My dad, who smoked a pipe for a while in his younger years, always said a pipe smoker can't be a working man. Spends all his time trying to keep the damn thing lit.AgEng98 said:
I did for several years after making the same progression from cigars. I enjoyed the "ritual" of it, but eventually went back to cigars. For me, I liked to have a cigar in conjunction with doing other things like mowing, etc. That's hard to do with a pipe.
Don't buy a $5 pipe from a drugstore. Ask your tobacconist how hot a particular blend will burn. Never ever buy a blend based on the hilarity of the name.
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My dad, who smoked a pipe for a while in his younger years, always said a pipe smoker can't be a working man. Spends all his time trying to keep the damn thing lit.
This brought back memories of my grandfather. He smoked cigars, but his doctor told him he needed to quit. No problem, he'd stick a cigar vertically into his pipe and puff away.Fishin Texas Aggie 05 said:
Truth be told I found one of my late grandfathers pipes.
Apparently he was a big smoker but went to pipes to kick cigarettes.
Fishin Texas Aggie 05 said:
I smoke a few cigars a year and I'm thinking about taking up the pipe. Maybe something to do on the weekends or late evenings.
2020 has made a mess of me and I'm look for something to take my mind of politics, the news, etc.
Be very, very careful with the phrasing hereFishin Texas Aggie 05 said:
I smoke a few cigars a year and I'm thinking about taking up the pipe. Maybe something to do on the weekends or late evenings.
2020 has made a mess of me and I'm look for something to take my mind of politics, the news, etc.
Fishin Texas Aggie 05 said:
I've smoked a corn cob pie a few times about 3 years ago.
The guy who I smoked with had the tobacco and I could never find any tobacco in a store to tempt me. No liquor stores carry it around my area
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My dad, who smoked a pipe for a while in his younger years, always said a pipe smoker can't be a working man. Spends all his time trying to keep the damn thing lit.
Funny you mention that. Years ago my dad gave me his list of 'Never hire a man who ...'.
Some of the things on his 'list' didn't really resonate with me, but I knew he had employed many people over his long career, so I never really challenged him on it.
One of the things on that list was 'Never hire a man who smokes a pipe. He's always screwing with that damn thing and it will affect his work output.'
I honestly have no idea whether that statement is true, or even largely true. Most of the guys who I work in my career wouldn't even know which end of a pipe to light.
FWIW, dad chewed cigars, a habit which mother abhorred but tolerated.
maybe, maybe not...Martin Cash said:My dad, who smoked a pipe for a while in his younger years, always said a pipe smoker can't be a working man. Spends all his time trying to keep the damn thing lit.AgEng98 said:
I did for several years after making the same progression from cigars. I enjoyed the "ritual" of it, but eventually went back to cigars. For me, I liked to have a cigar in conjunction with doing other things like mowing, etc. That's hard to do with a pipe.
Don't buy a $5 pipe from a drugstore. Ask your tobacconist how hot a particular blend will burn. Never ever buy a blend based on the hilarity of the name.
Tx95Ag said:
Where are you located?
Not a chance. Dad wouldn't last 5 minutes in a modern HR department.Quote:
Can you share some more of these hiring filters?
McDadeTXAggie said:
I don't but this old hag smokes a lot
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