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Post by Plainsman on Oct 13, 2020 11:33:53 GMT -5
As little as possible. If the weather allows I like to sit on the deck, with the dogs, and watch the squirrels, or just sit and do nothing. I do that very well, by the way. Reading also works, but nothing is better than sitting on the deck and watching the breeze move the leaves.
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Favorite Pipe: I love all the pipes I have from slow smoke contests
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Post by Winton on Oct 14, 2020 8:57:07 GMT -5
Last night, I went out the garage, and put on my plaid smoking jacket (flannel shirt). Shortly after that, I also added my heavy smoking jacket.
A few years ago, my wife "strongly" suggested that I store the smoking jackets in the garage, away from her.
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Post by jeffd on Oct 14, 2020 12:50:23 GMT -5
My property is a little over two acres on the side of a steep hill. So steep the back of my house is one story and the front is two stories.
It is all wooded, with douglass fir, maple, and the remnants of an apple orchard.
It takes real athleticism to walk up there, so it is largely untouched. About a third the way up there is a level spot where a tree came down one spring. I can make it up there if I do a bunch of switch backs. I like to sit on the dead tree and smoke a pipe or two. I can look down and over the top of my house and see the whole valley. I used to bring a thermos of coffee up with me, but now I have a little camp stove and I make the coffee up there.
I learned this, if you sit quietly in the woods long enough, the critters come out and check your boundaries. Though I think the pipe smoke may keep some away, or maybe it masks my human scent and encourages the critters. Anyway those that come for a visit are good companions for a pipe or two. Not much for talking though.
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Post by Ronv69 on Oct 14, 2020 16:06:52 GMT -5
My pipe smoking seems to repel squirrels and attract humming birds and dogs. Fine with me. 😊🐦🐶
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Post by instymp on Oct 14, 2020 17:48:06 GMT -5
Stare & think.
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Post by dingobob on May 4, 2021 21:24:31 GMT -5
I've gotten into gardening recently, so lately while I smoke, I've been cursing at Bermuda grass.
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Post by Silver on May 4, 2021 22:08:36 GMT -5
Thanks for resurrecting an old thread, dingobob . For the past 14 months (who thought it would be this long), I've been working from home. So, I smoke my pipe while working. I also like smoking my pipe outdoors, when the weather is nice. Or in the man cave (basement) just steps away from my COVID office (a dining room table), when its cold, windy, rainy, snowy or otherwise crappy outside. I generally don't smoke while I'm gardening or working on a project. Pipe goes out or needs tamping and I have to stop what I'm doing. So, I take a lot of breaks. Oh, I also hang out in the Briarpatch with all of you.  |
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Post by Gandalf on May 4, 2021 22:35:29 GMT -5
I just relax and think and plan.
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Post by Silver on May 4, 2021 22:43:42 GMT -5
I just relax and think and plan. and reload? |
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Post by taiguy66 on May 5, 2021 8:14:16 GMT -5
Like many of you I’m an outside smoker which means I’m either on my patio (my fortress of solitude) or at the office (golf course).
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Post by adui on May 5, 2021 8:22:30 GMT -5
My pipe is me time. I sit outside and listen to music, usually on my back porch because it's sheltered from the sun. I'll browse the patch often like now.
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Post by Plainsman on May 5, 2021 10:35:03 GMT -5
I read. Or write. Often I’ll sit on the deck and just “look at stuff.” Eli likes that cuz he can come, lie down next to my chair, and look at stuff, too. I think I value the non-doing times the most. Like one of my dogs “Sometimes I sits and thinks and sometimes I just sits.”
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Post by Scott W on May 5, 2021 11:01:54 GMT -5
I typically drink Scotch.
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Post by Gandalf on May 5, 2021 11:33:49 GMT -5
I just relax and think and plan. and reload? I was going to say that post, that the one thing I don't do while I smoke is reload! |
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Post by pepesdad1 on May 5, 2021 12:02:52 GMT -5
I'm retired from most of life...I enjoy sitting with the pup or the squirrels, birds and such...just enjoying my life such as it is.
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Post by Plainsman on May 5, 2021 12:05:37 GMT -5
I typically drink Scotch. Very dangerous. Many respected studies have shown that drinking scotch and smoking pipes has been linked to spontaneous happiness. |
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Post by terrapinflyer on May 5, 2021 13:13:02 GMT -5
Ideally, nothing else. In practice, anything that doesn't involve other combustible items.
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Post by urbino on May 5, 2021 13:41:56 GMT -5
Listen to audiobooks and watch the world go by, typically.
