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  1. johnscs

    Hello from Washington

    Welcome and hello back — from another pipe smoking guy in WA. Drop me a pm if you'd like! Cheers
  2. johnscs

    Pipe Sighting at the Movies

    Sorry if I'm duplicating, but I just watched Asteroid City on a flight. Starring role played by Jason Schwartzman: Thoroughly enjoyed the movie, which I would have liked even if I didn't need a little entertainment on a really long flight. :)
  3. johnscs

    This May be Heresy........

    NO NO: You are NOT alone!!! I think I'd rather undergo a couple of simultaneous root canals than smoke a p-lip! Clunky, awkward, uncomfortable .... down with the p-lip!
  4. johnscs

    Thoughts From Millennials or Younger

    "I’ve been thinking about our hobby and have been wondering how to attract younger people to it. I’d love to hear thoughts from people in these age groups on what you’ve done (or what you think can be done) in order to grow the hobby." This thread reflects a pretty broad range of thoughtful...
  5. johnscs

    Sharing the Love?

    Yes. I keep a couple of MM cobs on hand and a couple of 1-oz. packets of my fave blends on hand for whenever I have the chance to introduce a prospective pipe smoker to the hobby. I also often have a spare briar or two in case I think a guy might actually stick with pipes for a while. I love...
  6. johnscs

    Family/Friends/Public's Favorite Room Notes

    Yep. I've heard similar feedback whenever I smoke a nice aro.
  7. johnscs

    Family/Friends/Public's Favorite Room Notes

    YUP!!! The tongue burn is intense, though the room note is subtle and sweet.
  8. johnscs

    Family/Friends/Public's Favorite Room Notes

    My incomplete list of crowd-pleasers: Borkum Riff Bourbon Whisky Lane 1Q MacBaren Black Ambrosia Sutliff Molto Dolce When people react to the scent of my pipe smoke, the feedback is almost always positive. Not sure I've noticed any gender-specific trends or correlations. Way back when I was a...
  9. johnscs

    Telling my Parents I Started Smoking

    " ... what a bunch of gentlemen this hobby seems to attract ... the number of people emphasizing honesty and respect is really heartwarming" — I completely agree and want to compliment the forum on such polite, even-handed conversation. (It would be so tempting to cave in to patronizing...
  10. johnscs

    What is Appealing about Pipe Smoking?

    Thanks for this thought-provoking post, which triggered some reflection on my own pipe smoking trajectory. It's certainly true that our motivation to smoke pipes is multi-faceted; for me, it's also true that what drew me to pipes as a beginner is a little different from what maintains my desire...
  11. johnscs

    What is Appealing about Pipe Smoking?

    For an AI that hasn't actually experienced the pleasure of smoking a pipe (or anything else, for that matter), ChatGPT pretty well captures how I'd answer the prompt. As a few others have added, smoking a pipe offers the benefit of modest nic intake (assuming the smoker inhales only minimally)...
  12. johnscs

    Age

    Not sure whether to take this expression of sympathy at face value or to read a little irony into it. Either way, I appreciate the post. ;-) I don't remember feeling terribly stigmatized or ostracized as a late-teens/early-20s pipe smoking guy on my university campus. Of course, I felt...
  13. johnscs

    Age

    Yeah. Precisely my thought in following this thread. Pipesmagazine subscribers are a self-selecting crowd, and so many of us have smoked pipes for quite a while. Respondents may not fairly represent variation in the starting age among the pipe smoking community, let alone the starting age in the...
  14. johnscs

    Age

    Tried smoking my first pipe at 14. Not an awesome initial experience, but liked it well enough to try again with a new Medico and some Borkum Riff. Liked it more, added a Dr. G to my "collection," and learned the ins and outs by smoking mostly in secret through high school. Thoroughly enjoyed my...
  15. johnscs

    Remember When?

    Totally agree: The intermediate phase seemed like a sound and fair compromise. I have absolutely no nostalgia for the smoky free-for-all leading up to limited indoor smoking. There were very few public places where smoking wasn't allowed, and you could almost never escape the stale odor that...
  16. johnscs

    The Moment You First Smoked a Pipe.

    Love these initiation stories! I packed some of my Grandpa's Sir Walter Raleigh in one of my dad's old pipes and tried lighting up with matches when I was a high school student. The first and primary thing I tasted was sulfur - not the greatest flavor experience. After a few false starts and...
  17. johnscs

    What Was your First Pipe?

    Me, too! Nothing more classic than a classic Canadian billiard! ;-)
  18. johnscs

    What Got You Into Pipe Smoking?

    What drew me to pipes and pipe smoking was the whole package. As a kid, I loved the aroma of my Grandpa's pipe tobacco (Amphora, Sir Walter Raleigh Aromatic), even though I really disliked other kinds of tobacco smoke (still do). I liked the ritual of packing, tamping, lighting, relighting, etc...
  19. johnscs

    Opportunities In Pipe Smoking

    Yes ... in some ways, that era was definitely more hospitable to pipe smoking. I don't think I'd feel a lot of nostalgia for the layer of blue haze that you might find in restaurants and other public places, unless it was a haze of pipe smoke ;-). I do remember bars and restaurants with smoking...
  20. johnscs

    Health Question for the Older Crowd

    For sure! :-)
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