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Post by puffy on May 30, 2018 22:38:13 GMT -5
Stuck my finger in my pipe to see how much tobacco was left in it.That's when I yelled ouch and stuck my finger in a glass of ice water I had sitting on my table.As long as I've been smoking pipes you would think that I would have learned by now..Any hardy souls here who can tamp with their fingers?
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Post by just ol ed on May 30, 2018 22:52:09 GMT -5
long as make absolutely sure no "live" embers..can be a tad difficult. Did small "scorch" of funger yrs ago, can't recall any since. Condolonces to ya!
Ed Duncan, Batavia, NY
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Post by exbenedict on May 31, 2018 1:10:30 GMT -5
After working in restaurants all through my teens and early twenties, I don't have any fingerprints left lose....
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Post by antb on May 31, 2018 3:39:14 GMT -5
I only tamp with the finger once the pipe has gone out....  |
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Post by Legend Lover on May 31, 2018 3:48:15 GMT -5
I've never been brave enough to try that. I always have my tamper or a long nail with me when I smoke my pipe.
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Post by haebar on May 31, 2018 5:51:48 GMT -5
My dad did; he never used a tamper. Then again, he didn't put his thumb very far down into the bowl.
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Post by roadsdiverged on May 31, 2018 5:52:29 GMT -5
I can, but try not too. My hands and fingers are calloused from work. My right index finger tip has no feeling in it because when I was young I thought it would be a great idea to touch the inside of a car cigarette lighter...
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Post by Matthew on May 31, 2018 10:23:30 GMT -5
I'll use my finger when driving with a pipe.
I also did the car lighter trick,but I then
convinced my Brother that it was cold.He knocked
the P*** out of me for that one.
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Post by Legend Lover on May 31, 2018 11:30:01 GMT -5
I'll use my finger when driving with a pipe. I also did the car lighter trick,but I then convinced my Brother that it was cold.He knocked the P*** out of me for that one. hahaha |
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2018 14:18:25 GMT -5
If the bowl is on a low smolder you can get away with it, but still it is often a 50/50 proposition. Not as bad as cutting flesh off your fingertips, while trimming a pipe cleaner with scissors, though.
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Post by orley on May 31, 2018 14:26:04 GMT -5
I'll often use my finger when the pipe is cold, that way I can feel how the pack is, whether it's too loose or too firm.
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Post by roadsdiverged on May 31, 2018 15:56:48 GMT -5
The car lighter seems to be a popular mishap... a co-worker said he did it too.. and ALSO convinced his brother to.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2018 16:00:44 GMT -5
On the char light, I sometimes use the Zippo to knock down tobacco that is rising up. Either an edge or the entire lighter laid flat over the bowl, as the case may be.
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Post by Matthew on May 31, 2018 20:33:23 GMT -5
The car lighter seems to be a popular mishap... a co-worker said he did it too.. and ALSO convinced his brother to. Yeah,brother are cool things to have around.Mine would hand me a wire and then kick over the motor he was working on.Best one though by far,he came over to help me with a carburetor,loaded my tools and took off for a week.He did fix the dang thing, but he kept the tools.S'allright,I threw that many off in the trees cause of frustration. |
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Post by PhantomWolf on May 31, 2018 20:38:34 GMT -5
I tamp with my finger when I'm outside and realize my tamper is not. haha I have callused fingertips from playing guitar, so that helps.
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