School's Out For Summer! Possibly Forever?!

[William F.]

Ah yes, I spent some time on academic probation during my college career as well.

Welcome from Iowa!

I wish. I am lingering in the realm of tuition purgatory.

 

[William F.]

Hope you are 21+. Welcome to the forum! Don't tell me me you really go by William. That's a such a long name. Bill? Billy? Will?

My father was called Bill and kids could never think of something that rhymes with William, so that is what I have always went with.

 

[Mortamyhr]

Hello from Nashville!

 

[jpmcwjr]

I know several Williams, one a cousin. It's a fine name, just as long as it should be.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Willam-

Please put your location in your Profile-How:

Under your avatar, (top right, left most of three symbols) you choose "Account Details", which brings up "My Account". "My Location" is halfway down. Whatever you're comfortable with- town, city, county, state. province, etc.

 

[pappymac]

You read me like a book. I should not have allowed that to come out in the open for others to see.
Thank you for the kind words, I do appreciate them.

If you ever need to chat, just message me.

 

[Jacob74]

Welcome William!
Before you get too far, let me just tell you
A: It's often said that it's better to be lucky than good,
and
B: You have made a (reversible) error in preemptively refusing betrothal negotiations. We are an eclectic group, but all of our daughters are brilliant, beautiful, have great senses of humor, and are heiresses to our stockpiled tobacco fortunes.

 

[buggy63]

Hi and welcome William from Northamptonshire, England, enjoy your escape into pipes and tobaccos.

@tobakenist, will you be going to the Nottingham event this year ?

 

[tobakenist]

@tobakenist, will you be going to the Nottingham event this year ?

I hope so, easier to get there by Train from Kettering, the venue is next to the train station, I used to live on a Narrow Boat and moored there a few times, hope to see you there, message me just before it.

 

[trouttimes]

Welcome William from another William living in Alabama. Education is never a waste. Never stop learning or piping.

 

[Doctor Chopper]

Welcome William. You are an engineer in training. Apply your knowledge and experiment. Your learning curve will be steeper than most given your cognitive skills. Learning is half the fun! Enjoy...

 

[AroEnglish]

Welcome, William. Don't shoot yourself in the foot; marrying one of these guys' daughters will lead to an instant collection when they kick the bucket.

 

[viilia110]

Welcome to the forum from shanghai in china,but i have house in ca.i like sixten,lars,nana,poul ilsted,jess,and aged tobacco.what about you~

 

[William F.]

I see that you like Scandinavian pipes.
I lack any actual personal experience but I really like the forward shape of Jess's pipes and the contrast of Eltang.

 

[viilia110]

I see that you like Scandinavian pipes.
I lack any actual personal experience but I really like the forward shape of Jess's pipes and the contrast of Eltang.

i have two jess's pipes

 

[gord]

I am William and yesterday marked the end of my second year attending University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering.
I have no doubt that you are more than impressed and that your fingers are already itching to type heaps of praise upon me, congratulations abound. Some of you are probably thinking "He is going places." and "This is prime son-in-law material."
Stop.
Before wasting any time+effort photoshopping your daughter's graduation photos, know this:
The only place that I am going, is right back from whence I came. Nowhere.

Back to the introduction…
I took up smoking around nine months ago, upon finding a cheap plastic "Made China" pipe in the local convenience store and pairing it with the cashier's highly recommended Tin Star Regular Pipe Tobacco. While I have not had the means to upgrade replace the pipe, I have been fortunate enough to try a few more blends.
I have only been reading the forums for a few weeks but have already grown tired of not being able to expand the photos of some of your beautiful pipes (members only), so I decided to join. Visiting this site has been to me, what some people must have experienced with National Geographic in decades gone by; I have been reading about and seeing things that are complete foreign but almost familiar at the same time.

I will attempt to end this novelette with a joke; actually, this is legitimately my entire pipe+tobacco holdings but some of you will probably find it to be quite humorous:
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"Made China" pipe

Tamper that I made from a broken wine glass

Tin Star Regular Pipe Tobacco [Terrible - Surely meant for making cigarettes, which are probably just as terrible.]
4 Aces Turkish Pipe Tobacco [Bad - A little better than Tin Star but not by much.]
Sir Walter Raleigh Aromatic [Decent - Better when mixed 1:1 with SWR or Prince Albert.]
Sir Walter Raleigh [Good - This most recent pouch has a faint hint of vinegar, which will hopefully dissipate.]
Prince Albert [Good - I probably smoke this at least once every day, if not more.

Welcome from BC Canada. Degrees are over-rated. I have 5 of them, and they've become an embarassment in my old age. Your collection? You will progress from humble beginnings to utter madness. From your first post, I have confidence in you.

 

[bpinkstaff]

Welcome from Rockton Illinois!

 

[Fuelman]

Welcome from Indiana, glad to have you here. Really, college is sometimes overrated, and overpriced.

 

[ItsKarl]

Welcome from Norway! Every journey starts with a single step.

 

[ThomasS]

Hiya from the south shore of Lake Superior!