Greetings all
I have been a lurker here for about a year or so now and for whatever reason never bothered to join up.
My name is James, am 32 years old from Wales in the UK and have been on the pipe now a little over a year. The idea being that having smoked cigarettes since the age of 14 and beginning in no small way to feel the weight of such a poor decision on my respiratory system, that I would explore pipes as an alternative. That said, due to the insidious nature of those infernal sticks I am still in the transition. Though am pleased to say that as time passes I am smoking the pipe more and those sticks of nastiness less. And I can say without a doubt that I enjoy my pipe smoking tremendously and I really can't remember the last time I enjoyed a cigarette.
I would like to say thank you to you all. During my lurking I have read a lot of your posts and replies and the information gathered has helped me to enjoy and learn the pipe.
It also did not take me long to fall victim to the much mentioned and perhaps little understood "Psychopathy" (as my former girlfriend called it. And I can kind of see her point) of pipe and tobacco acquisition disorder. However if it is a disorder it is one I can happily live with. Somehow My flat seems more homely with jars of tobacco and pipes comfortably leaning against their respective personal pillars.
Well there it is and thank you for having me.
Many regards to you all.
James
I have been a lurker here for about a year or so now and for whatever reason never bothered to join up.
My name is James, am 32 years old from Wales in the UK and have been on the pipe now a little over a year. The idea being that having smoked cigarettes since the age of 14 and beginning in no small way to feel the weight of such a poor decision on my respiratory system, that I would explore pipes as an alternative. That said, due to the insidious nature of those infernal sticks I am still in the transition. Though am pleased to say that as time passes I am smoking the pipe more and those sticks of nastiness less. And I can say without a doubt that I enjoy my pipe smoking tremendously and I really can't remember the last time I enjoyed a cigarette.
I would like to say thank you to you all. During my lurking I have read a lot of your posts and replies and the information gathered has helped me to enjoy and learn the pipe.
It also did not take me long to fall victim to the much mentioned and perhaps little understood "Psychopathy" (as my former girlfriend called it. And I can kind of see her point) of pipe and tobacco acquisition disorder. However if it is a disorder it is one I can happily live with. Somehow My flat seems more homely with jars of tobacco and pipes comfortably leaning against their respective personal pillars.
Well there it is and thank you for having me.
Many regards to you all.
James
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