When do you lads (and lasses?) smoke your first pipe of the day, and why?
It's 11am here.
The breakfast of champions:
It's 11am here.
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That image looks great. Usually at 5:30 or 6:00 a.m. A sweet virginia, with the first black coffee of the day. Why, depending on work, free time or the stress level of that particular day.
When - after my morning cuppa.
Why - nicotine.
Why - nicotine.
I don't usually have a pipe until I've been working for a few hours. I have the fortune to be able to work from home, and find my most productive hours are usually between 5-10 am. Sometime around 10 my focus starts to wane, and that's when I'll usually light a pipe.
Although the main reason is the pleasant sensation of the aroma of tobacco in the early morning, together with the smell of coffee. This is not paid for with anything.
I usually don't have my first pipe of the day until afternoon. I think I just get busy in the morning and don't seem to slow down until after lunch. I want to be able to sit and enjoy the experience. Sometimes its not until happy hour when I get the chance to have one.
I wish I could have a smoke with my morning coffee but for now my first and only smoke of the day is around 9 or 10 pm.
Usually in the morning after breakfast
0 dark 30 before work with a cup of black coffee.
Why? ... Why not?
Why? ... Why not?
On work days I have a half bowl on my walk in from half seven. Weekend mornings on my dog walk.
Happy smokes
Ettrick puffer
Happy smokes
Ettrick puffer
This morning I’m sitting here listening to the rooster crow and ruminating about how the huge piece of ancient briar in my Ben Wade (Preben Holm) Matt Special might only have been a seedling when the guns rattled at the Battle of Humansville on March 26, 1862.
My ancestors were there, part of the 8th Missouri Volunteer State Militia (Union), Captain John Cosgrove commanding.
It’s said a brave trooper played The Campbells Are Coming as the Confederates advanced on his fife, and if that’s not true, it should have been, and that’s how they told the story.
We think we have our problems today, but they are nothing compared with three or four hundred rebels advancing though the brush at you.
My ancestors were there, part of the 8th Missouri Volunteer State Militia (Union), Captain John Cosgrove commanding.
It’s said a brave trooper played The Campbells Are Coming as the Confederates advanced on his fife, and if that’s not true, it should have been, and that’s how they told the story.
We think we have our problems today, but they are nothing compared with three or four hundred rebels advancing though the brush at you.
Just finished an MM of Haunted Bookshop with my first 
️ Down the hatch. I enjoy them together…my favorite beverage combination…6:30am usually on my days off.
️ Down the hatch. I enjoy them together…my favorite beverage combination…6:30am usually on my days off.
First and only pipe of the day is around 8-8:30 pm. After dinner is cleaned up and kids are bathed and in bed. Weekends I’ll have one mid-morning with my second cup o’ Java.
Yeah, I’ve heard the most frightening sound a Yank heard was that Rebel yell. Funny, how it’s sound is lost to time. Also, the South was winning the war handily (McClelland ?This morning I’m sitting here listening to the rooster crow and ruminating about how the huge piece of ancient briar in my Ben Wade (Preben Holm) Matt Special might only have been a seedling when the guns rattled at the Battle of Humansville on March 26, 1862.
My ancestors were there, part of the 8th Missouri Volunteer State Militia (Union), Captain John Cosgrove commanding.
It’s said a brave trooper played The Campbells Are Coming as the Confederates advanced on his fife, and if that’s not true, it should have been, and that’s how they told the story.
We think we have our problems today, but they are nothing compared with three or four hundred rebels advancing though the brush at you.
) until Abe got smart and employed Grant as his Cooler. What lost the war…more. Yanks just had more of everything. Great tale btw. ️
With my morning coffee, roughly 15 min after I awake.
I only have morning smoke’s Friday-Saturday’s. Seeing it’s 10 degrees every morning, or colder, I usually get the workshop warmed up around 11 am. I love my Virginia’s with my coffee. This summer when I can just sit outside, it will be earlier.
I Prefer a light Burley or a sweet Virginia if I have a morning smoke. I will also mix in a Latakia based blend occasionally on those cooler mornings.
I have my routine. I awaken sometime for the last time ("I give up!") anywhere from 1:30 a.m to 5:00 a.m. and within 15 min. I'm out on the roadway walking approximately one mile while I puff away.
I stroll, I don't stride.
I pause here and there, carry a flashlight, and wear a reflective something or other so that any potential traffic will have a better chance to see me.
By sunup, I've often completed this route 3x's, and continue during the day with variations on where, or how far. I might just stand around under the oak tree and chew the fat with whomever walks by, if they're so inclined. No other pipers in my neighborhood. I extoll the pipe's virtues to anyone who appears interested.
Today my bunions or carbunckels hurt like hell the first trip out.
I stroll, I don't stride.
I pause here and there, carry a flashlight, and wear a reflective something or other so that any potential traffic will have a better chance to see me.
By sunup, I've often completed this route 3x's, and continue during the day with variations on where, or how far. I might just stand around under the oak tree and chew the fat with whomever walks by, if they're so inclined. No other pipers in my neighborhood. I extoll the pipe's virtues to anyone who appears interested.
Today my bunions or carbunckels hurt like hell the first trip out.
Usually it's C&D's Pegasus with my first cup of coffee, but this morning I opted for Newminster 400 Superior Navy Flake in a cob.
Loving everyone's answers here. Thanks for sharing!