Pipe Store Owner Still Smokin' at 98 years old

[admin]

We just had a new listing submitted to our Pipe Store Locator. Even though the listing is new for us, Paul's Pipe Shop has been around for 82 years, and the owner Paul T. Spaniola is still smoking his pipe at 98 years old!
How cool is that?
I believe we can say with confidence that pipe smoking certainly hasn't shortened Paul's life.
We may even wonder if it has increased his lifespan since pipe smoking usually helps one slow down and relax.
Here's his listing, and you can click through from there to his website. When you go to the listing look on the right side of the screen to see the ton of stuff he carries in both pipes and tobaccos.
http://pipesmagazine.com/pipe-store-locator/michigan/pauls-pipe-shop--pipe-hospital-flint-mi-482.html

 

[puffintuff]

Ill have to check him out the next time I'm in Michagan.

 

[papipeguy]

I'll bet Paul has some stories to tell. Some real serious pipes on his site as well.

 

[admin]

@papipeguy -

I'll bet Paul has some stories to tell. Some real serious pipes on his site as well.

Exactly what I was thinking. I've already sent Bob an email to see if he can work it into his schedule to do a piece on him.

 

[lonestar]

He does have some nice pipes listed !

 

[hobie1dog]

I love it. Nice to see his picture there too

 

[strongirish]

Good for him! I see old men smoking them quite often, I think it is part of the fountain of youth!

 

[yoru]

very fine selection of pipes he has too. Hope he agrees to an article, would make a great read.

 

[bubbadreier]

I would love to read an interview with Paul! I am certain he could teach us all a thing or two!

 

[brian64]

Very cool...here's to Paul! And may he enjoy many more years to come! ::

 

[jimmyg]

Good on ya Paul,how he will have seen the changes in tobacco prices over all them yrs

 

[krgulick]

I am sure it would be a great interview to read. Bob would be the lucky devil to get to do the interview.

 

[admin]

Hey guys,
Bob needs some help coming up with interview questions.
Please post your ideas here. Thanks!

 

[pstlpkr]

A recent question here in the forum was: what are some of the differences between what pipe maintenance was like in the "old days" compared to the comparatively sophisticated techniques of the modern pipe smoker?

 

[hobie1dog]

What blends would he like to have duplicated from the "old days"?

 

[lonestar]

In all those years of smoking, what was his favorite tobacco?

What was his favorite pipe ?

What does he think of the blends we have today versus the great blends of the past?

What does he smoke these days ? Tobacco and Pipe

 

[PeriqueMyInterest]

What does he think about pipes being passed down from father to son now-a-days?

 

[python]

Good questions guys, keep them coming!

 

[wallbright]

Actually, the B&M here in Bentonville, Romeo's Uptown Pipe & Tobacco, gets most of their pipes from Paul in Michigan. The owner, Frank Romeo, is always giving the speech on the Paul's Cayuga pipe line oil curing process or whatever. He even has a picture of Paul hanging up in the store.

 

[python]

Bump for more input.