US Bans smoking on submarines

[Bubblehead Nuke]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Called it.

You baited it..


...I just gave my two cents.

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by Bubblehead Nuke

You baited it..


...I just gave my two cents.

It was a prediction; nothing more. 11 years of reading GT and things become pretty formulaic. Your two cents are always welcome, though.

[Tchocky]

I'll just say this, if you're going to ban smoking on subs, give the poor bastards a year's notice.

[Bubblehead1980]

I think it's a good move...less smoking the better.

[Spoon 11th]

Electric cigarettes FTW.

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by Spoon 11th

Electric cigarettes FTW.

I see commercials for them, but is their second hand 'smoke' safe? Everything that I have read about them is pretty ambiguous in that regard.

[Bubblehead Nuke]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

I see commercials for them, but is their second hand 'smoke' safe? Everything that I have read about them is pretty ambiguous in that regard.

Seeing how the carrier fluid is propylene glycol, there is nothing too toxic about them. At least not compared to may other airborne contaminates. The carrier fluid contains nicotine that is vaporized and thus inhaled. There are no tars or other toxic gases released

My wife moved over to them about a year ago. The house smells MUCH better and there is much left 'dust' and such in the computer cases. I much prefer them to the real thing (speaking as a non-smoker).

She tried to quit using various aids. She had HORRIFIC nightmares and othe side effects. She was actually afraid to go to sleep. She found the smokeless cigarettes soon aftwerwards.

[Skybird]

Russian navy is cursing - nicotine scanners of theirs all of a sudden rendered useless!

[Armistead]

Geesh, remember when I was a kid you could hardly breath at the movies from all the cigarette smoke.

Cancer from cigarettes is a billion dollar industry and will always be around.

Do they really allow chewing tobacco on subs...I would think that would have to go, all that slipping on the floor and turned over spit cups on sensitive equipment.

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Russian navy is cursing - nicotine scanners of theirs all of a sudden rendered useless!

So that is what these sensors on the Akula were for!


I wonder if our Vodka detecting sensor net is still in operation?

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by Armistead

Do they really allow chewing tobacco on subs...I would think that would have to go, all that slipping on the floor and turned over spit cups on sensitive equipment.

I'm guessing that anywhere were your allowed to have a soda, a cup of water, etc, you can probably dip or chew.

And there's a Trick to making a spitoon that doesn't spill so easily. What you do is take a 1 liter soda bottle. Cut the top off with your handy dandy multi function tool, about 2 to 3 inch's down from the top, so you have some of the body of the bottle with the top. Grab a paper towel or three, wad them up, and stuff it in the decapitated 1 liter soda bottle. Then take your top, flip it over so its upside down and smash it down into the soda bottle so the opening youd normally wrap your lips around is inside the bottle.

If you did it right, you should have a pretty tight seal. It's not leak proof, but it'll do just nicey if it gets bumped around. Your new flipped over top, acts as a natural spitoon, the paper towels help absorb some of the liquid that's going to accumulate there, and since its not wide open, it keeps some of the stink down. You have to stick your nose to it to smell it. Normal spit cups can reek after awhile. Another great thing about this setup, is its EASILy recongizeable from say... a normal soda can. (Yeah, I've seen that unmentionable mistake happen at a barracks party )

That setup works great for dip. Chewing tabbacco.. it wont last very long. Chew makes you juice a helluva lot more then snuff or dip.

[Armistead]

Yea, I know,

I chewed Levi Garret for 18 years. I never put a cigarette or chew in my mouth until I was about 23 and went through my first divorce. Started with cigarettes for a month, but I hated smoke....after a few hours of being high and slightly sick off chew, crap became more addictive than I ever knew. It took about 12K of dental work about 8 years ago that I able to give it up. Chits hell on the gums and teeth

[Sailor Steve]

A long time ago I was in a band with two guys who chewed. They used empty Big Gulp cups to spit in. One practice one of them accidentally spat into someone else's drink. Guess whose? Worse, guess how I found out?

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by Armistead

Yea, I know,

I chewed Levi Garret for 18 years. I never put a cigarette or chew in my mouth until I was about 23 and went through my first divorce. Started with cigarettes for a month, but I hated smoke....after a few hours of being high and slightly sick off chew, crap became more addictive than I ever knew. It took about 12K of dental work about 8 years ago that I able to give it up. Chits hell on the gums and teeth

What got me to quit was i had a gum graft done because of a receeding gum line. Looking back on it now, i don't think it was tabacco related, but it did the trick. The real reason i think it was done, was because that Air Force doctor was getting out soon and he was building up his portfoloio. The before and after pictures he was taking was kind of a clue.

[August]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

A long time ago I was in a band with two guys who chewed. They used empty Big Gulp cups to spit in. One practice one of them accidentally spat into someone else's drink. Guess whose? Worse, guess how I found out?

It was your buddies and he spewed it all back up on you?