I’ve never gotten in trouble for smoking my pipe, but I did get in trouble at a hotel once. I was at like a Holiday Inn or Hilton some nonsense in Nashville and I went to a local tobacco store that day and had a pipe with the guys there. I went back to the hotel and dropped my pipes off and went about my day. At check out the following day they wanted to hit me with a smoking fine because the cleaning staff saw my pipes and tobacco jars. It took a lot of arguing and management and getting involved, but ultimately they could not prove that I smoked in there. One of their arguments was just having my pipe and the tobacco in there was the same as smoking, which I told them was “ridiculous“ (you know what I really mean). and no I did not pay any fines.
I played baseball as a 12 year old back in the early 80s in North Carolina. The coaches smoked, the umpires smoked, the parents smoked and a lot of us child players chewed tobacco or dipped snuff. Sometimes time out was called and the coaches and umpire would gather together to discuss game rules over a smoke. Everyone remained calm and nobody complained about smoke. Non smokers just dealt with it. I miss those days.
Great story! Definitely different times. I understand the need to change certain rules over the years, but when you’re outdoors in a public space, it seems a little odd.
I smoke all the time. I once, without thinking, walked into my local grocery store with a lit pipe in my mouth. I was deep in thought but did notice a couple of sideway glances. Finally a older lady who worked there came up to me and said “I’m sorry but you can’t smoke in here”. I covered the bowl with my hand and apologized profusely. As I was walking out to put the pipe in my truck she added “I love the smell, it reminds me of my father”. She was as nice as she could be. Every time I’ve seen her since she comments on how much she loves the smell of a pipe and how rare it is to see people smoking them these days.
What a great experience! Glad she was so kind. I had a friend pull out a cigarette in class back in high school but fortunately realized what he was doing just before he got it lit.
I have only been smoking for two months, and my wife and I went on a little get-away for a couple nights about my second week into smoking. I was so excited about smoking that I took a couple pipes and tins with me. We went out to eat one night at a pizza joint that had outdoor seating and games (cornhole, jenga), and I really thought it would be cool to eat some pizza and fire up a bowl. So I decided - why not, and asked the owner if he’d mind if I smoked my pipe at my table, and he said “Sure - just make sure your downwind of people.” I was very surprised and quite happy about it! It was only about my 10th bowl ever, and there I was sitting outside a public restaurant smoking a pipe. I was loving it!
A little league coach of mine was constantly smoking a pipe. Standing on 3rd base line with an old billiard sticking out of his mouth puffing away. Of course this was the early 80's. His choice of smoke was Captain Black. I loved the smell of it...and cigars. He's one of the reasons I took up the pipe much later on in life. Fond memories.
Sometimes people and be buttholes. I have had people come and stand next to me and say that the smoke is bothering them. I am standing by myself and she comes next to me and says that the smoke is bothering her. I simply said, “don’t stand next to me. Go back to wear you were standing and keep your commentary to yourself.” I did say it politely. that whole encounter could have been prevented if she would have stayed where she was. Some people cannot help being a butthole! Continue to enjoy the pipe smoke!
Going for walks or watching my daughter's softball games, I've never had a negative comment. I try to be thoughtful in my locations. Usually get the same response - we love the smell.. 🤠
You handled it differently than I would have. Sorry you had to go through that. When I’m out in public I smoke aromatics and I always get compliments. One person even asked it he could smell the tin.
Titled: Smoking Encounter I'm allot older than you. When I grew up, everyone smoked openly and everywhere. In the house, in the car, in stores, and at work. In my office each desk came standard with an ashtray. Then on January 2, 2008, my state started the Smoke-Free Act. I was with my friend, who was a 2 pack a day smoker, and we went to Lowes Hardware. The check out line had about 12 people in it, and we were at the end of the line. My friend naturally, as he had done all of his life, takes out a cigerette and lights it. All of a sudden we hear this woman screaming at the top of her lungs. The cashier came running from behind the register, shaking her fist in the air as she passed each person in line. I'm thinking, "Oh God, some one is robbing the store..?" She runs up to my friend screaming in his face, "STOP, STOP, put that thing out, your breaking the law, and I'm going to call the police if you don't immediately put that out..!" It was very humiliating. For my whole life I have been a law abiding citizen, and a day later I was a criminal. It was obvious the cashier wanted to have authority over some one, and couldn't wait for the chance to use it. It appears today that there will be more laws, and more laws that will effect everyone. ugh..!
