Hello all!!!

[cypress]

Well let me introduce myself. I am new to the game. I have been smoking
from the hookah for several months now. I have been doing lots of
searches to make my knowlege of the different tabaccos, coals, tricks,
ect. I have got to admint that I learned quite a bit from this forum. I
spent several hours last night reading quite a few threads from the
last few months of threads.  I have looked other places for
knowlege but I have found that listening to experienced people I can
make a better judgement when purchasing new stuff. 

I got exposed to smoking from a hoohah when I went to a Mediteranean
restaurant here in Houston. My wife and I tried this new place bacause
our other favorite BYOB restaurant is now going to sell alcohol. So we
went to La Fendee and saw what I called then a "water bong" . Well we
asked questions and I tried it.  I could not believe how good it
was to smoke from it. It was relaxing for me and had a good aroma. Then
my wife got me a hookah for an early x-mas present . Since then I have
been smoking several bowls a week.

More about me:

I am a network analyst. I work shift work sitting in front of 10
computer screens all my myself monitoring a corporations network and 2
of its pipelines.  I work 12 hour shifts in a rotating shift
schedule. I work 4 days, off 7, 4 nights, off 3, 3 days, off a day, 3
nights, off 3 and start back over.  I am married with a 6 year
old. My hobbies include drinking good wine and smokeing good flavored
tabacco.  I will try to contribute as much as I can. If there are
any questions feel free to ask.

[alen]

welcome welcome
alen