froward

i went on a “jaunt” today, to six “smoke shops” that i researched on the intar-toobs, and returned with one, solid “yes, sell me more!”, two “come back in a while/when the buyer is here”, two “i’ll pass, thanks” and one condescending old fart who wanted to pay half of what i was asking, and said he could do the same, because he had “a drill press and diamond tipped drill bits too”…

yeah, but i’d like to see how many you break or scar up in the process, mack… πŸ˜›

but the one “yes, sell me more!” was from a place that already had a lot of really good looking glass, and seemed fairly busy… he said he could get me a good deal on stems and actually gave me a “down-stem” to experiment with.

i learned a whole bunch of “new” terminology: the bongs i have been making have a “thumb-carb” which is considered “old school”. the “new school” way of doing it is to have what’s called a “slide-carb” which consists of a down-stem and a bowl. the rubber bit that goes between the bong and the down-stem is called a “grommet”, even though it’s not really a grommet. “thumb-carbs” are looked down upon by the younger folks, but us old-time hippies prefer them… 😎

2 thoughts on “froward”

  1. saying that they’re “easier to use” doesn’t say anything to people who don’t understand what a carburetor does. i would say that i prefer them because they give me much more control over the “fuel/air mixture” than a slide-carb does: a slide-carb is much more an “all-or-nothing” affair, whereas there are a lot more shades of grey with a thumb-carb. it’s more adjustable, whereas a slide-carb, definitely, is not…

    and don’t even get me started on cleaning… cleaning a bong with a thumb-carb is a lot easier than cleaning a bong with a slide carb, if for no other reason than it has fewer pieces…

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