Sorry that it had to be such a scene. Seems an odd situation to “warrant” such a reaction. A classmate of mine in high school took out a cigarette in art class and almost lit it before he realized what he was doing. Fortunately, no one else saw what he was doing.
Have been smoking a pipe for over 30 years. Think you handled this situation perfectly and the small ding in your pride was worth a fortune in gold the way you turned it into a teachable event for your teenager! Just subscribed to your show and am looking forward to seeing more. Hope you and your family are safe and well. God bless and thank you.
I’ve never been scolded for my pipe, but regardless whether the ump was correct re the rules of the locale, nothing good ever came from arguing with an ump😂 Good onya.
Never been called out for enjoying my pipe, but usually don’t smoke in “public” places. I do appreciate you sharing how you handled it. The request was silly, but the ump was the authority in that area at that time. As a high school teacher, I also appreciate you sharing that with your son. Good to see a video from you today!
Thank you! My wife is a teacher and the stories I hear about the kids today are mind blowing. Authority is authority no matter how old you are or what you think you’re entitled to.
I think it was 1995 or 1996. We were on holiday in Greece and were on the beach. It wasn't very busy. So I lit a pipe. After I received a few compliments about the smell, the longer we stayed I also received angry looks about the fact that I smoked there. While there was still plenty of smoking back then. Since we are becoming a “dying breed” in the new non-smoking generation, I think resistance will increase. Greetings from the Netherlands 👋
Never had that happen to me but most of my “public” piping has been in parks and forests so most people aren’t around. Def a great teaching moment. And teenager giving you that guff? My 8 year old has been Doing that for years. I am praying the teenager years are smoother….buuuutttt I doubt it will be!
Sorry that you got scolded, my friend! Yeah, that be embarrassing, but you handled it well, and made a good teaching moment with your son. Great job, brother!
I can’t smoke very often, so I rarely am tempted to try smoking my pipe away from my home. Though I would be crashed getting called out like that 😆 great to see you. Happy smokes!
Good job on how you handled this and the teaching moment! I’ve not run into this yet - but hope to react in the same manner. And I think it would behoove us all as pipe smokers to simply be agreeable when smoking in public - it would go a long way in improving our image. It is strange though that we are more often than not lumped in with cigarette smokers and not cigar smokers?! Good stuff - thanks for sharing!
Honestly, cigarette smokers have ruined it for everyone. It's a completely different thing, but we all have to pay the consequence. Sorry that happened to you though. It sucks. My kids are athletes and most facilities around here don't allow smoking at all. I conform so I don't bring attention to my kids, etc. Sounds like you did the same thing which was probably the right choice.
I always have to go for a walk and find a nice park or spot for my pipe and not very often I get approached however I really try to watch others...some compliment the aroma and pipe❤ People always are intrigued I am smoking a pipe, not very common to see around my area but yes I agree with you the concession made less sense lol but whadyado😂 Good to see ya My Friend
I am always conscious about others and will tell them to let me know if it bothers them and I will move. I typically get similar responses as yourself, that is, they love the smell or that their grandfather smoked a pipe and it doesn’t bother them.
I got in a hit and run a few years back. I had been smoking my pipe earlier that day in my truck. I phoned into the local police department to report it. When they arrived the 1st thing the cop said to me is "how much weed do you have in your vehicle"? I started laughing and remarked that I had absolutely no weed in my truck. He ran my plates and saw that I had a clean record. Then he came back to my truck, handed me my id and insurance, and said that he was just joking about the weed because it's legal in the state I live in. Ridiculous! Sorry you had to put up with that. The world would be a better place with more pipe smokers in it.
Thats kinda embarrassing. I dont remember getting in trouble in public but i have had people fake cough in my direction when they saw i had a pipe in my mouth. On both occasions, what they didn't realize was that the pipe was empty and there wasn't any smoke for them to be coughing about 😂 Im also pretty sure I've been pulled over on the suspicion of smoking weed. I wasn't smoking weed, but i was smoking very small pipes. Both times, the officers suggested that they smelled weed smoke and asked if i had any in the car. Nope. No traffic violations were mentioned, and i left without a ticket. Pretty sure it was the pipe.
