I feel inadequate.
I have less than a dozen pipes and even less tobacco. At least I don't have to hide it from the wife. ?
I have less than a dozen pipes and even less tobacco. At least I don't have to hide it from the wife. ?
You Have Over 50 Pipes?!
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Keep going. you'll get to hiding level too ?
BROBS, moving takes several days. Moving in can take months or decades! Good luck. Guard, keep track, of your pipes and stash of leaf; losing something will dog you for a long time.
I still haven't found all my books and pocket knives from last time I moved 3 years ago! It upsets me greatly.
I must be one of the very few guys whose wife doesn't mind and has encouraged me to have a nice collection.
Hiding alcohol, they say, is a sign of being a fun guy.There's space where I hide the whisky.
Could also be the sign of a nascent alcoholic! But who knows?
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And making alcohol is a sign of being a fungi. ?
My wife doesn't smoke but was a Camels and Galoise smoker for years. She's bought me some of my favorite pipes and has an uncanny talent for buying good blends for me. In pipes, she bought my first churchwarden (in avatar) and my first Oom-Paul/Hungarian, and my largest freehand and largest over all.
I have a lot of fun, giving my wife shit about her squawking. But, I'm really very lucky. In reality, she encourages my smoking, and lately she has been picking me up fistfuls of cigars each week. But, it's just so much more fun to bash our sig-others to the guys. I mean, who wants to have the buck stop with them? Having someone else be the one who keeps us in line is so much more fun. I mean, where is the fun setting around with our friends bragging about how our wife leaves us alone? Ha ha. Nope, that's no fun at all. It's way more fun to be the butt of our Love's authority.
My wife has always completely ignored my pipe smoking. In fact, I can't recall her ever saying anything about it whatsoever.
Totes of tins and stacks of jars in the closet - no comment.
Pipe collection in the hall cabinet - no comment.
Charges to our shared credit card and packages delivered - no comment.
Wash out a pipe in the kitchen sink while she's standing right next to me - no comment.
It's like she's never even noticed.
It didn't strike me as odd before but typing it out now does make it feel somewhat strange. I only smoke about 1-3 bowls a week, don't smoke inside, and rarely smoke around other people which probably helps foster the "nonissue" attitude that she seems to have about the whole thing. I can't exactly brag about her support of the hobby but it could be worse I guess.
Totes of tins and stacks of jars in the closet - no comment.
Pipe collection in the hall cabinet - no comment.
Charges to our shared credit card and packages delivered - no comment.
Wash out a pipe in the kitchen sink while she's standing right next to me - no comment.
It's like she's never even noticed.
It didn't strike me as odd before but typing it out now does make it feel somewhat strange. I only smoke about 1-3 bowls a week, don't smoke inside, and rarely smoke around other people which probably helps foster the "nonissue" attitude that she seems to have about the whole thing. I can't exactly brag about her support of the hobby but it could be worse I guess.
My wife would support me if I wanted to wear a purple pimp hat and a speedo.. but somehow pipe smoking is a struggle at times.
Have you tried combining all three?
Pics or it didn't happen....
I recently sold off a bunch of my pipes which would keep the number of pipes in stock to stay around 60. I feel that 60 artisan pipes to be a manageable number. Give or take a few pipes won't make much of a big difference in the grand scheme of things.
I don't think in the large scheme of things. that a number like 60 plus pipes will make a big deterrence in the over all world of pipe collecting.
I don't think in the large scheme of things. that a number like 60 plus pipes will make a big deterrence in the over all world of pipe collecting.
I tried this approach and barely made it out alive. No more tobacco or pipe purchases for me for a very, very long time... and lucky I don't have to downsize by a thousand (or more) tins.
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