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    The Perfect Video Clip to show your wife

    chaser: "Greatest Wife Ever" - Do you mean mine for finding us that video or the fictinonal one that will break in the guy's pipe for him? !!
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    The Perfect Video Clip to show your wife

    Thanks for doin' that trailboss. I was trying to figure out how to get just the 30 seconds that were relevant, and don't know if one can do that. I found the video clip fun because my wife has absolutely refused to negotiate on me starting, yet she loves all of these kinds of things. She...
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    The Perfect Video Clip to show your wife

    Hi All, My wife has not relented on letting me light up yet, but she is starting to show an interest in learning about piping and even brought a wonderful video clip to my attention. Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to download a clip. If you have time, got to YouTube and search for: "The...
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    My Name Is Nate and I'm A Pipe Junkie

    Thanks all for taking an interest. What made me buy the first one? Backstory: I was born in '66 and started chewing when I was 13. RedMan at first, but soon "graduated" to Copenhagen, the hard stuff. I chewed right through to mid 20's. I had a real addiction and was buying a new can every...
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    My Name Is Nate and I'm A Pipe Junkie

    Fun Facts regarding my PAD and acquiring 8 dozen pipes in 4 months: 1. Yes, I might be the guy on Ebay buying 4 or 5 Grabows or Medicos for $5 each. 2. As like many new collectors of anything, I went for quantity. I thought I'd try to get one of every shape. 3. I have visited more antique...
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    My Name Is Nate and I'm A Pipe Junkie

    I bought my first pipe in June of 2014. I just counted. I have 97 pipes. (HELP ME!) Bonus Addtiction Evidence: I haven't smoked any of them. My wife won't let me.
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    Driving from California to Massachusetts on Route 80/90

    After you stop in Chicago and get your tobacco, and emerge from the bowels of the city and pass Gary you will find yourself on the Indiana Tollway. Take Exit 77 to Notre Dame. Go straight through the first light onto Douglas road. Go about a mile and park in the visitor's lot on the East...
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    Etiquette Question re Purchase

    I am loving this thread and am so glad I asked the question. Classy bunch.
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    Etiquette Question re Purchase

    Thanks All! Plenty to think about. I had already decided to go give him so more money, just need to figure out how to be classy about it without making it seem like I REALLY underpaid for them. I am still waiting for someone to help out with the pronunciation of Pipo. :)
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    Etiquette Question re Purchase

    Hey All, I have already decided what to do on this one, and am now curious as to what the pipe veterans would do. I started collecting pipes a few months ago. I'd get an occasional one at an antique store, usually a heavily used Dr. Grabow for $8 or so. I bought a nice brand new one at Iwan...
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    New Members, Introduce Yourself!

    Hey ssjones. Thanks. I tried that Surgeon General route a few months back. The report that is often cited is the one from 1964, which doesn't carry much weight. I keep looking for more recent figures. She's actually being a pretty good sport about all of this. We actually have four pipe...
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    New Members, Introduce Yourself!

    Hello from the Iron Range of Northern Minnesota! I am 48 years old and have not smoked a pipe. BUT I have about 70 pipes in my collection. It is a complicated story, this obscesssion. I have been drawn to pipe tobacco my entire life and yearn for it. I told my wife 22 years ago that I WILL...