Hello from Missouri

[Pierre1965]

I bought my first pipe (Dr. Grabow bent stem) and first pouch of tobacco (Captian Black Gold) in 1984. I was 18 and both choices were determined by what was available at the PX. Now I have more pipes than I'll admit to publicly and a wonderful tobacconist who has never steered me wrong while introducing me to many differnt blends. I'm looking forward to learning more and offering something when I have something worth contributing. My current go to is my Vauen 4168 warden and a blend called 1917 from John Dengler; perfect for sitting next to the fire after dinner.

 

[smokiespipesmoker123]

Welcome from East Tennessee

 

[peregrinus]

Hello and welcome from Seattle, Washington.

 

[Strolling Troll]

Welcome from Southeast Mo.

 

[anotherbob]

Now I have more pipes than I'll admit to publicly

So you realize that to stand out here you'll need a few hundred pipes. I got 8 (9 really but that last one isn't any good) and I feel like I have a sparse collection. There was a time that three seemed like I had so many pipes.

 

[Elric]

Welcome aboard! 84 was about the year I bought my first pipe while in the military, LOL!

 

[spartacus]

Welcome from Arizona!

 

[diamondback]

A hearty welcome from Middle Tennessee

 

[mso489]

My wife and I met in Columbia, Mo., in 1966. She was from rural Mo. and I was from near Chicago. We met at journalism school in Columbia, Mo. She had a career in NYC and on Long Island for many years, and I worked here in central N.C., and we married in our mid-sixties, when I was a widower. We pulled for the Chiefs in the recent Super Bowl, for the Missouri connection.

 

[dcon]

Welcome from NE FL. I lived my first 48 years in MO. Since you mentioned Dengler, I take it you are from the STL area?

 

[hauntedmyst]

Welcome from Chicago!

 

[cshubhra]

Welcome!!!

 

[trouttimes]

Welcome from Colorado.

 

[Pierre1965]

Welcome from NE FL. I lived my first 48 years in MO. Since you mentioned Dengler, I take it you are from the STL area?

I live southwest of STL on 44. I'm a transplant, but I've been here 18 years. I like Dengler's; the atmosphere is always relaxed. I also like supporting a tobacconist that has been in the same family for 103 years. I'm heading there this weekend and getting ready for the St. Louis pipe show on the 15th.

 

[Pierre1965]

Welcome from Colorado.

Thanks. I lived near Bailey for several years after I got out of the Army. I miss setting out at night enjoying a pipe during a mountain snow storm. There's a special quality of silence that only a snowy mountain night can produce.

 

[Idahojoe]

Hello and welcome from Idaho!
Glad to have you with us.

 

[Pierre1965]

My wife and I met in Columbia, Mo., in 1966. She was from rural Mo. and I was from near Chicago. We met at journalism school in Columbia, Mo. She had a career in NYC and on Long Island for many years, and I worked here in central N.C., and we married in our mid-sixties, when I was a widower. We pulled for the Chiefs in the recent Super Bowl, for the Missouri connection.

My wife's a Mizzou alum. I think it's lovely that you reconnected. The mother of one of my childhood friends was widowed quite young; she didn't remarry until she was 78. A gentleman she'd dated in high school had been married for a long time and had also been widowed. He'd never stopped thinking of her and with the help of FB and his children they reconnected. Love has no expiration date.

 

[Pierre1965]

Welcome aboard! 84 was about the year I bought my first pipe while in the military, LOL!

Got it at the PX in Baumholder, Germany. My platoon sergeant smoked a pipe and I told him I wanted one. He told me to buy a bent stem because a straight stem would poke through my throat if I fell down while smoking it. I was 18 and he was a sage old (probably 35) man, so that sounded like good advise!

 

[Pierre1965]

So you realize that to stand out here you'll need a few hundred pipes. I got 8 (9 really but that last one isn't any good) and I feel like I have a sparse collection. There was a time that three seemed like I had so many pipes.

I certainly don't have enough to stand out in this crowd, but I have enough that I try not to keep them all in the same place where my wife could get a good count

 

[Pierre1965]

Welcome from Southeast Mo.

Thank you.