Non smokers avert your eyes.
 

My first attempt at a roll up ... due to purely economic reasons you understand.

Can only get better, can't I ?

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lol katex... good try!! did you try and smoke it as well?? my roll ups where always too loose and it all fell out or burnt down or too tight to smoke :D

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I have been smoking roll ups for a year now.
I use a rolling machine - I have never tried to make one without it.
I found that I still craved factory made cigarettes for many months after.
I think the addiction is partly due to addiction to the synthetic junk they add to tobacco.

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Lol, I could never rol them, even before Parkinson's.

My fingers were nibble enough to attach a thousand crysals to a flashy frock, but I never could manage a decent roll up.

Perhaps if you slip into a suede bikini, pop off to the nearest botanic gardens, and try rolling them on your thigh, you might have more success.

:D

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Another tip for you - get a cigarette holder - it stops the paper sticking to your lips.
..but don't get one with a tar filter - they get bunged up so fast that you will spend more on tar filters than fags. Also you will need pipe cleaners

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[quote=katex;730987]My first attempt at a roll up ... due to purely economic reasons you understand.

Can only get better, can't I ?

Why not smoke a pipe. Its not a men only thing, and pipe tobacco is a a lot cheaper than cig tobacco.

At the same time get a deer stalker hat, then you can pretend to be my great uncle Sherlock.:theband:
Retlaw.

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lol nice try Kate, i've been smoking them for ages, i use menthol tips in mine

a 50g pouch of baccy lasts me 4/5 weeks

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You'll get better kate, when I was smoking, many, many moons ago I rolled my own, could actually roll them with one hand :D

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That's cheating Margaret:D

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If the reason you are smoking 'roll-ups' is economic.......why don't you give up the fags altogether and save yourself a packet? (OK, it's a daft question).

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Well done. I wouldn't like to even try, looks very easy when seeing someone else doing it but i bet it's pretty hard.

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Get yourself one of those little machines.

My granddad always had roll ups and he also used to save the bits that he didn't smoke and after every 10 or so ciggies he had enough to make another one.

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That's a couple of disgraceful admissions on a family site, we can only ponder as to what was keeping the other hand busy!
:eek:

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Yes, I did smoke it Emamum ... felt terribly nauseous after though ... still gotta' get through this burn I suppose. Made a second one, but the paper came unstuck after smoking it half way down. .. that was funny.

Sure I have one in the house somewhere .. left over by son (though what he was rolling, was never quite sure.. :rolleyes:) .. can't find. Daughter is very good at this, but treats herself sometimes on a Saturday night to a 'factory packet'.

Eeew, do you think that would work, where's the nearest then ? .... :D


Retlaw, would not be seen dead in a hat !!

Now Margaret ... did say non smokers avert their eyes ... knew somebody would nag me to stop ... :D

Someone made a comment last night that roll-ups are not very ladylike ... umph ... why not ??... as long as I don't dangle it out of my mouth. MargaretR's cigarette holder idea appeals to me... posh like.. tee hee.

Thanks folks.

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LOL. :D

Thanks for sharing that picture.

It looks like one of Nora Batty's socks. :D

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You should also invest in one of those little cigarette cases so that you can role enough for the evening before you go out so that you're not rolling them when you're in the pub.

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I know .. on the look out. Daughter has container ... has Nicorette stamped on it ... :rolleyes:

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I'm a bit worried at myself - why am I encouraging you to do this - stop smoking now Katie, you'll save yourself a fortune.

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all i can say to that is- Never roll a joint.:D

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Have other ways of rolling my joints Cashy ...:p:D

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Not a bad job Kate....you'll get one of those little cases in pound world, would you believe they're only £1 lol:D

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Kate.......smoking is a life style choice......and who am I to suggest that you give it up?
My suggestion was purely for economic reasons....you would save a lot of money.

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I know Margaret .. you are always very fair. Wouldn't dare put up on here how much this habit costs me ... would really get some stick then.

Thanks Lynx .. will take a look around the pound shops.

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I went with my sister in law to do her shopping one day and was horrified when she paid £90 for a weeks supply of fags(and this was a couple of years ago)she did tell me not to look at the cost......boy was I glad I never picked up that habit.

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£90 for a weeks supply? How many does she smoke a day?:eek:

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they were for her and her partner.
Benson and Hedges I think they were.

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That is some serious smoking even for two people.