You are a bigger person than myself. I would have probably asked the coughing person if my pipe was bothering them and then let them know it was empty. 😏
Interesting topic. As much as I would like to smoke my pipe in more places, I do worry about offending people. Most likely, because marijuana is becoming more and more prevalant, I absolutely hate the smell of weed and cigarette smoke, and I know I definitely would be avoiding them or telling them if they were smoking in a bad area. So, I guess I have to have the same respect for people who don't like pipe smoking, few though they may be. I have only taken a walk in the local outdoor arboretum and nobody seemed to mind there, so I will take it slow in trying to be around other people when I smoke. Thanks for the topic and happy piping!
Thank you and thanks for watching. It’s great how empathetic you are toward those around you. We would all benefit from more people exercising this trait.
Everyone is a bunch of cry babies. I can understand not wanting someone to smoke inside or to be smoking near where others are eating, but besides that, a tiny itty bitty amount of smoke is not going to cause any lung damage. They just want to be a jerk
I'm a tobacco head I smoke RYO pipes and cigars I have a group of friends that I go camping with and hardly any of them smoke. If I light up a cigarette I get the odd comment on I should quite its bad it stinks ect. But no-one ever complains about the pipe or Cigar. I get the usual i love the smell it reminds me of my dad uncle grandfather. Even have one woman that hates cigarettes but will sit with me asking me to blow it her way if I've got a cigar or pipe going.
Wow! I will get good comments about pipe smoke way more often than cigar smoke. A lot of people tell me they think cigar smoke smells worse than cigarette smoke, which amazes me. 😳
That's surprising but I guess it depends on the cigar and the person each to their own o guess. I wouldn't smoke either indoors if with non smokers. But out side I an obnoxious ahole who don't care if they don't like they can move lol unless they are with kids. No point smoking a pipe or cigar if you can't just kick back and relax
Should have pulled an Arnold Schwarzenegger and told him you can smoke wherever you want because you're a stud! Haha, if you haven't seen that clip of Arnold , it's priceless. In all seriousness, thats really too bad, but I think you did the right thing too. There would have been no winning with the umpire fellow. I love the PS English luxury too, one of my favorite bulk blends of all time.
I was once in an open air shopping mall and the guard told me to smoke at the entrance. And at my archery club with the smoke coming out of the fireplace I was reminded I wasn’t allowed in the club house.
The thing that always surprises me is when someone reacts negatively to cigar smoke but is fine with cigarette smoke. In my opinion, cigar smoke smells infinitely better than cigarette smoke.
I believe the Empire is a non-smoker, I also believe that when you smoke a pipe it should be you and the pipe in isolation. Unless of course your among your pipe smoking and cigars smoking community. I was told once the same thing in a soccer game I understood and moved. Today I rather take my journey of pipe smoking a bit more personal and stay away from others.
i have gotten tons of dirty looks, at work folks think its cool. my father got removed from many of football games as a kid for his pipe, but they accused him of smoking weed(he wasn't)
Was the umpire the same one last year? Sounds like he used you to tell everyone else no smoking. Well anyhow you handled it good and the teaching moment with your teenage, yes don't miss those. Have a good one
Thank you. We have different umpires at almost every game. My wife informed me that the umpire was a league board member, so that probably had a lot to do with him saying something.
People do the diversion as they walk around me, with the strange face. The large parenthesis curve. Probably the same one who will pull out their vape pen indoors somewhere with the comment, it's not smoke is water vapor.
I’ve received that treatment before but not from pipe smoking. I was geocaching and dressed in old torn clothes, covered in mud, and had a beard. I came out of the woods to a running trail. Several runners gave me a very wide berth. Lol.
Crazy he called you out like and basically made a scene. I never got in trouble for smoking a pipe but I’m always conscious of woke America and Karen’s 😂. I’m thinking of only smoking aromatics out in public and just add some Five Brothers to it for a little added umph.
Pipe smoking has got to be the LEAST of the unhealthy vices out there. Obesity takes off 10-15 years of a person's life...but how many people get scolded for walking out of a McDonald's? And marijuana is far worse, even though the younger generations love it. Studies show that marijuana smoke contain up to 20X the amount of carcinogens as tobacco smoke--hence the uncontrollable hacking cough.
