Hello from Portland

[fastnbulbous]

Hello All,

I had been lurking on the former Puff for over 2 years. Learned a ton about cigars and my cigar situation is relatively stabilized. Just picked up Pipe smoking and have been loving it, although I have only smoked 5 or so bowls so far. Been lurking quite a bit on this forum as well. I figured I should finally join instead of just reading.

I have two youngin's so I usually only get to smoke once or twice a week, but make a pretty good effort to make that happen.

First time on any forum so we will see how this works.

Looking forward to chatting with everyone.

[jhedrick83]

Welcome to the Bum! We have an awesome group here!

[Zeede]

Welcome and greetings!

[Nature]

Welcome Adam!
Glad you decided to join in.
Nice to have you.

[Sweet Cigars]

Welcome to the streets ya bum!

[UncleFesterESQ]

Bem-vindo!

There are no stupid questions here and people go out of their way to help!

[Tobias Lutz]

Welcome to the party, Adam!

[AlanS]

Welcome to the Cigar Bum from a fellow Portlander! Enjoy

[Bowtech4ever]

:welcome: Welcome aboard, glad to have ya!

[Lynn]

Welcome to the bum...expect to have fun...

[Branzig]

Welcome!

Glad ya joined us!

[Bruck]

Welcome, Adam! There are no stupid questions ...but don't take that as a challenge :)

I'm fairly noobular in the pipe world myself - started doing it in earnest last year.

[elgordoloco]

Welcome aboard

[Horseshoe]

Welcome to the Forum Adam! Some great people here, and I am sure you will feel right at home.

[Lostmason]

Hiya Adam Welcome !! Put your floaties on, it gets deep in here,,,:pipe:

[BryGuySC]

Welcome, Adam!
Glad you have you!

[Desertlifter]

Welcome! Washington is my home, Portland my playground. Love the Rose City, except for the evil Timbers.

[gordo1473]

Welcome to the mad house

[BLESKOP]

Welcome Adam :welcome:

[fastnbulbous]

I also posted this in cigars, but...) Thanks for the welcomes. The response has been great. I always loved the community on this board while reading it. All or most of the interactions were with knowledge in mind. I love gaining knowledge. Teach me Teach me!!

I just started with pipes. I have 3 so far. 1 Cob, 1 from a basket, and 1 Churchwarden which I have not tried yet. The basket pipe has a decent cake on i, but it was rough going the first couple of smokes. I have had a few good bowls though, with only a few relights towards the end. I like pipes better than cigars for now, because it new and there seems to be a little more ritual involved, which I like. The shorter time commitment helps. I have just smoked house brands (I think) from the local tobacco shops. A few aros and a couple of straight blends. Still getting used to the lingo. I will probably head towards the straighter blends, but we will see.

I see at least 1 Portlander responded, I am guessing there are more on the board, since it seems like a very smoke friendly place (relatively speaking). Looking forward to learning stuff!

[Haebar]

Thanks for joining us Adam! This is the friendliest forum on pipes that I have found. Check out the Newbie Sampler Trade for Pipes: http://www.cigarbum.com/forum/showthread.php?835-Newbie-Sampler-Trade-for-Pipes