What I Dislike About Smoking a Pipe

[gord]

Gurgling, filters, a lousy packing job and interruptions of any kind. And I have learned (and am still learning), in one way in another, I am in control of all of these.

How about you? What ticks you off about your sessions? Love to know!

 

[Manawydan]

I don't like accidentally tipping the stem down on my Peterson System Spigot and having the accumulated moisture hit my mouth.

I don't like gurgling, though it happens infrequently for me now.

I don't like lighting a pipe in the wind. By any means. It's just annoying.

I don't like having to stop midway due to some external interruption (like work).

I don't like that many talk of unicorn blends with such reverence (Penzance anyone?) and they aren't available to me to try.

I really don't like that brick-and-mortar pipe stores are a dying breed. It is incredibly hard for me to see and touch new pipes or just browse new blends in person. End up having to do as much research as I can online and then throw a dart.

And all of that having been said, I *love* smoking my pipes.

 

[Fuelman]

Wind! It seems like every time I want to smoke it decides to be windy. The other times it’s interruptions. I’m lucky I get to smoke at all.

 

[shanez]

I don't like that I have to pay for my pipes and tobacco. I'm good with everything else.

 

[K.E. Powell]

There isn't much that I do not like. If pipe smoking annoyed me too easily, then I would have given it up a long time ago.

That being said, I hate when a small piece of tobacco finds its way into the draft hole and blocks airflow. With a army mounted pipe, this is an easy problem to solve, but with more traditional pipes the difficulty depends on how easily I can fish a pipe cleaner through the stem and to the draft hole; I am wary of removing the stem when the pipe is warm for obvious reasons.

And every now and then, even with a perfect pack and light, one's taste buds act fussily and ruin what would have been a good smoke. C'est la vie.

 

[BingBong]

The rare occasion when I burn my tongue and keep going anyway, to my detriment, then have to desist until I've recovered. Like I did last night.

 

[gord]

I don't like that I have to pay for my pipes and tobacco. I'm good with everything else.

You're lucky you live Stateside If you lived in BC you'd really be in a pickle!!

 

[warren]

I smoke the pipe, it doesn't control me or make me mad or disappointed. And, I don't have sessions, I light up, go to workin', sit back and read, or whatever I want. If I get a gurgle, go ahead and gurgle. Relights? They happen. A bad bowl is always my fault. If it's bad enough, I'll empty it and start over. The pipe is an inanimate object, handmade indeed, but it's simply a receptacle for tobacco, No point in getting "ticked off." I just try to remedy the situation and move along. No point in wasting emotion. I guess some see the pipe as some sort of competition either against other smokers or, even, simply themselves. I don't view it that way.

 

[Fuelman]

I smoke the pipe, it doesn't control me or make me mad or disappointed. And, I don't have sessions, I light up, go to workin', sit back and read, or whatever I want. If I get a gurgle, go ahead and gurgle. Relights? They happen. A bad bowl is always my fault. If it's bad enough, I'll empty it and start over. The pipe is an inanimate object, handmade indeed, but it's simply a receptacle for tobacco, No point in getting "ticked off." I just try to remedy the situation and move along. No point in wasting emotion. I guess some see the pipe as some sort of competition either against other smokers or, even, simply themselves. I don't view it that way.

We can always count on you for a wise voice of reason.

 

[keith929]

People who feel it's their appointed duty to complain about my pipe smoking OUTDOORS !

 

[Fuelman]

People who feel it's their appointed duty to complain about my pipe smoking OUTDOORS !

And they are 2 streets over.

 

[gord]

I smoke the pipe, it doesn't control me or make me mad or disappointed. And, I don't have sessions, I light up, go to workin', sit back and read, or whatever I want. If I get a gurgle, go ahead and gurgle. Relights? They happen. A bad bowl is always my fault. If it's bad enough, I'll empty it and start over. The pipe is an inanimate object, handmade indeed, but it's simply a receptacle for tobacco, No point in getting "ticked off." I just try to remedy the situation and move along. No point in wasting emotion. I guess some see the pipe as some sort of competition either against other smokers or, even, simply themselves. I don't view it that way.

I am working towards your position indeed! As is shouted out in the concert hall after a remarkable perforance, "Bravo! Bravo!"

 

[crashthegrey]

Nothing. I smoke a pipe to not be annoyed.

 

[gord]

I forgot to mention in my original post here, that I am also not exactly enamored with pre-carboned bowls, either. Taking a step to warren's position which I will now try to emulate, I think he would say "Well then, don't buy them!" Salut.

 

[gord]

Nothing. I smoke a pipe to not be annoyed.

Another voice of reason and another to listen to! I'm still a bit too mercurial, but I think enough failures will temper my steel, eh?

 

[crashthegrey]

Another voice of reason and another to listen to! I'm still a bit too mercurial, but I think enough failures will temper my steel, eh?

Yeah, just try to learn from failures and let it roll off of you. Try, being the important word.

 

[Christos D. Tsatsaronis]

The bite.

 

[gord]

The bite.

Wow. I thought that by the time you get to be a "lifer" on this forum, that'd not be a problem. Now I know!

 

[OzPiper]

The price of tobacco here in Oz
And the fact a lot of retailers won’t or aren’t allowed to ship to Oz.

 

[gord]

The price of tobacco here in Oz
And the fact a lot of retailers won’t or aren’t allowed to ship to Oz.

Not likely to get any better anywhere in this madness going on everywhere. You have my sympathies.