NAILED IT! NAILED IT! NAILED IT!!! People who don’t understand pipe smoking, just DON’T UNDERSTAND PIPE SMOKING!!! There are those, like my wife, who will ALWAYS be closed minded to pipe smoking. They don’t want to even attempt to understand why we enjoy smoking a pipe so much, the joy and relaxation that it brings to us. The process you described of the choices we make about which pipe, which tobacco, that process brings us great joy. I have ALWAYS loved a camp fire. With a pipe, I always carry around my own little personal campfire in my pocket to satisfy the pyromaniac in me! I have given up trying to make the haters understand our pipe smoking mentality! I just tell them to bugger off, as I strike a match!😉. GREAT video, my dear friend!🥷🏼🙏❤️
Thanks Cliff!! You could not say it better my friend!!! Thanks so much. Now I must ask what is the person campfire you keep in your pocket??? Thanks so much Cliff Mike
A lovely chat my’ol Mike 😊👍👍 Its true of most of us…smoking a pipe…helps thinking and reflection…and is calming, relaxing and restful for the soul too 😄😉💨💨💨
You make a lot of excellent points as to what makes smoking a pipe such a pleasure. You are of course preaching to the converted but it’s a good exercise to take stock of positives in our “guilty” pleasure. If a few of our world leaders and great movers and shakers sat down and smoked a pipe whilst reflecting on their decision making, I’m sure the world would emerge a better place. Sincere happy smokes my old mate.
Hi John!! I often have thought the same thing. If they stopped to smoke a pipe first to consider all their options can you even imagine how things might be better. Thanks so much John my friend:0)
Fantastic description! I would also say in a day/age where electronics rule our day to day lives having a pipe is one of those things that there is no need for any electronics, no tv, no phone. It’s quite wonderful really!
The book comparison is good. Because until someone reads a book that really draws them in, they can't imagine why you would sit and read for hours when you could just watch a movie. Happy Thanksgiving brother
Love this video. I love smoking a pipe because the aroma is sensory, the pipe is tactile, the smoke is visual, the choosing, packing, lighting, and tamping is ritual. The setting is relational, and the experience allows for thought, rest, and appreciation of life.
The ritual of pipe smoking is what initially drew me in. Watching my father pick his pipe, then his tobacco. He could pack the bowl with one hand by pushing it into the tobacco pouch while sipping coffee with his other hand. It was just so neat to watch as a kid. Anyway, great video. Hope you're not up to your neck in snow. Cheers.
Hey thanks for stopping by. I hope you stick around my friend. The frog and toad is pretty neat. I’m very proud of my little pub. Thanks so much again Mike
What a great video, Mike! I don’t know how I missed this, was thinking it had been a long time since I saw any videos from you. I really miss the pipe and ritual, hope I can still enjoy it again in the future. What an example of how screwed up our world is with your hotel incident. It’s such insanity. Hope to talk again soon buddy!
Nice looking pipe, I also embrace the full pipe smoking experience, for me it is also very relaxing and is something I look forward to after supper. Cheers Paul
@@oldmanthingspipes The time of the year doesn’t matter much. I only really get to smoke on the weekends, plus the Wife is still not really enthused about my new hobby.
I think you are right. Tobacco in general is considered evil. What a world that we live in when smoking marijuana is okay but smoking tobacco is wrong. Go figure.
Hey Mike, Always good to see you! Amen on smoking a pipe! You mentioned your Churchill blend? If correct is this your blend? Thank you for sharing! Be well!
Idk what I’m doing wrong if anything but mine always goes out if I’m not constantly puffing on my pipe (letting it sit there any longer than 10 seconds and it seems to wanna go out)
@@colbybartz5489email me (address is in my about this channel) and I can try and give you some advice. But the odds are it’s just the pipe and tobacco. Thanks so much for watching and commenting. I really appreciate it my friend Mike
😅😅 "stupid pipe channel!" 😅 Folks that have never truly experienced just don't get it. It brings pleasure and solace. I don't smoke when I'm sick and have no problem, it's been 40 years and still going!
Don't we do it to irritate our wives ? Well put mike, I see why u built the frog and toad its a nice place to get away. You should tell people your going to your weekend cottage, Because in a way it is a retreat. Now all you need to do next spring is dig yourself a pond with some fish and frogs, and a waterfall. I will bring you some frogs, have tons on a property , sometimes thousands, when u cut grass they commit harry Carry under the lawnmower, I try to avoid them but they jump under.
@@oldmanthingspipes I think the older we get the more it bothers us, I tell myself that a bird will eat the frog and something always eats them . Lately when I hunt the squirrels ain't even bothered by me I can get within a few yards and they don't sound off or nothing, that land has a ton of squirrels. They are wild and don't have any human interaction except if I'm around, very strange behavior.
