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Hello, everyone. I started smoking a pipe in the mid-90's, completely out of the blue, maybe because I was in my 40's and a bird hunter and always considered myself a 19th century soul? Who knows, it happened. But then I STOPPED in the mid aughts (is that the right term for the 21st century? I'm saying around 2005 - 6). I had stockpiled a small collection of G L Pease (3 cans each of Barbary, Haddo's, Renaissance, Mephisto, Odyssey, and Samarra alon g with 3 100g cans of Dark Star, 3 100g cans of 2003 Christmas Cheer and the odd can of Bayou Morning Flake and the like. 2 cans of S G Perfection. You get the idea. Still got them.
Anyway, Equally out of the blue, about a month ago I started getting interested in "the pipe" again and buying up a whole bunch (maybe a dozen by now? I gotta stop!) off the Smokingpipes.com site and a lot of old favorite tobacco and a who9le lot of new ones I never tried.
I can tell you right now my favorite from the old days was MacBaren Navy Flake. Period.
Anyway, I live in Western Massachusetts, the weather was unbelievably warm up until New Year's eve and then BANG! Winter. I've had a chance to smoke one of my new pipes once, walking my dog as I do in the woods every morning. Cold or no cold I HAD to try it out again. Haddo's Delight. Well, brothers, you may as well have shot me up with every street drug in the world. By the time I made it back to my car I was a goner. I somehow made the 10 mile drive back to my house, got upstairs and laid down for a couple, few hours until I came back down to earth.
Needless to say, that is NOT how I remember Haddo's Delight! Just not used to it I brilliantly deduced. When the weather gets warmer and I start up calmly, immobile and intelligently I'm going to start out with my favorite VA Flakes.
I should also mention that I am a Chronic Pain sufferer - Radicular Neuropathy which means in English: I have constant sciatica in my left leg from the buttock to the toe and of course I take meds for that. Could have something to do with that previously mention smoking effect.
Anyway, I could ramble even longer than I have already, but I'll spare you. Just want to fit in that I worked for 25+ years for Dow Jones & Co., Inc and am now 61 years old and have been teaching myself to paint in oils for the past 8 years, with major interruptions. NOW I'll let you go!
Anyway, Equally out of the blue, about a month ago I started getting interested in "the pipe" again and buying up a whole bunch (maybe a dozen by now? I gotta stop!) off the Smokingpipes.com site and a lot of old favorite tobacco and a who9le lot of new ones I never tried.
I can tell you right now my favorite from the old days was MacBaren Navy Flake. Period.
Anyway, I live in Western Massachusetts, the weather was unbelievably warm up until New Year's eve and then BANG! Winter. I've had a chance to smoke one of my new pipes once, walking my dog as I do in the woods every morning. Cold or no cold I HAD to try it out again. Haddo's Delight. Well, brothers, you may as well have shot me up with every street drug in the world. By the time I made it back to my car I was a goner. I somehow made the 10 mile drive back to my house, got upstairs and laid down for a couple, few hours until I came back down to earth.
Needless to say, that is NOT how I remember Haddo's Delight! Just not used to it I brilliantly deduced. When the weather gets warmer and I start up calmly, immobile and intelligently I'm going to start out with my favorite VA Flakes.
I should also mention that I am a Chronic Pain sufferer - Radicular Neuropathy which means in English: I have constant sciatica in my left leg from the buttock to the toe and of course I take meds for that. Could have something to do with that previously mention smoking effect.
Anyway, I could ramble even longer than I have already, but I'll spare you. Just want to fit in that I worked for 25+ years for Dow Jones & Co., Inc and am now 61 years old and have been teaching myself to paint in oils for the past 8 years, with major interruptions. NOW I'll let you go!
