I am really missing my dad today. If I know him, I would probably not approve of my pipe smoking because he'd immediately equate it to cigarette smoking. Then I'd spend some more time with him, he'd see my love of it, how much I've learned, how much it has enhanced my already rich life, and then he's begin to better understand it. After a while, he'd ask me about it and want to know more. This scenario has played itself out several times in my life with him. He was such a great man. I would consider myself a success if I could be 1/2 the man he was. He was flawed like all of us but he was truly a great man.