Pipe and Tobacco Survey
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There was a link above that shows results. Here it is again:
Results
Interesting, even if only to spur discussion on the forum.
Things like this are probably harder to put together than it looks. That said I'd note that this would be skewed toward pipe smokers who go online and use forums. I think it is possible that a large part of the pipe smoking population is excluded.
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Interesting, even if only to spur discussion on the forum.
Things like this are probably harder to put together than it looks. That said I'd note that this would be skewed toward pipe smokers who go online and use forums. I think it is possible that a large part of the pipe smoking population is excluded.
When do we get our grades?
OK, on the serious side, I thought some of the questions/answers weren't could have been better. For example, I have a number of preferred pipe brands but was asked only to name one. Similarly, I was only allowed to select one preferred stem shape. The question about preferred blend types forced me to choose between 'occasionally" and "most of the time" which made things difficult given that I smoke English, straight VA and VA-based blends with about equal frequency (meaning I some them something between occasionally and most of the time). Similar comment on the question of preferred tobacco cuts.
One question that wasn't asked that I would like to see the answer to is, "When you smoke a pipe, do you inhale, retrohale and/or puff"? Answer choices: Never / Occasionally / Most of the time / All of the time.
Anyway, those are my thoughts.
OK, on the serious side, I thought some of the questions/answers weren't could have been better. For example, I have a number of preferred pipe brands but was asked only to name one. Similarly, I was only allowed to select one preferred stem shape. The question about preferred blend types forced me to choose between 'occasionally" and "most of the time" which made things difficult given that I smoke English, straight VA and VA-based blends with about equal frequency (meaning I some them something between occasionally and most of the time). Similar comment on the question of preferred tobacco cuts.
One question that wasn't asked that I would like to see the answer to is, "When you smoke a pipe, do you inhale, retrohale and/or puff"? Answer choices: Never / Occasionally / Most of the time / All of the time.
Anyway, those are my thoughts.
The broad strokes I got from the survey is that pipe smoking is a very solitary activity, but this forum provides camaraderie as much as it does pipe info.
I think for many of us with no club close, forums like this one serve a similar purpose. A poor substitute maybe but a substitute all the same.
I was an avid pipe smoker for years before I discovered that there were two different pipe clubs in my area that I had no idea existed. Granted, I live in a fairly large metropolitan area so there are plenty of people and in close proximity and those are two factors that make it easier to form a club. By contrast, people in more rural areas are less likely to find birds of a feather in that regard. All that is to say, I think there is more that pipe clubs could do to make their presence known to the outside world (if increasing membership is their goal).
There is a club in my environs. I'm not a joiner though. And, obviously, if they'd have me ... their standards can't be very high.
If we've already submitted our responses, which I did the other day, is there a way to see the current stats without answering all the questions again (which would obviously skew the results)?
Did it ask for marital status? I don't think so. Nor did it ask for the country/state that you live it. And absolutely nothing about your herring preferences (pickled, wine sauce, sour cream, etc.). No questions about facial hair, personal hygiene or firearm ownership, either.
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