Obviously, Jeff, you're way more intelligent than I. Pretty much haven't missed a day in more than 50 years. Really stupid habit! I often think about that new shotgun that I could buy every year if I put all that money to reasonable use rather than Skoal.

Jack

Obviously, Jeff, you're way more intelligent than I. Pretty much haven't missed a day in more than 50 years. Really stupid habit! I often think about that new shotgun that I could buy every year if I put all that money to reasonable use rather than Skoal.

Jack

A lot of my kinfolk in Tn. Grew both burley and dark fire tobacco. The govt would allow them to grow it on 1/10 of an acre allotments. A large farm would maybe have up to 1.5-2 acres.

A lot of work went raising the stuff. Mostly "topping" or "Suckering". Always trying to keep the tobacco worms off it. Then cutting it, hanging it, stripping it, booking it, then finally selling it at auction.

The burly got hung hung in a large barn to cure. The dark fire had to be hung in large barns then smoked real similar to smoking pork. Once cured and smoked in the barns it was stripped off the stalk and "booked". A nasty gooyie job to say the least.

I tried rolling my own cig out of some one time. Never was desperate enough to try it again.