I am currently in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. I got here yersterday afternoon and will be delivering a large hoist to a paper mill here this morning before moving on to Texas.
After checking into the hotel I decided to take a walk. I asked the desk clerk, a fellow from India with a British accent, about any places of interest in the area. He told me about a couple of restaurants and such around but cautioned me that this wasn't a "good area" and I shouldn't go walking around alone.
I just laughed and said "I'm a truck driver, I am always in bad neighborhoods".
I walked a few blocks, stopped at a BBQ place for a sandwich, and then a few blocks down found a little dive bar and stopped in there.
I was happy to see ashtrays on the bar. I packed a Peterson with Bishop's Move and lit up after ordering a beer.
A little while later I spotted a couple of fellows sitting at a table and one of them was smoking a pipe. I couldn't resist and walked over to chat with him. He was smoking Half and Half in a Dr Grabow Lark, and told me Dr Grabows are the only pipes he smokes.
We chatted for a few minutes about pipes, the weather, and such before I apologized for interrupting their conversation and returned to my seat at the bar. He was definitely a "codger" style pipe smoker and not a pipe hobbyist at all. Kind of fun to run across those fellow from time to time just to remind me that for many pipe smoking is just smoking.
After checking into the hotel I decided to take a walk. I asked the desk clerk, a fellow from India with a British accent, about any places of interest in the area. He told me about a couple of restaurants and such around but cautioned me that this wasn't a "good area" and I shouldn't go walking around alone.
I just laughed and said "I'm a truck driver, I am always in bad neighborhoods".
I walked a few blocks, stopped at a BBQ place for a sandwich, and then a few blocks down found a little dive bar and stopped in there.
I was happy to see ashtrays on the bar. I packed a Peterson with Bishop's Move and lit up after ordering a beer.
A little while later I spotted a couple of fellows sitting at a table and one of them was smoking a pipe. I couldn't resist and walked over to chat with him. He was smoking Half and Half in a Dr Grabow Lark, and told me Dr Grabows are the only pipes he smokes.
We chatted for a few minutes about pipes, the weather, and such before I apologized for interrupting their conversation and returned to my seat at the bar. He was definitely a "codger" style pipe smoker and not a pipe hobbyist at all. Kind of fun to run across those fellow from time to time just to remind me that for many pipe smoking is just smoking.
