Update on the STG Closure Of Sutliff and Mac Baren

[telescopes]

Me, in a bar in Palm Springs. Take that city council. LOL. My compadres at the time were all 1%ers. I wonder if that had anything to do with no one calling us out?

 

[MisterBadger]

Wait right there - to quote Meat loaf.

Where, pray tell, does the public’s rights stop or exceed my own rights given that logic?

Let’s extend that line of thought.

Must I put up with drunks and their stinky behavior invading my ear space?

Or, painting their home pink and purple and leaving trash in the front lawn devaluing everyone’s property values?

Not to mention now that driving anywhere in Cathedral City or Desert Hot Springs Means smelling the pot grow farms 24/7 - even with the windows rolled up.
i certainly appreciate your point - and I understand it from a societal point of view - but our society seems to make truly arbitrary decisions about such matters - the violence and dangers created by the Palm Springs homeless situation are not just tolerated, but seems to be encouraged. Walking through parks watching for dirty needles shouldn’t be considered part of life, especially if second hand smoke seems to be so scary. LOL. Anyway, not meaning to be confrontational, just food for thought about “rights”.

Right on, @telescopes - there are fashions in morality, they come and go, and they're not truly ethically based, they're fads. But taken so, so seriously while they last.

 

[woodsroad]

Life is arbitrary, governments and laws even more so. I just don’t think it’s very considerate to subject a non-smoker to my exhalations. I don’t like smelling pot or vapes, they don’t like tobacco, abstaining, when requested is the civil thing to do.

 

[warren]

I wonder if that had anything to do with no one calling us out?

I'd certainly doubt it., Particularly in Palm Springs

 

[Chasing Embers]

public and indoor smoking bans were really what killed pipe smoking in America

Inconvenience killed it long before prohibitive legislation did. In 50 years I've only ever see five other pipe smokers and most of them were my fault.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Where, pray tell, does the public’s rights stop or exceed my own rights given that logic?

When your pursuit of happiness disrupts that of others. Works both ways though.

 

[telescopes]

I'd certainly doubt it., Particularly in Palm Springs

Ha ha.... on some things I would agree with you. Hey take a stroll down Warm Sands - One certainly will get their eyes opened - along with one or two other things, LOL. When it comes to cigarettes, however, these people are vicious. But I did have a good time that day.

 

[telescopes]

When your pursuit of happiness disrupts that of others. Works both ways though.

Which is the point. And as it should be.

 

[LeafErikson]

Ha ha.... on some things I would agree with you. Hey take a stroll down Warm Sands - One certainly will get their eyes opened - along with one or two other things, LOL. When it comes to cigarettes, however, these people are vicious. But I did have a good time that day.

As we all know, access to high quality, clean needles to shoot up heroin is of the utmost importance in our communities and people who smoke cigarettes belong in prison.

 

[PipeIT]

I wish I could switch to the pipe as my main vehicle of nicotine, but it's really hard with apartment living in a giant city. I've started smoking more aromatics and get nothing but compliments, but I have to put a dip in to get any nicotine satisfaction. I think public and indoor smoking bans were really what killed pipe smoking in America. There's got to be some way to keep it going. Honestly quiting Juuls is way way harder than cigarettes for me. At this point I've given up.

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[Servant King]

humans are emotional and dumb

Even worse; emotional, dumb, and in possession of credit cards.

there aren't increasing governmental efforts to stamp out the use of toilet paper

Don't give 'em any ideas...

but it won't stop the government from trying to take the bulbs.

Or force us to use fluorescent ones.

 

[sardonicus87]

Or force us to use fluorescent ones.

Almost can't get those either anymore either, I forget after what year, but they're moving those to LED too. Some states abd countries already have banned them.

 

[buroak]

Only a hint of grape, much less than Visions of Celephaïs. Goes great blended with Penzance and Margate.

I can’t tell if you are being serious, or just trying to rile the Esoterica crowd. As for myself, I love Balvenie 21 with Hawaiian Punch.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I can’t tell if you are being serious

I'm nearly always serious. They go well with 1Q and Exotic Orange as well. Esoterica blends are some of the least expensive tobaccos in my cellar, around $4/ounce only ever purchased at B&Ms excluding a couple of bags of Pembroke that I got from smokingpipes.com a few years back for $25 each.

 

[eljimmy]

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I'm nearly always serious. They go well with 1Q and Exotic Orange as well. Esoterica blends are some of the least expensive tobaccos in my cellar, around $4/ounce only ever purchased at B&Ms excluding a couple of bags of Pembroke that I got from smokingpipes.com a few years back for $25 each.

Now I want to smoke some Exotic Orange. Forgot I have some.

 

[Chasing Embers]

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[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

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That's a lot of money for TP every two months.

I'd start lecturing my family about wasting the toilet paper.

 

[Chasing Embers]

That's a lot of money for TP every two months.

I start lecturing my family about wasting the toilet paper.

It's bamboo but it does have free shipping.

 

[WVOldFart]

I imagine there are some out there that still have 300 rolls of TP left over from the Covid TP scare.

 

[Elric]

I imagine there are some out there that still have 300 rolls of TP left over from the Covid TP scare.

Probably. Most of the stores didn't honor returns on it.