Gday from Australia my names Lyle from the northern rivers of nsw hav skips thru here befor lookin fo answers to different questions from time to time and thort was time to join so as to hav a chat with some fellow pipe smokers not many of us round here took up pipes bout 15 yrs ago as sumthin i had always wanted to try comeing from memorys as a young boy being in the presance of a grandfather i wish i had got to know beta but who passed befor i could and just remembering him puffing on a sweet smellin pipe that would linger in my nostrils on a clear and crisp outback morning but not realizing how important those memories would be till many years later when i picked up a pipe myself packed some nice sweet stuff and started on my own pipe smokeing adventure anyway thats a little of my story and just wanted say hey