If Your House Were On Fire...

[sparrowhawk]

Would you take your pipe collection?

 

[voorhees]

The ones that mean the most to me, Yes. I'd have a hard time trying to grab all sorts of stuff.

 

[didimauw]

Absolutely. Family first including pets. Then Ill run and grab my Martin. My favorite pipe will obviously already be in my mouth, so then I grab the rest of my pipes and my tubs of Carter Hall.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Probably grab the Weaver because my buddy Bruce made them for me. Sentimental pieces more than smoking instruments.

 

[sparrowhawk]

I'd stuff my pockets with my Peterson's--then the dog. Everything else would be secondary. :nana:

 

[sablebrush52]

If there was time. I'd at least grab a few, but I've much more important stuff, the most important kept in fire proof safes anyway.

 

[hextor]

well my cellar of tobbacos and pipes are in a small u.p.s box, it is very organized, so all I have to do is take the box with me, in case my house is on fire.

 

[mikethompson]

As long as my family was out that's all that matters, stuff is just that - stuff.

 

[jpmcwjr]

My laptop first, all the pipes I could throw in a box, and an antique item or two. This assumes the wife and pets are already safe.

I'd stuff my pockets with my Peterson's--then the dog. Everything else would be secondary. :nana:

Darn. My lab is too big to fit in any of my pockets!

 

[dottiewarden]

We don't get many house fires where I live, but plenty of earthquakes and it's all we can do to get out with our lives.

 

[Sjmiller CPG]

My six Disney pipes for certain. The seventh to complete a seven day set as proved elusive so far.

 

[hawky454]

My top 14 pipes, at least, would be going with me, you betchya!

 

[litup]

If my house was on fire it would probably be because I caught it on fire while smoking. So, yeah, I'd probably grab a few on before I high-tailed it out of there.

 

[ashdigger]

I'd just get out. I've worked 8 fatals since January alone because people valued stuff more than their lives.
Stuff isn't worth dying for.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I have so many other things in my life that have much more value to me than my smoking tools. And, in a fire I wouldn't have time to save them all. Besides, I have pipes laying about everywhere, the studio, my car, the garage, the barn, the back porch. It's not like I would be without any pipes at all.

Best not to put all of your eggs in one basket... spread them out a bit.

 

[warren]

They're insured, easily replaceable for the most part so, no.

 

[shutterbugg]

I'd think of nothing except us and the dogs. Homes up to current code have 1-hr rated walls between rooms, so fire takes a little time to spread throughout, but smoke asphyxiation happens fast.

 

[shaintiques]

I have a red satin lined case that holds 12 pipes, all of my super nice pipes are in there. I would grab it and go. Right after I push the big cabinet full of tobacco out of the window

 

[prairiedruid]

As my cellar grows I now wonder, in the case the house burns, would my smoking room go down to a fine white ash?

 

[mso489]

By the time I got my wife, with limited mobility, out, and three cats scooted out, I doubt I'd be going back in to rescue pipes, much less leaf, although this is a good case for keeping a few favorites in a vehicle or with a family member or friend, so I could smoke and brood about it all while I was camping. I'm glad I value some of my less expensive pipes as smoking briars, so I'd be satisfied with them, despite my misery and regrets about losing the flagship puffers. A good case for fire extinguishers.