I know those seem unrelated, but hang with me. First off, our son died earlier this week. It's been obviously a very hard week. But we are surrounded by amazing friends and family, even neighbors, who have been here nearly 24/7 for us. Literally right now is the first time I've been alone all week, as I sent the wife out with her mom and a good friend to go have lunch and some girl time. We've had food, scotch, and other things delivered, and pretty well anything we need is getting taken care of by people who love us. We are certainly wealthy in that way.
Do any of you guys smoke pipes also? I've had a couple for many years. Every time I give it a go, I run into issues. Mostly because I didn't do good research on how to properly smoke and care for them and the tobacco. About a month ago I decided to give it a proper try, and am getting better at it. Last night, I wanted a smoke to help me chill out, but it was damn cold outside. I was hanging out with three ladies who are thin and get cold easily (IE, 70 is freezing to them). I had been told by a guy on the Reddit pipe sub that pipes don't stink up the house at all. He was insistent that he does it all the time, and the wife approves. So I gave it a shot. Smoked either two or three bowls (alcohol was involved, lost track). Today, sure enough, nobody could smell anything.
Anyway, I'd been wanting to bring up the pipe discussion here for a while, today seemed a good time for it. I could use some sort of normal-feeling distractions.
