Spotted...In The Wild!
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I'm the same, although I do take a pipe with me when I'm out for a ride on my bike, and if I stop for a tea/coffee break somewhere I'll usually find myself a peaceful corner to have a smoke and watch the world go by. I occasionally get the odd glance or double-take, as if to say, "oh, a pipe smoker. You don't see many of those these days", but no one ever butts in on my contemplation and tries to start a conversation.
The only exceptions are the rare occasions when I take my pipe to a bar and step outside with cigarette smokers for a puff. This only happens in summer when sitting outside in the evening with a drink and my pipe is a pleasant thing to do. Then, a cigarette smoker will always say something about my pipe. I don't mind. It's to be expected when I've chosen to join the social pariahs in the smoking area and it's just natural curiosity.
Us two door Wrangler folks like to give a little Jeep wave! It’s goofy but it’s a thing.
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I've yet to meet another pipe smoker in the wild, but if I did I suspect that trying to identify their chosen blend from the aroma would be irresistible. But I'd never barge in and ask.
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Over here, if you ride a KTM and meet another KTM rider on the road it seems traditional to pop a friendly wheelie as you pass. The dirt bike fraternity are particularly keen on this form of salutation.
But if your biking blood doesn't run orange a slight head tilt is the usual form.
And you just scoff at the four door ones, right?
I find that thing where jeep owners put a rubber duck on some other random Jeep owner’s truck to be dopey…don’t get caught up in that crowd
I have noticed in my 30 odd years living here in the 'Colonies' that Americans are quite tribal, love to form clubs or associations and it is by far the most endearing thing about this country and its inhabitants. The NY Pipe Club has 'Lou' the President who has been President of the club forever since he is really good at running the NY Pipe Club. I see him once a year and drop off my annual subscription and that of my English mate @simong and all is great in paradise. That sort of stuff doesn't really happen in the U.K that I have noticed but then it might have changed whilst I have been away.
Jeepers are the same way, they even leave stupid ducks for each other.
I think it's more likely to happen these days along Tobacco Road - Carolina's, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee. Maybe even throw parts of Missouri, Georgia, and West Virginia in there.
I think those states will give you the highest chance at running in to a pipe smoker in public.
In the last 7-8 years (aside from those in the pipe club and the dozens I've seen come in to Kremers), I've run in to maybe a hand full of people smoking a pipe in public.
One was an older man who would walk down the sidewalk outside the coffee shop I used to frequent. We would nod knowingly but never exchanged words.
Every other pipe smoker I've encountered in the wild has approached me and we've had a conversation about pipes and tobacco.
I think those states will give you the highest chance at running in to a pipe smoker in public.
In the last 7-8 years (aside from those in the pipe club and the dozens I've seen come in to Kremers), I've run in to maybe a hand full of people smoking a pipe in public.
One was an older man who would walk down the sidewalk outside the coffee shop I used to frequent. We would nod knowingly but never exchanged words.
Every other pipe smoker I've encountered in the wild has approached me and we've had a conversation about pipes and tobacco.
I can understand being a little excited to see another pipe smoker in the wild. It’s kind of rare to see one but I would never approach.
Personally I welcome the opportunity to make a friend whenever it may come. If the other person doesn't want to talk, that's fine as well. I would always have at least a quick chat with a friendly person about pipes and tobacco.
I'll just gently point out the irony of joining a special interest internet forum, reading pages of responses, then taking the time to write out a reply wherin one denies that their hobbies define them.
I live in NC and see pipe smokers around. Walking dogs, going to the grocery etc. I would not personally approach them but it is nice to know you are not alone and all existing pipe smokers don't live exclusively here on the forum. People are people and not everyone gives a crap about each other.
My son drives a Jeep Willy's and other Jeep drivers leave rubber ducks on his Jeep. It's a thing...placing the rubber duck on the dash. My son tosses them.
Yeah, I used to have a Jeep and I found one on my hood, well before ever hearing of the trend. I just thought “that’s random” and set it on the car parked next to me.
Many on here maintain that it is not a hobby and more of a perfunctory thing. But I suppose it is odd to join a forum about it if it is not a hobby.
I chuckle to myself every time, irony is one of my favourite things and one of the few constants in this life...
In the simplest of terms this is a forum about nicotine delivery devices - pipes. I have often wondered whether heroin addicts have a syringe forum called 'Syringe Magazine' where they show off their classic glass syringes that come in velvet padded cases and discuss the joys of opening containers of 1920s pharmacy grade drugs and shooting them up. Food for thought! 
In the simplest of terms this is a forum about nicotine delivery devices - pipes. I have often wondered whether heroin addicts have a syringe forum called 'Syringe Magazine' where they show off their classic glass syringes that come in velvet padded cases and discuss the joys of opening containers of 1920s pharmacy grade drugs and shooting them up. Food for thought!
Lol, with a show us your spoons threadIn the simplest of terms this is a forum about nicotine delivery devices - pipes. I have often wondered whether heroin addicts have a syringe forum called 'Syringe Magazine' where they show off their classic glass syringes that come in velvet padded cases and discuss the joys of opening containers of 1920s pharmacy grade drugs and shooting them up. Food for thought!