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i had a pipe for my birthday
any tobacco recommendations for a newbie?
None?
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mango flavour in a corn pipe works
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as opposed to unfatal lung cancer?
Ignore the doom mongers, think how cool you'll look.....
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[i]as opposed to unfatal lung cancer? [/i]
Well yes as it doesn't always kill.
Some pipe smokers look a little healthier
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Can't believe anyone would consider sucking raw nicotine into their lungs these days 😯
as opposed to unfatal lung cancer?Well yes as it doesn't always kill.
yet you post a picture saying it causes fatal lung cancer.....
make your mind up son
i look like that anyway, just with a better beard 8)
[i]yet you post a picture saying it causes fatal lung cancer....
make your mind up son
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Sigh!
don't suppose either set of lungs is doing the owner much good now...
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[i]don't suppose either set of lungs is doing the owner much good now... [/i]
Think the other one died riding his bike.
A pipe says you no longer care how bad you smell...
I smoke a pipe.
Get yourself down a proper tobaconist (although theres not many left. I know a good one in Dorchester if you're ever round that way) and have a sniff of what they've got. I prefer cherry flavoured baccy myself.
Oh, and don't forget to light with a match, not a lighter as it'll taste awfull. And clean the bowl regularly. Old burnt baccy tastes awfull. It'll take a while to learn how to pack the bowl properly to get a good draw, but generaly speaking pack it a 3rd full, pat down to compress it to half full and then top up to a 3rd full again.
I've heard crack works well in a pipe.
Failing that +1 for cherry.
cherry, mmm i've tried raspberry and vanilla and quite liked that
I like Samuel Gawith's Celtic Talisman. Vanilla and cherry, but not too heavy on either.
Remind me not to sample tree-magnet's breath
A pipe says you no longer care how bad you smell...
Actually despite me hating smoking, never going to do it, and it being social suicide, pipe smoke smells really nice. But that could be memories of youth mixed in with it (my father used to smoke one). These days asking what tobacco to use is like asking which prostitute is the best on Grove Street, socially unacceptable but some folk just don't care!
RocketDog - Who [i]loves[/i] you enough to buy you a pipe then?
DezB - Member
Remind me not to sample tree-magnet's breath
Luckily (and until Labour get other ideas) my breath has f*ck all to do with you! 😀
the only thing worth stuffing in ya pipe, IMO....
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Next birthday.... if you're lucky, you might get an asbestos shed!
[i]pipe smoke smells really nice[/i]
Not if you have memories of hours spent in cars with a pipe smoking father!
100% of people who don't smoke, die.
TRUE FACT.
Do you smoke? Have you died yet?
Not if you have memories of hours spent in cars with a pipe smoking father!
Yup, that's the only place I ever smelled it (he didn't smoke in the house).
Where is grove street?
100% of people die.
TRUE FACT.
where did they get the healthy looking lungs from?
MTBing is a silly, dangerous sport. Some people die doing it.
[i]MTBing is a silly, dangerous sport. Some people die doing it[/i]
It doesn't make your breath smell.
Can you still get a bubble pipe?
where did they get the healthy looking lungs from?
Other death types exist.
MTBing is a silly, dangerous sport. Some people die doing it.
It's not really silly or overly dangerous, the stats speak for themselves.
+1 Alpin.
Still not very good for your lungs though
[i]MTBing is a silly, dangerous sport. Some people die doing it. [/i]
Imagine if you smoked and mountain biked.
I do. Which one will I die from? Oh the humanity!
Maybe they will counter ace each other.
I assume you meant "counter act", but I think I prefer "counter ace" tbh. 😀
[i]Maybe they will counter act(e) each other.[/i]
and he'll live forever? Cool
Oops!
Imagine if you smoked and mountain biked.
How would you stop the smoke/ash from getting in your eyes, affecting you vision and possibly causing an accident?
The combined effects from smoking AND using a mountain biking are clearly greater than the sum of their parts.
Anti-smoking nazis make we want to start smoking.
