Post by xjking on Aug 22, 2018 15:38:02 GMT -5
XJ:
My friendly advice....get yourself a nice estate pipe, some nice tobacco, and learn how to smoke a pipe. There's nothing like it. It will take some practice, but once you get the hang of it, you'll sit back and savor those moments of blissful solitude and serenity. Cigarettes literally stink, and kill....cheroots cost a fortune....ahhhh, but a pipe and tobacco costs very little and the pipe will last until YOU return to ashes.
Seriously, you'll never know how great a pipe is to smoke until you try it. You will have an infinite selection of tobaccos, blends, mixtures, and pipes to choose from. Don't complicate your life. Choose something to smoke, and do it. Refurbished estate pipes can cost under 50 bucks, and some nice tobacco is really cheap too. Check out some pipe-sellers, eBay, etc. for estate pipes, and do a search for tobacco sellers. Marry the two, and you're off and running. But really endeavor to learn the correct way to smoke a pipe.
I also urge you to watch all the many great videos on pipe-smoking, selection of tobaccos, and pipe and tobacco reviews on You-Tube. The information that's out there is fantastic, and very helpful. None of this access to information even existed when I started to smoke a pipe back in 1966. I learned more about pipe-smoking and tobaccos from these You-Tube videos in one year than I learned through all these years that are now behind me. Get smart right from the beginning, and avoid the grief.
So.....join the coterie of men, and women, that have learned how to relax from Life's vexations. Learn how to kick back, and disappear in a cloud of self-generated, aromatic smoke. Check out from harsh reality. Create your own "safe space" where wives can't nag, and kids can't scream. Turn on, tune in, and drop out. Go off by yourself, seek solitude, be peaceful, and catch the threads of vanishing dreams.
BTW....Welcome to the forum.
Frank
NYC
