Poll: Do you smoke?

[jemcam]

Originally posted by: royaldank
I like the wacky kind.

 

[Alphazero]

Smoking = teh yuck.

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: PastorDon
I truly enjoy a good cigar. My brand of choice is Baccarat. I would not say that it is the best, but the flavor mingles nicely with Coca-cola, steak and gourmet coffee. I probably smoke one cigar a week, generally as an after supper treat.

Once or twice a week I smoke a pipe. Thompson Magic Flute is a recent favorite.

Just bought a nice tin of Haddo's Delight. For some reason it just seems to smoke well when reading LOTR. Don't know why that is....

Which answers the question--I smoke pipes

 

[Darien]

Originally posted by: Alphazero
Smoking = teh yuck.

 

[Atlantean]

I am going to have to go with hell no, that is disgusting... but I hear it is a hard habit to break so no offense to the smokers.
Oh and here in Canada we have beautiful pictures on our cigarette packages of lung cancer, really bad teeth, anurisms, and all that other nice stuff that can happen as a result of smoking.

 

[Fausto]

I smoke the occasional cigar (maybe totalling a half-dozen per year), but that's it. Most of the sports I enjoy are of an aerobic nature, so the last thing I want to do is gunk up my lungs with smoke. God knows I probably do enough damage to them inhaling Atlanta's lovely smog during the summer. :|

 

[XZeroII]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: ScottyB

Originally posted by: Roger

I have yet to see a resonably intelligent person who smokes (tobacco) on a regular basis.

Now there's an assinine statement if I ever saw one.

I guess by your reasoning that as soon as you put a ciggarette to your mouth your IQ goes down ?

Now don't get me wrong, I am not condoning smoking

I thinks he is saying that if someone was smart they wouldn't be smoking in the first place.

But it's been LONG known that IQ and common sense are mutually exclusive. How else would you explain so many genuises who end up dead from drug addictions, suicide, or alcoholism?

I certainly hope you don't think that rappers and rock stars are geniuses...

 

[ohtwell]

I quit three years ago.


: ) Amanda

 

[Azraele]

Nope.

 

I try not to

 

[JupiterJones]

I smoke the occasional cigar (maybe totalling a half-dozen per year), but that's it. Most of the sports I enjoy are of an aerobic nature, so the last thing I want to do is gunk up my lungs with smoke. God knows I probably do enough damage to them inhaling Atlanta's lovely smog during the summer.

You had mentioned in another thread that you cycle to work. Do you do any touring? I'm planning on taking my son (8) over the Seven Hills to the Sea Bicycle Tour this summer. I spent my formative years in the Panhandle, and feel it would be a neat trip. We'll have to adjust because of his age.

I remember cycling with some guys from Dothan, AL a few years back in the Tri-State Triangle. They all wore CCCP cycling jerseys (flashback to the good 'ol cold war days). They claim it stood for Circle City Cycling People. I remember getting picked on a lot for lighting up a Partagas at camp. They could not understand how I could cycle strong and indulge.

Ride = Schwinn Voyageur

 

[edro]

I picked #3 because I smoke only when I get drunk. (It's a culture thing)

 

[Damn Dirty Ape]

no. ugh. let's see, costs too much, slowly kills you, makes you smell AWFUL... My opinion, flame away if you feel you must defend your nasty little habit..

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: PastorDon
I smoke the occasional cigar (maybe totalling a half-dozen per year), but that's it. Most of the sports I enjoy are of an aerobic nature, so the last thing I want to do is gunk up my lungs with smoke. God knows I probably do enough damage to them inhaling Atlanta's lovely smog during the summer.

You had mentioned in another thread that you cycle to work. Do you do any touring? I'm planning on taking my son (8) over the Seven Hills to the Sea Bicycle Tour this summer. I spent my formative years in the Panhandle, and feel it would be a neat trip. We'll have to adjust because of his age.

I'm not much of a touring rider besides the occasional charity ride (MS 150 and such) or century rides. Mostly I do informal group rides and amateur USCF racing on the weekends. You may be surprised at what your son can handle mileage-wise. I was amazed at the age of some of the riders when I did the Seattle-to-Portland ride a few years back. One option to consider would be to get a tandem (there are kits that allow younger riders to ride on the back of an adult-sized tandem.....this guy has quite the setup) or you could get one of the "half-bikes" (essentially one wheel and a saddle....Adams Trail-A-Bike) that clamp onto the seatpost of your bike to create a tandem. I'd lean toward the former option as he could continue to ride the tandem as he got older (and bigger) or you wife could hop on with you were she so inclined once your son has his own bike.

I remember cycling with some guys from Dothan, AL a few years back in the Tri-State Triangle. They all wore CCCP cycling jerseys (flashback to the good 'ol cold war days). They claim it stood for Circle City Cycling People. I remember getting picked on a lot for lighting up a Partagas at camp. They could not understand how I could cycle strong and indulge.

Ride = Schwinn Voyageur

Hehe....yeah, most people don't realize that you don't inhale cigars. I'm sure it would catch up to you if you were smoking two or three a day thanks to all the nicotine, but a stogie once in a while is no big deal. I won't have one during the racing season, but off-season (particularly while getting in a round of golf ) is another story.

 

[johnjbruin]

Originally posted by: murphy55d
Never even tried. Disgusting IMO.

 

[Spike]

nope, definitly don't smoke. The closest I have come is puffing on the about 5 cigars I have tried. On the last one I made the mistake of actually breathing in... have not tried them since.

-spike

 

[SSP]

HAHAHA.... POLL: Do you smoke? Buahalala... 31 people are poll smokers.

 

[tweakmm]

Originally posted by: royaldank
I like the wacky kind.

 

[JetsFanatic]

I quit 4 years ago

L8r,
Jetsfanatic

 

[tbates757]

I think it's just a slow form of suicide. So, no I do not smoke.

 

[ElFenix]

the occasional stogie

 

[isasir]

I smoke (cigarettes) about 4x/yr. This tends to accompany certain activities (ie: vacation, going to a strip c lub, etc.), tho' thankfully, I've never gotten addicted, nor do I ever plan to.

 

[BadNewsBears]

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[Pastore]

Originally posted by: Roger
Some people like my brother know it's unhealthy but can't quit, some people just don't give a damn and some still refuse to believe that one day it is going to kill you.

That is because it doesn't kill some people. My great grandmother has smoked a pack a day for 60 years, she is 86 years old, and is the healthiest elderly person I know. Unfortunately it doesn't work that way for most of us.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Beast1284

Originally posted by: Roger
Some people like my brother know it's unhealthy but can't quit, some people just don't give a damn and some still refuse to believe that one day it is going to kill you.

That is because it doesn't kill some people. My great grandmother has smoked a pack a day for 60 years, she is 86 years old, and is the healthiest elderly person I know. Unfortunately it doesn't work that way for most of us.

Actually, it does. By the most anti-tobacco biased estimates, smoking kills 1/3 of the people who smoke. So, in fact, most smokers DO live without dying of a smoking related disease.

But one out of three is not good odds...when you're dealing with your life.