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Well, I am officially back after a long hiatus!
I'd like to say I was sailing the high seas, travelling the world, or relaxing on the beach in Hawaii, but no such luck!
I was:
–– Running the holiday treadmill so as not to get sucked into the abyss
–– Hanging with my mom who came to visit for 3 weeks!
–– Working my ass off at my job which has a few CRAZY tight deadlines all at once!
–– Living, working, taking care of baby boobhead
–– Oh yeah, and turning 37–ouch!
I have also developed another hobby...I can hear the groans now, but I can't help that some people are obsessive compulsive, and some just obsessive! Lord knows I need to find hobbies to pass the time...
Anyway, I have become enchanted with pipe smoking. I can't help it! I didn't ask for this, nor was I forced....
Anyway, the deal is that I've had a pipe (a cheapie drugstore Dr. Grabow type) that I bought G-d knows when (five six seven years ago??) and would smoke on the old porch from time to time. I got really REALLY into the cigars, and the pipe languished. My beer-brewing/pipe/cigar smoking neighbor kept telling me how he was getting into his pipe so after awhile I pulle dmine out and started looking at forums on the web (spare time!)
Ina ny case, I have purchsed and cleaned a few eBay beauties...cheap for pipes, but all good smokers. One must rest the briar pipes for several days after smoking so more than one is a requisite.
I bought a few samples of tobaccos to try the types/flavors/blends and experiment. That is where the fun lies!
It is like wine tasting kind of. A great and relaxing hobby but, unfortunately, carcinogenic!
Sadly, my guilt complex makes enjoying things difficult but so far I having a good run. I know I can only indulge in bad-for-me hobbies for a limited time and then very rarely, so this is my obsessive period. It is so yummy! So relaxing! Very different from cigars. I LOVE being a piper!
Here are my three eBay pipes! And a few of the tobaccos I am sampling based on recommendations on the forum. Not surprisingly, I like the Captain Black Royal which is a "drugstore" brand, meaning cheap and aromatic! I do like the fancier, smokier Latakia/Virginia blends, but they are tobaccos for me to grow into. Ahhhhhh.
