Transitioning from dip to snus! yey!

[RobsanX]

le sigh

finding Maine micro-brew is soooooo difficult in the mid-west.

Plenty of micro brews here in Wisconsin! I could rattle off 5 or 6 just in the Madison area! I'm partial to New Glarus Brewery...

[angrylollipop]

Maine micro-brew.... a taste of home.

here's an info graphic for the u.s. beer nerds

[shikitohno]

If it's any consolation, Shipyard wasn't available even two years ago here. Still can't get anything from Gritty's now.

[angrylollipop]

If it's any consolation, Shipyard wasn't available even two years ago here. Still can't get anything from Gritty's now.

gritty's was always a bit too hoppy for me, but some of my friends loved it.

a Nice shipyard or sea dog would be so nice.

[phildo au jus]

Holy crap, this thread blew up in the last few days! Thanks for the warm welcome, guys!

chadizzy - I'm stationed at Cannon AFB. I'm a senior airman aircraft electrician.

shikitohno - I used to be into the standard stuff. old Mayhem, Darkthrone, Bathory, Dissection, Gorgoroth. A lot more than that, those are just the ones that pop up in my head. When I listen to black metal now I go for the post-black-metal stuff - Altar of Plagues, Petrychor, and (as you mentioned) Wolves in the Throne Room. I usually concern myself with electronica these days as one of my main hobbies is producing music with Ableton Live. To answer your second question - I don't know anyone who snuses, however, this might make you feel better - Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan is not a US military base, it's a NATO base, and at the moment it's run by the Canadians. As a result there is a wonderful mixture of militaries there, people from all over Europe. You are bound to be able to get snus from someone there without a doubt. Your other option would be to order in bulk and bring it with you, and have friends and family send it to you in the mail. I highly recommend the military to anyone who is interested in joining, even if you only do a 4-year tour. You'll learn more things and meet more people than you ever thought possible. I'd also submit that the Air Force would be a better choice than the Army - a good example is I just got back from a tailswap (deployed aircraft is due a major scheduled inspection, so we fly a fresh one overseas and fly the old one back) where I spent a lot of time in Newfoundland, Spain, Sicily, and Turkey. Stayed 2 days in deployed location, said 'hi' to my buddies stuck there, got back on a plane and came back. It was amazing.

sharesnusinfo - Dogfish Head makes a lot of different styles. I noticed when I was in Europe that beer seems to be incredibly traditional. I could not get anyone to understand what an IPA was for the life of me. My favorite Dogfish Head brew is the 60-minute IPA, and I can't get it here in New Mexico at all. It's a treat that I indulge in when I have to travel for work =) I'm not good at explaining brews, but a quick Google of the term 'india pale ale' should explain a lot!

[shikitohno]

Well, if it's any comfort to you in your attempts to transition away from dip, I've discovered today I no longer get anything off it. I can sit and cram as much in as my mouth will hold, and all I get off Cope snuff is a bit of heartburn. May be time to stop buying dip. I guess three years of snus and snuff has rewired how things work for me or something.

[xrt]

Holy crap, this thread blew up in the last few days! Thanks for the warm welcome, guys!

chadizzy - I'm stationed at Cannon AFB. I'm a senior airman aircraft electrician.

shikitohno - I used to be into the standard stuff. old Mayhem, Darkthrone, Bathory, Dissection, Gorgoroth. A lot more than that, those are just the ones that pop up in my head. When I listen to black metal now I go for the post-black-metal stuff - Altar of Plagues, Petrychor, and (as you mentioned) Wolves in the Throne Room. I usually concern myself with electronica these days as one of my main hobbies is producing music with Ableton Live. To answer your second question - I don't know anyone who snuses, however, this might make you feel better - Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan is not a US military base, it's a NATO base, and at the moment it's run by the Canadians. As a result there is a wonderful mixture of militaries there, people from all over Europe. You are bound to be able to get snus from someone there without a doubt. Your other option would be to order in bulk and bring it with you, and have friends and family send it to you in the mail. I highly recommend the military to anyone who is interested in joining, even if you only do a 4-year tour. You'll learn more things and meet more people than you ever thought possible. I'd also submit that the Air Force would be a better choice than the Army - a good example is I just got back from a tailswap (deployed aircraft is due a major scheduled inspection, so we fly a fresh one overseas and fly the old one back) where I spent a lot of time in Newfoundland, Spain, Sicily, and Turkey. Stayed 2 days in deployed location, said 'hi' to my buddies stuck there, got back on a plane and came back. It was amazing.

sharesnusinfo - Dogfish Head makes a lot of different styles. I noticed when I was in Europe that beer seems to be incredibly traditional. I could not get anyone to understand what an IPA was for the life of me. My favorite Dogfish Head brew is the 60-minute IPA, and I can't get it here in New Mexico at all. It's a treat that I indulge in when I have to travel for work =) I'm not good at explaining brews, but a quick Google of the term 'india pale ale' should explain a lot!

My type of guy, keep on !
Here in Norway everyone that reaches the age of 18 are to join the army, I had some problems at that time so I coulden't go.
I'm 25 now and wish I was 7 years younger so I could join the army, I love the army... ever since I was a kid.
If I could do it all over I would probably join "Telemark Bataljonen" those are our troops in Afghanistan.
Pretty high risk, and long job but we only live once.

[risurfer]

Cheers from a homebrewer.

[precious007]

had to say this...

honestly in my entire smokeless journey I alway enjoyed snus but... dip is a whole lot more interesting

and more tobbacoish

just saying

[Ansel]

had to say this...

honestly in my entire smokeless journey I alway enjoyed snus but... dip is a whole lot more interesting

and more tobbacoish

just trolling

:-o

[Roo]

I've been treating myself to a few dogfish head 90-minute IPAs since I found a store that sells them on my way home from work. Simply amazing beer.

[precious007]

:-o

is it me trolling or you? )

[resnor]

I dip and snus...and have really started preferring snusing...especially as I can snus at work, whereas I cannot dip at work.