I’ve never gotten in trouble for smoking my pipe, but I did get in trouble at a hotel once. I was at like a Holiday Inn or Hilton some nonsense in Nashville and I went to a local tobacco store that day and had a pipe with the guys there. I went back to the hotel and dropped my pipes off and went about my day. At check out the following day they wanted to hit me with a smoking fine because the cleaning staff saw my pipes and tobacco jars. It took a lot of arguing and management and getting involved, but ultimately they could not prove that I smoked in there. One of their arguments was just having my pipe and the tobacco in there was the same as smoking, which I told them was “ridiculous“ (you know what I really mean). and no I did not pay any fines.
That is ridiculous! Glad you didn’t have to pay any fines and thank for sharing!
I played baseball as a 12 year old back in the early 80s in North Carolina. The coaches smoked, the umpires smoked, the parents smoked and a lot of us child players chewed tobacco or dipped snuff. Sometimes time out was called and the coaches and umpire would gather together to discuss game rules over a smoke. Everyone remained calm and nobody complained about smoke. Non smokers just dealt with it. I miss those days.
Great story! Definitely different times. I understand the need to change certain rules over the years, but when you’re outdoors in a public space, it seems a little odd.
I smoke all the time. I once, without thinking, walked into my local grocery store with a lit pipe in my mouth. I was deep in thought but did notice a couple of sideway glances. Finally a older lady who worked there came up to me and said “I’m sorry but you can’t smoke in here”. I covered the bowl with my hand and apologized profusely. As I was walking out to put the pipe in my truck she added “I love the smell, it reminds me of my father”. She was as nice as she could be. Every time I’ve seen her since she comments on how much she loves the smell of a pipe and how rare it is to see people smoking them these days.
What a great experience! Glad she was so kind. I had a friend pull out a cigarette in class back in high school but fortunately realized what he was doing just before he got it lit.
I have only been smoking for two months, and my wife and I went on a little get-away for a couple nights about my second week into smoking. I was so excited about smoking that I took a couple pipes and tins with me. We went out to eat one night at a pizza joint that had outdoor seating and games (cornhole, jenga), and I really thought it would be cool to eat some pizza and fire up a bowl. So I decided - why not, and asked the owner if he’d mind if I smoked my pipe at my table, and he said “Sure - just make sure your downwind of people.” I was very surprised and quite happy about it! It was only about my 10th bowl ever, and there I was sitting outside a public restaurant smoking a pipe. I was loving it!
Wow! That’s pretty kind of the owner. That’s not a typical response! I hope you’ve been enjoying your new hobby. 😊
A little league coach of mine was constantly smoking a pipe. Standing on 3rd base line with an old billiard sticking out of his mouth puffing away. Of course this was the early 80's. His choice of smoke was Captain Black. I loved the smell of it...and cigars. He's one of the reasons I took up the pipe much later on in life. Fond memories.
What a great story! I would have loved to have seen that!
Sometimes people and be buttholes. I have had people come and stand next to me and say that the smoke is bothering them. I am standing by myself and she comes next to me and says that the smoke is bothering her. I simply said, “don’t stand next to me. Go back to wear you were standing and keep your commentary to yourself.” I did say it politely. that whole encounter could have been prevented if she would have stayed where she was. Some people cannot help being a butthole! Continue to enjoy the pipe smoke!
Haha. I guess we all can at times. That’s pretty crazy that they would come over to you though. 😳
Going for walks or watching my daughter's softball games, I've never had a negative comment. I try to be thoughtful in my locations. Usually get the same response - we love the smell.. 🤠
Same here. I hear a lot of, “my grandfather used to smoke a pipe. I love the smell.”
You handled it differently than I would have. Sorry you had to go through that. When I’m out in public I smoke aromatics and I always get compliments. One person even asked it he could smell the tin.
Most people often tell me similar things even with non-aromatics.
