A question for the long time pipers.

[JustTroItIn]

The last few weeks have been a bit of a dry spell for me, both smoking and on the forums. Life got busy and lower priority items placed on the back burner. Riding the motorcycle during the summer also cuts into my pipe smoking as I normally have at least a bowl on the commute to work.

[Cool Breeze]

I'm not a long time piper by any stretch but I've already noticed lulls in my motivation to have a pipe or cigar.
I may have 2-3 bowls a day for a week, then I may go a week with none.

I'm that way with drinking too though. Some weeks I'll go through an 18 pack. Here lately I haven't really wanted any. I bought a 6 pack a month ago and 2 of them are still in the fridge.

It's all about what kind of mood I'm in and what I'm wanting at the moment.

Its natural I guess.

[DGErwin11]

I once went several days without picking up the pipe. But since I was in the hospital, that may not count.

[Alligator Gar]

Stopped when I was twenty and picked it back up 35 years later. How's that for a dry spell?

[Pavlov]

A couple of 10 year stints off for me.

At first, all I knew was Captain Black white. It smelled delightful in the pouch and even better when lit. I put the pipe down for something like a decade and never missed it.

In my second tryst with the pipe, I branched out to Captain Black gold and blue. I even tried out a few bulk aromatics from a local B&M. I know. Crazy. I still had my trusty meer-lined Dr. Grabow half-bent and spent a couple of years trying to find a way to enjoy more than the smell of the smoke. Many episodes of a scorched tongue later, I put it down again.

Fast forward another 10 years and I decided to pick it up once again. How does that old saying go? "The third time is the charm"? Yes, well this time I started with an MM cob and a pouch of Prince Albert. I discovered flavor. Next came other codger burly blends, then a smattering of virginias, vapers, english blends, and lakelands (yes I put them in their own category). I joined the old prickly fish site and did a newbie trade. That led to trading with various members there and trying everything I could stuff into my cob. Before long I discovered how to get free shipping from the online vendors. All you have to do is spend $95 . I took advantage of this great deal. A lot . I discovered TAD. I embraced TAD. And I am happy to be back and puffing again.

[Lostmason]

A couple of 10 year stints off for me.

back and puffing again.

Hi Pavlov,,Welcome to the Bum !

[bluenoser]

Lately I've only had the odd bowl in the truck on my way home from work. Mosquitoes are too thick here in the evening to go out for a bowl so if I don't get that bowl in in the truck I'm outta luck. Alot of hot days lately I find myself making a hell of a mess trying to load a bowl while the ac is pumping in the truck so I've only been getting a bowl in once a week or so lately (just on the odd day cool enough I can go without the sc to load one).

[Lostmason]

Lately I've only had the odd bowl in the truck on my way home from work. Mosquitoes are too thick here in the evening to go out for a bowl so if I don't get that bowl in in the truck I'm outta luck. Alot of hot days lately I find myself making a hell of a mess trying to load a bowl while the ac is pumping in the truck so I've only been getting a bowl in once a week or so lately (just on the odd day cool enough I can go without the sc to load one).

Try packing a bowl at 50+mph and lighting it with the windows down.I've gotten to where I like red lights and stop signs.

[bluenoser]

Yea mostly highway driving after I get it packed but a relight can be a pain at 65mph