Perplexed with Time

[MRW]

I have been amazed to read that some forum members smoke 6 or more bowls of leaf a day. I am recently retired and afforded much more free time than I had while working, but I cannot see myself having enough time to dedicate this much to my smoking passion. When do you guys squeeze in the nap?

 

[Andriko]

This is something that boggles my mind also. That said, I no longer remember how I used to have time to smoke 20 cigarettes a day.

 

[bullet08]

A lot of those are not smoking only. They are actually doing something else. They just happen to be smoking a pipe while doing something.

 

[JOHN72]

Maybe it's a wheel of factors. It's all about what you really like to smoke tobacco. Or what your body and mind need.

 

[kcghost]

Two bowls is enough for me.

 

[TheWhale13]

Do you smoke outdoors? Or if you do smoke, do you just sit there relaxing?

LIke Bullet said, most of these all day smokers probably smoke when working or most of their free time when at home, like watching tv or gardening, whatever. The smoking is probably quite irrelevant to the activity, i.e just smoke all the time except when eating and showering.

 

[TheWhale13]

Two bowls is enough for me.

Me too, maybe I'll mature enough to be an all day smoker But like a lot of us I can't do that now anyways.

 

[warren]

I'm able to drive my tractor and smoke a pipe. I can also drive the chainsaw and smoke a pipe. UnlessI'M Ishooting critters which would avoid the smell I can photo and smoke my pipe. I can't smoke my pipe while napping though. It's great to be able to do two things at once. Life doesn't come to a stop when I light up my pipes, work and chores must be attended to.

 

[DanWil84]

Some can smoke allday while doing other stuff. I can't, I'm not smoking in the house and can't smoke during work. But it also gives me a reason to get away from everything and just enjoy tobacco. Also I dont have to smoke all day, I generally have enough on 2 or 3 bowls a day

 

[Chasing Embers]

When do you guys squeeze in the nap?

At most I can only sleep around three hours per day. Most of my awake time involves a lit pipe, been that way for decades. I'm rarely seated when smoking and unless around flammable materials at work, I've always got a pipe going.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I smoke while I go about my day, 10-12 bowls a day on a good one.

 

[Grangerous]

Haven’t smoked in 2 days. Today is day three. Too cold to enjoy it. But one, often two, preferably early morning does the trick for me. — also retired. I’ve always been an everything in moderation type.

 

[anotherbob]

Everyone that smokes like that seems to have a situation where they can smoke inside very regularly.

 

[Laurent]

Monday-Thursday I smoke 1 bowl at night.
Friday-Sunday. I smoke at least two bowls, sometimes I get in a couple more. Also, on these days I nap at 3pm, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt sleep, and the number of the clock shall be three. Four shalt thou not nap, neither nap thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then I nap.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Everyone that smokes like that seems to have a situation where they can smoke inside very regularly.

Actually, my mind is blown by how many men admit that they let their wives make them smoke outside. There are things that shift in membership over the years. When I first joined the whole forum would have cracked up at someone saying that they "had" to smoke outside.

 

[timt]

Actually, my mind is blown by how many men admit that they let their wives make them smoke outside. There are things that shift in membership over the years. When I first joined the whole forum would have cracked up at someone saying that they "had" to smoke outside.

I could smoke inside if I really wanted to. Yeah, she wouldn't like it but honestly neither would I. I remember the cigarette days and the stink, so I don't.

2-3 bowls is the sweet spot for me, especially in the winter. I don't especially enjoy smoking when I'm doing other things, except for driving and reading and I find it more of a distraction than an enjoyment beyond that. Too much time on my rear end gets concerning.

 

[Laurent]

All the years I was a cigarette smoker, I never smoked inside my house but, that could be because all the years I owned my own painting business and had to paint many yellow ceilings white again. Lol.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I remember the cigarette days and the stink, so I don't.

Pipe tobacco smells nothing like cigarettes to me. The homey aroma of aged tobaccos burned is what we all think of as the smells of home.

When I smoked cigarettes, that was not the case. It smelled awful.

And, I have found that aromatics once burned, smell worse than any other pipe tobacco, once the initial room note settles. So, I never smoke aromatics inside. But, everything else is open game. My once tobacco Nazi wife loves the aromas. I just don't smoke cigars inside. Those are too oily and astringent for even me.

 

[LotusEater]

I generally smoke a pipe with coffee in the morning then in the car driving to and from work and then 2-3 in the evening. When working from home in the warmer months I sit outside with my computer and pretty much smoke all day.

 

[DanWil84]

Actually, my mind is blown by how many men admit that they let their wives make them smoke outside. There are things that shift in membership over the years. When I first joined the whole forum would have cracked up at someone saying that they "had" to smoke outside.

These are things that shift overall in society, but let's keep it to smoking. I dont need to smoke inside and I don't have the urge to force someone else to enjoy my bad habit like my kids. I'm inside a lot, I have a desk job and enjoy being outside so it's no punishment for me to smoke outside as I can pick my moments, it never rains all day.