Do You Have a Word or Two about a Pipe Friend or Pipe "Place"

[hoosierpipeguy]

Pretty much all my best friends smoke cigars and/or pipe. Sadly, most all live more than a small distance away. Covid has not helped our get togethers.

 

[mso489]

My other pipe friend is an electronic music composer who has played at Carnegie Hall and received a Guggenheim fellowship (prestigious grant). He's a master chef. He lives in NYC and gets around town quite a bit, and also enjoys hiking in the mountains. Did I mention he's blind from birth? He insists he'd like to drive and would like to get a concealed carry permit. How do you define blindness? He's an inveterate pipe man. He and his wife have gifted me with two pipes. It's always fun to talk with him, in person or by phone; you have to follow closely because sometimes he's just outspoken, and other times he's trying to get a rise out of his listener to see where that goes. A most interesting and unpredictable friend. A doctor recently asked him if his blood sugar had given him any trouble with his vision. No, he said, it has had no effect on my vision whatever. Boy, the doc stepped in that one, but it's easy to overlook his "handicap."

 

[hauntedmyst]

Most of my pipe smoking is solitary and I prefer it that way. Before COVID, I had a small group of guys from church that would come over and have a bowl while we all chatted. As for imaginary, I love having a pipe while I'm being creative but don't really have fantasy dreams about pipe smoking. If pressed, I think it would be to have a pipe with Jesus, Paul and the twelve. CS Lewis or Andrew Murray would be interesting company. Macaroni's asking the question did make me wonder what it would be like when Jesus shows me my cellar in heaven.

Jesus: "See these? They are all yours enjoy!"
Me: "Jesus, I don't see any tobacco, just plume!"
Jesus: "Trust me, it's in there and it's gonna be fabulous!"

 

[hauntedmyst]

My other pipe friend is an electronic music composer who has played at Carnegie Hall and received a Guggenheim fellowship (prestigious grant). He's a master chef. He lives in NYC and gets around town quite a bit, and also enjoys hiking in the mountains. Did I mention he's blind from birth? He insists he'd like to drive and would like to get a concealed carry permit. How do you define blindness? He's an inveterate pipe man.

I have a blind friend like that. In our group, he's the only one who is blind and is easily the fittest. He's also deaf but can hear with hearing aids. He likes snow skiing, sailing a sail boat which he does alone, rock climbing & repelling. He was around 14 when his vision started to go. He said to his dad "Dad, the thing I'll miss the most is sailing." His dad, a simply awesome father, said "Oh you're gonna quit? I didn't realize you could see the wind this whole time." He never quit sailing. He took me out once on his boat and he has a GPS that tells him where he departed and how to get back. It's actually easy to forget he can't see. One day I dropped him off at the train station and we were having a great conversation. He got out and said "Ok, which way is the station door." I pointed and said "It's over there!" He leaned in and said "Um, knucklehead, pointing doesn’t work for a blind guy, could you be a little bit more specific?"

 

[Sweet Home Alabama]

Sweet Home...(your name reminds me of watching an early L. Skynard music video this month! What fun!!)--

Anyway--I can be really dense and just plain stupid. I reread your post. I get the first half. I just can't quite figure out what the second half is all about (seriously?)? I can't quite, "connect the dots," so I can understand what was going on? Was she dressing or undressing--why the robe? See HOW DENSE I am! And was she mad or what--we're you having a fuss--see, I just don't "get it." Nor how the line in the sand fits--Now you know why my wife has to explain jokes to me often (really!). Thanks for posting--I would have been the one in the room saying, "I don't get it..." and you guys would look at each other and just roll your eyes and shake your heads (really!)! LOL ))
thnx for posting and giving me something to think on
kindly
mike

C.S. Lewis wrote a famous book The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. Thank you for asking. It probably wasn't as clever of me as I thought.