What was or is the most annoying thing you experienced while learning to smoke a pipe? Was it learning how to pack it correctly? Light it properly? Learning when to dry your tobacco more? I have had a good learning curve. I enjoy my smokes, but I always get a little annoyed when I realize I might not have packed tight enough or packed to tightly. Still learning to dry my blends out more and it's certainly hard to distinguish what's dry enough and what needs more. I let some dry for 2 hours today, and it still could have used more. But then again, it's been really humid of late. That's probably my biggest annoyance. Drying for what I feel like is long enough, smoking for almost 20 minutes with only half a bowl gone and hearing that dreaded gurgle. I know I'm not a wet smoker... Oh well, things will only get better with practice.