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Getting better .. just done me third one. Even though don't think put enough tobacco in it as paper kept setting alight (think I've lost a couple of eyelashes) and is going to cost me more in lighters to keep it alight ... will persevere.

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I found that I had that problem - keeping it lit - and solved it by letting it dry out a little outside the pouch before use.

I now buy tobacco grown in Kendal which arrives in a dryer state than Golden Virginia, with the added bonuses - cheaper, and more for your money because I pay for tobacco and not the weight of the moisture.

https://www.thebackyshop.co.uk/index...ex&cPath=22_32

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here ya go katex

YouTube - How to roll a cigarette


and when you get really good you can do it like this lol

YouTube - roll a cigarette record

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Thanks for that Accyman .. surprising what's on the web ... :)

Discovered my problem here ... wasn't doing the rolling bit ... :rolleyes:

Doing a bit better .. my problem is the last bit where you roll the paper under the other ... think my thumb nail is a bit too long ... :D

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Just to bore you .. an update.

Going backwards again, have discovered you cannot roll that paper if your hands are really cold, which mine appeared to be this afternoon. Need slightly sweaty hands. Had to have a couple of normal ones whilst making cock-ups.

Did learn something new though. Went to shop for new papers (having to keep chucking 'em) ... new assistant under supervision, asked for "those paper things you wrap around tobacco" .. assistant first grabbed tobacco, then filters. Finally youth behind me muttered "skins" ... all became clear. Learnt a new word ... just don't fancy asking for a packet of skins though...:D

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You missed the 60s then?;)

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rizlas :D if you wash up/have a bath and dry your hands you cant (or at least i cant lol) roll a fag either

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That wink suggests there is more to you than meets the eye Margaret .. :D

Did it originate with joints then? Never tried those ... are they good ? .. Never too late to learn ... hehe.

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I plead the 5th amendment

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Use a cheap and cheerful Zig Zag rolling device with swan filters and Zig Zag papers.
Device £1....Tips 450 for £1...Papers 500 for £1. (Darwen Market)
Beats the hell out of tailor made fags.

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I know Royboy ... will have to succumb to a rolling machine... just that when I get interviewed in a 'My Life' column, and they asked me 'what new skill had I learnt recently?' .. would have had at least something to report to the readers to make me appear enterprising and interesting. :(

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well I think its a great first attempt Kate well done.

I went onto roll ups when I was smoking purely financial but after a while didnt like the real cigs anymore so stayed with roll ups all the time. So what I did whenever we went out I would spend 20 mins in the afternoon rolling my cigs and I always had a packet to keep the rollys in. It just saved me having to roll whilst out.. Must admit though I hated smoking without tips. always made me cough like a miner.

Still im glad I dont have to bother anymore.. been two lovely years smoke free now.. Ahhhhh!!!

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ive been smoke free for a year now :D:D

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You can get filters for rollups, they also make a machine that you put your tobacco in one part, a ready paper tube complete with filter in the other & it combines the two, no need to twist the ends to stop the baccy falling out.

Retlaw

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Humph .. clever cows ... :p:D

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I found them awful to use. never could grasp it.
I just used a filter and rolled them by hand so much easier I though.

And the papers fro those ready made things always left me with a cough. :eek:

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lol i quit smoking then found out i was pregnant... only reason i stayed smoke free!! i still wake up sometimes with that tight feeling in my throat/chest that a cig would clear :D

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Well done..
Bet you feel so much better . I do

I still get cravings now and then and I ve even had a puff on one when I was up town on a night out a few weeks back but it made me feel yuk!!!:D

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Thats because those and ready made fags have saltpetre in them to stop them going out, thats what makes you cough.

Retlaw.

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Oh dear Kate!:eek:
You should be congratulating them...either that or calling them clever bovines(far more select):D.
Well done girls....you both deserve a putty medal.

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Couldn't find these Lynx ?

Got a roll machine ... absolutely wonderful, perfect roll-ups. It is just a cheap plastic one .. suppose not difference really is there, apart from not being as sturdy, as a metal one ?

Have now managed to discipline myself to 2 to 1 ... normal/roll ups, and seem to have reduced my consumption by 25 %. Can't just calculate the monetary saving yet, but would think ballpark, must be around 35% ?

Am quite enjoying them too, seems to suppress my need for longer periods in between fags, even though a very mild tobacco ... SUCCESS !! :D http://planetsmilies.net/smoking-smiley-5417.gif