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Post by trailboss on Nov 2, 2018 16:56:47 GMT -5
Books on contemporary politics are hard for me to read. The reason is i am too gullible. I read a book from one side, and say: "wow, that makes total sense. I can't believe anyone disagrees." Then I read a book from the other side, and I say the exact same darn thing. In the end I get very frustrated and i want the two authors to sit down together and sort it out and then write me a summary. Its like don't argue with me, argue with this guy. It just takes too much out of me, and goodness knows you can't say anything about it. If I clearly state any political opinion I have I lose half my friends. 6 or 8 opinions and I am out of friends. If you lose friends for having an opinion, they weren't friends to begin with. Sad to say it, but most people don't realize you can like someone who has opinions you don't agree with. That's how discourse starts, and thats why no one today knows how to have a conversation anymore. Well said. |
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Post by scrooge on Nov 2, 2018 17:06:10 GMT -5
This forum an smoking a cob.
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Post by Baboo on Nov 2, 2018 17:16:28 GMT -5
A book and a pipe is probably the most grounding form of relaxation there is...
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Post by clintonvilleleather on Nov 2, 2018 18:47:42 GMT -5
I was reading some James Thurber the other day. He is a humorist from my city and pretty funny 😁
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Post by jeffd on Nov 2, 2018 19:35:52 GMT -5
If you lose friends for having an opinion, they weren't friends to begin with. Sad to say it, but most people don't realize you can like someone who has opinions you don't agree with. That's how discourse starts, and thats why no one today knows how to have a conversation anymore. Well said. My dad used to say that you should avoid talking about sex, politics, religion, salary, and with women also avoid weight and age. Good advice. I am willing to talk about anything else. |
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Post by kirk13 on Nov 2, 2018 19:46:40 GMT -5
A book and a pipe is probably the most grounding form of relaxation there is... It's been a great complement to my anxiety meds! |
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Post by jeffd on Nov 17, 2018 12:34:23 GMT -5
I visited my favorite dusty old second hand book shop a little bit ago. These places are relics and you need to visit them before they disappear entirely.
I found an old leather bound well worn complete set of Sir Walter Scott (Waverley, Rob Roy, etc.).
They were discounted because each volume "stank". They each smelled kind of strongly of pipe tobacco. I can't identify what kind, but it is distinctly not cigarette smoke or cigar smoke even.
I bought the set. What i could I do? I already have them in paperback, but without the aroma.
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Post by kirk13 on Nov 17, 2018 19:23:23 GMT -5
I visited my favorite dusty old second hand book shop a little bit ago. These places are relics and you need to visit them before they disappear entirely. I found an old leather bound well worn complete set of Sir Walter Scott (Waverley, Rob Roy, etc.). They were discounted because each volume "stank". They each smelled kind of strongly of pipe tobacco. I can't identify what kind, but it is distinctly not cigarette smoke or cigar smoke even. I bought the set. What i could I do? I already have them in paperback, but without the aroma. Indeed! What else could you have done? Its sad how second hand book stores are dying out. When I lived in SA, book exchanges were a big thing due to the high cost of new books. The hours I spent hunting around in them.... |
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Post by LSUTigersFan on Nov 17, 2018 19:32:53 GMT -5
I enjoy reading and smoking. I am currently reading a collection of classic M.R. James ghost stories. For some reason, I enjoy reading old horror or adventure stories while smoking.
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Post by arturo7 on Nov 17, 2018 19:40:48 GMT -5
Smoking and reading is why they make churchwardens.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2018 11:33:18 GMT -5
I read all the time. Mostly spy/action novels or hard science fiction. However every 5 years I love to re-read The Hobbit while smoking my pipe.
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Post by 5star on Dec 4, 2018 12:22:25 GMT -5
I read across many subject areas. While recently reading a biography of Napoleon, I would often smoke one of my French made briars. It seemed fitting.
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Post by Matthew on Dec 4, 2018 22:03:19 GMT -5
I look forward to reading while smoking my pipe again.It's been
a few years now,but that is one of my favored pastimes.
As to the slight derailment
I've had many friends thru the years that would start political
discussions with me simply because no matter my true feelings I
would take an opposing view.I would listen to their argument and
poke holes in faulty logic or if I was in a mean mood I would
attack the semantics.They used me as a sounding board to sharpen
up for a debate or speech.I have an innate need to find the truth that
hides behind the rhetoric.This is also why I don't read political books.
Can't argue with them if they're not there.
