What Do Pipe Smokers Do For A Living?

[pipebaum81]

This is a great thread. Loved reading all your stories especially those I consider personal friends.
I've spent the last 13 years enlisted in the United States Air Force as a Low Observables/Aircraft Structural Maintenance technician. We are responsible for everything related to the structural health and repair of the airframe including corrosion control/prevention and coating system (paint) up keep. In recent years, with the addition of stealth platforms, we have taken on responsibilities with regards to the unique paint systems these jets require.
Smoking on all Air Force installations is banned in all areas except for designated tobacco areas (DTAs) and select base housing. I smoke once a day usually right around sunrise. I am 33 and the majority of our force is 18-24. Needless to say, my pipe smoking turns a lot of young heads.
j/B

 

[tyler]

Chemical engineer in the oil and gas industry.

 

[zachstorm]

Currently doing my 9-5 as a Civil Engineering technician, and in school for Mechanical Engineering. It's definitely cool to see the varying people that are part of the pipe community!

 

[echie]

I'm a programmer. Mostly backend (i.e., server stuff) in Python, though I'm currently writing an Android app (for pipe smokers! Can't wait to release it) - It's a fun change of pace
I can't smoke inside the office, but I've been finding the time to go downstairs for a pipe every now and then. I live in Amsterdam, so when it's sunny and/or not too windy, I walk up to a canal and have a bowl there. It's quite a treat! I have a 1-month-old baby at home, so I don't smoke there at all, which makes these breaks at work my main pipe smoking time, at the moment.
Nice thread

 

[rwramsey]

I retired one week ago today, prior to that I was as a labor/bargaining unit negotiator for the Department of Defense.

 

[jimbo69]

IT, as a senior systems engineer and senior security engineer for around 20 years or so. Being the only piper at work I do get strange looks. :puffpipe:

 

[alexnorth]

I'm an electrician working mid-sized construction sites. No time to smoke on the job. I like to relax with a bowl of quality tobacco during warm evenings on the balcony or in the garden.

 

[beefeater33]

I'm a 2nd shift supervisor for a large municipal wastewater plant. 5 years to retirement, counting them down! I can sneak out for a bowl now and then.............

 

[stickframer]

I'm on a framing crew mainly building multifamily housing. I love being outdoors everyday but it's too busy to smoke a pipe. As soon as I'm home though I kick back on the deck with coffee and a bowl.

 

[maxx]

My job is of absolutely no social significance whatsoever. Aside from that, I'm a self-published author of a Young Adult novel which I wrote years ago when living with a woman and her two boys (I have no kids, myself). I need to get started on another book, this time for adults. I'm a dabbler and a dilettante, immensely curious but surrounded by coworkers who wouldn't know a syllogism if it knocked them down.

I am no prophet — and here’s no great matter;

I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker,

And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker,

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/173476

 

[Sjmiller CPG]

Nothing. Don't play well with others to the extent that the government pays me to stay home. Seriously.

 

[lostandfound]

Construction. Various trades. I'm learning.

 

[davet]

Heat Treatment Technician, heat pipe, vessels etc. In refinery/power plants.

 

[huntertrw]

"I'm a 2nd shift supervisor for a large municipal wastewater plant."
That sentence, combined with your avatar, and all that I can think of is Willy Wonka and the "Chocolate Factory"!

 

[beefeater33]

That sentence, combined with your avatar, and all that I can think of is Willy Wonka and the "Chocolate Factory"!

Hunter- there are many parallels........... 8O

 

[webbie]

I've been a golf cart technician working in a large repair shop for 13 years. I get to sneak out for an hour long puff every day

 

[twoonefive]

I work in digital advertising.

 

[bigpond]

We do what non-smokers do but with élan, grace and style.

 

[smeigs]

Firefighter/EMT... Been doing that for the past 5 years. 15 more to go!! haha

 

[lawmax3]

Assistant Unit Operator at a Nuclear Plant