Anti-smoking nazis make we want to start smoking.
shouldn't you also be doing crack, smack and terrorism then ? My objection to pipe smoking is entirely aesthetic...
What tyres for pipe smoking?
Schwalbe Coughing Colins
Anti-smoking nazis make we want to start smoking.
No-one's said don't smoke, just pointed out the negatives! 😆 If you're that easily persuaded I need to get thinking of negative sides to giving bikes away free.
Wiksey - Member
What tyres for pipe smoking?
LOL
I'd quite like a pipe... sort of weird "hobby" I'd enjoy, and I do enjoy a smoke occasionally, but don't like cigs or cigars (rolly's ok if its nice baccy). Any recommendations?
Imagine if you smoked and mountain biked.
Don't Marins come with a pipe holder just in case you want to tackle anything that requires both hands on the bar?
My Great Grandfather smoked a pipe all his life.
However they didnt add additional carcinogenic substances in back then did they?
Smoke a pipe? WTF? Just smoke a cig. At least it has some sort of filter on it. Your just getting the full unadulterated evil into your lungs (including the TAR that ****s your lungs proper).
Smoke pure weed- be better than the shite above.
you have to weigh up the pros and cons...
Bad,
cancer,
death,
COPD
smells bad
Good,
being able to stand under the sign at work that says "cigarette smoking is not allowed" whilst blowing smoke rings?
ok, perhaps bad out weighs good, but just once would be worth it!
Been a regular pipe smoker for the last 30 years, and a competitive roadie for the same amount of time. Been a mountainbiker since '91.
I've managed to spend several seasons as a 2nd cat roadie, and had a good number of wins (not in MTB races, I'm a bit shite at the old bike-handling).
The lungs are working just fine, as pipe smoke is not inhaled. Also it contains no added carcinogens (like they put in fags).
Noobs to the pipe need to go with aromatics, as they smell nice and are easier to keep lit.
I get all mine from the Old Virginia Tobacco Co. in the states, which saves me about 90% on UK prices.
Make friends with an American services person, and they will get it delivered to them on base and save the Uk duty. Of course, I would never do that myself.......
As for bad breath, I have encountered plenty of non-smokers with "breath straight from the devil's backside" due to poor oral hygiene.
as pipe smoke is not inhaled
why is it done then ?
why is it done then ?
To replicate that Sherlock-Holmes thinking stance when solving crimes
You can absorb nicotine through the mouth.
Sorry for the thread resurrection (I usually kill them), but I just got one too!
You can absorb nicotine through the mouth.
As I noticed the one time I tried chewin tebacca. Felt quite squiffy in a not totally unpleasant way quite quickly.
Smokers live faster.
why not stop beating around the bush and [i]really[/i] give your respiritory system a treat..?
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As I noticed the one time I tried chewin tebacca
Better known as Chewbacca, or Chewy to close friends
Even by the standards of STW there is a lot of BS on this thread.
<lecture>Pipe tobacco may not have the added chemicals you get in fags but tobacco is inherently carcinogenic so it's still a risk.... and the fact that you don't inhale still means you're at risk of oral cancer. Same with chewing tobacco incidentally - remember the furore over Skoal Bandits a few years back?
As for the suggestion of smoking pure weed, well that's also a risk factor for lung cancer - ironic that Bob Marley is a bit of a poster boy for the benefits of ganja considering what he died of.
I'm all for personal choice and all that but there is also the passive smoking factor to consider.
Sorry if all this is a bit self righteous but I saw my Dad die (horribly) from lung cancer - I can't believe anyone would seriously consider taking on any form of tobacco smoking as a "hobby".</lecture>
you know it makes sense..
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See - it really does stunt your growth too...
tree-magnet - Member
but generaly speaking pack it a 3rd full, pat down to compress it to half full and then top up to a 3rd full again.
This does not make sense 1/3 < 1/2 hence you can't pack down a 1/3 into a 1/2.
I think he meant 2/3 packed down to 1/2