mtvernon45
New Member
Posts: 32
First Name: Joe
Favorite Pipe: Randolph Ubben Commission
Favorite Tobacco: ‘90s-era Balkan Sobranie
Location:
|
Post by mtvernon45 on Feb 12, 2021 12:24:57 GMT -5
Good morning, pipers.
My name is Joe. I've been smoking pipes for over 25 years, beginning with my first pipe (a Peterson 309) purchased in Ireland when on a trip with family. I was 14, but let's keep that between us. Despite my face turning the color of a shamrock from a combination of my uncle's Captain Black Classic and my inexperience, I persisted.
I'm pretty much a one bowl a day smoker (since the start of Covid, that is - silver lining), and I eschew most aromatics in favor of Latakia-based and Virginia-based tobaccos.
Until recently, I had been on Facebook and a member of several groups there (Pipe Smokers of America, Old Codgers, Christian Pipe Smokers, Catholic Pipe Smoker's Den, Philosophical Gentlemen's Pipe Smokers, and Gentlemen's Pipe Smokers). I went by Tom Moore on Facebook, but I'm back to my real name here, Joe. After 13 years of daily Facebooking, I decided to hang up my Like button and sever all ties. I'm here because one of the things I miss the most about it was the good, positive, and helpful pipe groups I left behind. I'm looking forward to this forum helping to scratch that itch.
Well, that's about it. If you actually read all this, I have to wonder about you. But maybe not. Cheers!
|
|
|
|
Post by puffy on Feb 12, 2021 12:32:15 GMT -5
Welcome..Yes I read it all
|
|
|
|
Post by Ronv69 on Feb 12, 2021 12:34:57 GMT -5
Welcome to the Patch from Linden Texas! I'll read anything! 😜
|
|
|
|
Post by Plainsman on Feb 12, 2021 12:40:42 GMT -5
Sounds like you’ll fit in with this outfit just fine. A hearty welcome from the frigid High Plains of the western Nebraska Sandhills. Enjoy your stay.
|
|
|
|
Post by mrlunting on Feb 12, 2021 12:40:51 GMT -5
A warm welcome from Southern Ontario Canada. Facebook nothing - The briar patch +1. Glad you're here Joe!
|
|
|
|
Post by Darin on Feb 12, 2021 13:00:07 GMT -5
Welcome from AZ!  |
|
calabash
Full Member
Posts: 560
Favorite Pipe: Baki meerschaum, 1972 Dunhill
Favorite Tobacco: C & D Yorktown, Stokkebye Luxury Bullseye Flake, Gawith St James Flake
Location:
|
Post by calabash on Feb 12, 2021 13:06:52 GMT -5
Welcome from the Old Dominion
|
|
mtvernon45
New Member
Posts: 32
First Name: Joe
Favorite Pipe: Randolph Ubben Commission
Favorite Tobacco: ‘90s-era Balkan Sobranie
Location:
|
Post by mtvernon45 on Feb 12, 2021 13:14:26 GMT -5
Sounds like you’ll fit in with this outfit just fine. A hearty welcome from the frigid High Plains of the western Nebraska Sandhills. Enjoy your stay. Thanks very much! My mom was born in Ogallala and her roots go back to her great grandfather homesteading near Lexington. |
|
|
|
Post by Plainsman on Feb 12, 2021 13:16:19 GMT -5
Sounds like you’ll fit in with this outfit just fine. A hearty welcome from the frigid High Plains of the western Nebraska Sandhills. Enjoy your stay. Thanks very much! My mom was born in Ogallala and her roots go back to her great grandfather homesteading near Lexington. Big O is my supply town. I get in there every month or so. Now I know you're a good fit. |
|
|
|
Post by fadingdaylight on Feb 12, 2021 13:17:54 GMT -5
Welcome from a state of confusion! By all means, wonder, it won't help! Lol.
|
|
|
|
Post by taiguy66 on Feb 12, 2021 13:19:56 GMT -5
Welcome to the Patch from the PNW. Happy to have you! We’re a friendly bunch and always glad to meet another like minded person. Hope you’ll enjoy your time with us.
|
|
|
|
Post by Gandalf on Feb 12, 2021 13:28:57 GMT -5
Welcome to the Patch - from central Illinois
|
|
|
|
Post by Gypo on Feb 12, 2021 13:42:50 GMT -5
Welcome from Northern California
|
|
|
|
Post by mgtarheel on Feb 12, 2021 13:56:29 GMT -5
Welcome from "The Tarheel State"
|
|
|
|
Post by pepesdad1 on Feb 12, 2021 14:04:30 GMT -5
Welcome from central north Florida...misquito's with combat boots.
