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Title:Fishing Notes- Archived
Notice:See note 555.1 for a keyword directory of this conference
Moderator:DONMAC::MACINTYRE
Created:Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Sep 20 1991
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1660
Total number of notes:20970

921.0. "What's "The Chew of Choice?"" by BOSHOG::VARLEY () Wed Nov 30 1988 17:13

    This is primarily directed at Monsieur Coonass, as well as those
    of you who are outside the Mass/NH corridor. As some of you may
    have deduced, one of the real pleasures I get out of fishing (other
    than catching "squat" at Monomonac, like all real 'Muricans), is
    chewin' a little tobacco, or puttin' a pinch 'tween cheek 'n gum,
    as another great 'Murican (Walt Garrison) used to say.
     I'd like to know what the boys in the bayous are usin' these days,
    or in the Northwest or Colorado. I'm always willin' to experiment;
    besides, you have to be crazy to drink while you're up to your butt
    in 34 degree water, so this stuff works real well.
     You can't believe how hard it is to get a good "dip" in a typical
    DEC meeting, or how people look at you. I could get less interest
    if my fly was open... I gotta believe that some of you southern
    Bassmasters use this terrific uncontrolled substance...
     As they say on the highways of "Murica, "How 'bout it"?
    
    --The Deviant Skoal Bandit 
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921.1HawkensDECWET::HELSELI'm the NRAWed Nov 30 1988 17:331
    
921.2STOWMA::LANGESpeakin' at cha...Wed Nov 30 1988 18:0210
    Hawkens!!!...like dippin' peppermint candy!
    
    
    In the Marines...down in North Carolina we used to get Skoal,and
    Cophenhagen only two,and three days old(marked on the bottom)...seein'
    how smoking wasn't a good idea on field ops...dip was the only way to
    pacify the Nic Fit....
    
    One time I dove into a trench...and gulp....morning c-rats alll over
    the place....
921.3"Serious Technical Stuff"BOSHOG::VARLEYWed Nov 30 1988 19:1115
     I might as well add some fuel to this technical micro-fire. In
    the Army, I quickly became a "plug" man,i.e. Apple, Day's Work,
    Brown Mule, Bloodhound, Black Maria, and finally the ultimate -
    Bull of the Woods. That stuff will turn you more chartreuse than
    my favorite "Little N".
     Now I kinda go with green Skoal Bandits (what else?), or green
    Skoal Long Cut, although Kodiak is o.k. once in a while. Don't like
    Hawken or Silver Creek either. I get some great bags of "lip dope"
    called Renegades from a friend of mine who is a Judge in Ohio. I
    got him started on a golf trip to Ireland, and now he dips on the
    bench. By the way, any of this stuff is much (!!) cheaper in NH
    than Taxachusetts, so when "Lavender Jack" and I go Bassin', I pick
    up 10 tins or so. Ole Jack don't dip (but then "Charlie don't surf").
    
    --The Skoal Bandit
921.4Bandits?DECWET::HELSELI'm the NRAWed Nov 30 1988 19:268
    Skoal Bandits?
    
    How can you get anything through em?  All the micro mesh cheese
    cloth clogs up.  Heck my little sister chews skoal bandits.
    
    Regular skoal will do in a pinch :-)
    
    Brett.
921.54 out of 5 dentists surveyed.....CECV03::SURRETTEWed Nov 30 1988 20:1712
    
    
    I have the ultimate chew .....    Wrigley 's !!!!
    
    A little doublemint does the trick 
    
    ;^) 
    
    gus
    
    who-has-"tongue-in-cheek"-not-pinch-in-cheek !!
    
921.6Reminds me ob my beseball days...DPDMAI::BEAZLEYWed Nov 30 1988 20:5721
    Well, bak in my younger-type days wen I played in de old Evangeline
    League my favrite wuz Browns Mule an Deys Wurk. Neber did de snuff.
    Mos snuff people don chere lak de Kopanhagen or Garret. Dats bout
    de only kin dey kin git.
    
    Mos coonasses kin jes chew on dat cajun coffee for mos de mornin.
    Dey pour it by de yard its so strong. Mos coonasses also lak dat
    malt liker. Dey get foonchock much quiker on it!! Only Texyuns lak
    dat oder snuff an dat Pearl an Lone Star stuff.
    
    Anoder favrite mongst cajuns is Coffee Royale. Dats whot chew put
    in yore thermos wen che go to LS and U games. Chew mix coffee an
    bourbon bout 3 to one. Den it don matter if LSU win or not!
    
    We had a freeze las nite an de trees startin to turn colors. Got
    don to 30 degrees, brrr.
    
    Oh yea, ole Walt Garrison lib in de same town as Coonass, Lewisville.
    Me, I see him now an den an he DO dip dat snuff.
    
    Coonass
921.7The PINK Chew!CASV01::PRESTONBetter AI than none at allThu Dec 01 1988 14:564
    Make mine BIG LEAGUE! The other stuff gets caught in my braces!!
    
    Ed
    
921.8An de mos popular smokeDPDMAI::BEAZLEYFri Dec 02 1988 02:074
    Oh yes, I mos forgot de mos popular cigarette bran is Picayune,
    made rat in N'orleans. Dey keep dem mosquitos off for years!
    
    Coonass
921.9Read before trying!!!MEDUSA::DAYFri Dec 02 1988 13:4256
    
    I didn't know that people still did this stuff.
    
    Back in the late 60's early 70's I started diping 
    
    copenhagen, back when it said "COPENHAGEN" on the lid
    and a freshness date stamped on the bottom.
    
    Well I went through several girl friends and one wife
    over COPENHAGEN!
    
    They said that they realy loved me but they could not
    stand to kiss a man who had that *@#% in his mouth.
    
    Well I could not understand why people could be so shallow.
    I could drink beer with it in with no problem, what gives?!
    
    About 1980 I went to the store to get some and they were closing
    and the woman locked the door in my face and laughed, I had not
    had a dip for about an hour and this realy made me mad because
    I knew I couldn't get any till the morning and in anger I kicked
    the door to get attention and got fliped off so I kicked the door
    one last time! This kick broke the glass and set the alarm off!
    The folks in the store ran to the back and I ran to my truck and
    got out or there.
    
    
    That night I decided that the withdraw was so bad that I was going
    to quit.
    
    I did quit till I got close to another drug store, and I bought
    a tube of them so I would never run out again!
    Or have to go back to my local drug store.
    
    
    The first mouth ulser I got was in the front of my mouth so I started
    puting it on the side untill it got bad there or untill the front
    healed.
    
    At this point I looked in the mirror and decided to put it down
    for good.
    
    I do miss it I will not lie, I used to love it but don't let anybody
    GLAMORIZE it for you if you are thinking about it.
    It is as addicting as cigarettes and is two times as powerful.
    
    Anyway why would you put anything in your mouth that tastes so
    bad that a dog would lick it's but to get the taste out of his mouth!
    
                                Regards....Danny
    				
                                The Cincinnati kid
    
    				
    
    
921.10thanks for the anecdote DannyERLANG::LEVESQUEI fish, therefore I am...Fri Dec 02 1988 18:1510
    Thanks Danny for that less than glamorous perpsective. It's good
    to see that you are trying to prevent someone else from running
    into problems with this dangerous substance. People have died as
    a result of the oral cancer gotten from having chaw all of the time.
    Personally, I think it is your right to choose whether you wish
    to chew; but it should be an informed decision (hopefully).
    I'd hate to see someone bite off a little more than they could,
    um- er chew. :-)
    
    The Doctah