Smoking In The Cold And Snow Hints?

[blackadderlxx]

The thing about the Northeast is those days (weeks) where the temp never gets out of the 20s. I smoked a lot less in the winter when I lived in NY.

 

[lawdawg]

Beautiful house, Aquadoc. I'm with those who say "just smoke inside." It's hard to beat a pipe and whiskey by the fire on a cold day.

 

[kola]

I'm glad my ladyfried enjoys the smell of tobacco, even Gaslight. I smoke indoors when weather is nasty.
If things were differet I'd build a cozy 10x12 man-cave or istall high end filters in a basement room. I smoke a pipe to relax. It's pretty hard to relax while being out in the frezzing cold. Thats for cig smokers who need their fix.

 

[warren]

Deep fried? Or, more ... gently sauteed?

 

[crashthegrey]

I'm in upstate NY on the side of a mountain. It gets spectacularly cold. I smoke in the garage, I need to seal it up a little better and will eventually add heat. I smoke inside very rarely, usually on Christmas and when, like last year, the temperature decided to stay below zero for a week. But I frequently enjoy a pipe in the car as I commute 50 minutes each way. I try not to reduce my smoking through winter but it does happen sometimes.

 

[seldom]

This is a reference to the TV program "Game of Thrones".

 

[lawdawg]

You guys and your cold weather temperatures are helping me to even further appreciate our moderate southern Indiana winters where the temperatures rarely dip below 20 degrees, and rarely stay below freezing for any prolonged period. I spent 7 years in Chicago, and every winter had to endure prolonged stretches where the temperature hovered not so far above zero... never again!

 

[crashthegrey]

Fortunately I love my home and my mountain, or I would hate the winter. It can be brutal, but I also appreciate the cooler summer. I have been in southern Indiana at the wrong time before, and I would not survive some of the summer weather. My family vacations outside of Coal City and we pushed the trip back a month after a few brutal summers.

 

[lawdawg]

Fortunately I love my home and my mountain, or I would hate the winter. It can be brutal, but I also appreciate the cooler summer. I have been in southern Indiana at the wrong time before, and I would not survive some of the summer weather. My family vacations outside of Coal City and we pushed the trip back a month after a few brutal summers.

I've never been to New York, but when I lived in Chicago, we took a lot of trips to the North Woods in Wisconsin and Michigan. I've also been to Vermont, once when I was little. I love the north country and will definitely be back to visit. You're right about some of the southern Indiana summertime temperatures... I like to spend those days in my canoe on a local spring-fed river with a cooler full of beer, a few cobs, and a pouch of Carter Hall. Great swimming weather, but miserable when it's time to do yardwork.

 

[crashthegrey]

Exactly. Fortunately we are there on vacation and mostly swimming, fishing, drinking, and cooking over a fire. So it works out well for the most part.

 

[timt]

You guys and your cold weather temperatures are helping me to even further appreciate our moderate southern Indiana winters where the temperatures rarely dip below 20 degrees, and rarely stay below freezing for any prolonged period. I spent 7 years in Chicago, and every winter had to endure prolonged stretches where the temperature hovered not so far above zero... never again!

My daughter is a 9th grader and wants to attend college somewhere warm. I'm all for it and in fact, plan to go with her. I wonder if they'll allow an old pipe smoking coot to reside in the dorms. Any case, my days (years) here are numbered.

 

[weedsnager]

Wool fingerless gloves are really nice

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[crashthegrey]

I have surplus fingerless glove liners. I agree that they are a great help.

 

[blackadderlxx]

I'm in upstate NY on the side of a mountain. It gets spectacularly cold. I smoke in the garage, I need to seal it up a little better and will eventually add heat. I smoke inside very rarely, usually on Christmas and when, like last year, the temperature decided to stay below zero for a week. But I frequently enjoy a pipe in the car as I commute 50 minutes each way. I try not to reduce my smoking through winter but it does happen sometimes.

One year my friend and I went upstate to go snowmobiling in February. A little town called Lowell(?), north of Utica. It was really beautiful there, but the almanac said their annual snowfall average was 36 FEET. All I know was that it was around zero in the morning with highs around 13-15. Thankfully there were a lot of bars around the trails to stop and get something to warm you up.

 

[crashthegrey]

We definitely try to keep people warm on the trails. Some areas are cracking down on this, because some guys don't know their own limits, but snowmobiling and bar crawling was a common pastime in these parts.

 

[ernieq]

1. Dress warm

2. Use your bowl to warm your hands

Alternatively;

3. Get rid of your significant other and light up in the house.

 

[derfatdutchman]

I smoke in my basement workshop during the winter months. When the wife complains I open up the Bilco door and turn on the old box fan I keep in my shop.