Post by turbocat on Mar 18, 2022 2:22:03 GMT -5
Hi everyone,
I have lurked here more than a few times and thought it was time to jump in. I am in metro-Detroit in Michigan. I bought my first pipe and tobacco when I was rather young in 1982. I remember the pipe was a Dr. Grabow on the cardboard display in a party store that is no longer there, but I can't remember the tobacco for sure. It was either Holiday or Kentucky Club Mixture.
I didn't start regularly smoking a pipe until 1984 and in 1987 I switched to cigarettes. In 2011 I started smoking a pipe again (I had quit the cigs) and it has brought me so much enjoyment since. I love tobacco, all varieties and I have an extensive cellar that I rotate through depending on taste and mood. I'm smoking GH Whiskey Twist in a Pioneer Calabash as I type this.
The pipe/tobacconist presence used to be substantial in my area in the 1980's, but when I started back up, I found it was mostly gone and today almost entirely. Time marches on but it leaves me a bit melancholic that so much has changed. Many people on YT started making me feel less alone with this hobby and I was happy to see this site. It's nice to find a place where pipe smokers gather.
Ted
I have lurked here more than a few times and thought it was time to jump in. I am in metro-Detroit in Michigan. I bought my first pipe and tobacco when I was rather young in 1982. I remember the pipe was a Dr. Grabow on the cardboard display in a party store that is no longer there, but I can't remember the tobacco for sure. It was either Holiday or Kentucky Club Mixture.
I didn't start regularly smoking a pipe until 1984 and in 1987 I switched to cigarettes. In 2011 I started smoking a pipe again (I had quit the cigs) and it has brought me so much enjoyment since. I love tobacco, all varieties and I have an extensive cellar that I rotate through depending on taste and mood. I'm smoking GH Whiskey Twist in a Pioneer Calabash as I type this.
The pipe/tobacconist presence used to be substantial in my area in the 1980's, but when I started back up, I found it was mostly gone and today almost entirely. Time marches on but it leaves me a bit melancholic that so much has changed. Many people on YT started making me feel less alone with this hobby and I was happy to see this site. It's nice to find a place where pipe smokers gather.
Ted
