I Now Know How Much I Smoke.

[mortonbriar]

Every few months a thread will pop up asking how much/often people smoke, I generally say 'a pound a year', or 'a bowl a day-ish'.
I realised I actually wanted to know for certain, so I can be sure i am growing my cellar at a pace of two years cellared for every year smoked.
So on the 5th of August I got a new 2oz bag of C&D Winchester, and labelled it with the date, and then smoked it exclusively until it ran out today, on the 4th of September. My seasonal smoking changes are minor, so it is safe to assume I smoke 24oz a year (not a pound like I thought). Better put in a few more orders.
Pipe smoking REALLY brings the nerd out of me.
Isaac

 

[cortezattic]

Good to know. I go through about 2oz. per week, but it has no influence on my buying habits TAD.

 

[didimauw]

I need to find out how much I smoke too. Lately, I have no idea.

 

[Chasing Embers]

One tin/smoke here.

 

[gervais]

Is that a special pipe lighter? Nice pipe, BTW.

 

[sandollars]

"Pipe smoking REALLY brings the nerd out of me.
Isaac"
What?
What's wrong with nerds?

 

[mso489]

It sounds as if you smoke about the same pace I do, and I'm surprised it's 24 oz's a year. I had no estimate, and now I do. I have another way to think about it. My leaf purchases are small, a tin or baggie or three every few months, with the occasional 16 oz bag or tub (very occasional), and I still don't get to some of my primo tins for years, with samples from fellow members here and the odd pouch here or there I order. I assess I stay a little ahead of my future needs. If I cut back even a little, what I have on hand would last for years. I think I might coast for four or five years on a very modest stash. As I reduced the cellar, I think I might smoke less to conserve what I have. It's a tobacco festival for me when I have three bowls in a day. I marvel at jiminks. He's the pipe smoker who actually keeps up with the vastness and variety of blends. I'm still regretting not getting the "buy two get one free" on Peterson blends at P&C, but if I grabbed every discount, I'd have storage problems, and I'd never get to those McCelland and Dunhill branded blends.

 

[sandollars]

I just did the math on my cellar and based on my current consumption rate if I stop acquiring right now, my stores will run dry in 11.9166 years.
That's:
11 years, 334 days, 13 hours, 9 minutes and 58 seconds.

 

[briarbuck]

@ 3gms a day I will run out of my current cellar when I am 110 years old.

 

[didimauw]

Morton, thanks to you, I just weighed up an even oz of Mac Baren Burley Flake to see how long it takes me. Inquiring minds needs to know!

 

[mortonbriar]

Embers, is that the cutest little sample tin of balkan blue? That pipe is unreal!

 

[olkofri]

Cap'n, is that monster pipe REALLY 2 oz?? 8O

 

[Chasing Embers]

Normal sized tin, average sized pipes.

 

[peregrinus]

Did the math and, if my consumption remains at it’s current rate, I am stocked till age 102.

I remember that back in the early days of the alt.smoker-pipes news group there was much discussion on what many feared would be a coming Tobacco Apocalypse. Many first began “cellaring” more as a precaution against running dry in a tobacco probation. Aging, availability and cost savings were secondary benefits and not discussed so much at the time. Many started “cellaring” as a pipe tobacco 401k’s so to speak.

Cheers,

Ray

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Several quotes come to mind... "Know thyself" and "Find what you love and let it kill you."

Me, I smoke way too much, and every time I try to "know myself" someone always starts beating on the bathroom door. ::

 

[3rdguy]

I would say around 2oz a week for me as well.

 

[gatorlope]

I need to figure out my ratio of cups of coffee to pipes of tobacco!

 

[cigrmaster]

I smoke 10-12 pounds a year and have built my cellar accordingly.

 

[krizzose]

Using the 10 bowls per ounce measurement, I’ve got about 24 years worth in my cellar at my current average smoking rate. I’m not counting my dozens of jarred open tins or stash of blending components, which together are at least another 10 lbs. I’m good till I’m 68+. It’s a nice feeling to know I’m almost fully cellared, as I’m convinced that more and more states are gonna come down on internet tobacco sales. It’s also a bit of a bummer, as when I get over the hump of having enough to get me to 75, it will be harder to justify buying at my current rate when I could direct my tobacco budget to other disposable income uses that the wife can partake in, mainly contributing to more travel. Waiting for blends to become available, jumping on sales, trying to prioritize which blends to buy, etc., is almost as satisfying as smoking it all. Of course, it does open up the possibility of trying new to me blends after I’ve covered my cellaring priorities. First world problems

 

[renfield]

Maybe 2-3 lb a year. At that rate with my current cellar I’ll be able to light my last bowl with the sun’s heat as it goes nova. It’ll probably be Mixture 79 as I can’t imagine finishing the pack of it I bought before then.