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Title: How to pay yourself to $21 per hour to smoke
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Published: Mar 12, 2012
Author: me
Post Date: 2012-03-12 10:00:10 by PSUSA2
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Views: 413
Comments: 16

Suppose you smoke one pack per day.

365 packs divided by 10 = 37 cartons.

The average price per carton in my area is $45.

That is $1665 per year.

You will pay more if you buy them by the pack. But I'll use the carton price.

Now, if you make your own:

1 lb = $10 = mild pipe tobacco. You will get more than 2 cartons out of 1 lb, but I won't count the extra. Consider it a bonus.

A years supply @ 1 pack per day is 19 lbs = $190

A cartons worth of tubes = $4. A years supply of tubes = $148

TOTAL COST = $338

Total SAVINGS = $1327

It takes me 10 minutes of lackadaisical effort to make a pack. So a years worth in time is (10x365)/60 is 60 hours per year.

For each hour you make your own cigs, you pay yourself $21 per hour. MINIMUM.

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And to those that say "save it all and quit smoking", I tell you to fuck off. Everyone has a vice. I'll give up my vice when you give up trying to molest little kids.

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#1. To: PSUSA2 (#0)

i dont smoke, but if i did, that sounds like a darn good plan. i would bet though that most smokers would be too lazy to do it.

"Even to the death fight for truth, and the LORD your God will battle for you". Sirach 4:28

Artisan  posted on  2012-03-12   10:20:50 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

I have been making my own in this fashion since 2000. I am now down to only making 2 cigs a day because I have switched to the e-cigs for health reasons. With even the e-cigs if one should go this route, purchasing bottles of e-juice to refill the cartrigdes has even more cost savings than filling tubes with bagged tobacco. Now, if I could make my own booze, I would have all my vices covered.

2dollarbill  posted on  2012-03-12   12:13:35 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

tobacco will become a huge trade commodity when the system fails, even if one does not smoke it would be good to set a few pounds aside with one's PMs and base metals such as lead, copper and brass,food and water.

IRTorqued  posted on  2012-03-12   12:38:00 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Now, if I could make my own booze, I would have all my vices covered.

I made my own wine. Once. When I was about 18 or so.

used blackberries and who knows how much sugar I dumped into the watercooler sized container. It was a lot.

I let it ferment for some time. Then I filtered it.

Then I drank a bottle.

Then that very night I decided to never get drunk again. And I haven't.

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Somebody ought to tell the truth about the Bible. The preachers dare not, because they would be driven from their pulpits. Professors in colleges dare not, because they would lose their salaries. Politicians dare not. They would be defeated. Editors dare not. They would lose subscribers. Merchants dare not, because they might lose customers. Men of fashion dare not, fearing that they would lose caste. Even clerks dare not, because they might be discharged. And so I thought I would do it myself... Robert Ingersoll

PSUSA2  posted on  2012-03-12   13:05:50 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

It will keep for a long time in the freezer.

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Somebody ought to tell the truth about the Bible. The preachers dare not, because they would be driven from their pulpits. Professors in colleges dare not, because they would lose their salaries. Politicians dare not. They would be defeated. Editors dare not. They would lose subscribers. Merchants dare not, because they might lose customers. Men of fashion dare not, fearing that they would lose caste. Even clerks dare not, because they might be discharged. And so I thought I would do it myself... Robert Ingersoll

PSUSA2  posted on  2012-03-12   13:06:47 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

that is a good idea. what's the best type to buy & whats thhe best storage method other than the freezer? how long will it last?

"Even to the death fight for truth, and the LORD your God will battle for you". Sirach 4:28

Artisan  posted on  2012-03-12   14:31:03 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

only problem I ever had with this is the surprise on people's faces as they see my ashtray and think it's full of roaches *g ~ rolling my own is a survival mechanism when low on funds

~ the truth will set ya free, but only after it pisses ya off ~

Amandil  posted on  2012-03-12   20:32:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

whats thhe best storage method other than the freezer? how long will it last?

Vaccuum sealed in bags or cannisters. Vaccuum packed it should last for years.

