What Makes a "Serious" Pipe Smoker?
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An occupation that I indulge in my free time for leisure, pleasure and satisfaction. It's serious business, what pipe to pick and what tobacco to smoke at that precise moment makes my hobby worthwhile. Give me a corncob with Captain Black forever and I would trash pipe smoking from my hobby list without any regrets.
Ah, ok, makes sense now. For me, it's not an occupation, nor is it relegated to free time.
Also, I realized I thought a hobby had to have organization (classic ones: stamps and coins) and a sense of completing a series. Or making something, as in woodworking or pottery, or collecting model planes or cars. But it probably doesn't.
It's just it doesn't fit my definition of "hobby".
Also, I realized I thought a hobby had to have organization (classic ones: stamps and coins) and a sense of completing a series. Or making something, as in woodworking or pottery, or collecting model planes or cars. But it probably doesn't.
It's just it doesn't fit my definition of "hobby".
This hobby is also something I do among other things. Oddly enough the sense of completing a series somehow exists as I really want to cut on the number of pipes I have and become more of a pipe smoker than a pipe collector. I also want to find my two or three pipe tobaccos I could relate to and depend on. The journey is more important than the destination as they say. I'm lucky enough to live in a time where pipe tobacco and quality pipes are available without having to pay high prices for it. That said, pipe clubs are good places to meet interesting people and some have called pipe smoking a hobby as well and a way of life.
If I'm not certified as a serious pipe smoker, does that mean I'll have to quit smoking my 6 to 8 bowls per day? When I'm interviewed about it, I must make certain to maintain a very serious look when answering questions.
Many of us are certifiable! At least I am.... Hopefully limited to a few realms, such as pipe smoking and good murder mysteries on Netflix and BBC.
I guess I'm not a serious pipe smoker then, I fail on most of these criteria. I will show myself out.
So could a serious pipe smoker who smokes x amount of bowls everyday be classed as addicted . People used to say I was a serious drinker,18 years into recovery it seems they were right.
You got a point, if by serious it means the amount of bowls a day, aka addiction, then I'll be a amateur/hobbyist all my life. I always prefer quality over quantity and pipe smoking is no exception. I' am a "serious pipe smoker" because I don't allow pipe tobacco to control my habits and my life. The moment I feel it's taking over, I stop for a few days to a week. Also the fact that I'm an outdoor smoker helps, especially in late fall and winter when I barely smoke at all.
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