briarbuck
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Post by briarbuck on Feb 20, 2019 14:57:48 GMT -5
Pipe smoking is in fact far more difficult than Rocket Science.
Rocket Scientists essentially create stable environments for their processes to function. They escape gravity and they protect all functions inside stable environments away from dust and environment. After that it's Math, not Rocket Science.
Pipe smokers are in an open environment where humidity, temperature, pipe shape, heat of the ignition, wind direction and types of tobacco all come into play every single time. No 2 smokes are the same.
I say to you, smoking a pipe is in fact harder than Rocket Science.
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Post by roadsdiverged on Feb 20, 2019 15:04:03 GMT -5
It's pretty tough at times. When the air is so thick here that you can cut it with a knife, it makes some blends difficult to keep going. Add a full bend pipe and an aro and I spend more time chasing moisture and relighting than I do smoking.
Its rough on the brain when i just want to sot, light a pipe and relax.
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Post by Mac on Feb 20, 2019 15:38:14 GMT -5
Hah! Good essay. I think there's an art to getting a great smoke, much of it based on science we don't fully grok. Or we do, but just don't give a damn.
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Post by AJ on Feb 20, 2019 21:46:10 GMT -5
98% of my pipe smoking occurs in a controlled environment with the temperature and humidity seldom changing. My tobacco stays sealed in their original tins or in a Mason Jar except for the blend I’m currently smoking. My pipes are basically the same size and shape. I guess one might conclude that for me the “science” and research prove that I enjoy pipe smoking. How this relates to the OP, I haven’t a clue.  AJ |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2019 22:15:15 GMT -5
Being into high power model rocketry for years, I qualify for the title of "rocket scientist".
I am still baffled by the difference between bowls of tobacco and how they taste in different pipes. I have asked pipe makers how this can happen and they just say "magic".
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Post by Legend Lover on Feb 21, 2019 13:28:58 GMT -5
I think you're on to something there, briarbuck. Although in the same way I wouldn't pit art and science against each other in terms of difficulty (I have a PhD in crystallography but I couldn't draw to save my life), I don't think we can compare pipe smoking and rocket science. I would say pipe smoking is an art and not a science. And that's where I have made my mistakes... I try to treat it like a science and fail miserably. |
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briarbuck
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Post by briarbuck on Feb 21, 2019 16:56:38 GMT -5
The act of smoking a pipe is generally thought of as a calm and serine activity that requires little thought. Only though years of trial and error can you understand, at an intuitive level, all the different aspects that go into the simple act of smoking. It's both science AND art + only after a number of years of experience do you get to the point when the experience goes on auto-pilot. I believe it's a process to even get to the point of being able to really relax and not think from one season to another.
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Post by Legend Lover on Feb 21, 2019 17:18:45 GMT -5
The act of smoking a pipe is generally thought of as a calm and serine activity that requires little thought. Only though years of trial and error can you understand, at an intuitive level, all the different aspects that go into the simple act of smoking. It's both science AND art + only after a number of years of experience do you get to the point when the experience goes on auto-pilot. I believe it's a process to even get to the point of being able to really relax and not think from one season to another. scart |
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Post by qmechanics on Feb 21, 2019 22:51:46 GMT -5
And thus said the lunatics in the asylum.....
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briarbuck
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Post by briarbuck on Feb 22, 2019 10:57:31 GMT -5
The act of smoking a pipe is generally thought of as a calm and serine activity that requires little thought. Only though years of trial and error can you understand, at an intuitive level, all the different aspects that go into the simple act of smoking. It's both science AND art + only after a number of years of experience do you get to the point when the experience goes on auto-pilot. I believe it's a process to even get to the point of being able to really relax and not think from one season to another. scart gazuntite |
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Post by Dramatwist on Feb 22, 2019 16:24:54 GMT -5
I have a nephew who is an actual Rocket Scientist. I'll check with him, lol...
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Post by longtom on Feb 25, 2019 13:28:46 GMT -5
Pipe smoking is in fact far more difficult than Rocket Science. Rocket Scientists essentially create stable environments for their processes to function. They escape gravity and they protect all functions inside stable environments away from dust and environment. After that it's Math, not Rocket Science. Pipe smokers are in an open environment where humidity, temperature, pipe shape, heat of the ignition, wind direction and types of tobacco all come into play every single time. No 2 smokes are the same. I say to you, smoking a pipe is in fact harder than Rocket Science. From 30 minutes south of Cape Canaveral... not so sure I'm buying this...
The first five miles of that rocket ride are the hard part... and very much subject to gravity...
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