Original_Intent  posted on  2012-03-12   20:58:49 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Then that very night I decided to never get drunk again. And I haven't.

that's funny :)

christine  posted on  2012-03-12   21:25:32 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Maybe, in hindsight. lol

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Somebody ought to tell the truth about the Bible. The preachers dare not, because they would be driven from their pulpits. Professors in colleges dare not, because they would lose their salaries. Politicians dare not. They would be defeated. Editors dare not. They would lose subscribers. Merchants dare not, because they might lose customers. Men of fashion dare not, fearing that they would lose caste. Even clerks dare not, because they might be discharged. And so I thought I would do it myself... Robert Ingersoll

PSUSA2  posted on  2012-03-12   22:05:59 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

After smoking two packs a day for 30 years I now vape (electronic cigs). Been off cigs for 17 months. No tar, no carcinogens (as far as is known), no smell, no ashes, no yellowing of everything. I buy the liquid in bulk and mix it myself. Costs about the same for a year as rolling your own ($300).

Brutus  posted on  2012-03-12   23:27:23 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Well it's about time you learned to roll your own... Every smoker should... To start with our tubes don't have the CFC self extinguishing chemical BS sprayed or ingrained in it.

Simple paper...

Now I smoke American spirit. .. Most expensive most pure. No added BS. I buy by the can. One can makes about 200 cigs or one carton... give or take a pack depending on how I roll,.. I pay 34 per can. and 2 bucks for 200 tubes to roll with... my rolling machine cost 13 bucks (it is a west german piece of awesome... cheaper models cost around 10... .. they don't roll as perfectly as this does.)

So... best tobacco I can buy... (second)cheapest filtered tubes I can buy... menthol. 38 bucks is my carton of smokes.

and yeah I dislike my smokeing..... I have my own FUs and they inculde all of us.

smokeing once and a while is how it is supposed to be... a pack or a half a pack a day... thats abuse of a substance... and I am guilty... give me a long enough day and I'll bite people...All the same... I would like to quit. I'd like others to quit... or moderate better....meh... thats them...I have my concerns for others but their life is theres.... MY LIFE>>>.... I am a smoker... I smoke the best shit I can because it hurts me the least.. smoking other shit is now out of the question... I am spoiled on the good shit. Camels marlboros, winstons... all suck compared to the good shit...all that said... If I could stop I would..all the same since I aint stopping I smoke the best I can....

Also I feel those second hand smoke crybabys are full of shit. I may not like my habit but I am fully realistic about the risks both to me and those that may or may not be around me as I smoke... fuck em... I make the effort to move away. If they still come in my personal space while I indulge in my nasty habit well... thats on them.

I support the occupation
Fuck it if it kills me. Liberty before death.

titorite  posted on  2012-03-13   0:13:53 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

when the time comes that the stuff is not available it won't matter what kind you have, so I go with the mostest for the leastest. the original packaging is fine.

IRTorqued  posted on  2012-03-13   3:09:42 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

If I ever decide to quit, I found a hypnotist's mp3s for quitting.

If it works, I'll post it.

The one thing I miss about not smoking is smelling fresh clean early morning air. Now I only get it occasionally, just often enough to make me remember.

But if I quit, I'll have to come up with another vice to replace it.

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Somebody ought to tell the truth about the Bible. The preachers dare not, because they would be driven from their pulpits. Professors in colleges dare not, because they would lose their salaries. Politicians dare not. They would be defeated. Editors dare not. They would lose subscribers. Merchants dare not, because they might lose customers. Men of fashion dare not, fearing that they would lose caste. Even clerks dare not, because they might be discharged. And so I thought I would do it myself... Robert Ingersoll

PSUSA2  posted on  2012-03-13   8:23:03 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

But if I quit, I'll have to come up with another vice to replace it.

I'd recommend marijuana.

I support the occupation
Fuck it if it kills me. Liberty before death.

titorite  posted on  2012-03-13   15:07:31 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Yes. I haven't done that in years though.

Plus that might be a better barter item than tobacco.

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Somebody ought to tell the truth about the Bible. The preachers dare not, because they would be driven from their pulpits. Professors in colleges dare not, because they would lose their salaries. Politicians dare not. They would be defeated. Editors dare not. They would lose subscribers. Merchants dare not, because they might lose customers. Men of fashion dare not, fearing that they would lose caste. Even clerks dare not, because they might be discharged. And so I thought I would do it myself... Robert Ingersoll

PSUSA2  posted on  2012-03-13   15:19:36 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

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