About the only puttering that works for me, where my hands are occupied but free for smoking as well, is posting on Forums. I will occasionally watch TV or read something else. Often I just smoke the pipe, with nothing else, or get involve with something else and stop smoking the pipe. Cooking? Never. Home projects, I'm too hyper focused. Not with driving. Only a little with walking, find it breaks the rhythm and distracts from observing the passing scene. Johnny one-note.