Birthday Presents to Yourself

[DeaconPiper]

Gentlemen, what tobacco related treats do you want for your next birthday?

Me, I turn 44 years old Friday, Oct. 27th. I'll be grabbing my first Peterson, a rusticated Pub pipe and have myself a bowl of Ten Russians.

In the meantime, I also received my first (ever) batch of nasal snuff. What a treat!

Now, for your birthdays.

What's on your wishlist?

 

[username]

McClelland oriental 14 is what I would like to get as its my favorite oriental blend and I wish i had stocked up on it when it was available but alas it was not to be I wanted to crack a tin of 40th anniversy for my 40th birthday but agian that was not to be, I did get a tin of #14 from secret santa and that was a wonderful christmas/birthday present as my birthday is the 23rd of december,

Im probaly going to pull the trigger on this tsuge for my birthday if its still in stock by then https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/tsuge/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=537516

 

[vosBghos]

My birthday blends are too numerous.

But I highly recommend you crack a tin of Astley's No 44 dark flake, I mean it ain't what it used to be but then again neither are you.


HBD

 

[Chasing Embers]

No more tobacco for me, my cup runneth over. A new hat would be nice though.

 

[warren]

I'm guessing here but, I'm sure there are more than a few like me who let birthdays slide by. I'm at the age where, if I see something I like, I'll simply buy it. I will allow my younger brother to take me out for a fine steak, good wine and great conversation though. Birthdays simply mean another year completed with little or no effort on my part.

 

[sablebrush52]

There's nothing more that I need or really want. I have stacks of books to get through, a pile of aged tobaccos, plenty of pipes, etc, etc.

Maybe just a nice pleasant day would be fine with me.

 

[mso489]

For my most recent birthday my sister sent me a tin of Peterson EMS, which is perfect for my new interest in Virginia blends, though I am first a burley devotee.

My wife and I are usually relaxed about birthdays, go to our favorite burger joint, and string out the gifts over about a week, before and after the actual day. It's more relaxed and natural feeling. And neither of us needs more stuff.

 

[rmpeeps]

This year was simple.
I’d seen the ads for Sun Bear Tupelo.
I’d never had real Tupelo Honey, so I mentioned it to my wife.
She cooked me a damned good steak dinner.
I ordered my own batch of Tupelo Honey. Really good on biscuits!!

 

[Steddy]

I'm guessing here but, I'm sure there are more than a few like me who let birthdays slide by. I'm at the age where, if I see something I like, I'll simply buy it. I will allow my younger brother to take me out for a fine steak, good wine and great conversation though. Birthdays simply mean another year completed with little or no effort on my part.

No guessing needed. All I want for my birthday is for it to go unnoticed. My sweet wife has to do something for it so it’s dinner or a gift.

I think it’s strange that grown men want to tell other grown men it’s their birthday.

 

[David D. Davidson]

I doubt there’s any tobacco I’ll pick up for my birthday, since I tend to buy year round, but I was planning on buying my first meerschaum! Emphasis on planning, because as soon as I mentioned it to my girlfriend, her eyes lit up in a very Kringle-y fashion and I pretended not to notice her suddenly asking me many questions about patterns and makers. Love that woman.

This year was simple.
I’d seen the ads for Sun Bear Tupelo.
I’d never had real Tupelo Honey, so I mentioned it to my wife.
She cooked me a damned good steak dinner.
I ordered my own batch of Tupelo Honey. Really good on biscuits!!

I went and bought some Tupelo honey after loving sun bear blend this year - it’s quite good! I’m a fiend for a good honey, I scour the local farmers markets all summer long looking for new types to try (among other things - I leak money like a sieve at a farmers market). Really good stuff, eh?

No guessing needed. All I want for my birthday is for it to go unnoticed. My sweet wife has to do something for it so it’s dinner or a gift.

I think it’s strange that grown men want to tell other grown men it’s their birthday.

What’s wrong with celebrating surviving another year? It’s my contention that life is far too short to harrumph simple joys. More power to you if you don’t want to celebrate of course, but I don’t think it’s a mystery for the ages why folks celebrate life and their continued privilege to experience it

 

[OzPiper]

I love birthdays and celebrate mine with unabashed gusto - usually spread out over a couple of weeks/weekends

I take the day off, have a sleep-in, wake up to a leisurely breakfast, then out for lunch with my wife.
If the weather is fine, we’d go for a walk to work off the lunch. This year it wasn’t, so we just had a lazy afternoon at home.

We have the family over for a lunch on the weekend closest to the day

I usually plan a dinner or lunch with a few close mates. This year it’s an anchovy tasting with a couple of rare sherries.
And a couple of other interesting bottles.

My wife refuses to contribute to my indulgences. So no tobacco, pipes, cigars, wine or spirits from her.

I already have a sufficiency of excesses.
So no self-gifting of pipes, tobacco or wine this year.

 

[Steddy]

What’s wrong with celebrating surviving another year? It’s my contention that life is far too short to harrumph simple joys. More power to you if you don’t want to celebrate of course, but I don’t think it’s a mystery for the ages why folks celebrate life and their continued privilege to experience it

There is absolutely nothing wrong with celebrating life. I celebrate life. I live life fully. I grab life by the ass and squeeze. I just don’t want to celebrate birthdays for grown men.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

Too far off to think about it. This is the time of year my family warns me about buying anything since things I pick up are inevitably things someone was thinking I needed for Xmas, lol. Good news is they never get me anything pipe related - Katy bar the door!

 

[FLDRD]

I enjoy a celebration of self now and then, birthday or otherwise. I have a plethora of new tobaccos to try, and more than a dozen new pipes waiting to be enjoyed upon my whim. It's not always on a specified date though.

 

[El Capitán]

My birthday is coming in January on the 29th. I hope to have a Meerschaum gourd calabash pipe by then.

 

[Kobold]

I usually ask for nothing for my birthday but my wife usually gets me something. Usually a book or some tobacco or both. I’m not fussy so I’ll be grateful for whatever I get but I prefer just a nice meal and some sheet cake.

 

[RudyG]

Another incredible Larry Roush pipe from my girlfriend would be sweet!

 

[Honkytonk Man]

My birthday was in August. I don't remember what I bought myself .

Two things from this.
1) I've already got too much stuff.
2) or my age is telling me something.

Both are in fact true.

 

[MidTNPiper]

Echoing earlier sentiments, need: nothing.

However for my birthday earlier this year, decided I like Stratford a lot and ordered a tin each of Fillmore and Tellagraph Hill for comparison. The TH came in and the sticker on the bottom had my birth date on it. Cool, Ill save that one for a special occasion. Ordered a second one, same deal. Guess Im sentimental: I plan to save them for trip around the sun #40 and #50. God willing.

 

[Swiss Army Knife]

I usually buy a pipe for my birthday and for Christmas. Tobacco I get throughout the year when either I need it or it's available when it otherwise wouldn't be.

Since I've started doing this for Christmas I've so far bought myself a silver spigot Peterson 107 Ebony, then a Red and this year will hopefully be a Green if SmokingPipes gets one in stock around then. Next years finances will dictate whether I splurge for one of their fancier stains or go for a Newgrange. These are some of my favorite pipes.

This past years birthday (March) was a Vauen Auenland Eron. I like it a lot but I don't smoke it a lot. I'm lucky in that my birthday is a few weeks after IPSD. So inbetween that and the Black Friday sales I convince myself I'm actually saving money!