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Nor should you Dock,....Ken
Pacem en Puffing! :tongue:
Pacem en Puffing! :tongue:
Beautifully put Neil, and thank you for that. You're absolutely correct, and the intent with which this board was created was for just that reason, a place for pipe enthusiasts to commune and share a common interest. We all have our own idiosyncracies but we are all in the same boat, gentlemen wishing to partake in the peaceful past-time of enjoying our pipes. They are artistic, organic accoutrements to our personas that provide many layers of enjoyment and satisfaction. We need not seek to divide ourselves over the details but unite in the bigger obligation to perpetuate the culture.ZuluCollector":nc13s7w4 said:One of the things this board can really accomplish is to help us remember what we're for as opposed to what we're against. First and foremost, I'm FOR all of you and for what floats your boat.
Guys- That is why I love this place. Everything from Garbow to Dunhill and Price Albert to Maltese Falcon. I am very simple minded and take the easy aproch to this craft. That is what we all must apreciate about it, you can make it what you want and take it as far as you want.Puff Daddy":t8j2tobd said:Beautifully put Neil, and thank you for that. You're absolutely correct, and the intent with which this board was created was for just that reason, a place for pipe enthusiasts to commune and share a common interest. We all have our own idiosyncracies but we are all in the same boat, gentlemen wishing to partake in the peaceful past-time of enjoying our pipes. They are artistic, organic accoutrements to our personas that provide many layers of enjoyment and satisfaction. We need not seek to divide ourselves over the details but unite in the bigger obligation to perpetuate the culture.ZuluCollector":t8j2tobd said:One of the things this board can really accomplish is to help us remember what we're for as opposed to what we're against. First and foremost, I'm FOR all of you and for what floats your boat.
God bless 'em.Yak":b2c2p0co said:*snip*It's the folks who buy $17,000 worth of pipes a week *snip*
Yak":i12aa6wu said:It is possible to suspect that much of the jealousy-motivated rejection of guys with rooms full of expensive briars is due in no small part to the habit some of them have of showboating at every opportunity.
What you perceive as "showboating" Yak may be viwed by them as merely sharing their recent purchases with a group of like minded friends.It's very hard for non pipe folks to understand the excitement that WE feel when buying new highgrade pipes.Sharing your pics of that new Kurt Balleby to them would be about as impressive as someone showing you a comemorative and highly collectible thimble! We're the ultimate niche market!...
This "Hey -- Look what I have" impulse (understandable enough, and common to all of us), when it's kept up and kept up, eventually provokes a(n unanticipated) reaction. It isn't so much the pipes, or even that somebody has them that's annoying so much as what's perceived as showing off with them that (eventually) irritates people.
Board guys you kind of "know" as people in the round can have all the blowsnails they want, and you're just happy for them. It's the folks who buy $17,000 worth of pipes a week and make sure everybody knows it who encounter static after a while.
If someone does plunk down that amount of cash on pipes I'd personally love to see and hear all about them.I'm currently drolling over Neill's new Adam Davidsons and Greg's excellent pics of the one's he's been photographing!.I don't own one but am genuinely happy for Neill and share his entusiasim for this great new carver! Like most here I want to see my fellow board members pipes when ever they feel fit to post about them...
That's what I suspect is the case, at any rate.
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Thats the whole thing in a nutshell. The trick to the whole thing is learning to be content with what you have. You will probably find that folks who get a bit pissy with you for spending money "foolishly" haven't quite mastered it yet. I have friends (and a couple of my kids, God love em') who think my pipes and tobacco are a waste of money. OK, more power to them. The house payment gets made as does the car payment. The roof is tight and there is food in the larder. Well, you get the idea.Mikem":ux03bzfp said:I have run into people who think I am crazy because I think nothing of putting down $2000 (when I can afford it :lol!: ) for some rifle that I like. Collecting old WWI and WWII is another one of my hobbies that I enjoy. I agree with Zulu Collector when he says that really no one has the right to judge what I spend my extra money on.
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