I have ~50 pipes, more cob than briar, and ~150 pounds of tobacco.
Given those numbers I still ogle expensive pipes and must stifle the incessant urge to cruise ebay and my favorite pipe vendor sites. And at the moment I have no less than than a half-dozen new tobaccos I want to buy.
That I don't need more pipe stuff is obvious, but oh! do I want it. I don't think about buying shoes though I'm now walking on the soft padding under the sole, the soles themselves having been cut off months ago, after wearing out. My wardrobe is small and afflicted with one or another malady; the best word to describe my appearance is slovenly. You would think that I would be scheduling money to address these issues, but I'm not; instead I am lining up the pipe purchases, above.
I've been like this since I took up the pipe 15 years ago. Am I going to be like this until death? Isn't there a time in one's pipe smoking life when one wises up and declares enough is enough. I'd like to kill one of those guys who are happy with a single Grabow and a can of Captain Black, but not before they tell me their secrets.
Given those numbers I still ogle expensive pipes and must stifle the incessant urge to cruise ebay and my favorite pipe vendor sites. And at the moment I have no less than than a half-dozen new tobaccos I want to buy.
That I don't need more pipe stuff is obvious, but oh! do I want it. I don't think about buying shoes though I'm now walking on the soft padding under the sole, the soles themselves having been cut off months ago, after wearing out. My wardrobe is small and afflicted with one or another malady; the best word to describe my appearance is slovenly. You would think that I would be scheduling money to address these issues, but I'm not; instead I am lining up the pipe purchases, above.
I've been like this since I took up the pipe 15 years ago. Am I going to be like this until death? Isn't there a time in one's pipe smoking life when one wises up and declares enough is enough. I'd like to kill one of those guys who are happy with a single Grabow and a can of Captain Black, but not before they tell me their secrets.