From: ????????????????
Subject: a little over a year ago.....

Greetings fellow smokers,

I haven't posted in awhile, but i realized that I've been on this mailing
list for over a year now. Time flies when your having fun. I have been a
cigar smoker for three years now and I have tried many types of cigars, and
have  had a few Cubans (when I got lucky enough to  procure them) and love
all the "toys" associated with them.  I have many friends that smoke them and
I have introduced a few people to the art of cigar smoking.

But now, I turn to you. I regularly read the PD and have heard many different
things about pipes, both positive and negative.  Tobacco and the types of
tobacco people prefer......And yes, It's time that I try a pipe. But since
I'm just beginning, I don't know where to start........obviously a pipe. I'm
 not interested in going out and spending a fortune either. I just want the
basics, so whoever out there  is willing to school a brand spanking new pipe
smoker (who has yet to smoke a pipe) I will greatly appreciate the
information  on what to buy...........
thank you very much................
And Steve keep up with the PD, I want to be able to post messages for years
to come.

andy marc  (????????????????)
"Sanity is the playground for the unimaginative"

[ Steve Beaty has put together a sub-page of http://www.pipes.org that
addresses this very problem.  Have a look! -S. ]


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