East Texas Newbie

[AKinser79]

Welcome from Central Florida.

 

[mikethompson]

Welcome to the forum!

As for the mechanics of pipe smoking, they will come with practice and time, don't rush it.

 

[Charlie718]

Welcome from New York.

 

[SplitReaction]

Welcome from Slidell, LA.

East Texas is a bigger than some states. I was born and raised (mostly) in Southeast Texas (Beaumont, Port Arthur area).

How close are you to Houston? They have one or two decent pipe & cigar shops in that area. Otherwise, online retailers may be your best source.

I grew up around Beaumont, but I just recently moved from around the Longview/Shreveport area up to Paris (between Sherman and Texarkana). It looks like the closest legit tobacconist is in Dallas itself. I plan to visit a few joints around Dallas when I can make a day of it, including one I saw online that has a lounging area and a billiards table.

 

[LikeDadDid]

Welcome from Wichita Falls via Virginia Beach. My people are from Wichita and Montague counties. I miss Texas but my kids were raised here, so here I will stay.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

Welcome and best greets to Great State of Texas from Finland-EU

 

[Johnkelly55]

Howdy, y'all! So I'm new to both the smoking game and the pipe game. Have always loved the smell of pipe tobacco (wouldn't have picked it up otherwise). I'm also fascinated with all things of a refined/old school nature in general. So, when my buddy asked me to try a cigar recently and I discovered how similar it is to pipe smoking, I knew I wanted to give it a shot.

I picked up this country gentleman online (from reviews here) and grabbed the Capt Black from a local store (they didn't have much that looked better outside of bulk) and tried my first bowl today. I'm trying to dry it out better because I did get a bit of tongue bite, tho not terrible. I'm still trying to learn retrohaling, and I'm also looking for advice on any brands common to East Texas I can find OTC.

Started out with Captain Black years ago. Yelp or google and see if there are any local B&ms in the area- not as many as there used to be! But I loved going there when I was starting out. Welcome!
JohnK from PA

 

[hawky454]

The band's name was The Promise Ring

NOTHING FEELS GOOD Lyrics - PROMISE RING | eLyrics.net

I don't know east texas from Louisiana. And I don't know Alabama or where Atlanta lies tonight. And Indianapolis. Summers in pa...

www.elyrics.net

Hey! Good job! Didn’t think anyone would bother answering that one. Did you know it or did you Google the lyrics?

 

[coldbowl57]

Welcome from Utah.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Welcome from the Central Coast of California!



Please put your location in your Profile as people are forgetful.
Why:
That will save questions in the future as to where you live when you later mention local stores, weather, tobacco prices, availability, regulations, location of photos, wildfires, air quality, etc. In many instances that saves time for those who read your posts.
How:
Under your avatar, (top right, left most of three symbols) you choose "Account Details", which brings up "My Account". "My Location" is halfway down. Whatever you're comfortable with- town, city, county, state. Just country if you must.

 

[SplitReaction]

Welcome from the Central Coast of California!

View attachment 92744

Please put your location in your Profile as people are forgetful.
Why:
That will save questions in the future as to where you live when you later mention local stores, weather, tobacco prices, availability, regulations, location of photos, wildfires, air quality, etc. In many instances that saves time for those who read your posts.
How:
Under your avatar, (top right, left most of three symbols) you choose "Account Details", which brings up "My Account". "My Location" is halfway down. Whatever you're comfortable with- town, city, county, state. Just country if you must.

Thanks! Will do.

 

[pappymac]

Hey! Good job! Didn’t think anyone would bother answering that one. Did you know it or did you Google the lyrics?

The song popped up on Spotify recently. I remembered hearing the lyrics. Then I googled it to see if it was the same one.

 

[pappymac]

I grew up around Beaumont, but I just recently moved from around the Longview/Shreveport area up to Paris (between Sherman and Texarkana). It looks like the closest legit tobacconist is in Dallas itself. I plan to visit a few joints around Dallas when I can make a day of it, including one I saw online that has a lounging area and a billiards table.

There used to be a place in Shreveport that carried a selection of pipes and pipe tobacco. I think it was Smokers City. It's been a few years since I was up that way though.

 

[Country Bladesmith]

I’m not far from you. NW Louisiana, Shreveport/Bossier area. Welcome!

There used to be a place in Shreveport that carried a selection of pipes and pipe tobacco. I think it was Smokers City. It's been a few years since I was up that way though.

M.A.’s Cigars in Shreveport has a good selection. The one in Bossier is only cigars though.

 

[hawky454]

The song popped up on Spotify recently. I remembered hearing the lyrics. Then I googled it to see if it was the same one.

It’s a catchy song. I was a big fan back in the day. The Promise Ring fell under the umbrella of “emo” music but I never thought of them as emo.

 

[pappymac]

It’s a catchy song. I was a big fan back in the day. The Promise Ring fell under the umbrella of “emo” music but I never thought of them as emo.

I listen to just about every genre of music except rap and some of the crap that passes as music these days. Blues, Rock, pop, folk and country from the 50s through the 70s, hard rock and even some death metal. I vaguely remember the "emo" phase of music though I never jumped on the punk rock bandwagon and I think emo was tied into the punk scene.

One of my first thoughts when I read the lyrics was I thought it might have been from one of the Red Dirt country musicians like Robert Earle Keen or the Turnpike Troubadours.

 

[SplitReaction]

One of my first thoughts when I read the lyrics was I thought it might have been from one of the Red Dirt country musicians like Robert Earle Keen or the Turnpike Troubadours.

Those were my thoughts.

 

[Stompthroat]

Welcome, from Maryland