Titled: Smoking Encounter
I'm allot older than you. When I grew up, everyone smoked openly and everywhere. In the house, in the car, in stores, and at work. In my office each desk came standard with an ashtray. Then on January 2, 2008, my state started the Smoke-Free Act. I was with my friend, who was a 2 pack a day smoker, and we went to Lowes Hardware. The check out line had about 12 people in it, and we were at the end of the line. My friend naturally, as he had done all of his life, takes out a cigerette and lights it. All of a sudden we hear this woman screaming at the top of her lungs. The cashier came running from behind the register, shaking her fist in the air as she passed each person in line. I'm thinking, "Oh God, some one is robbing the store..?" She runs up to my friend screaming in his face, "STOP, STOP, put that thing out, your breaking the law, and I'm going to call the police if you don't immediately put that out..!" It was very humiliating. For my whole life I have been a law abiding citizen, and a day later I was a criminal. It was obvious the cashier wanted to have authority over some one, and couldn't wait for the chance to use it. It appears today that there will be more laws, and more laws that will effect everyone. ugh..!
Sorry that it had to be such a scene. Seems an odd situation to “warrant” such a reaction. A classmate of mine in high school took out a cigarette in art class and almost lit it before he realized what he was doing. Fortunately, no one else saw what he was doing.
Have been smoking a pipe for over 30 years. Think you handled this situation perfectly and the small ding in your pride was worth a fortune in gold the way you turned it into a teachable event for your teenager! Just subscribed to your show and am looking forward to seeing more. Hope you and your family are safe and well. God bless and thank you.
Thank you kindly and thank you for subscribing! Much appreciated.
I’ve never been scolded for my pipe, but regardless whether the ump was correct re the rules of the locale, nothing good ever came from arguing with an ump😂 Good onya.
Haha. So true. The coaches tell us the same thing! 😊
Never been called out for enjoying my pipe, but usually don’t smoke in “public” places. I do appreciate you sharing how you handled it. The request was silly, but the ump was the authority in that area at that time. As a high school teacher, I also appreciate you sharing that with your son. Good to see a video from you today!
Thank you! My wife is a teacher and the stories I hear about the kids today are mind blowing. Authority is authority no matter how old you are or what you think you’re entitled to.
I think it was 1995 or 1996. We were on holiday in Greece and were on the beach. It wasn't very busy. So I lit a pipe. After I received a few compliments about the smell, the longer we stayed I also received angry looks about the fact that I smoked there. While there was still plenty of smoking back then.
Since we are becoming a “dying breed” in the new non-smoking generation, I think resistance will increase. Greetings from the Netherlands 👋
Thank you for sharing. I’m sure it will always cause some type of situation. 🤔
Never had that happen to me but most of my “public” piping has been in parks and forests so most people aren’t around. Def a great teaching moment. And teenager giving you that guff? My 8 year old has been Doing that for years. I am praying the teenager years are smoother….buuuutttt I doubt it will be!
Haha. Yeah, I hate to be the bearer of bad news in regard to those teenage years… 😬
Sorry that you got scolded, my friend! Yeah, that be embarrassing, but you handled it well, and made a good teaching moment with your son. Great job, brother!
Thank you and thanks for watching. I appreciate your kind words.
You handled that situation well. And made good use of it. Giving all pipe smokers a lift and better reputation.
Thank you and thanks for watching!
I can’t smoke very often, so I rarely am tempted to try smoking my pipe away from my home. Though I would be crashed getting called out like that 😆 great to see you. Happy smokes!
Yeah, a little embarrassing, but glad I was able to talk it through with my son.
Good job on how you handled this and the teaching moment! I’ve not run into this yet - but hope to react in the same manner. And I think it would behoove us all as pipe smokers to simply be agreeable when smoking in public - it would go a long way in improving our image. It is strange though that we are more often than not lumped in with cigarette smokers and not cigar smokers?! Good stuff - thanks for sharing!
Thank you and thanks for watching. I completely agree.
Great story. Cheers from Argentina
Thank you and thanks for watching!
I’m offended by people who don’t smoke pipes. I let them know it every time they complain about my smoke.
This my friend is hilarious! I’ve gotta ask, what do you say?
Honestly, cigarette smokers have ruined it for everyone. It's a completely different thing, but we all have to pay the consequence. Sorry that happened to you though. It sucks. My kids are athletes and most facilities around here don't allow smoking at all. I conform so I don't bring attention to my kids, etc. Sounds like you did the same thing which was probably the right choice.
