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I don't think MLB condones it...that's too much of a chance for them to take (the horrible p.r. if they were found out.) I think the record is definitely tainted...look at a guy like Alex Rodriguez..love him or hate him, he does it all without steroids. I'd call it admirable but it shouldn't be admirable, it should be the norm. His talent is sure something to be admired, but he shouldn't be admired just for the fact that he doesn't use steroids, but it is almost to the point where so many of these guys are using the juice that you admire a guy who doesn't. It shouldn't be that way. Jose Conseco even called Arod a "freak" because he can do what he does without the juice. I guess that's what he basically is...a freak. If he stays healthy he'll for sure break Bonds' record and bring some integrity back to the record. That's how I feel anyway. The baseball he hit lost a LOT of its value...Guess that says it all.

i'll try the pan thing...does anyone recommend any certain coal for this though? do all natural coals come in huge pieces? i'm looking forward to using them because when i go to the hookah bar it seems like the flavor is just so much better..i get flavor at home now, but i get a chemical-ness that i'm not used to.

Hey..I'm definitely a newbie, but I don't really like the taste the quicklights are giving me...so I thought I would try Stargate naturals (is that what everyone recommends?) I only have a gas stove to light them on and, this may sound extremely stupid, but how would I go about lighting them on a gas stove? Like do I have to put them on anything? There's probably a really easy answer to this and my brain just isn't working properly at the moment, but I was just kind of confused on how to go about this. I didn't really want to invest in a hotplate because I'm kind of short on funds. Thanks if anyone can help.

wow...i did everything everyone said...plus i doubled the foil on top of the bowl (i think that really helped)...and wow...i had SUCH a great session! holy crap..i'm so happy and excited...it was amazing haha...my first good session with my hookah..i had huge clouds and i could really taste the tobacco..very cool.

i tried again tonight...i got big clouds and absolutely no flavor at all but smoke...maybe a little watermelon aftertaste flavor but that's about it...i used foil this time...i have no clue what i did wrong. maybe i'm just not used to the flavor that quicklights give the tobacco but i don't think that was it. the three kings also had trouble lighting again on all sides..when i went to light them on all sides they just wouldn't light..like they were resistant or something...they're the real thing too if i'm going by that picture.

my bowl is extremely small i think..could this be the problem? here's what it looks like:

i just smoked for the first time with my own hookah...i have only been to hookah bars before...and basically it kinda sucked...i only had it going with nice clouds for like a 2 minute period...and even then the flavor was non-existent...i used three kings coals (or at least that's what i thought they were..i'm suspecting they could be fake? i'm not even sure..they came in the 3 rolls and said three kings on them..but they wouldn't even light all the way and they wouldn't stay lit or anything..i also have no idea what size they are cause it didn't say.) first i used one coal and i couldn't get any smoke so i went to 2 coals..that's when i had it going for a little bit..but then i noticed that my bowl was actually coming off, so i took it off for a second and noticed that the piece of rubber under it had drippings on it from the shisha...so it would not stay on..so we took the piece of rubber off and after we did that we could not get it to smoke good at all..honestly we couldn't get any smoke. i tried everything..i heard to pack the shisha down when using a screen (i was using a screen) so i did that..i thought maybe i wasn't using enough shisha so i put it higher..then it burnt...then i don't think i was using enough..i literally wasted so much cause i didn't know what the hell i was doing. i'm so bummed. i really enjoy smoking and was hoping this would be good..guess i'll get better at it...can anyone tell me what i was doing wrong? i'm sure i was doing a lot wrong..i mean most of the time i could literally get no smoke. i'm afraid i may get sick now too cause i wasn't doing it right and i was inhaling a lot to try to get some smoke.

*bump* sorry..can anyone help me here? i just got my hookah in the mail literally 10 minutes ago ha.

It's supposed to be coming today (very excited ahh.) I have one more question though...I got an email from HC saying that my hookah has copper tubing on the inside..I've heard so much about copper being bad...Is this safe? Just want to make sure.

thanks everyone for replying...i'll have to make sure it doesn't tip over..frankenstein do you know if the hoses are washable or not?

Hey everyone..this is my first post. I decided to get my own hookah...I really do not know much about hookahs as I am a beginner, and I kind of rushed into buying everything before I read reviews and all. I ended up buying the Ocean Tear Hookah from HookahCompany.com. (http://www.hookahcompany.com/ocean_tear_hookah_2363_prd1.htm) Hopefully it is a good one? I was just wondering if anyone knew what I am to expect with this particular hookah...I hope it was a good choice but I'm wondering because I rushed so quickly to get it. I really don't know anything about it and was just wondering if anyone, well, did. haha.