Hi Everybody!

[Mr Beardsley]

Welcome! Pull up a chair and enjoy a VaPer

[Middle Earth]

Greetings and Salutations from the Springfield Plateau
Great intro

[Kevin Keith]

Welcome! Pull up a chair and enjoy a VaPer

VaPer is ok by me, so is VaBur, but @Ruffinogold , the Mayor, has strict ordinances regarding the use of “toby “ or “baccy “ or any other cutsey names for the Gift which our Creator has generously bestowed upon us!

[Kevin Keith]

And welcome to PSF Rob

[Ruffinogold]

This is my first day. Here's all the no-nonsense info there is to know about me:

I retired in June from 25 years as a University professor in western Pennsylvania, and moved to NC.

I started my pipe smoking in 1983. (I started cigarettes in 1977 and couldn't get rid of them until 2011)
My dad didn't smoke a pipe but both my grandfathers did. One had Dunhills and smoked Latakia blends, one had Grabows and Kaywoodies and smoked nothing but Velvet.
I moonlighted part time in a tobacco shop in about 85-87, and learned a ton.
I have gone through periods where I was obsessive about pipe maintenance, as though I was preparing them for sale after each smoke - even though I have never sold a pipe.
I have gone through periods where I was that guy who smokes the same tobacco in the same pipe for three days.
Right now I sit somewhere in between.
I have about 60 pipes (it's an accumulation, not a collection.) Some nice (Upshalls, Charatans, one Castello), some "modest" (yay EA Carey), but Petes and Stanwells are the most represented on my racks.
I have never spent the money on a handmade artisan pipe, and probably never will.
Once I could afford to buy what I wanted, I set out to get some of the great "factory" pipes of the 70s and 80s that I fell in love with but were out of my reach at the time.
About 80% of what I smoke are Virginias and Virginia/Periques. And being a complete snob, I despise the portmanteau "Vaper."
I'm looking forward to being here and getting to know some of you. Maybe I'll recognize some of you from the old smokersforums.co.uk?

Rob

So , you're a Vaper smoker

Im with ya . The term " Baccy " bugs the shit out of me for some reason . Pipe smoking as a hobby , Ive never understood how that works . Its amazing to me that you picked Rob NC , as there is an NCrobb here also . I guess its a N. Carolina thing
So , how far west are you . I m a few miles from the extreme west North Carolina , very close to murphy , though on the Georgia side squeezed next to Tennessee

Welcome and glad to have you , Sir

[Mr Beardsley]

Welcome! Pull up a chair and enjoy a VaPer

VaPer is ok by me, so is VaBur, but @Ruffinogold , the Mayor, has strict ordinances regarding the use of “toby “ or “baccy “ or any other cutsey names for the Gift which our Creator has generously bestowed upon us!

And don't forget the elusive VaOr

[Kevin Keith]

Welcome! Pull up a chair and enjoy a VaPer

VaPer is ok by me, so is VaBur, but @Ruffinogold , the Mayor, has strict ordinances regarding the use of “toby “ or “baccy “ or any other cutsey names for the Gift which our Creator has generously bestowed upon us!

And don't forget the elusive VaOr

[Ruffinogold]

Welcome! Pull up a chair and enjoy a VaPer

VaPer is ok by me, so is VaBur, but @Ruffinogold , the Mayor, has strict ordinances regarding the use of “toby “ or “baccy “ or any other cutsey names for the Gift which our Creator has generously bestowed upon us!

" Cutsey " ... yeah man , we're men here for petes sake ! I mean , why not call tobacco ... Toby ... lol . I swear , its no wonder testosterone levels have gone down 30 percent in 30 years or whatever it is [ something I read recently ] ... cutsey is the culprit . Man buns may not be helping either , though Im not sure

[mrpipster]

No @Ruffinogold No. Man buns are not helping.

[ncrobb]

Well @Rob NC , welcome from ncrobb. What part of the state are you in? I’m in Troutman, most of the time.