I haven't seen much of the chief complainant about the "off-topic issue" lately... Maybe it wasn't a problem after all, hmm?
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If this were a real pub it would close due to lack of customers.
But at least it has solved all the terrible problems 50+ was having. It has hasn't it? |
Trying to figure out if this thread is staying on-topic. Is this post on-topic? Another stout, please.
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not a problem
I think it was not a real problem. Even Chairman Tom has taken the liberty to banter about geezer hood in the 50+ open area.
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Originally Posted by Road Fan
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I think it was not a real problem. Even Chairman Tom has taken the liberty to banter about geezer hood in the 50+ open area.
If some want to restrict their participation to on topic stuff, God bless 'em, that's fine too. |
Cigars?
When I was in Cuba last summer teaching photography to American students I was introduced to cigars. I'm not a smoker, so I was surprised how pleasurable I found smoking a cigar. Of course, I can't get those nice Cubans here, but still...
I guess I'm now a cigar smoker. I keep it down to one or two a week in hopes that I'll avoid negative health consequences. Any of you enjoy this vice? http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8165/7...9b1d7ab7_z.jpg Curtis in Cuba Photo, 2012 by ccorlew, on Flickr |
No.
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Stink Sticks
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My Dad smoked cigars all his life but stopped about 10 years before he died. He used to love going to visit his brother who always seemed to have a stash of the Cubans. I don't mind cigar and pipe smoke but I cannot tolerate cigarette smoke. Nice pic by the way.
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When I visit my old home town of Victoria, B.C. during the summer cruise season and go to the local tourist trap commercial area I see lots of your fellow American gentlemen sitting on the benches and walking around just outside of E,A.Morris Tobacconist puffing away on legal in Canada Cuban cigars.
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We can buy Cuban stogies anywhere up here. I rather enjoy the aroma of a good cigar, although I have not smoked anything in 36 years.
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Used to, but even one or two a week had a negative impact on me... including the $10 to $20 per cigar cost. With that said, a good cigar can be a taste sensation.
BTW you photo looks like that of a man who has been in Cuba for some time. Nice shot. Did you set it up or did one of the students take it? |
Originally Posted by cccorlew
(Post 15561896)
When I was in Cuba last summer teaching photography to American students I was introduced to cigars. I'm not a smoker, so I was surprised how pleasurable I found smoking a cigar. Of course, I can't get those nice Cubans here, but still...
I guess I'm now a cigar smoker. I keep it down to one or two a week in hopes that I'll avoid negative health consequences. Any of you enjoy this vice? http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8165/7...9b1d7ab7_z.jpg Curtis in Cuba Photo, 2012 by ccorlew, on Flickr cigars are real all tobacco and nothing else. The flavor is pure tobacco not chemicals that all cigarettes are full of. yes, a bit of good high quality tobacco is a joy to be savored. :p:p:p:p |
Cigars and scotch really complement each other. I indulge only in special company and on very rare occasion. I think it's been 4 years since the last time.
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Yes, I am so brainwashed that I believe this: 'There is no safe tobacco product, and there is no safe level of exposure to tobacco smoke.' National Cancer Institute/NIH
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/f...Tobacco/cigars Had my last cigarette in 1975. Every once in a while, the thought pops into my head that smoking a cigarette would be pleasant. Do what you enjoy, but know the risk. |
Never cigarettes but I have had a cigar or two in my time. Maybe once a year. I do however love the aroma of pipe tobacco so will generally light one while doing some woodworking. I just light it and let it extinguish. That satisfies the aroma therapy. :)
Great hat btw CC. |
Taking significant amounts of smoke into my lungs somehow has never struck me as a good idea, no matter what the aroma. Probably wouldn't help with 3 min interval repeats, either. I'm sure there are worse vices, but I've already got more than enough. It does look make you look cool, though.
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I like a good gigar now and then on a special occasion. Especially when flyfishing. I don't inhale them at all though.
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Applewood is aromatic, too; and I could light up a small pile of it for pennies and stand in the smoke plume. But I don't to that either. Smoke is an irritant that I'd rather keep out of my lungs. Besides, I don't want my breath and my clothes to smell like an ash tray.
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Originally Posted by cccorlew
(Post 15561896)
When I was in Cuba last summer teaching photography to American students I was introduced to cigars. I'm not a smoker, so I was surprised how pleasurable I found smoking a cigar. Of course, I can't get those nice Cubans here, but still...
I guess I'm now a cigar smoker. I keep it down to one or two a week in hopes that I'll avoid negative health consequences. Any of you enjoy this vice? http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8165/7...9b1d7ab7_z.jpg Curtis in Cuba Photo, 2012 by ccorlew, on Flickr |
I enjoy a good cigar now and then. I usually reserve them for special occasions. I had a cuban once when I was in Montreal, and frankly, I didn't see what all the hype is about.
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Originally Posted by NOS88
(Post 15562246)
BTW you photo looks like that of a man who has been in Cuba for some time. Nice shot. Did you set it up or did one of the students take it? Here's Tony himself, in a photo I shot in the lobby of the Rivera. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8168/7...4083cd5e_z.jpg Tony has an offer for you by ccorlew, on Flickr |
Originally Posted by cccorlew
(Post 15561896)
When I was in Cuba last summer teaching photography to American students I was introduced to cigars. I'm not a smoker, so I was surprised how pleasurable I found smoking a cigar. Of course, I can't get those nice Cubans here, but still...
I guess I'm now a cigar smoker. I keep it down to one or two a week in hopes that I'll avoid negative health consequences. Any of you enjoy this vice? http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8165/7...9b1d7ab7_z.jpg Curtis in Cuba Photo, 2012 by ccorlew, on Flickr |
Originally Posted by Mobile 155
(Post 15563406)
But my real question might be, Is that a Panama hat? Like a real one from Ecuador? I love hats from Fedoras to Optimos or Plantation Panamas. Another dying art is the weaving of the Toquilla straw into a proper hat.
I too enjoy hats, and caps, and usually wear one. I like them so much that more than a few folks have assumed I'm covering a bald head, though in fact I have all my hair and am hardly gray yet. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8214/8...d8077f2f8f.jpg Best photo of Curtis ever by ccorlew, on Flickr |
I did at one time; after quitting totally in Dec. '01, I've sniffed a couple cigars since then, almost re-kindled the desire to smoke one. Cigarettes disgust me, even now, but the cigar is a tease.
Thing is, I know the actual experience of lighting one up again would be a LOT less enjoyable than my mental picture of it. Pass. At one time, Thompson Cigar Co. made a product that was damn near Cuban quality (sampled a Cuban once, it was an eye-opener);enjoyed their product in the 80's, but when I tried again in the 90's, they'd lost some significant quality. |
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