I live in what was once a small country farm town.In my life time though like most towns within a few minutes drive of a large city it has grown like a weed on a rainy day.These days it's a large modern city.I don't really meet a lot of pipe smokers here.Most of the ones that I do meet are from the old days.A lot of them are retired on fixed incomes.They really don't have a bunch of money to spend,so they find economical ways to smoke.Today I went to a street fair in town.I noticed an elderly fellow sitting in a wheel chair smoking a pipe.I walked up to him and he smiled.We shook hands.I told him that I don't meet many other pipe smokers these days.I asked what he was smoking.It turns out that it was BCA in a Grabow bulldoog.I started out 40 years ago smoking BCA in a $25 pipe.It's the first tobacco I ever smoked.These days I smoke expensive tobacco in pipes that cost many times what his Grabow did.I doubt though that I enjoy them any more than he enjoys his.That's one of the great things about pipe smoking.There's something for everyones budget.I had a great time today.The street fair was fun,and meeting a fellow pipe made it even more so.
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