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 4, 2018 22:14:41 GMT -5
When I can I sit on the back porch by the fire and enjoy a book with my pipe. Lately I have been re-reading the Honor Harrington series by David Weber. Re-reading it! There must be a hundred of those with the spin-offs. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 4, 2018 22:20:52 GMT -5
I visited my favorite dusty old second hand book shop a little bit ago. These places are relics and you need to visit them before they disappear entirely. I found an old leather bound well worn complete set of Sir Walter Scott (Waverley, Rob Roy, etc.). They were discounted because each volume "stank". They each smelled kind of strongly of pipe tobacco. I can't identify what kind, but it is distinctly not cigarette smoke or cigar smoke even. I bought the set. What i could I do? I already have them in paperback, but without the aroma. When I was still working I went to my regular used book store and they had a first edition set of Ivanhoe in 3 volumes. I wanted it so much that I almost paid the $1200. But I realized that I really didn't have a place to keep it. |
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Post by addamsruspipe on Dec 4, 2018 22:26:54 GMT -5
When I can I sit on the back porch by the fire and enjoy a book with my pipe. Lately I have been re-reading the Honor Harrington series by David Weber. Re-reading it! There must be a hundred of those with the spin-offs. I started on the series when it first came out. Kept up with it til around book 11 or 12 and then it just lost my interest. It just seamed to be too spread out to too many different characters. So every two years or so I re-read 1-10, still enjoy them. I figure at some point maybe I will regain enough interest to read the 11-19 but has not happened yet. And of course always on the back porch with a pipe. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2018 22:51:12 GMT -5
If you lose friends for having an opinion, they weren't friends to begin with. Sad to say it, but most people don't realize you can like someone who has opinions you don't agree with. That's how discourse starts, and thats why no one today knows how to have a conversation anymore. Well said. My best friend and I are on different sides politically, but we can debate issues and never make it personal. |
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Post by Lady Margaret on Dec 4, 2018 23:02:44 GMT -5
When I can I sit on the back porch by the fire and enjoy a book with my pipe. Lately I have been re-reading the Honor Harrington series by David Weber. I read the first three books in college and loved them. I need to start over and complete the series. |
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Post by Dramatwist on Dec 4, 2018 23:40:13 GMT -5
I read all the time. Mostly spy/action novels or hard science fiction. However every 5 years I love to re-read The Hobbit while smoking my pipe. ...ditto that, Geoff... |
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Post by trailboss on Dec 5, 2018 1:01:27 GMT -5
I have started reading a book that I bought long ago a leatherbound 1902 edition of The Life and Epistles of St. Paul by Conybeare and Howson (Peoples Edition) the book was originally penned in 1869 and has stood the test of time...it is a book that after cracking, that I wish I didn't have to go to work, sleep, attend to domestic duties etc....A truly monumental work.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2018 23:09:29 GMT -5
Can't concentrate on sipping the pipe while reading.
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Post by priest2705 on Dec 10, 2018 1:17:02 GMT -5
I love to smoke and read. I've been an avid reader since I was a child, and I'm blessed that my daughter picked up that trait from me. Just tonight, I was smoking and reading SPQR by Mary Beard, a history of ancient Rome. That being said, I do prefer to read on my iPad. While I love the feel of a good physical book and buy out of print books on Amazon on a regular basis, there's something to be said for having access to well over 300 books in my Google Play Books library at any time
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2018 1:30:52 GMT -5
Smoking and reading right now. Book six of "The Wheel of Time"
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Post by puritana on Dec 16, 2018 22:03:56 GMT -5
I enjoy a pipe and a book every afternoon. I spend about 30 minutes working on my German, then another 30 reading.
Just started Bonfire of the Vanities, by Tom Wolfe, earlier this week.
Before that I read No Country for Old Men, and The Road, by Cormac McCarthy.
As stated earlier, the epitome of relaxation is a pipe and a good book. I can't agree more.
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Post by Legend Lover on Dec 17, 2018 9:13:07 GMT -5
I enjoy a pipe and a book every afternoon. I spend about 30 minutes working on my German, then another 30 reading. Just started Bonfire of the Vanities, by Tom Wolfe, earlier this week. Before that I read No Country for Old Men, and The Road, by Cormac McCarthy. As stated earlier, the epitome of relaxation is a pipe and a good book. I can't agree more. ...and time to enjoy them both. |
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Post by bigwoolie on Dec 19, 2018 11:42:04 GMT -5
I too find that smoking a pipe while drinking a cup of strong, black coffee and reading a good book is my favorite way to relax in the evening. Often I read some of the Bible and then a book. Currently, Im ruminating on an old book of history's best poetry in the English language. Poetry??? Yeah, poetry. I challenge you to sit down this evening with a favorite pipe and look up Longfellow's "The Day is Done", read it slowly and not be affected. I just re-read Tennyson's poem Ulysses, and for a guy who's not as young as he used to be, it really resonated. And Im not even an academic, I cowboy in the back country for a living!
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Post by william on Dec 19, 2018 13:39:35 GMT -5
I too find that smoking a pipe while drinking a cup of strong, black coffee and reading a good book is my favorite way to relax in the evening. Often I read some of the Bible and then a book. Currently, Im ruminating on an old book of history's best poetry in the English language. Poetry??? Yeah, poetry. I challenge you to sit down this evening with a favorite pipe and look up Longfellow's " The Day is Done", read it slowly and not be affected. I just re-read Tennyson's poem Ulysses, and for a guy who's not as young as he used to be, it really resonated. And Im not even an academic, I cowboy in the back country for a living! I'm not crazy about poetry, but I think Tennyson has a clearly masculine "voice," and that's why he appeals to male readers. And I agree with the title of your book that "Ulysses" is one of the best poems in the English language. Of course, old guys like it. Especially these lines: "Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho' We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield." Thanks for reminding me of this. I will sit down tonight and browse Tennyson again.... |
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Post by mceprod22 on Dec 19, 2018 18:11:28 GMT -5
For me, I like a good graphic novel or Light novel such as SAO
Best feeling is with bowl in one hand and kindle in other.
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Post by Baboo on Dec 19, 2018 18:19:56 GMT -5
I like reading with Churchwardens due to requiring a minimum of arm movement.
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