Work, play, do nothing (i.e. post here), watch baseball, cook stuff, canoe, fish, hike, swim, read It's nice when all your time is free time.
What? Never hit the crack pipe before? Chore Boy is the brand of steel wool used by discrening crack heads because it is just copper wire without any other high tech chemical coatings that would burn (and its the cheap crap available in every cheap bodega or convenience store out there). You cut off a litle chunk, ball it up and stuff it in the end of the pipe and the crack sits right on top of it. The lighter heats up the steel wool, which in turn vaporises the crack. The crack doesnt actually "burn". The pipe is made out of glass as thermal insulation, but you need that steel wool to act as a resevoir of heat. Otherwise, the crack doesnt get hot enough to vaporize and you dont get high.
I know the particulars of smoking crack and I forgot about the steel wool, I just did not see any crack in there but I forgot about the residue.
I'm surprised by your deep knowledge on this. Impressed by the science, and hopefully it's not from personal experience. We only get one body, take care of it best one can.
