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Well, I've certainly been MIA for awhile, am I the one who has trouble
with the forum loading? For the longest time it just wouldn't load
almost as if the forum didnt exist. Anyway, I'm back, hopefully to
stay. What have I missed? I don't wanna go thru like 5 pages of threads
so if anyone can give me a recap that'd be swell. I did notice Wyteboy
is going to LA, you leaving the forums for good or just until you get
settled in in LA?
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Welcome back. Well we have a few new regulars like JohnDeere. Mathazar
FINALLY quit.  Alan is going to try some tombeik. Aluminum,
plastics, brass, teflon and other chemicals are still an issue for some
people. Overloading a bowl may not be in. We got some sort of spam
email for hookahs in Europe. I think thats about it.
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Wyteboy will be returning. Math quit hookah (again), Cypress has been
bumping previous aluminum/screen threads because that question still
keeps popping up, and I still <3 hookah.. ;)

Whats your story, where have you been Nerv and why were you MIA? Good to see your back.
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Lol, beaten by Cypress in a matter of minutes.. Don't you sleep Cypress? :)

Ohh yeah about the forum problems you've been getting. I can't speak
for anyone else but I haven't noticed any problems/changes. Maybe due
to your inactivity, the forum is having problems? Wouldn't imagine so.
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I work shift work so i am up at the ass crack of dawn when I work days
(3:50 to get to work by 5:30) or stay up all night when I work nights.
I worked last night.  Now I have dsl thats 15 bucks a month and I
can post when I am home and get up during the morning or day when I
work nights. 
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Hey there bud,  welcome back.  All that can be said has been
said,  so I'll just chime-out now.  And yeah,  I
"FINALLY" quit.  Wasn't easy,  I threw-out a sh*tload of HH
ma'assel along with my hookah and those beautiful plethor MYA
hoses....damn, every so often I want a hit,  but then I have
flashbacks of my bouts of coughing and puking.  I was up to 15
bowls a day,  smoking non-stop,  there was no other choice.
For my health & well-being I had to quit.

Great to see ya back 
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Way to go! We are all very proud of you! You win "Brother-Man of the month" status for that!
Jerk.

(I just need to get back ther myself) Seriously: Good Job! Keep us posted and PM me if you need some support!
MR Bubble
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lol the forum was having problems for a few days again but here i am,
good job on the quitting math, you planning to ever smoke again? or
tihnk youll get addicted again? im somewhat addicted at the moment, it
not that i need to smoke but its just force of habit, whenever i have
notihng to do i find myself setting up a bowl and end up having like 5
a day, havent had any health problems tho, wouldnt you know it, 4th of
july was the first time ive had a coal explode in months 
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Thanks NERV,  welcome back!

No,  I don't have any plans of taking-up the hookah again in the
near future.  Knowing how addicted I am to it,  at 10 to 15
bowls a day,  I would see it in my best interest to give it up
completely. 

Try smoking 10+ bowls a day for a month,  and I guarantee you'll
have lung/congestion problems,  and from the heavy coughing you'll
very likely be puking.
Smoking 10 bowls a day on an empty stomach is not reccommended because
if need be you want to have something in your stomach to puke-up, 
as compared to dry-heaving and puking-up bile.  I've done it both
ways,  and trust me,  it just downright BLOWS.

I do want to smoke the hookah,  because since I've quit I've gone
back to smoking around 8 to 10 cigars a day,  which is not much
better than smoking the hookah that much.  The only difference
being that I don't inhale the cigars,  which is a MAJOR health
advantage over the hookah.  Yes,  I do get some second hand
smoke from my cigars,  but not enough to cause the kind of health
problems I've had before with the hookah.

Right now,  I'm dying for some Romman Double Apple.  But
everytime I get the urge to smoke the hookah,  I either light-up
my pipe or smoke a few cigars.

Anyway,  for now I've quit,  and I've been feeling much
better.  I don't wake-up with a scratchy throat anymore and I
don't get WILD urges to smoke the hookah either.

I think there's no doubt that I would get addicted if I started smoking the hookah again.
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  • 2 weeks later...
**Blasts Roman Fanfare**

I'm back from the dead. I even found a suitable thread title!

Lots of work and personal issues have left a lot of other things by the
wayside, and I think its time I get back on the damn horse! I haven't
quit shisha, but I'm not smoking every day.
 I've been experiencing a few new things as well, and even noticed a change in charcoals! Anyone remember the Diamante red bag of finger coals
I raved about that are so pure, odor-free and good? Well they've
changed them drastically. They now have an odor and are softer. They
don't seem to have the faultline funning down the spine when you snap
them  because of the change in density of the coal. That's a good
thing and makes me think they've read my posts here!
 I think they're using coarse wood roughage from some crop harvest
of some sort, much like olive pulp is used for other finger
coals.  Pine nuts? hmmmm. The coals stay together well, but now
they smell a little funny! Once they're going on your hookah and are
solid red, they go great though. Just that initial odor.  Get 'em
red first!

 Al Fakher GS news: I've heard from 2 local retailers that
the Eskandrani, my favorite as you all know, is being moved to another
brand or something and no more AFGS Eskandrani is being shipped. The
Bahraini is still available though, I saw the packets, but I really
wanted the Esk at the store.
Either way, I heard it won't be available. I'll need to scrounge up
from online retailers! Anyone hear anything similar? Anyone plugged in
to corporate headquarters here?

Flavor review: Brand: Layalina. Flavor: peach. This was a brand I saw at the store where I usually got my Eskandrani.  50g for 2.99, just like the Nakhla box.
Coming out of the bag it was very wet, and it was RED! The juice was
thin but it was all over the place. I think this affected the quality
of the smoke a lot.
The actual material was well-cut and no thick lumber.
Flavor was nice, authentic, and only a teeny tinge of cardboard and
only for a short amount of time. The flavor wasn't intense or
outrageously sweet like some other brands carry some other flavors. The
smoke volume, as predicted, was thin and unimpressive. It smoked like
it was at the start of the bowl and you're trying to get it going. FOR
30 MINUTES.  I didn't even finish the bowl, I was that
disappointed.  It was nowhere NEAR Fumari peach in quality of
smoke or flavor.
Maybe I should give this stuff a squeeze and give it another shot?

In other news: I'm working on an update of the site, much catching up to do.
Quite interestingly enough, I've been working on a HEALTH section.

Mo, read your inbox!

---Reiner
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[quote name='HookahCulture']**Blasts Roman Fanfare**
 Diamante red bag of finger coals[/quote]

I don't think you could have described the Diamante coals any better! I
know exacty what you're talking about. Although I never tried their
previous version, but I know exactly about the initial oder. When I
first purchased them and starting lighting one up, I smelt the odor and
was worried that these naturals were going to be a problem. But when
you get them fully lit, they smoke great!

Good to see you're back. Looking forward to many great threads :)
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[quote name='HookahCulture'] Al Fakher GS news: I've heard from 2 local retailers that
the Eskandrani, my favorite as you all know, is being moved to another
brand or something and no more AFGS Eskandrani is being shipped. The
Bahraini is still available though, I saw the packets, but I really
wanted the Esk at the store.  
Either way, I heard it won't be available. I'll need to scrounge up
from online retailers! Anyone hear anything similar? Anyone plugged in
to corporate headquarters here?[/quote]

There was a member named wyteboy in this forum who said that he could
not order a 50 gr of esk from BNN. They said they were out of stock and
they didnt know when they would be getting some in. I just thought they
were phaseing out the 50 but i guess they are doing it completely.
Thanks for the info.
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