BS: Pipe Smokers?

Subject: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: saulgoldie
Date: 23 Jan 11 - 09:21 AM

I am an unapologetic pipe smoker. I respect those around me, and I don't smoke if it will bother anyone. Not uncommonly, someone will say, "That reminds me of grandpa, dad, uncle so-and-so." But I only smoke in approved smoking zones. Anyone else here?

Saul

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: Will Fly
Date: 23 Jan 11 - 10:04 AM

I used to enjoy a pipe and the occasional Havana cigar but would never smoke in the house - only in pubs and clubs. When the no-smoking ban took effect in the UK, I stopped both as, for me, smoking a pipe or cigar in the open air took away the enjoyment of the flavour. It was fun, but I don't miss it.

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: Seayaker
Date: 23 Jan 11 - 11:44 AM

I used to smoke a pipe about 30 years ago but gave up.

A couple of years ago I went up to Scotland and took some tobacco to deter the midges.

The guy I went with had just been told by his doctor to give up smoking as he had had some health problems and was heading for trouble if he didn't. He was obviously craving a bit.

I hadn't the heart to smoke so I still have the tobacco.

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: Rapparee
Date: 23 Jan 11 - 12:16 PM

I quit in 1985 -- right about today, in fact. I still miss smoking my pipes (they're downstairs in the rack even now!), especially when I'm fishing or relaxing with a good single malt of an evening.

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 23 Jan 11 - 12:18 PM

Never, but, unlike cigarettes, I like the scent of a pipe.

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: GUEST, topsie
Date: 23 Jan 11 - 12:43 PM

Many years ago when I had a husband he took to smoking a pipe. To begin with it smelled really nice - a kind of rich honey smell - but after a few days it smelled absolutely FOUL. I suspect he wasn't cleaning it properly but he wouldn't be told.

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: acegardener
Date: 23 Jan 11 - 01:01 PM

Puffing away on mine this very minute. Don't smoke it a lot as by the time I've filled, tamped and generally fiddled about with it. The moment has gone.

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: kendall
Date: 23 Jan 11 - 01:47 PM

I smoked a pipe for 47 years, then gave it up 14 years ago. Not soon enough; I developed squamous cell carcinoma and it cost me my vocal cords.
I still like the odor of good pipe tobacco, but I'll never smoke again.

Thats the most I ever paid for a "pleasure".

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: GUEST,mauvepink
Date: 23 Jan 11 - 01:54 PM

Smelling a pipe being smoked is so evocative of so many great memories that cigarettes and cigars never generate. My Granddad, my Uncle, even my own Dad for some time. I am never offended by pipesmoke.

I am sure men have affairs with their pipes. They caress them, mould them, hold them, cleam with such care and tenderness. I do not believe this is some oral fixation however, as has been suggested some time past, but a genuine love affair. They are are so very very different - men and pipes - with not one being the same.

Romantic? Maybe. But I'll leave it for the pipesmokers to tell it how it really is. I am convinced, however, that a man who smokes a pipe is not just a smoker (and I recall, when I was younger, quite a few women who smoked pipes back then too). Pipesmoking men of my acquaintance seem to have something more about them. Intangible... but there.Have any other women felt that? (no offence to any men at all who do not smoke pipes)

Kipling had it wrong... "A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke" on BOTH counts! lol

mp

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: Bill D
Date: 23 Jan 11 - 02:05 PM

As saulgoldie knows, (Hi, Saul), I smoked pipes for awhile, and still have several, but I just was not meant to be a smoker. (I NEVER tried a cigarette) I used to carry one around and forget to use it. I thing I liked collecting pipes and comparing tobaccos more than actually smoking...and when I married 30 years ago, she was a bit allergic to smoke, so that was it..

..anyone want to buy 3-4 interesting pipes?

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 23 Jan 11 - 04:16 PM

Both pipe smoke and it's stench is nausiating.

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 23 Jan 11 - 04:17 PM

are nausiating I think!

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: Will Fly
Date: 23 Jan 11 - 04:51 PM

Or even nauseating. Still, one man's nausea can be another man's sweet-scented pleasure.

The question for me is: why does roasting coffee always smell better than it actually tastes? No matter how delicious the tasted coffee, it's roasting counterpart is always super-delicious.

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: kendall
Date: 23 Jan 11 - 04:55 PM

I was never in love with my pipe, it was simply the best way to enjoy pipe tobacco.
I had a friend in the car business and he used to say "I hate to see a pipe smoker coming. They can't be manipulated into buying before they are ready. They think too much."