|
|
|
|
Post by terrapinflyer on Feb 12, 2021 14:26:51 GMT -5
Welcome to the Patch. Beware that you're more likely to contract an itch here than have one scratched.
|
|
mtvernon45
New Member
Posts: 32
First Name: Joe
Favorite Pipe: Randolph Ubben Commission
Favorite Tobacco: ‘90s-era Balkan Sobranie
Location:
|
Post by mtvernon45 on Feb 12, 2021 14:36:13 GMT -5
Welcome to the Patch from the PNW. Happy to have you! We’re a friendly bunch and always glad to meet another like minded person. Hope you’ll enjoy your time with us. Good to see you! I grew up on the water in Snohomish County. |
|
|
|
Post by urbino on Feb 12, 2021 18:55:25 GMT -5
Howdy, Joe. I'm a Facebook emigrant, too. Welcome.
|
|
|
|
Post by Yohanan on Feb 12, 2021 19:19:32 GMT -5
Hello Joe, and Welcome to the Forum!!!
|
|
|
|
Post by trailboss on Feb 12, 2021 20:17:12 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum, Joe!
I get leaving Facebook, the nonsense has gotten ridiculous. They constantly offer us at the Arizona Pipe Club, freebies to enlarge our audience. When we opt to do so, they let us know that the offer does not extend to smoking reprobates. It is just a matter of time until they send us packing.
I used to live in the Bay Area, and the last time I was in Lincoln I dropped loaded semi-trailers set up as commissaries for the cooks serving the fire crews.
Beautiful country!
|
|
|
|
Post by Scott W on Feb 12, 2021 20:25:57 GMT -5
Welcome!
|
|
|
|
Post by papipeguy on Feb 12, 2021 22:43:39 GMT -5
Welcome aboard. Enjoy your time with this lot. Great people here.
|
|
|
|
Post by CrustyCat on Feb 13, 2021 3:06:24 GMT -5
Hello and welcome. I grew up in that area. First the Loomis/Penryn area, then Auburn, and High School in Grass Valley. I now reside in the little town of Fernley, NV. About 30 miles east of Reno.
|
|
|
|
Post by just ol ed on Feb 13, 2021 10:10:12 GMT -5
adding my greets/welcome from 50miles East of Buffalo, NY. The only one here from that area (bummer as nobody close who can decifer much of WIN10). No aros here either, been a latakia nut-job for past 15yrs. All 53 misc pipes have lucite stems, easy-care my motto. Like above folks, a joy to be here & at the chat late evenings in Eastern zone
Ed Duncan, Batavia, NY
pipe/cigar since '62
so old, telling time with a calendar works
|
|
mtvernon45
New Member
Posts: 32
First Name: Joe
Favorite Pipe: Randolph Ubben Commission
Favorite Tobacco: ‘90s-era Balkan Sobranie
Location:
|
Post by mtvernon45 on Feb 13, 2021 10:55:57 GMT -5
All 53 misc pipes have lucite stems, easy-care my motto. I don’t mind the feel of vulcanite, but hot dog, for maintenance purposes you can’t beat the lucite/acrylic. I’m just happy I’m not one of those who are put off by the mouth feel. |
|
|
|
Post by taiguy66 on Feb 13, 2021 11:40:55 GMT -5
Seems to me you’ve fit right in Joe! Again, welcome to the Patch family.😁👍
|
|
|
|
Post by Gypo on Feb 13, 2021 15:12:38 GMT -5
Just rolled 9808 feet right through Lincoln. All nighter getting ready to light the pipe and drive home!
|
|
mtvernon45
New Member
Posts: 32
First Name: Joe
Favorite Pipe: Randolph Ubben Commission
Favorite Tobacco: ‘90s-era Balkan Sobranie
Location:
|
Post by mtvernon45 on Feb 13, 2021 15:19:40 GMT -5
Just rolled 9808 feet right through Lincoln. All nighter getting ready to light the pipe and drive home! Rolled? I’m not familiar with that term. |
|
|
|
Post by Gypo on Feb 13, 2021 15:26:35 GMT -5
Work as a freight conductor and my run is Roseville to Dunsmuir.
|
|
|
|
Post by urbino on Feb 13, 2021 15:38:59 GMT -5
Just rolled 9808 feet right through Lincoln. All nighter getting ready to light the pipe and drive home! Rolled? I’m not familiar with that term. Nightking's real name is Casey Jones. |
|
