Posted: 2/8/2013 11:50:10 AM EDT
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My friends this might be a dupe but well worth reading again.
This is a serious disease and there is no found cure. The know number one cause to TAD (Tobacco Acquisition Disease) is EchoAngel. Others may help spread the disease. I effectively have been caught by this disease, and I am now reaping its destructive path. Please I beg of you if you have this, tell a friend, buy them a cigar. Let them know that we are not alone and new members are always welcome. 
Diagnosing TAD While Tobacco Acquisition Disorder and its more serious manifestation, Tobacco Acquisition Disease, describe the characteristics of the malady, symptom severity can differ from individual to individual as the disease progresses. It would be in the interest of the pipe/cigar smoking community to more fully recognize and classify these variations to help pipers analyze their specific health issues. We can improve only if we first admit we have a problem, or so they say. Level 1: A handful of blends has worn thin. An online sampler pack to try some different tobaccos contains a few winners. You reorder too much of those tobaccos along with more samples. You have opted for a Puff newbie sampler pack. Level 2: You have too much of some tobaccos that you once liked and not enough of some you have found that you now prefer. Your EPS sampler contains a large assortment of excellent tobaccos, some you feel you have to have more of. You order extra quantities of these new tobaccos and a few other tins recommended on the forums, to get free shipping. Level 3: The penny falls that entirely too much tobacco is in inadequate packaging; your smoking area (or even entire living quarters) has become littered with baggies and open tins that cannot possibly be finished before they go stale. You buy a case of preserving jars. Level 4: You have used up a case of preserving jars and learned that age improves some of the finer tobaccos you've now encountered. You decide to buy some of these in bulk and cellar them. No online dealer has them all, so multiple orders are required, each order needing a little padding to get free shipping. You buy more preserving jars. Level 5: You have rather a lot of tobacco, larger than necessary quantities of this and that plus things you wish you had tried earlier, so you decide to give some away to start a newbie off right (and get a tin of that Hamborger Veermaster or Royal Yacht you've been wanting to try). You are now a TAD carrier, actively spreading the disease. Level 6: You have built, bought or dedicated a cabinet, shelf or desk to hold your collection of jars and tins and baggies. (This is frequently a syndrome parallel with PAD Level 6, where a pipes/tobacco ensemble is assembled.) You begin to photograph your tobacco cellar. You spend too much of your spare time at tobaccoreviews.com, reading other people's opinions of tobacco that you actually have but haven't tried yet. You realize you are almost out of pipe cleaners, order a lot of them but not so many that you don't need some of the Dunhill tins you are surprised to see in stock to get free shipping. Level 7: Some tobaccos have eluded you. You begin watching for heads-up posts about their availability: 1. Quantities are limited, but you buy all you can and get a few more tins of this and that to get free shipping. 2. They have pounds in bulk, so you get a pound plus another pound of something else from the same blender, say St. James Flake and a kicker of Squadron Leader -- and a tin or three of something to get free shipping. You realize that you will always need more preserving jars unless something is done. Descriptions of Levels 8-12 contain graphic material associated with Tobacco Acquisition Disease proper, not suitable to a public forum. |
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I for one am shocked.....
I know Echo and he is by far the most irresponsible person I know. He couldn't lead himself to his own ass so how could he lead you to this TAD you speak of??? You may be infected with CRHS syndrome.....Can't Remember How it Started....I would seriously reach out and get some help before we see you on the evening news. Besides, everyone known cigars are yucky and no one smokes them any more. |
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You are right smokes are yucky, even the neighbors hate mine so much the say F- You after I tell them to get over it.
You are also right about the CRHS syndrome. I....... oh crap its gone. I am just going to speak up here and say that this guy has potential.... Echo |
