Unlurking in Alabama

[churchlady]

Welcome from Slidell, LA.
Like Cosmic said, if you are in the Birmingham area, you should definitely visit The Briary. I stop by there at least once a year when traveling. Skip has a good selection of pipes and the best selection of tinned pipe tobacco I've ever seen at a brick & mortar store.

And the Churchlady should by a churchwarden pipe.

I really want a churchwarden as the part of me that isn't a church lady is a hobbit. Any you'd suggest?

 

[churchlady]

Welcome, ma’am! If you’re in church a lot don’t forget to pray for us

Done!

 

[proteus]

 

[WVOldFart]

Hello and welcome from West Virginia.

 

[FurCoat]

Welcome from North Carolina

 

[kcghost]

Welcome to the forum from KC!! Remember to not pack your pipe so tightly and slow down the pace of your puffing.

 

[warren99]

Welcome from California.

 

[PaulRVA]

Welcome from Richmond Virginia !
I Spent some time at Ft. McClellan years ago and know Bama well !

 

[PA Piper Mike]

Welcome from PA.

 

[Bbailey324]

Welcome from Texas.

 

[BigEd]

Welcome from Tennessee! I grew up in Athens. Glad you’re here. Enjoy.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Welcome from Pennsylvania and New York.

In warmer weather, the porch is my cigar haven (fortunately, pipe smoking isn’t off limits inside the house for me, so I partake year round).

 

[Lees65GTO]

Welcome from SE Texas. In what part of Alabama do you live? I live in Texas now but was born and raised (most of my youth anyway) in Mobile.

 

[JustAregularPiper]

Welcome from SE Texas. In what part of Alabama do you live? I live in Texas now but was born and raised (most of my youth anyway) in Mobile.

What part of setx if i may inquire? I grew up in groves/beaumont area.

 

[JustAregularPiper]

I mostly wanted to say thank y'all to everyone. I've only been smoking a pipe for less than a month, but I've found so much information on this forum that has helped me already.

I've always liked the smell of pipe tobacco and cigars and have been curious about smoking in general, but until recently I guess I just assumed that A. they were all bad for you B. dude things, and C. something my husband would give me serious side eye about. Well, B was a pretty accurate assumption, but at this point my husband is actually sending me out on the porch after supper. Wonderful how even a short pipe break can get me back in the game.

I started with a couple of cheap MMs and recently bought a no name briar off of ebay. The learning curve is still curving (tongue bite lingering as I write), but overall I think I'm improving slowly.

As for myself - I've been married for close to 20years; we've got a bunch of kids, and some weeks I do feel like I'm at church every time the doors are open!

Welcome from Alaska! Good to see a you on the forum. My lady friend wants to try smoking with me but she is embarrassed cause she isn’t sure if it would be proper for a lady. Im gonna tell her about you next time I talk to her!

 

[churchlady]

Welcome from Alaska! Good to see a you on the forum. My lady friend wants to try smoking with me but she is embarrassed cause she isn’t sure if it would be proper for a lady. Im gonna tell her about you next time I talk to her!

Do! I had similar concerns, but I figured that I could smoke a pipe for my own enjoyment and still be ladylike about it. There are also historic photos and videos of women smoking pipes, and some of them have absolutely elegant pipes. Women may never have been the majority of pipe smokers, but there were definitely plenty of women who did it in very classy and elegant ways.

Personally I've been going for smaller pipes with less visual mass both for aesthetics and for practical purposes. A 45-60min smoke is easier for me to manage daily than 90min.

 

[churchlady]

Welcome from SE Texas. In what part of Alabama do you live? I live in Texas now but was born and raised (most of my youth anyway) in Mobile.

I'm close to Birmingham. I've been to Mobile a couple of times. It's a beautiful area. We really enjoyed seeing some of the historic homes and such.

 

[Servant King]

Welcome to the forum, from snowy (seriously!) Southern California.

 

[pappymac]

What part of setx if i may inquire? I grew up in groves/beaumont area.

Have we met before?
I grew up in the Golden Triangle and I have family to live in Lumberton, Vidor and Orange.
Graduated from South Park High School in Beaumont in 1971.

 

[Sigmund]

@churchlady People speak well of Neerup churchwardens. I know the normal pipes are good but I dont have a CW myself.