“Of all the things I’ve lost, I miss my mind the most” ~ Mark Twain
“May your troubles be less and your blessings be more, and nothing but happiness come through your door.”
“Do or Do not. There is no try.”
Below are clips about nicotine content in tobacco I believe is based on science rather that miscellaneous comments. Continue reading
There are a lot of men in history that were pipe smokers and many that were famous or infamous either real or fictional such as: Continue reading
“Paul has graciously allowed me [G.L. Pease] to put this up here for all to see. Thanks, Paul!
Extracted from http://www.glpease.com/Articles/BreathSmoking.html
This was taught to me by my pipe-smoking guru, an insufferably grouchy old curmudgeon. He DID know pipe smoking, though… Continue reading
I got started in 1996. I had been a tobacco “chewer”. I would go through about 2 bags of Beech-Nut Wintergreen Chew per day. After several years of this, my wife “encouraged” me to quit chewing with several admonitions usually containing the words “nasty, filthy, stinky” and/or “disgusting”. At one point she suggested I take up pipe smoking as an alternative.
Some months later I was on a solo trip to Wal-Mart for some trinket or another and realized I had ten extra dollars with me. “Just for giggles” I thought, “why don’t I find out how much a pipe would cost?” Lo and behold, there was a small, bent Dr. Grabow pipe, in all its lustrous blister-packed glory, and it was a measly $6.98. A small package of some generic Vanilla Cavendish (promising to smoke coolly, gently and flavorfully) was another $1.99 and for a paltry eight dollars and ninety-seven cents, I was on my way. Continue reading
I read that the way to preserve the black stems on smoking pipes is to clean them then coat with olive oil. Looks like that will work.
