How much I need to last my lifetime

[cigrmaster]

A few months ago, someone posted a formula in regards to how much tobacco you will need to last a life time. They broke it down by how many grams per bowl and how many bowls a day. If that person could post it again I would really appreciate it. I didn't write it down and need to. I am trying to figure out how much I will need to last the next 30 years.

 

[spartan]

lol
I think maybe it was Romeowood that posted that? Gonna have a tough time finding that thread. Someone will get it though.
Just not me. 8)

 

[hobie1dog]

I know That I average 76 bowls per 8oz bag of Penzance, so 365 days per year smoking one bowl in the evenings like I normally do .....take 365 divided by 76 bowls equals 4.802 bags per year. So if I live to be my Fathers age at his death of 85, then I've got maybe 29 years left in this Psycho World. 29 years consuming 4.8 bags/year means I need to cellar away 139 bags 8O
Holy sh*t, that means I need to buy 124 more bags quickly at $30.00 for a total of $3,720.00
I don't think so at this point

 

[spartan]

Found it. lololol
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/how-many-pounds-to-cellar-to-last-10-years#post-49769

 

[cigrmaster]

I smoke 5-6 bowls a day so I need to know how many grams per bowl and then multiply that out. I have around 27 pounds in the cellar now but I know I am going to need a hell of a lot more. Considering I was spending 2600.00 a year on cigarettes, at 60 dollars a pound that means I can buy 43 pounds a year and not spend anymore. If I told you what I spent on cigars back in my hey day you would think I am insane.

 

[spartan]

Dropping 4k on tobacco to last the rest of your life... That's not a whole lot when we consider how much our wives' engagement ring costs eh? lol
My girlfriend was showing me rings she liked that were in the 8k range. Which I think is reasonable. She's more into natural saphires with small diamonds around to accent.

 

[spartan]

If We say you smoke 4grams per bowl, and 6 bowls per day, you'll be smoking 19.5 lbs a year.

 

[topd]

My wife was looking at an 8k ring she liked... I downloaded the photo and

put it on the desktop of her iPad. WaLa!

 

[hobie1dog]

If We say you smoke 4grams per bowl, and 6 bowls per day, you'll be smoking 19.5 lbs a year.

That's gotta produce some mouth Cancer of some sort 8O

 

[cigrmaster]

So 19 pounds a year times 80 a pound( I am figuring high for a lot of tins) = 1520.00 a year times 30 years = 45,600.00 at today's prices. Looks like I will need to do some serious stocking up to get the quantity I will need. There are 6 blends that I buy in bulk, 3 go for 60 a pound and 3 go for 35. I don't know why many of my favorites have to come only in tins, that kind of sucks. There were years when I smoking 15k worth of cigars a year so compared to that, pipe tobacco is still a hell of a bargain.

 

[msandoval858]

Harris, it's funny that everything seems cheap when you compare it to what you once spent on cigars. I remember once burning through a whole box of Cohiba Robustos over a weekend. If only I had invested that money more wisely. Was tasty though :roll:

 

[gwtwdbss]

Found it. lololol

Haha, never underestimate yourself Spartan

 

[cigrmaster]

Mike, it was fun blowing though boxes of Cohiba's and Trinidads and all the other great Cubans, but you are right, the money could have been spent more wisely. I think of all the pipes I would have right now and those last forever. That is the problem with cigars, you don't own them, just rent em.

 

[rcstan]

4grams per bowl, and 6 bowls per day,

Those are BIG bowls. In terms of flakes I smoke, for example, that's a whole slice of PS Luxury Navy Flake, or two slices of Peterson Irish Flake, or 2 1/2 coins of Bullseye Flake PER BOWL, about the capacity of a 05 series Pete pipe. Ready-cut mixtures YMMV depending on how you pack.

 

[spartan]

Better to have more than less. lol
The initial thread estimated 3g per bowl. But I say it's better to slightly overestimate, as you'll end up giving away some of the tobacco to fiends, strangers, etc.
But yes they are larger bowls.

 

[cigrmaster]

It usually takes 2-3 flakes of Bulls eye to load most of my pipes, so I think 4 grams is probably pretty accurate. Most of my bowls are group 5,6 and ODA.

 

[rcstan]

you'll end up giving away some of the tobacco to fiends

:rofl:

 

[lordnoble]

Wow, spartan, that's an old thread! HERE is the one that cigrmaster originally asked the question in...
-Jason

 

[cigrmaster]

Thanks lornoble, I knew I had asked the question before and now I am smoking more than I did when I asked. It comes down to me investing a good chunk of dough to get where I want to be. I am hoping I have a few years before the feds go after the online retailers and start making them charge us the state tobacco tax. I am definitely going to save these formulas in a word doc so I don't have to ask again in another few months. :crazy:

 

[foggymountain]

Just multiply how much you smoke a month by 36. For me it would be at least 18 pounds. So if I were to put away 30 years of tobacco to age, It would be 20 lbs. Were you planning to die after 30 years?