When I smoke a pipe I often do it away from everyone else in the house. It’s my time just to sit back and reflect on the day and think about what I’ve learned and what I’ve achieved. Occasionally though I get drawn into the family conversation and I don’t want those quiet reflective times … I want to be part of the conversation and smoke my pipe at the same time without filling the room with a note that most people might find unpleasant.
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I smoked Prince Albert pipe tobacco for the first time last night and was pleasantly surprised. What do I mean by “pleasantly surprised”? What I mean is that I was surprised that it wasn’t aweful. Actually, it was quite good, albeit extremely mild. I am also a cigar smoker and I would classify Prince Albert as the Macanudo of pipe tobaccos. I apologize to John Middleton, Inc. for thinking their tobacco wouldn’t be good before I tried it and admit that I was probably under the influence of “tobacco snobbery”. After all, Prince Albert is an inexpensive mass-market brand …
Ok so you’ve made up your mind that you’d like to try smoking a pipe. You’ve heard that it’s relaxing and a great way to spend time just sitting back and watching the world go by and maybe even a great way to contemplate where you want your life or business to go in the future.
Now you’re about to head down to your nearest pipe store to buy that pipe but, unless you’ve spent some time looking around the Net you could be in for a bit of a shock. You see, you just can’t walk into a store and ask for a pipe … well you could but the store clerk may look at you a bit strangely and he’s certainly going to have some questions for you for the term ‘pipe’ covers a huge range of shapes, sizes, and types.
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