Smoking a Pipe at 36
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I started smoking cigars and pipes at 15, I had lots of time on my hands, my main job at that point was manning a pay parking lot after school and all day on Saturday. I would get "You're too young for a pipe, it's for old men", "That smells good", "That stinks", to finally "Hey man, can I buy some pot."....because apparently a lot of people can't smell the difference. I had a wonderfully cultured clientele.
It still gets looks, not because I'm so young (but I'm in my prime damnit) but pipers are rare, although we do get quite a few in Gatlinburg and at my hotel.
It still gets looks, not because I'm so young (but I'm in my prime damnit) but pipers are rare, although we do get quite a few in Gatlinburg and at my hotel.
35, going on 36. Picked it up at 34. I live in the mountains north of LA, so it's not too out of the ordinary. But I spent my first 30 years in the city, so perhaps it'd be regarded as peculiar if I still lived there. I've always felt twice my age, so it makes sense that I smoke a pipe, since I feel 71.
Yeah, in my 30's & 40's I used to care a little about what others thought. Good thing about being a boomer is that I really don't give a flip what they think. If somebody is stupid enough to be verbal about it, I have to open a can of whoopass on 'em!
Gen X really didn't care from birth.
I live where LA county ends, my friend. What the unfortunate commuters to SF call "the grapevine." But yes, you're right, there are no mountains in LA, save for the gigantic pile of bovine feces at Spring St. & Temple (City Hall).I live in north LA and there ain’t any damn mountains! ?
You must mean L.A.
I am 26 and I purposely don't smoke around a lot of people because I live in the kind of place where smoking a pipe is akin to "putting on airs". It's ridiculous and I honestly enjoy slow smoking and tasting the flavor of my tobacco. Interestingly enough, I was discussing it with my s/o tonight. How I look at a pipe, in general, is like being the cherry on top of my fudge sundae (mood). If I am unhappy, there is no sundae, and nothing much to put the cherry on. So I try to enjoy my pipe in a way that isn't like smoking a cigarette, as I find rushing my smoke (or smoking on a dependent basis) kills the enjoyment. For me, it isn't a response to stress. It is a reward to myself for a good day and something to look forward to. I say that simply to explain my general way of going about the hobby.
31 here. Been smoking a pipe since I was 20. I get weird looks when I’m smoking...and then again when I’m not.
1980 was a very good year.
-turned 6 that year
-started 1st grade
-got a Rubik's cube for my birthday
-solved Rubik's cube a month later
-got stuck in a gifted student program because of it
-social hell ensued
Other than that, great year!
I'm 38 and don't smoke my clay pipes around my home area only when I go out of town.
I especially enjoy a clay at re-enactment events and when I go for a walk to the churchyards a few miles out of town, where reaction is a lot more favourable than in the built-up areas!
I especially enjoy a clay at re-enactment events and when I go for a walk to the churchyards a few miles out of town, where reaction is a lot more favourable than in the built-up areas!
Smoke boldly, my friend. What are they gonna do, shoot you?
Good advice my friend!
I'm different because I don't just smoke a pipe, I smoke a clay pipe.
Very few people my age smoke pipes, I've never met another my age that smokes a clay pipe!
If you don't carry yourself as a poser you won't be treated as one.
I’ve gotten only positive comments about it when I do smoke in public. I’d care not a tinker’s damn what some jabroni thinks...but I’m at that point in life where ya tend to not focus on the small stuff any longer. 
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Yesterday while driving, I stopped at a red light, and took the opportunity to relight my pipe (I think pipe smokers are some of the only people to look forward to a red light).
I look over to my left, and there's a cop in the left turn lane staring at me as I start puffing away. We had this weird moment where we were blankly looking at each other before the light turned green and I drove away. I think he was trying to decide if it was pot or not
I look over to my left, and there's a cop in the left turn lane staring at me as I start puffing away. We had this weird moment where we were blankly looking at each other before the light turned green and I drove away. I think he was trying to decide if it was pot or not