Howdy from the Midwest

[glub]

Greetings from a long time lurker and first time poster. I've lived in a few states, all in the Midwest, and currently call Missouri home. I've been smoking pipes since the early 2000's - started out with a Kaywoodie, was gifted a second (a Mariner) from my mentor years back (who hoped to get me off cigarettes), and have been collecting more since ~2016. Finally gave up the cigs over a year ago and returned to pipe smoking once I felt comfortable that doing so wouldn't turn me into a nicotine junkie again (~8 months back).

My mainstays are Escudo, navy flakes (big fan of both Stokkebye & Capstan blue), MM965, Artisan's Blend, & Presbyterian. I've also got permanent PAD for good looking bulldogs.

 

[Trainpipeman]

Welcome to the group, ags! I know that you will find quite a bit of information, and camaraderie, here.

 

[STP]

Welcome

 

[CoffeeAndBourbon]

Welcome from NC!

 

[Gus]

wellcome from Balearic Islands

 

[anotherbob]

good taste sir.

 

[lelik]

Welcome !

 

[mso489]

Hey, from central North Carolina. My wife and I met at U. Mo., she from rural Missouri up near the Iowa line and the Mississippi, and I from Chicagoland. We married in our sixties after I was a widower for ten years. As a student, I did a student internship at the newspaper in Neosho, Mo., down in the Ozarks. Welcome. The paper's still there, but owned by a chain, not a tyro of an independent publisher.

 

[haparnold]

Welcome aboard from Colorado!

 

[glub]

Hey, from central North Carolina. My wife and I met at U. Mo., she from rural Missouri up near the Iowa line and the Mississippi, and I from Chicagoland. We married in our sixties after I was a widower for ten years. As a student, I did a student internship at the newspaper in Neosho, Mo., down in the Ozarks. Welcome. The paper's still there, but owned by a chain, not a tyro of an independent publisher.

I grew up in Joplin and my folks met at NWMSU in Maryville. Small world!

 

[anotherbob]

I don't know if you know but clearly your Brian Posehns' more grounded and normal brother. If you don't believe me ask your parents about it.

 

[FurCoat]

Welcome from North Carolina

 

[Simmerdown☕️]

Welcome!️

 

[Toast]

Hello from the UK!

 

[crustybowl]

Welcome to the forum.

 

[UncleRasta]

Hello from California.

 

[redz]

Welcome from Maryland!

 

[Old School 3319]

Welcome from southern Illinois

 

[gamzultovah]

Welcome aboard from Florida.

 

[mikethompson]

Welcome to our little oasis on the internet!