My Humble Collection

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wilson34

Starting to Get Obsessed

Aug 4, 2017

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• Aug 9, 2017

• #1

I just wanted to post my starter pipe and tobacco collection. I am sure many of you will take a walk down memory lane when you look back and think about when you started in the hobby. I suppose in a year from now, I'll have many more pipes and cellared tobacco taking over my house
http://pipesmagazine.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/album/17096/pipes-600x337.png

 

mcitinner1

Lifer

Apr 5, 2014

4,043

24

Missouri

• Aug 9, 2017

• #2

It's a better beginning than I had. I don't call it a hobby though. It was what helped me stop cold turkey, 42 years of cigarettes.

 

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wilson34

Starting to Get Obsessed

Aug 4, 2017

144

0

• Aug 9, 2017

• #3

true-I stopped smoking cigs after 20 years thanks to the help of the pipe.

 

cortezattic

Lifer

Nov 19, 2009

15,147

7,638

Chicago, IL

• Aug 9, 2017

• #4

It looks like you're off to a fine start! :clap:

Given the developing regulatory climate, I recommend that you focus on building your tobacco cellar.

 

ashdigger

Lifer

Jul 30, 2016

11,383

70,079

60

Vegas Baby!!!

• Aug 9, 2017

• #5

Well done! Every journey starts with simple steps. :clap:

 

mawnansmiff

Lifer

Oct 14, 2015

7,426

7,369

Sunny Cornwall, UK.

• Aug 9, 2017

• #6

I'm with Stan, I don't regard pipesmoking as a hobby. Pipe collecting yes, but pipesmoking to me is something I just 'do', rather like eating, sleeping etc.
Good start you have there and I have no doubt your collection of both pipes and blends will multiply, especially now you're a member of this forum ::
Regards,
Jay.

 

jpmcwjr

Moderator

Staff member

May 12, 2015

24,744

27,342

Carmel Valley, CA

• Aug 9, 2017

• #7

I'm with Jay on that.
It's a service to others when you embed an image rather than just link to it.

 

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aldecaker

Lifer

Feb 13, 2015

4,407

42

• Aug 9, 2017

• #8

You're off to a fine start. I notice you're lacking a cob, though. Everyone should try at least one of those things.
I guess I'm a hobbyist in the sense that a gastronome is a hobbyist. You can eat only for sustenance, or you can explore. If I was just in it for mere smoking, I would have one pipe and stuff it full of Bugler all the time.

 

paddypiper

Starting to Get Obsessed

Mar 20, 2017

158

0

Ontario, Canada

• Aug 9, 2017

• #9

Not a bad start at all. A lot of people I know, myself included, started with a cob and a cheap tobacco.

 

fitzy

Lifer

Nov 13, 2012

2,937

27

NY

• Aug 9, 2017

• #10

Very nice start.

 

jpmcwjr

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Staff member

May 12, 2015

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• Aug 9, 2017

• #11

Wilson-
Yes, a fine looking start. And welcome to the forum!

These are ghosts that are more at home in a girdle-filled drawer than one of my pipes." Quote by Neil Archer Roan on lakeland ghosts

Click to expand...

I pretty sure there are folks even here who aren't directly acquainted with a girdle! I'd almost forgotten.

 

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wilson34

Starting to Get Obsessed

Aug 4, 2017

144

0

• Aug 9, 2017

• #12

thanks everyoneI do have a cob, I just forgot to put in the picture. By the way I couldn't for the life of me post the picture and not the link? I read the instruction on posting a picture-but couldn't figure out how to post the picture in my post. Any help would be grateful

 

jpmcwjr

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Staff member

May 12, 2015

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• Aug 9, 2017

• #13

Once your photos are on a photo hosting site (such as Imgur.com; Photobucket; Postimage; Dropbox, etc.), or on virtually any site, including this one, select the full image, then Control-click (Mac) or Right-click (Windows) on the image itself, then choose copy image location. Now paste that URL (the full web address, which should end in .jpg) into the IMG box in the reply window of the thread you're posting to.
Hope that is clear! If not, question away!

 

crashthegrey

Lifer

Dec 18, 2015

3,818

3,612

41

Cobleskill, NY

www.greywoodie.com

• Aug 9, 2017

• #14

Welcome. You're off to a great start. I half expect to see thirty pipes when someone says humble these days.

 

PaulTheScandinavian

Lifer

Jul 28, 2016

7,634

36,769

Finland-Scandinavia-EU

• Aug 9, 2017

• #15

Hobby or not, pipes heped me out of cigarettes after 30 years with em, been on and off with pipes during those years,but now its final, and today only occasional cigarette are smoked,must keep this number under strict control, maximum-4-5 per day

 

bonanzadriver

Can't Leave

Nov 28, 2016

476

6

• Aug 9, 2017

• #16

First of all...
Excellent Starter Kit !
I myself started with 1 pipe and one pouch of Borkum Riff (be carefull, the TAD & PAD virus's are very communicable.) 8)
As for the hosting sites, I've gone to imgur and it seems to be working fine. Photobucket SUCKS!

 

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marc75

Starting to Get Obsessed

Apr 9, 2017

103

95

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Mooresville NC

• Aug 9, 2017

• #17

Squadron leader is an excellent choice.

 

pipesmokingtom

Lifer

May 4, 2015

3,210

16

• Aug 9, 2017

• #18

Wow, started with Borkum Riff and still with us?! That's perseverance!

 

pipedreams86

Might Stick Around

Nov 25, 2016

66

0

• Aug 9, 2017

• #19

that's an awesome collection, nothing like that Squadron Leader!

 

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wilson34

Starting to Get Obsessed

Aug 4, 2017

144

0

• Aug 9, 2017

• #20

thanks for compliments. I just received in the mail today a Mr Brog Lumberjack dwarf. I got a feeling it's gonna be a good pipe smoking night ::