O, the humanity! I feel for ya', man.
Thanks, as it reminds me to check my trunk for the emergency pipe and unopened tin. Both were used recently, so the spare equipment needs replacing.
Going Without A Pipe (Oh, The Horror!)
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Thanks, as it reminds me to check my trunk for the emergency pipe and unopened tin. Both were used recently, so the spare equipment needs replacing.
I don't get any cravings either, as long as I have a lit pipe between my teeth.
I am up at my other house for Thanksgiving, I don't light up in the house and it's too cold outside to enjoy. It's been 6 days. Maybe I will have one tonight.
Just curious, do you have the same day each week for your 1 smoke, or just go by when you are most craving it? Do you smoke so little due to health concerns? I get it... I am just getting started and think that if I maybe had 2-3 per week at the most, I would feel engaged in the hobby and able to try enough different pipes and tobaccos, but not be paranoid about health issues with that level of (in)frequency.
thanks
Drew
I usually smoke 5-10 bowls a day, but Im admittedly still a noob and struggle with tongue burn sometimes. Last week I tried Comoy's Cask No. 1 and it burned so bad I had to take 3 days off from pipe smoking to let my tongue heal so I could taste Thanksgiving dinner on Saturday (we do it early). That was the longest I've gone without a bowl in 6 months or so, but to be honest, I just upped my cigar intake for those three days ?
About 20 years give or take.
Started smoking a pipe at age 19 I got up to a 5 to 7 bowl a day habit until I quit cold turkey at age 38. Recently started up again about a year ago.
I don't smoke any where as frequently as I used to. I'm more into collecting pipes and trying different blends just for the enjoyment of the hobby.
Started smoking a pipe at age 19 I got up to a 5 to 7 bowl a day habit until I quit cold turkey at age 38. Recently started up again about a year ago.
I don't smoke any where as frequently as I used to. I'm more into collecting pipes and trying different blends just for the enjoyment of the hobby.
btw... I love your tagline quote by CS Lewis... deep!
"You do not have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body”
C.S. Lewis
I have no set day, but It is usually either Saturday or Sunday, simply because those are the days I have the time. With my wife at home with the baby all day on weekdays, when I get off work I'm pretty much on baby duty until we go to bed, so no time to smoke. I just smoke whenever it feels like a good time over the weekend.
Yes, I smoke so little because of health concerns. I won't elaborate too much, for fear of igniting what always ends up being a very opinionated and scientifically worthless debacle on the forum. Suffice it to say, as you mentioned, I believe that less exposure = less risk, regardless of how significant you personally believe those risks are.
Would I like to smoke more? Of course (and I do some weeks if there is a special occasion, and I allow myself to smoke as desired whenever I am hunting or fishing, so there are a couple weeks a year that I have 2 or 3 bowls a day). But I find when I smoke more often outside of those special times, the paranoid stressing about the health risks outweighs the pleasure of the pipe in the first place, so I stick with my current regimen.
The bright side is, my cellar is relatively small compared to many folks here (I probably have 20lbs or so squirreled away, 100s of different blends), but it will last me, at minimum, a lifetime or two.
In the last few years? Probably about two weeks while I had a sinus/chest infection. But, usually no more than 4-5 days in between smokes if that long.
Several weeks. I caught the flu and then had a funny feeling like there was something stuck in the back of my throat. I waited until that funny feeling went away. This all was preceded by my sons and wife getting sick and I couldn't find time to smoke then either. So about 3 or 4 weeks all told. I missed smoking a pipe but it didn't drive me crazy.
I started getting into cigars last summer, and I didn't smoke a single pipe for two or three months. I probably spent more money on cigars in those 2-3 months than I spent on pipes and tobacco in the entire previous year 
I do still have quite a few cigars in my humidor, and they should be very nicely aged by the time summer rolls around again.
I do still have quite a few cigars in my humidor, and they should be very nicely aged by the time summer rolls around again.
I started getting into cigars last summer, and I didn't smoke a single pipe for two or three months. I probably spent more money on cigars in those 2-3 months than I spent on pipes and tobacco in the entire previous year
Strong economic argument to smoke a pipe!?
Try some dry tobacco in a small bowl with a half load for a quicker smoke. You can go out front and hang for a fifteen minute pipe load. For me it's not the nicotine, it just puts me in relax mode. A hot cup of coffee and a dry load of Presbyterian mix sounds good.
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