headache was all I have.
? Hoping the reset of skills isn't contagious, I haven't got many to reset and not that advanced as it is.
If the WHO or Health Canada announces that forgetting how to work your pipe is a Covid symptom then I'm in trouble!
I'm hoping that it all comes back to me in a brilliant flash of light or something.
I'm hoping that it all comes back to me in a brilliant flash of light or something.
I had a break from smoking pipes for a few years and when I came back it took a while to get it right again. I wasn't frustrated as I knew it would come, and I felt like I knew what to do, but it took a while to learn my pipes, the tobaccos I am smoking and the way I smoke today verses a few years back.
There's a few obstacles for a good pipe smoking session. First a badly packed pipe with the wrong tobacco, then the weather is too cold and/or too windy. But the most important thing is the state of mind, if I'm stressed or unsettled, my pipe smoking becomes subpar and really adds more negative stuff than anything else so I never do it. When not in the right mind, we tend to rush things while expecting great results and that seldom happens.
I’ll use that as a reason to fire up a bowl ? (Rona test). Seriously, hope your recovery is brief & free of future complications.
Perhaps you had a cold or even the virus and we're asymptomatic. Screwed up your taster. Mine is just returning to normal after COVID.
WHAT! So I've another 4-6 weeks before I can taste the delicious smoke again. Holy potatoe chips! That is not fun for me!
Again, its NOT Covid, as i can taste everything else fine. My issue is also cadence, too fast/too slow.
Maybe a different blend will help?
Maybe a different blend will help?
I find that if I smoke something new, I pay more attention to cadence and technique until I’ve figured it out. Crack a tin of something unfamiliar maybe?
Can you smoke to slow?
All this time I trying to slow it down, can I get to a point that's to slow?
Have you got something, old and reliable you could turn too?
I'm not sure if trying something new is a good idea, I wouldn't want you to spoil something you may love in different circumstances.
I'm not sure if trying something new is a good idea, I wouldn't want you to spoil something you may love in different circumstances.
I think it will vary person to person. I had some taste return within 4 or 5 days. I’ve read about people that still have problems with taste and smell 3 months later. Good luck.