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Post by Silver on May 5, 2021 13:50:21 GMT -5
I was going to say that post, that the one thing I don't do while I smoke is reload! Yeah, I guess that could be kind of dangerous. |
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Post by Scott W on May 5, 2021 14:26:36 GMT -5
I typically drink Scotch. Very dangerous. Many respected studies have shown that drinking scotch and smoking pipes has been linked to spontaneous happiness. It is thankfully👍🏻 |
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Post by qmechanics on May 5, 2021 14:40:04 GMT -5
Old thread resurrection? How dare you bring back a dead thread!! What nerve!!  OK now that is out of the way, I find myself looking at the wall staring ceaselessly towards that endless night. Contemplating the turns and twists, the wrongs and right of life, I wonder if my life will come to have meaning. It is a tough, though at times rewarding life. Still if troubles never occurred, would we be reduced to a twinkle in someone’s eyes be that Gods or a string of amino acids (depending on one’s perspective)? Oh my here comes that burrito!!! Aaaaaaahhh smells like daises……
Yes Contentment... All is well with the world for a brief moment and then …... |
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Post by dingobob on May 5, 2021 17:43:35 GMT -5
Old thread resurrection? How dare you bring back a dead thread!! What nerve!! I do what I want! |
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Post by pepesdad1 on May 5, 2021 18:02:19 GMT -5
Old thread resurrection? How dare you bring back a dead thread!! What nerve!! I do what I want! As well you should!! |
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Post by qmechanics on May 5, 2021 21:41:15 GMT -5
Old thread resurrection? How dare you bring back a dead thread!! What nerve!! I do what I want! Well so do I !!! lol (Disclaimer: Typically in accordance with Patch rules or at the very most skirting the line a wee bit.)... lol As you are new to the Patch, I should have made my humor painfully obvious. First, I am notorious for bringing back old posts (the irony). Second, I tried, with the emoji, to indicate no ill intent. Third, the rest of the post's body should have given a clue as to the frivolous nature of my message. Oh well, humor is sometimes lost in translation....No worries as dingobob is new and I am notorious... The latter will not change, though I believe dingobob should come to understand or at least tolerate my shenanigans. I do it simply to liven things up a bit, bring a smile to those with an off sense of humor.. Best Q What dingobob gets it? I am the one who is being obtuse and snarky....... Oh my!!!! Well then never mind....... Move along.........Nothing to see here folks.... |
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Post by Silver on May 6, 2021 0:17:53 GMT -5
I've only officially been here since January. I don't mind if an older thread is resurrected, so long as its interesting.  |
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Post by fadingdaylight on May 6, 2021 7:08:42 GMT -5
Generally speaking, I only smoke my pipes during jousting practice. Though, sometimes I have one during my morning run.
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Post by Plainsman on May 6, 2021 8:53:19 GMT -5
I like resurrections. Gives us a chance to see how things have moved on and check current vibes. Also, they are a first-look for new folks who are feeling out the place. And I thought qmechanics tongue-in-cheek post was humorously appropriate.
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Post by rdpipes on May 6, 2021 19:34:39 GMT -5
sometimes nothing, sometimes a lot.
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Post by trailboss on May 6, 2021 20:51:54 GMT -5
It depends on what I am doing, or doing nothing.
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Post by trailboss on May 6, 2021 22:10:46 GMT -5
 "Hey that's not cool", I told the man, They looked at me with angry eyes, Some activist shouted "Hey! Who's that guy?", I proudly said, "My name is Sam!", "I'm here to stop the smoking ban!", "I've read the bill and it's no surprise", "The science behind it has holes and lies", Then I heard the gavel slam, And someone shouted, "I don't like Sam!" "I do not like his pipe breaks", "I do not like the puffs he takes", "I do not like him here or there", "I do not like him anywhere!", So then I thought "If I use reason", "Maybe I can end this mean season", I said, "Listen please, I have some questions", "About the things your ordinance mentions", "For instance, can I smoke on a train?", "Can I smoke on a plane?", "Can I smoke on a boat?", "Can I smoke in a bar?", "Can I smoke in a car?", "Can I smoke in my home?", "If I am living there alone?", Some replied with a blank stare, Some replied with an angry glare, One turned bright angry red, Before he spoke to me and said, "You cannot smoke on a train", "You cannot smoke on a plane", "You cannot smoke on a boat", "You cannot smoke with a goat", "You cannot smoke in a bar", "You cannot smoke in a car", "You cannot smoke in your home", "Even if you are living there alone", "You cannot smoke here or there", "You cannot smoke anywhere!", "I will impose my smoking ban", "Because I do not like you Smoking Sam", "I will make you smoke in the rain", "Or in the cold till you feel the pain", "Of frosty winter's angry bite", "Then I shall smile with delight", "I will make you walk up and down the street", "Till blisters form upon your feet", "You see I know what's best for you", "And now your smoking days are through!", "Who cares about the Constitution?", "I'll nullify it with this resolution!", "I do not like you Smoking Sam", "So I will pass my smoking ban", It was then I knew my freedom was still not lost, So I walked out into the frost, Went to the mountains full of snow, The temperature was 10 below, Although people stood around, Still I dared to make a sound, I struck a match and had a puff, Thinking: "screw them, I am calling their bluff". patch.com/california/mountainview/smoking-sam-poem-in-the-style-of-dr-seuss |
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