How many times have you said .......

I have a 36 pipe rack ..... it's full. I have pipes in boxes, pipes in drawers, pipes in bags, pipes lying on my desk, pipes I have never smoked, pipes I never will smoke, pipes I have purchased that have still to reach my mailbox. When I first took up the hobby years ago, I thought 3 pipes would be plenty. Then I thought, I really should have one for each day of the week. Soon I picked up a 12 pipe rack and, well, you just can't have empty spaces on your rack. Soon I had overflow pipes and was looking for a larger rack. Then I found the 36 pipe rack and, well, you know what happened. Today I have decided that the saturation point has been reached. So, from this day forward, I will buy no more pipes. And this time, I mean it. Well, except maybe that Chacom I've had my eye on on Ebay ....... but after that....

There is no cure for PAD :)

I've got about 20 pipes right now. I just make a pipe rack with space for 39. I figure I've got some "room to grow" now.

I just found a pipe I bought six months ago. It was in the console of the Jeep. I was out looking for pipes yesterday at an antique shop. Thankfully they were out of stock but they had a million tobacco tins!

I just got to one for each day of the week! I've been putting quite a hurtin' on them this week, since the family has been away! :pipe:

I've 7 pipes,,3 that I smoke,,,one I'm working on,,,,,my antique Meerchaum,,and a cheap molded meer that is more for show than smoking.I didn't forget a stubby little nose warmer that is currently plugged and I'll work on that after I'm done with the other.

I vote to flag this thread! It is discriminating to me and all those who suffer from PAD. Shame on you. Tobias, take it down, I cannot handle this blasphemy!


...im so offended I think I'll go pipe shopping.. ;)

But seriously...I don't think I'll be done buying pipes any time soon. I only have around 15 pipes and have been in the pipe game for around 4 or 5 years...I'd say I'm holding back my PAD pretty well.

Yeah! No more pipes for me neither....unless you're selling.

I only have a couple anyways...like 1 or 3 or whatever...

I mean, we could all always use 1 more right? :p

I decided that once I get to a certain point, I will require myself to sell one pipe for every pipe I buy. Please don't tell me how naive I am; let me live with my delusions for a little longer...

A little while back I decided I would make a pipe rack for briar, and another for cobs. I gave away all the old racks, and sold the pipes that didn't fit in the new ones. Whenever I get new pipes I trade/sell the same number to keep consistent. I always leave one empty spot in case I'm gifted something, or I stumble upon an irresistible buy.

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Originally Posted by mooster

I decided that once I get to a certain point, I will require myself to sell one pipe for every pipe I buy. Please don't tell me how naive I am; let me live with my delusions for a little longer...

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You're not delusional.
My guess is you just haven't decided what that "certain point" is yet, eh?

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Originally Posted by Tobias Lutz

A little while back I decided I would make a pipe rack for briar, and another for cobs. I gave away all the old racks, and sold the pipes that didn't fit in the new ones. Whenever I get new pipes I trade/sell the same number to keep consistent. I always leave one empty spot in case I'm gifted something, or I stumble upon an irresistible buy.

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Hi Tobias,

I decided to give up smoking so to celebrate I bought a lovely old Barling and a few pounds of tobacco from Pipes & Cigars....Just in case.

The above line is mostly true, except I didn't end up quitting and I didn't get the Barling, though I tried, because someone else pressed Enter on BUY IT NOW a hairsbreadth before me. It was bang bang and I lost so I'm going to order more tobacco tonight and buy a pipe tomorrow and then quit smoking again so that I can buy some more pipes and tobaccos.

You're a smoker, not a collector so you'll gradually keep pipes by their smoking ability and then you'll lose count. Add a few more, Smokers always want to see how well the next pipe smokes so we do tend to keep acquiring even when need is long since satisfied. I admire your plan and fortitude, same as I had when I was about your age but that was long ago before I realized that quitting smoking was so much fun.

Pete

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Originally Posted by Nature

You're not delusional.
My guess is you just haven't decided what that "certain point" is yet, eh?

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Too true!

I'm slowly running out (actually quite fast) of pipes to sell off that will allow me to get more pipes. What is a piper supposed to do?!?!

I still remember telling my wife 3 yrs ago that I was only going to buy a few cobs. Told her they are cheap dont worry I am not going to start collecting pipes. She just rolled her eyes and said "yeh right". Well she was right. I do not know how many pipes I have but its probably close to 100. And once my next trade comes in over 10 lbs of tobacco. I did trade off a lot of cigars so I did get rid of something. Poor wifey, she stopped counting the pipes a while back.