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: Allan C.
Date: 23 Jan 11 - 05:58 PM

I have done a good share of pipe smoking. I guess it was an attempt at trying to emulate my father who smoked a maple blend. I preferred a cherry blend, myself. But what I ultimately came to realize was that pipe smoke invariably smelled way better than it tasted. Not only that, but the room in which the smoking took place smelled nice for only a short time, after which it simply stank.

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: gnu
Date: 23 Jan 11 - 08:34 PM

Back in uni I smoked a pipe... of sorts.

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: Bobert
Date: 23 Jan 11 - 10:09 PM

Make mine outta empty beer cans... Work great...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 23 Jan 11 - 10:24 PM

outta empty beer cans ...

Works fine for some stuff, but not for good pipe tobacco. It's the smoldering with restricted air that makes the "flavor" different than either a cigar or cigarette, and it's really tough to "pack" a proper bowl in the usual kinds of beer can bongs.

Maybe if you smoked a whole can full all at once ...(?)

But I doubt that's what's meant.

John

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: Beer
Date: 23 Jan 11 - 10:32 PM

Gave up cigarettes for Lent once and chewed tobacco instead. Does this count?
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Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: Beer
Date: 23 Jan 11 - 10:34 PM

Oops!, meant to also say that I tried the pipe but could not get use to it. Have always loved the aroma even to this day as a "X" smoker.
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Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: J-boy
Date: 24 Jan 11 - 12:05 AM

I don't smoke a pipe anymore but good god I love the smell of tobacco. If it wasn't for that smell I never would have become the nicotine addict I am today. I'm down to five cigarettes a day now but I wish it were zero. Shit is more addictive than opium.

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: J-boy
Date: 24 Jan 11 - 01:41 AM

Fuckin' Marlboros. Philip Morris I want my horse and cowboy hat! I'll trade you a lung.

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: GUEST,Patsy
Date: 24 Jan 11 - 05:53 AM

When I was small my father used to take me to some of the Farmers markets in the rural areas and my Grandfather and the other old farmers would be their puffing away on their pipes while looking at the livestock in the pens. Strange as it may seem but the aroma against the animal smells was gorgeous, to me anyway.

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: GUEST,kendall
Date: 24 Jan 11 - 07:18 AM

Wishing don't cut it J Boy. You gotta want to quit more than anything.

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: Ringer
Date: 24 Jan 11 - 11:58 AM

"why does roasting coffee always smell better than it actually tastes?"

Ditto cigar smoke. Probably ditto pipe tobacco too, but I can't smell my Condor whilst I'm smoking it (nor that of the Condor smoker next to me, but, oddly enough, I can if he's smoking something other than Condor).

I don't smoke a tenth of what I used to now I'm banned at work and in the pub; these days it's a bit cold outside the pub, but I smoke there anyway, because a pint's good & a pipe of tobacco is good. But both together are glorious.

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: Old Vermin
Date: 24 Jan 11 - 12:35 PM

kendall ' ... friend in the car business and he used to say "I hate to see a pipe smoker coming. They can't be manipulated into buying before they are ready. They think too much."'

Secondary school teacher said our older son's approach to, probably, maths or physics problems was 'this is interesting' and that he was metaphorically getting a pipe going. The lad's a consulting engineer now.

One boss of mine smoked little but reckoned that pipes were great as a delaying tactic in negotiations.

Used to smoke them, not vast volumes, until the mid-90s. In principle still would once in awhile and indeed have the necessary supplies, but just don't get round to it. Probably play music instead.

Reminds me - man in our guitar group a bit back - a rather stressed solicitor - said playing the guitar stopped him drinking.

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: GUEST,Gern
Date: 24 Jan 11 - 09:38 PM

I smoked daily for 40 years and gave it up when I started to have breathing issues. I still miss it and really enjoyed it outdoors or reading, but glad to be smoke-free.

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: EBarnacle
Date: 24 Jan 11 - 10:56 PM

I started out with cigars at age 17. When I was at Rutgers, a woman said to me "Gee, I just love a man who smokes a pipe."

Switched over but never went much further with her. Eventually my collection grew to about 80 pipes, almost all of which I still have in storage. At one point, I worked as a blender for a tobacconist.

About that time, I became enchanted with latakia blends, which I smoked until I stopped smoking in the mid 80's.

I never quit but the most recent smoke I had was a really good cigar I enjoyed over the course of several hours during the last major blackout.

