I forgot my cell phone and Laptop to smoke my pipe. I was too lazy to get them. Instead I lit my pipe. I looked at the Madrones, Oaks and Maples surrounding my house. I thought about peasant memories. The leaf tasted better, there were fewer relites and I was more relaxed. When possible maybe I should try to smoke my pipe without distractions when I can.
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I fall into that trap too. I mean to relax and escape from the noise of life only to bring along an electronic device to return to what I’m trying to get away from. I think it’s because I’m no longer used to being distracted/entertained constantly.
I think you’re onto something.
I’ve noticed the electric fan is distracting me so henceforth I shall require two scantily clad and buxom concubines to gently fan me with delicate palm fronds as I recline on a fluffy cushion smoking my pipe.
Thanks for prompting this important change! Cheers.
I’ve noticed the electric fan is distracting me so henceforth I shall require two scantily clad and buxom concubines to gently fan me with delicate palm fronds as I recline on a fluffy cushion smoking my pipe.
Thanks for prompting this important change! Cheers.
I wish I could unplug but I get the yips in minutes of going unplugged. My routine is to sit down, turn on the tv, light my pipe and then I reach for my computer.
Sometimes I am at my computer when I smoke. Sometimes I read - books, magazines.
I have an elderly laptop I don't use. I do computer stuff on a desktop.
Likewise, I don't do anything on my phone except - gasp - make phone calls, send a text now and then; I use the clock functions more than anything.
I've managed to keep FOMO at bay.
I have an elderly laptop I don't use. I do computer stuff on a desktop.
Likewise, I don't do anything on my phone except - gasp - make phone calls, send a text now and then; I use the clock functions more than anything.
I've managed to keep FOMO at bay.
IME any bowl is better when one is not distracted, whether by electronics or the newspaper or toiling in the yard/shop.
My patio on a summer morning with pipe and a cup of coffee is my respite from the electronic communications nightmare that plague my work day (emails, text messages and phone calls). Similarly, when I'm on my gravel bike, I'm unplugged as well. Just for an hour or so. It's bliss.
When the contractor was building our covered patio, he asked if I wanted a television mount: Hell no. (we do have good speakers, I cannot live without music)
When the contractor was building our covered patio, he asked if I wanted a television mount: Hell no. (we do have good speakers, I cannot live without music)
It's all about the focus. Meditation is about focus.
That sounds wonderful, but I'd like them to feed me
after the pipe.
As a general rule I don't smoke around my computers for the simple reason the smoke is damaging to computers. I was a magazine editor working for a printing company for 10 years and wound up being the onsite IT person also after the owner found out I had been certified as a computer repairman.
When we had a computer problem, I would be the one to open the computer and determine if it could be repaired or if it was cheaper to buy a new one. It was easy to tell when a computer had been used by a smoker. I even showed the difference by opening a computer used by a none smoker in a different room.
When we had a computer problem, I would be the one to open the computer and determine if it could be repaired or if it was cheaper to buy a new one. It was easy to tell when a computer had been used by a smoker. I even showed the difference by opening a computer used by a none smoker in a different room.
Unplugging and smoking is a lovely idea, but not always practical at this time. When I’m not doing 9 to 5 work, I’m usually catching up on freelance work. When the weather is nice, I often smoke cigars outside—smoking pipes is usually relegated to the indoors; I’ll risk cobs outside, but not most of my other pipes and my Old Boy is useless in the wind. If reading at the computer, my pipe smoking is often uninterrupted, but if I’m working on a project, it messes with my pipe smoking—I don’t like to clench and mess up my stems, and both the drawing and design work often requires two hands at the keyboard (silicone bits don’t work well for me). A clenchable cob might be the solution during drawing/design work. Being able to smoke only, with no devices might have to wait until there is less work to do.
Smoking a pipe during UFC on Saturdays is probably better for smoking a pipe than working—six potential hours of just being able to smoke.
Smoking a pipe during UFC on Saturdays is probably better for smoking a pipe than working—six potential hours of just being able to smoke.
Thats really interesting. Do you have anything you can share as to what damage you have seen caused by smoke?
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Yes, the gravel bike is a wonderful respite from noise. What do you ride? I’ve just got a simple one, a State All-Road.
I don’t smoke too often so when I do I usually unplug. It is my time to decompress. I enjoy my surroundings but try not to over focus on the pipe smoking technique. The more I just let that happen the smoother it goes. Decompressing from striving for pipe smoking perfection too!
I’m told the less you think about your technique the better the smoke.
Most activities benefit from not being combined with digital or other devices. For chores sometimes music or an interesting broadcast makes the work easier. But for getting outside or doing any actual recreation, avoiding the screens, phones, and other extraneous input heightens your focus, concentration, and pleasure.
I think even turning off the radio while driving can sometimes be relaxing. You can "hear" your thoughts and aren't being led in your thinking. The world is too much with us, as some poet said.
I think even turning off the radio while driving can sometimes be relaxing. You can "hear" your thoughts and aren't being led in your thinking. The world is too much with us, as some poet said.
This was mainly back when desktop computers and some laptops had small cooling fans in addition to heat sinks to cool down computers. Cigaret and cigar smoke would get pulled into the computers and start coating the internal components with tar and dust. This would cause the components to overheat and could actually short out a motherboard.
In terms of smoke my father during the 1960s and 1970s smoked 2 to 3 packs a day. I remember as a kid we thought we had white walls until we moved a picture and realized the walls were yellow. Damage? Not sure if that qualifies but everything we owned smelled of cig smoke during those times. For some reason though pipe smoke seems less "damaging" in that regard to me.
With you on this one, I seldom turn the radio on when driving. Will turn it on if traffic is far from normal to catch a traffic report to see if a new route is needed.