Thank you. I agree.
I always have to go for a walk and find a nice park or spot for my pipe and not very often I get approached however I really try to watch others...some compliment the aroma and pipe❤ People always are intrigued I am smoking a pipe, not very common to see around my area but yes I agree with you the concession made less sense lol but whadyado😂 Good to see ya My Friend
I am always conscious about others and will tell them to let me know if it bothers them and I will move. I typically get similar responses as yourself, that is, they love the smell or that their grandfather smoked a pipe and it doesn’t bother them.
I got in a hit and run a few years back. I had been smoking my pipe earlier that day in my truck. I phoned into the local police department to report it. When they arrived the 1st thing the cop said to me is "how much weed do you have in your vehicle"? I started laughing and remarked that I had absolutely no weed in my truck. He ran my plates and saw that I had a clean record. Then he came back to my truck, handed me my id and insurance, and said that he was just joking about the weed because it's legal in the state I live in. Ridiculous! Sorry you had to put up with that. The world would be a better place with more pipe smokers in it.
I’ve had some side glances from security guards before, but no one’s questioned me about what’s in my pipe. At least not yet.
Some people think they will die if they smell some of my puffs.
I can understand if someone is allergic or something, but I don’t think that is the case most of the time.
Thats kinda embarrassing.
I dont remember getting in trouble in public but i have had people fake cough in my direction when they saw i had a pipe in my mouth. On both occasions, what they didn't realize was that the pipe was empty and there wasn't any smoke for them to be coughing about 😂
Im also pretty sure I've been pulled over on the suspicion of smoking weed. I wasn't smoking weed, but i was smoking very small pipes. Both times, the officers suggested that they smelled weed smoke and asked if i had any in the car. Nope. No traffic violations were mentioned, and i left without a ticket. Pretty sure it was the pipe.
You are a bigger person than myself. I would have probably asked the coughing person if my pipe was bothering them and then let them know it was empty. 😏
Interesting topic. As much as I would like to smoke my pipe in more places, I do worry about offending people. Most likely, because marijuana is becoming more and more prevalant, I absolutely hate the smell of weed and cigarette smoke, and I know I definitely would be avoiding them or telling them if they were smoking in a bad area. So, I guess I have to have the same respect for people who don't like pipe smoking, few though they may be. I have only taken a walk in the local outdoor arboretum and nobody seemed to mind there, so I will take it slow in trying to be around other people when I smoke. Thanks for the topic and happy piping!
Thank you and thanks for watching. It’s great how empathetic you are toward those around you. We would all benefit from more people exercising this trait.
Everyone is a bunch of cry babies. I can understand not wanting someone to smoke inside or to be smoking near where others are eating, but besides that, a tiny itty bitty amount of smoke is not going to cause any lung damage. They just want to be a jerk
I guess if they allow it for certain types of smoking, then a precedent is being set to allow it for all types of smoking? 🤷🏻♂️
I'm a tobacco head I smoke RYO pipes and cigars
I have a group of friends that I go camping with and hardly any of them smoke. If I light up a cigarette I get the odd comment on I should quite its bad it stinks ect. But no-one ever complains about the pipe or Cigar. I get the usual i love the smell it reminds me of my dad uncle grandfather. Even have one woman that hates cigarettes but will sit with me asking me to blow it her way if I've got a cigar or pipe going.
Wow! I will get good comments about pipe smoke way more often than cigar smoke. A lot of people tell me they think cigar smoke smells worse than cigarette smoke, which amazes me. 😳
That's surprising but I guess it depends on the cigar and the person each to their own o guess. I wouldn't smoke either indoors if with non smokers. But out side I an obnoxious ahole who don't care if they don't like they can move lol unless they are with kids.
No point smoking a pipe or cigar if you can't just kick back and relax
Should have pulled an Arnold Schwarzenegger and told him you can smoke wherever you want because you're a stud! Haha, if you haven't seen that clip of Arnold , it's priceless.
In all seriousness, thats really too bad, but I think you did the right thing too. There would have been no winning with the umpire fellow. I love the PS English luxury too, one of my favorite bulk blends of all time.
