Reading these responses tells ya that our forefathers stuck with one blend most of their lives either out of preference or circumstance. We are so lucky or cursed ? to have a seemingly endless supply of choice in tobacco. ?
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No pipes but my gpa on each side smoked pall mall red
Reading these responses tells ya that our forefathers stuck with one blend most of their lives either out of preference or circumstance. We are solucky orcursed ? to have a seemingly endless supply of choice in tobacco. ?
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My grandparents on mother side stopped smoking after word came through it kills in the '50s, everyone smoked after the war as the never had any in the war. My grandfather on fathers side stopped smoking after having a double stroke, he smoked 40 grams of rolling tobacco a day which amounts for about 40 to 50 cigs. My parents according to my info never smoked (maybe recreational, there '60s and '70s kids after all), but they brought me nice cigars from the DR.
If my kids will ever touch tobacco, who knows they can still get when they reach the smoking age, else they will have to rely on dad's stash. I now deliberately don't smoke around them, but it might be a nice bonding thing when they are grown up.
My maternal Grandfather was the person who got me started smoking a pipe.
If memory serves me correctly, he smoked a variety of the many OTC blends of the time (1950s-60s-70s) but the main one I remember was Mixture No. 79. I like it too!
If memory serves me correctly, he smoked a variety of the many OTC blends of the time (1950s-60s-70s) but the main one I remember was Mixture No. 79. I like it too!
Half and half! Plus some B&M aromatics from time to time!
That's similar to me. I quite pipes and chewing shotly after the kids were born. Now that my son is grown, we enjoy pipes together.
Paternal GF chain smoked Winstons. He probably smoked more than our learned friend Jim Inks. When I visited, I came home smelling as if I had been smoking. Oddly, when he died the smell went away. I saw him smoke cigars and pipes occasionally.
My maternal Grandfather (Papaw) smoked unfiltered Camels until he was around 60 yo. He quit the cigs cold turkey and started chewing tobacco. Levi Garrett and Red Man were his preference. He chewed until he reached 85 yo. and quit cold turkey. He was tobacco free the last 2 years of his life. He was the maintenance supervisor at RJR Tobacco Co. in downtown Winston-Salem, N.C., having to work every holiday because that’s when the machines were down and serviceable. I love him and miss him terribly.
SWR and some special English blend that he picked up from the Tinder Box. Neither my dad or me can remember the name of that one.
My paternal grandfather smoked a pipe, and I inherited his pipe rack with amber tobacco jar through my father. Grandpa kept his tobacco in the jar, so I never saw the brand. My dad always smoked Granger from the foil pouch. My maternal grandfather was a cigar smoker, White Owl when he wasn't smoking something more up-market.
I'm the first pipe smoker in my family to my knowledge. My Grandfather never smoked and my Dad has been a lifelong Newport smoker and my Grandma vapes after being on and off Marlboro lights for years. I just realized how funny it is to say "My Grandma vapes".
Paternal Grandfather did have a Pipe, although neither I nor my Dad ever seen him smoke it, he liked his White Owl cigars.
Maternal Grandfather didn't smoke a pipe, he was a cigarette guy until his first heart attack.
Maternal Great Grandfather was a smoker of Bond Street, in a pipe shaped like a shoe.
Maternal Grandfather didn't smoke a pipe, he was a cigarette guy until his first heart attack.
Maternal Great Grandfather was a smoker of Bond Street, in a pipe shaped like a shoe.
We always had some really ancient Prince Albert tins around the house, from my mom's dad. I have no idea if he smoked it, or just had the tins.
My dad's dad smoked cheap cigs. I know this because we have a home video of my dad bummin a smoke from him, and my dad says "dad," he says, "these are cheap."
My dad's dad smoked cheap cigs. I know this because we have a home video of my dad bummin a smoke from him, and my dad says "dad," he says, "these are cheap."
Home grown in his garden, cured the “burley” leaf in his garage and would smoke it straight from the stem hanging, he’s was a tuff ole son of a gun
My father and grandfather never smoked a pipe, but from what I'm told, by family members who have since passed on, my great grandfather smoked only Prince Albert. From the picture below I'll hazard a guess that he smoked either a Dr. Grabow or a Kaywoodie.
