Greetings from the Volunteer State!
My pipe journey began in the 1980's. Unfortunately there was no one available to me for proper instruction and alas this was prior to the internet, I'm sure you can imagine the horrible experiences I suffered through. After a few months of attempting to enjoy the pipe, I went back to cigarettes. Every 3-5 years for the next 15 or so I kept trying and ended up in the same place. Alas, I resolved myself to cigarettes for the remainder of my life, wondering how could anyone smoke this thing and enjoy it? About 5 years ago, I laid down the cigarettes for good, then a year ago I was rereading The Lord of the Rings and was looking up some stories on YouTube. Lo and behold a video on the proper way to smoke a pipe floated across my laptop and I learned something that was life changing. Don't inhale.
Since then I've never looked back.
My pipe journey began in the 1980's. Unfortunately there was no one available to me for proper instruction and alas this was prior to the internet, I'm sure you can imagine the horrible experiences I suffered through. After a few months of attempting to enjoy the pipe, I went back to cigarettes. Every 3-5 years for the next 15 or so I kept trying and ended up in the same place. Alas, I resolved myself to cigarettes for the remainder of my life, wondering how could anyone smoke this thing and enjoy it? About 5 years ago, I laid down the cigarettes for good, then a year ago I was rereading The Lord of the Rings and was looking up some stories on YouTube. Lo and behold a video on the proper way to smoke a pipe floated across my laptop and I learned something that was life changing. Don't inhale.
Since then I've never looked back.