Haha. Yeah, not sure how well received that would have been by the umpire. 😊💪🏻
I was once in an open air shopping mall and the guard told me to smoke at the entrance. And at my archery club with the smoke coming out of the fireplace I was reminded I wasn’t allowed in the club house.
… but there’s a smoking fire… right there. 🤦🏻♂️
I have never had a problem with pipe smoking any place take a pipe everywhere but I have had problems with a cigar
Cigars definitely get a stronger reaction than pipes. I usually choose a pipe when I’m out and about because of this.
I can understand that. Cigar smoke is much “heavier” than pipe smoke and will linger in clothing and such much longer.
The thing that always surprises me is when someone reacts negatively to cigar smoke but is fine with cigarette smoke. In my opinion, cigar smoke smells infinitely better than cigarette smoke.
I’m surprised that you’re surprised that you can’t smoke at a kids sporting event right up against the field…
Yeah. It makes sense. I was more surprised that I went an entire season doing this without any comments whatsoever.
Interesting. Our games are at schools which are all tobacco free campuses. I have never had any negative response any where else.
I was made aware of school campuses being smoke free by my wife. Prior to that, I was not, but never really had anyone say anything to me.
I believe the Empire is a non-smoker, I also believe that when you smoke a pipe it should be you and the pipe in isolation. Unless of course your among your pipe smoking and cigars smoking community. I was told once the same thing in a soccer game I understood and moved. Today I rather take my journey of pipe smoking a bit more personal and stay away from others.
90% of my pipe smoking is on my front porch. However, I’m not one to let an opportunity pass me by. 😏
I agree, I sit outside at night and watch the sky in total isolation when I smoke. No music no phone no people. 100%
i have gotten tons of dirty looks, at work folks think its cool. my father got removed from many of football games as a kid for his pipe, but they accused him of smoking weed(he wasn't)
It’s amazing to me how many people reply with receiving similar accusations. Come on people, it has a pretty distinct smell! 😏
@@joeandtell if you don't know you don't know. Ignorance breeds ignorance.
Was the umpire the same one last year? Sounds like he used you to tell everyone else no smoking. Well anyhow you handled it good and the teaching moment with your teenage, yes don't miss those. Have a good one
Thank you. We have different umpires at almost every game. My wife informed me that the umpire was a league board member, so that probably had a lot to do with him saying something.
Anyone who needs to buy a rocket-shaped cigar torch lighter?
Do you have one for sale? I have one from Zippo, but it hasn’t been very reliable.
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People do the diversion as they walk around me, with the strange face. The large parenthesis curve. Probably the same one who will pull out their vape pen indoors somewhere with the comment, it's not smoke is water vapor.
I’ve received that treatment before but not from pipe smoking. I was geocaching and dressed in old torn clothes, covered in mud, and had a beard. I came out of the woods to a running trail. Several runners gave me a very wide berth. Lol.
Crazy he called you out like and basically made a scene. I never got in trouble for smoking a pipe but I’m always conscious of woke America and Karen’s 😂. I’m thinking of only smoking aromatics out in public and just add some Five Brothers to it for a little added umph.
That’s a good idea. In the words of Kramer, “That's Hennigan's. The no-smell, no-tell scotch.” It’ll be our little secret! 😉
As already mentioned it's the fake coughing that bothers me. Live and let live, isn't that what they're proclaiming these days?
I love the fake coughing. I always join in.
Yeah, I guess everyone is entitled to their opinion, but it’s not always necessary to share it… Passive aggressively or otherwise. 🤷🏻♂️
Ha! That’s funny.
He was mad because he couldn't smoke his hahahahahaha😊
Pipe smoking has got to be the LEAST of the unhealthy vices out there. Obesity takes off 10-15 years of a person's life...but how many people get scolded for walking out of a McDonald's? And marijuana is far worse, even though the younger generations love it. Studies show that marijuana smoke contain up to 20X the amount of carcinogens as tobacco smoke--hence the uncontrollable hacking cough.
Thanks for sharing. It’s always interesting how certain activities are socially acceptable and others are not.
try living in California, you can't even smoke a pipe in a park with no one around you.
That’s no fun at all. 😕
The umpire has authority over the game not you.
That’s a fair point, but it turns out that he was a member of the board and I wasn’t in a “designated” smoking area.