Spotted...In The Wild!
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Spotted...In The Wild! :: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
I have a natural, unwelcoming, look which makes others averse to approaching me. I cultivated it early in life and, it works to perfection. It's all in the eyes. Some seem to think a man with a pipe is approachable. My look seems to disabuse them of such an outrageous idea. Me,I’m just...
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Clyde Wynant ?You can see me?!? I'm so sorry... the thin man must be after you too.
I went for a 4 wheeler (quad bike) ride just before dusk tonight. I passed a Mennonite family of about 6 where the kids were riding bicycles and the parents were walking. As I sped past, I saw the father had a pipe in his mouth. I did a double take but oncoming traffic kept me focusing on what was in front of me. My first pipe in the wild though!
You do look very young. If I saw you walking around smoking a pipe, I wouldn't think it was very common. France must have a different set of normals, ha ha.
Nurse, yesterday, alarmed that I said I smoked a pipe and thinking that I was a nascent crack addict... no, no, tobacco blends. What, like those classy guys in old movies? You got it, darling. Lol.
I have always found pipe smokers in the wild to be talkative and friendly. Perhaps it is because I literally live in a resort area where people come to relax and be friendly. The locals, like myself, have fully embraced the “shallow living, no worries - no stress“ attitude of looking at life. They too are happy to talk. Yesterday at a bar, my wife struck up a conversation with a few gentlemen sitting next to us. They could have chatted for hours, talking about nothing of worth, and enjoying every second of it. I noted that both gentlemen said the same thing - why ever leave - life is so easy here and no body ever thinks too deeply about anything. I was surprised to hear them say that, mostly because it’s true. It all about where’s the next great place to get a drink or isn’t the weather nice- just like yesterday.
German gent spotted in Athens airport this morning.
Just watched Devil in a blue dress. Enjoyed the scenes of a shop with codger blends stacked on the wall behind the counter. Tubs of Prince Albert, Granger, Velvet, Kentucky Club, Half-n-half. Cans of Prince Albert and Velvet. Nostalgia I suppose. This is the sort of pipe stuff I'd like to see in the wild. A simple old shop stocked with these goodies from yesterday. I'd definitely pop in regularly for a can of the Prince. As for people smoking a pipe? Nah. They're a bunch of wierdos...
I smoke my pipe in public constantly and on many occasions people have approached me. If I don't feel like talking about it I shut the conversation down but normally I enjoy it. A fellow pipe smoker often says "what are you smoking today". In fact just the other day I was on a golf cart ride in my camping community and a guy flagged me down. He told me that he has just started pipe smoking and asked me if I had any tips. We had a long conversation that led to a fireside smoking session. Good stuff.
One of the starters at my muni is a piper, I gave him a tin of Gaslight once and he let me replay the course for free that day. It was a great day.