What’s made you happy for a change

DD67

DD67

The Peace Keeper
Staff member
All you smokers need to be hung by your balls from the nearest tree/lamppost.
I'm gonna complain to Extinction Rebellion about your pollution of our beautiful planet!

BTW...
I'm 10 weeks into quitting smoking. But don't worry, I won't let myself become one of those ex smoker nazi's 😉
 
chas

chas

Legendary Knight
DD67 said:
All you smokers need to be hung by your balls from the nearest tree/lamppost.
I'm gonna complain to Extinction Rebellion about your pollution of our beautiful planet!

BTW...
I'm 10 weeks into quitting smoking. But don't worry, I won't let myself become one of those ex smoker nazi's 😉
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None so pure as the purified. ;)

I manage my nicotine addiction differently these days but I still think smoking is both Big and Clever :D
 
DD67

DD67

The Peace Keeper
Staff member
chas said:
None so pure as the purified. ;)

I manage my nicotine addiction differently these days but I still think smoking is both Big and Clever :D
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Today was my first time in the same house as 2 roll up smokers since I quit.
I can honestly say I wasn't tempted but the atmosphere of secondhand smoke was nice 🙂

I genuinely will never be one of those sanctimonious pricks that waves their arms about & fakes a cough. I've wanted to punch so many of those Cockwombles over the years! 😏
 
chas

chas

Legendary Knight
MartytheMartian said:
That is a biiiiiiggggg Stogie. I could never get used to cigars that 'chunky'. I used to know a fellow (underworld type character) who smoked those big giant Romeo Y Julieta Churchills. Just looked them up and they are £745 for 25 now! Myself I always preferred a nice little Panter cigar.
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I used to be able to buy a decent box of No5 size cigars (cuban, brand varied) for less than fifty quid in Andorra.

I'm cursing that bloody German @Capt. Drunkey now as I'm getting a cigar 'Jones'
 
Capt. Drunkey

Capt. Drunkey

King Of The Schnitzelwiesels
chas said:
What are you burning there?
I've given up cigars but a Montechristo 5 was my go to.
Yearly (or more) trips to Andorra for the specific purpose of cigar buying.

Enjoy your smoke.
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I usually smoke Macanudo Diplomat Maduro… But they seem to be hard to come by these days.
So my cigar-shop recommended Santa Damiana Vintage Maduro to me.
A pretty good substitute for the time being 😊
 
DD67

DD67

The Peace Keeper
Staff member
Capt. Drunkey said:
I usually smoke Macanudo Diplomat Maduro… But they seem to be hard to come by these days.
So my cigar-shop recommended Santa Damiana Vintage Maduro to me.
A pretty good substitute for the time being 😊
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The name suggests mucho euros.
Don't divulge the price to Chaz. He suffers from SWS (Superglue Wallet Syndrome) If you tell him the price, he'll have a relapse.
One of the suffers of SWS are allegedly responsible for the creation of the Grand Canyon.
Apparently they dropped a penny down a rabbit hole? 😉
 
MartytheMartian

MartytheMartian

Legendary Knight
I have to stick with smoking a pipe these days because of financial constraints although, if I ever manage to get a crop from my tobacco plants I might try making myself a cigar or two. I agree with you about the 'ritual' @chas Pipe smoking is a ritual too with packing the pipe and then carefully regulating the speed and strength of your 'draw'. It's a great way to spend a half hour just thinking and puffing slowly.
 
chas

chas

Legendary Knight
DD67 said:
The name suggests mucho euros.
Don't divulge the price to Chaz. He suffers from SWS (Superglue Wallet Syndrome) If you tell him the price, he'll have a relapse.
One of the suffers of SWS are allegedly responsible for the creation of the Grand Canyon.
Apparently they dropped a penny down a rabbit hole? 😉
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Yet *I* don't buy my boots from screwfix. :D

Looks like I dropped the penny but you went to fetch it ;)
 
chas

chas

Legendary Knight
DD67 said:
You don't find quality footwear like that every day mate 🤗
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In a thread long ago there were my boots in corner of shot which Sarky accurately described as proletarian air fresheners.

But they happened to be a pair of Timberlands that I've had for eight? Ten? years. Knock Cats into a cocked hat build wise.

If those Sites are good boots, fair play.



But I did only pay a tenner for my Timberlands :D
 
Sarky B’stard

Sarky B’stard

Legendary Knight
chas said:
In a thread long ago there were my boots in corner of shot which Sarky accurately described as proletarian air fresheners.

But they happened to be a pair of Timberlands that I've had for eight? Ten? years. Knock Cats into a cocked hat build wise.

If those Sites are good boots, fair play.



But I did only pay a tenner for my Timberlands :D
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Timberlands that old are probably Salvadorean. The newer stuff is overwhelmingly cheap Chinese production…..the better stuff being Vietnamese!
 
chas

chas

Legendary Knight
Sarky B’stard said:
Timberlands that old are probably Salvadorean. The newer stuff is overwhelmingly cheap Chinese production…..the better stuff being Vietnamese!
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Slightly tangentially, it seems to be a skill that is being lost being able to judge an item for sale on it's quality rather than it's label or price.

My summer gloves are a no name brand that cost me around a tenner but the stitching tells the tale. They're as good as (and likely made by the same factory) as named gloves.

The Prodigal lived in Vietnam for ten years, it's a very interesting place. I hugely enjoyed my visits.
 
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