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: J-boy
Date: 25 Jan 11 - 12:49 AM

I worked for a tobacconist as well. Latakia blends are heavenly. I remember going to work in anticipation of all those intoxicating aromas. How can something so wonderful be so harmful for you? It ain't fair I tell ya.

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: J-boy
Date: 25 Jan 11 - 01:22 AM

Was it an Opus X or perhaps Ashton Maduro you smoked Ebarnacle? Those two are brilliant cigars. Cuban cigars are over-rated. The best cigars these days come from the Dominican Republic.

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: BrooklynJay
Date: 25 Jan 11 - 02:58 AM

I smoked a pipe on and off for years. I am also a "Sherlockian" in one of my other lives, so it gave me a bit of an excuse. Usually cherry-flavored tobacco. My late wife was the only woman I ever had anything to do with who smoked (cigarettes), as it contributed in a major way to my mother's death in 1987. Anyway, my wife tried to quit cigarettes any number of times over the years without success. Ultimately, she died in 2006 from lung cancer and an unexpected massive stroke. I never smoked again. Still have the pipes, but they are gathering dust. I'd be lying if I said I didn't miss the pipes and having a nice smoke once in awhile.

Jay

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: kendall
Date: 25 Jan 11 - 09:07 AM

I never got into the fancy blends; if God wanted sashay powder in tobacco he would have put it there.
Carter Hall, Half & Half, or Raleigh for me.

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: EBarnacle
Date: 25 Jan 11 - 09:45 AM

My preferred pipe tobacco became Peterson's O'Driscoll Mixture. Other than the cigar being Nicaraguan, I don't remember the brand.

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: kendall
Date: 25 Jan 11 - 12:43 PM

If my first smoke had been a cigar, I never would have taken up smoking.

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: Ed T
Date: 25 Jan 11 - 03:45 PM

"A good cigar is a smoke"
So, what's wrong with that statement?

I never smoked cigarettes, nor have ever intentionally inhaled any tobacco product.

I tried pipes, did not like them. Though, some pipe tobaccos smell OK at a distance.

I tried smokeless tobacco, and found it foul.

I occasionally smoke cigars. And have done so since I was 13. I still do. I enjoy about 20 to 30 V. good cigars a year. I have to be in the right mood, with the right outdoor setting. I enjoy the taste of good cigars, and find smoking them (with a good Scotch) relaxing in warm evenings. I especially enjoy them on vacations (such as in Cuba, Dominican Rapublic or the Ybor area of Tampa Florida. Smoking a good cigar with a friend who enjoys them is a treat to me.

Atip, beware of smoking indoors. Outside of health concerns, the smell gets into porus material (like wood and cloth), to later "come out" in damp conditions.

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: Ed T
Date: 25 Jan 11 - 03:49 PM

smell

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: eddie1
Date: 26 Jan 11 - 02:03 AM

Many moons ago when I was about 20, I decided to give up cigarettes in favour of a pipe and I went to a tobacconist in Edinburgh (There were lots thhen, don't think there are any now)
He could not have been more helpful. He gave me a pipe, a cherrywood, and told me the advantages - cheap and didn't need breaking in. He then held bowls of various tobaccos under my nose until I found what I liked but also gave me reccommendations as to whether they burnt hot or cool etc. He then made me up a blend and the exact proportions were written down in a book with a page just for me. Each time I went back he took time to discuss my progress with the pipe and changed the blend a few times. He felt like a friend.
Got stopped on the street once while I was smoking my pipe and was asked for directions. Great to be able to use the pipe as a pointer - "Turn left there, second on right" etc. As has already been said, the pipe was also a great delaying tactic.

Got out of pipe smoking and back to cigarettes somewhere but I might look at returning to pipe smoking.

Eddie

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: Mrrzy
Date: 26 Jan 11 - 06:51 PM

I still smoke a pipe, but haven't smoked tobacco since 1978...

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: GUEST,999
Date: 27 Jan 11 - 03:03 PM

Last time I smoked a pipe the tobacco was called `Old Bridge.` Very very rough.

Subject: RE: BS: Pipe Smokers?
From: Mark Ross
Date: 27 Jan 11 - 03:43 PM

Smoked a pope before I turned to cigarettes. I was 15 years old, and I thought it would make me look older. Went back and forth for quite a few years. Now that tailor made cigarettes ae 6 bucks a pack around here (and rolling tobacco is almost as dear) , I have steadily puffed away on a pipe (with only a few cancer sticks when I run out of tobacco). In fact my hobo monicker in the Rose Tattoo is "Smokestack".

Mark Ross