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That is a good story. I do see pipe smokers in public, but only while in their cars. Why is this? I just don't get it. I always smoke mine wherever I go, hardly every like to put the pipe down. Plus, I don't drive, never owned a car and don't care to fool with it so long as I work only a...

I did hear positive comments back then, I was smoking aromatics. That and some people are charmed by a pipe if it evokes fond memories of a dead family patriarch. I don't know, my grandfathers smoked cigarettes, but the children and grandchildren of pipe smokers see the pipe in a positive...

I almost always smoke burley, but tell me about these high nicotine Virginias. Do they cause any tongue bite if you smoke 'em all day. I smoke my PA constantly, and love it, sometimes smoke some proper English all night. Never much got into Virginia, but I do love nicotine. So, y'all get put...

I've been thinking of this recently, but I don't hear dumb ass remarks like I did when I was younger. Still, I'd like to know if others have dealt with this nuisance. You're smoking your pipe out in public, and some troglodyte just has to make an inane comment about having just seen a real...

For decency's sake, I'd just use the same olive oil for the bowl as I do for my stems when they're getting oxidized. Maybe I'm just being a ninny, but "it all mixes up in your stomach anyway" also translates to "it's cool to eat your own vomit."

Whoa, say what? Maybe it's just my Czech pipes, but I've always found good old Jim to be pipe friendly. Isopropyl, that scares me a bit.

Muddler, I can't figure out why the hell they named a phone after produce. A bluetooth? I was blissfully ignorant until recently being told what that non-word means. I'm in my twenties, so I think old fart has little to do with it. A phone should be a phone, your computer should be on your...

Sipping is exactly what I do while reading, now that y'all mention it. Yeah, I probably am overthinking it on more levels than one ( to my detriment). Thanks, this is reassuring. Guess I'll read and smoke more while "reviewing" less. I'll admit, Chomsky is a bit above my reading level at...

Nothing pairs with a good book like a good smoke, don't you think? Tobacco helps with concentration, contemplation, and flat out enriches the experience. Dropping the cigarettes has been simple enough ... finally. But, it seems that pipes are less practical for reading. With the pipe...

Raid, I wish my employer and pretty much any other understood that concept. New managers are the worst, they want to come in and change things as if they ought to, fix what ain't broken and just be all-purpose tools just to get their power trip jollies and make a name for themselves. Sure hope...

Yes, mystery, most illuminating.

The 'Stones--off of youtube 'cause I'm too cheap to buy a CD. What'll Forty Licks set you back, enough to end world hunger (like I care)?

Whoa, must be divine ... but it sounds too good to gulp.

Welcome ... and what are you eating in this photo?

Oh, dear God, the transit police are now harrassing anyone who lights up at bus stations! Depends on the manager we've got on duty. Night crew used to smoke in recieving and anywhere in the back area, but no longer (I'm a night stocker). Working front end, it especially mattered what manager...

I agree with Falconer about cobs and old briars, never tried a meerschaum. I'd suggest buying your cobs from MM online rather than take whatever dinky cobs the drugstore happens to carry. Used to smoke aromatics, and have a Grabow from that early stage. It's eight years old and tastes...

Hate full bents, I have one quarter bent just for home use. Hate anything small or skinny. Like rustics, but hate anything garish and even the slightest bit ornate. Dislike apples, hate the Canadian look. Basically, I like sensibly-sized straights (and my large quarter bent) but won't do...

Using liquor makes the ritual more enjoyable, don't you find? I use 91% isopropyl for less glorious cleaning tasks, like soaking fingernail clippers.

As Doc Manhattan pointed out, it depnds on what you need. I've been a bourbon drinker since I started off. It's good and strong, there's nothing finer in a shotglass than Jim Beam. Evan Williams is also pretty good and 86 proof, but I eventually got sick of it's sweetness. Old Crow was my old...

Harlock, would you get the 151 just for cleaning, like a half-pint? You asked if this would be a waste of liquor (maybe half jokingly), so let me share my method. I simply pour a shot and dip cleaners into the shotglass. Maybe after removing any cotton fibers, do the shot. But given that...