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Post by CrustyCat on Feb 11, 2021 3:28:36 GMT -5
Just doing some looking around on the internet tonight and came across this older article. Good read. Remember Pipe Smokers |
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Post by pappyjoe on Feb 11, 2021 8:57:27 GMT -5
From the article:
""More pipe smokers tend to be in the clerical, sales and technical fields, and precision crafts," says Norman F. Sharp, who as president of both the Pipe Tobacco Council and the Cigar Association of America is in a unique position to comment on the difference between the two smoking types. "They tend to be methodical and deliberate people.""
And this proves the fact that the people who should be representing us knows nothing about pipe smokers.
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Post by taiguy66 on Feb 11, 2021 9:13:30 GMT -5
Thanks for the link Kevin. This is my first time reading this article. Being a cigar smoker myself, albeit infrequently, my tastebuds have matured towards pipe tobacco. More importantly, even my wife seems more tolerant to my smoking ever since I took up the pipe.
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Post by mrlunting on Feb 11, 2021 10:03:41 GMT -5
I read this a little while ago. It was good to read through it again. Thanks for posting!
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Post by Professor S. on Feb 11, 2021 17:51:33 GMT -5
Thanks for the link Kevin. This is my first time reading this article. Being a cigar smoker myself, albeit infrequently, my tastebuds have matured towards pipe tobacco. More importantly, even my wife seems more tolerant to my smoking ever since I took up the pipe. This is my situation as well. The assertions of the author seemed a little broad-brush, but it did get the social researcher in me wondering if there is a statistically significant percentage of pipe smokers who tend towards a specific Meyers-Briggs type and/or a statistically significant percentage of cigar smokers who tend towards another. I do fit the deliberative, tweed jacket with elbow patches, bookworm stereotype of pipe smokers, but I've been that way for decades and only recently took up the pipe. I stink at sales, and am as handy with tools as your average Kindergartner. I've been smoking cigars for years, and am about the least adventurous, boisterous person you're likely to meet. I just happen to enjoy cigars with Scotch and martinis. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 11, 2021 18:02:25 GMT -5
Sometimes I am the tweed jacket type, reading Greek and Roman philosophy while listening to classical music. Sometimes I am a redneck, listening to country and building something in the barn. Sometimes I'm an IT engineer, following wires along the wall with my pocket protector and my phone flashlight. Sometimes I am a person of culture, at the Houston Grand Opera after party, or the old hippie at Marfreyless under the stairs. I can't be one dimensional. I want to experience everything that life has to offer, interact with all kinds of people and hear different ideas.
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Post by Professor S. on Feb 11, 2021 19:20:39 GMT -5
Sometimes I am the tweed jacket type, reading Greek and Roman philosophy while listening to classical music. Sometimes I am a redneck, listening to country and building something in the barn. Sometimes I'm an IT engineer, following wires along the wall with my pocket protector and my phone flashlight. Sometimes I am a person of culture, at the Houston Grand Opera after party, or the old hippie at Marfreyless under the stairs. I can't be one dimensional. I want to experience everything that life has to offer, interact with all kinds of people and hear different ideas. Specialization is for insects. Humans should be well-rounded and multifaceted. In the words of Dame Marjorie Chardin, consistency is not really a human trait. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 11, 2021 19:29:50 GMT -5
Sometimes I am the tweed jacket type, reading Greek and Roman philosophy while listening to classical music. Sometimes I am a redneck, listening to country and building something in the barn. Sometimes I'm an IT engineer, following wires along the wall with my pocket protector and my phone flashlight. Sometimes I am a person of culture, at the Houston Grand Opera after party, or the old hippie at Marfreyless under the stairs. I can't be one dimensional. I want to experience everything that life has to offer, interact with all kinds of people and hear different ideas. Specialization is for insects. Humans should be well-rounded and multifaceted. In the words of Dame Marjorie Chardin, consistency is not really a human trait. Amen! A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. Robert A. Heinlein |
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Post by taiguy66 on Feb 11, 2021 19:36:28 GMT -5
Thanks for the link Kevin. This is my first time reading this article. Being a cigar smoker myself, albeit infrequently, my tastebuds have matured towards pipe tobacco. More importantly, even my wife seems more tolerant to my smoking ever since I took up the pipe. This is my situation as well. The assertions of the author seemed a little broad-brush, but it did get the social researcher in me wondering if there is a statistically significant percentage of pipe smokers who tend towards a specific Meyers-Briggs type and/or a statistically significant percentage of cigar smokers who tend towards another. I do fit the deliberative, tweed jacket with elbow patches, bookworm stereotype of pipe smokers, but I've been that way for decades and only recently took up the pipe. I stink at sales, and am as handy with tools as your average Kindergartner. I've been smoking cigars for years, and am about the least adventurous, boisterous person you're likely to meet. I just happen to enjoy cigars with Scotch and martinis. I know exactly what you mean! Personally, I like to think we’ve matured and become more refined like an excellent glass of port or a fine wine. Yes, cigars with scotch is a passion and still partake enthusiastically. Having said that, I recently had an Ashton Cabinet 7, one of my favourite cigars, and found it lacking. By all accounts, it’s an excellent cigar, with a 92 or 93 rating but my tastebuds have changed for something more refined and elegant. I believe, sir, you are also at the same crossroads. My litmus test will be in two weeks when I celebrate my birthday. Two winter’s ago, before COVID, I was fortunate enough to purchase a box of Cohiba Behike’s in 56 (yes they’re authentic verified by Habanos.com and Cuban Cigar website but I digress). As this is my unicorn, I smoke it once per year and know exactly what to expect aroma, taste wise, and from my own past senses and experience. If I should get the same reaction, like I did with the Ashton, then my conclusion is that I have evolved and become that “Officer and Gentleman “ or “Country Squire” that’s been ingrained in my head since my Academy days. I have evolved and no longer equate myself to a Schwarzenegger or Stallone tilting towards windmills. Better to be described as a Sherlock Holmes using nothing but intellect and wit. This is appealing knowing that I have reached the most advanced stage in life. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 11, 2021 20:13:59 GMT -5
Tomorrow I may well decide to take on the ragged looking windmill in the back field! But probably not. The odds of me doing any specific thing on any given day are lower as I age, but not zero. Except for smoking a Cuban cigar. That below zero! 😁 🤠
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Post by taiguy66 on Feb 12, 2021 10:11:10 GMT -5
Tomorrow I may well decide to take on the ragged looking windmill in the back field! But probably not. The odds of me doing any specific thing on any given day are lower as I age, but not zero. Except for smoking a Cuban cigar. That below zero! 😁 🤠 My days of tipping windmills was over the day I retired from the service. These days I’m content being a philosopher king Ron. As I know this is the same for you, come on over... have a seat by the fire and let’s bask about our new level of enlightenment. The game’s afoot! |
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Post by anasazi6 on Apr 10, 2021 16:39:39 GMT -5
Specialization is for insects. Humans should be well-rounded and multifaceted. In the words of Dame Marjorie Chardin, consistency is not really a human trait. Amen! A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. Robert A. Heinlein |
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Post by zver on Apr 10, 2021 18:35:21 GMT -5
It was a good read! I am sure change is always going to make such think moot in time.
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