That said, please don't hold it against me. I am trying to leave hellinois asap.
I am a 49 year old elevator mechanic, ex-trucking and excavating/construction owner, that enjoys his family, motorcycles, welding, fishing, hunting, shooting, scuba diving, and anything else I can do to keep active. I quit all forms of tobacco 14 years ago this Dec 28, six days after my daughter was born. I enjoyed pipes, cigars, Lucky Strike's, Copenhagen and Red Man. I only wanted to give up the cigarettes, but I knew all had to cease if I were to be successful.
Recently, my brother mentioned he wanted to take up pipe smoking. To my enjoyment, we had numerous long conversations on the topic. I gave hime my Ultimate Pipe Book, by Richard Carleton Hacker, to use as a reference and learning tool. I told him of my favorite tobacco's to try, and my two all time favorites became his the same. Our grandfather had smoked pipes, and that had an influence on both of us.
I had smoked a pipe for about ten years. My collection is only about ten or so pipes, including one meerschaum, two Kirstens, one Brebbia, one Big Ben, one Falcon, and about five other ordinary smokers. My favorite tobacco's include Iwan Reis Three Star Blue, a 50/50 mixture of Black Diamond and Black Beauty from a local tobacco shop, Dunhill Early Morning Pipe and Night Cap.
My brother is really bugging me to get back to smoking, however I don't want it to lead me back to the cigarette's. So, I am just enjoying helping my brother, and lurking on the internet for pipes and tobacco, and now the forums.
I hope I didn't bore you with my long intro. I look forward to participating here.
I am a 49 year old elevator mechanic, ex-trucking and excavating/construction owner, that enjoys his family, motorcycles, welding, fishing, hunting, shooting, scuba diving, and anything else I can do to keep active. I quit all forms of tobacco 14 years ago this Dec 28, six days after my daughter was born. I enjoyed pipes, cigars, Lucky Strike's, Copenhagen and Red Man. I only wanted to give up the cigarettes, but I knew all had to cease if I were to be successful.
Recently, my brother mentioned he wanted to take up pipe smoking. To my enjoyment, we had numerous long conversations on the topic. I gave hime my Ultimate Pipe Book, by Richard Carleton Hacker, to use as a reference and learning tool. I told him of my favorite tobacco's to try, and my two all time favorites became his the same. Our grandfather had smoked pipes, and that had an influence on both of us.
I had smoked a pipe for about ten years. My collection is only about ten or so pipes, including one meerschaum, two Kirstens, one Brebbia, one Big Ben, one Falcon, and about five other ordinary smokers. My favorite tobacco's include Iwan Reis Three Star Blue, a 50/50 mixture of Black Diamond and Black Beauty from a local tobacco shop, Dunhill Early Morning Pipe and Night Cap.
My brother is really bugging me to get back to smoking, however I don't want it to lead me back to the cigarette's. So, I am just enjoying helping my brother, and lurking on the internet for pipes and tobacco, and now the forums.
I hope I didn't bore you with my long intro. I look forward to participating here.
