@mapletop@ghostsofpompeii Man, you guys beautifully articulated exactly the way I feel. As pipe smokers, we are truly up against it with the never ending drumbeat of the anti-smoking campaign we we are now lumped into. Still, this hobby is a dying art only if we allow it to be.
@ghostsofpompeii Some people can't help themselves and appoint themselves as the moral authority over everyone they encounter. I would've wanted to say, "It's effective for dealing with noise pollution." But in reality, I would've thought of that a minute later after I grumbled under my breath and shook my pipe at her.
They blew it on the logo. How can they have missed it?!! Take a look at the guy hiking on the left in the logo, why doesn't he have a pipe in his mouth?..he's lunting! https://www.lunting.org Check it out.
Jim102864 You nailed it on two points, first I agree on not letting pipe smoking die. But equally important it that Pipe smoking truly is an ART that deserves to live on. From the pipes themselves to the technics. and methods of treating tobacco's and then blending the various tobacco's to the various technics and rituals of preparing and smoking a pipe..
@thebadgerpiper@mapletop@ghostsofpompeii Agreed with your current comments above. I find that "lunting" gives you a bit of a reputation and an open door to ask others to join me. Also, most lunts end with a park bench or a front porch where I quietly finish the bowl. I've found many friends who enjoy the walk and have actually been converted to pipe smoking along the way. Follow me and I will make you a smoker of pipes...
So I asked my wife tonight after dinner if she would like to go for a stroll, she has been working on loosing weight and I like a post dinner hoof anyway. To set the scene, she is aware of this forum as I have made mention of a few topics and as we move toward the door I grab my already filled pipe. As we hit the door she stops looks me dead in the eyes and says " you said a stroll, but its obvious that were going Lunting. Wanna talk about cracking me up, last week I find out I'm a lunter and now my wife is busting my stones about it. A Lunting we will go
A little golf this morning, a little garden work this afternoon, prepped some peppers for canning, and now lunting through the neighborhood... Life is good...
So I went out to visit an old shipmate from my Navy' days (40 years ago). Decided to go Lunting as he lives out in Genoa IL, and his property boarders a small river flowage called the Kishwaukee and we were minding our own business just lunting along. Out of the corner of my eye I saw something I can only describe as mythical, apparently Ents do exist and we happened upon one that prefers English blends as he was smoking a Stanwell
Went Lunting in the garden ( my wife calls it the jungle) today as its supposed to rain again and i hate when my my ripe tomatoes explode.
Anyway I have been trying to determine what tobacco is best for Lunting as it seems I smoke my pipe faster than when I'm sitting contemplating the universe.
So far I have found the SPC Plum Pudding smokes a bit cooler.
And now for the rest of the story. When we went out along the river (LUNTING THAT IS) looking for an appropriate tree for the picture, it took a while as we were trying to get a shot with the sun shining on it and it was late in the day. Originally the tree would have been wearing my sunglass but as we were in a hurry and tried a number of trees, I left the my sunglasses on a tree and could not find them when we went back to look for them. Fortunately my buddy wears glasses. I suppose that if someone happens along and sees them on the tree their going to think wtf.
To Lunt or not to Lunt, that is the question; whether 'tis nobler to stay home or to Lunt and suffer the wind and rain while trying to light one's pipe.
Went Lunting shortly after a storm with the wife in tow ; the destination, roughly a mile away was a park where free concerts are held each summer.
While I was able to enjoy a pipe on the way there, I was not able to smoke OUTSIDE at the concert. When did we as a society become so inane.
Anyway the performers were the Buckingham's and their performance was surprisingly good; they had a great horn section and besides playing their own music they did covers of a lot of other bands of the same era. Fairly impressive.
Same here @Pipepal. New England has been a hot, humid mess for months. Far and away one of the more miserable Summers we've had in some time. No lunting here until the cool, sunny days of autumn arrive, whenever the hell happens.
Was out Lunting this afternoon as it has cooled off and I need the exercise, on my way back home I passed this naturalized area that the county water department owns and manages that is all prairie grasses / plants (weeds) and there were still some flowers in bloom.
As I slowed to take in the scene I saw something I've never seen before. at first I thought it was a hummingbird, but noted it was too small.
I was able to get pretty close and saw that it had antenna and this long proboscis like a butterfly that it was inserting into the flowers but it hovered just like a hummingbird.
Took a picture with my phone and went home and looked it up; turns out its a Clearwing Hummingbird Moth.
Its interesting that two distinctly different classes of animals evolved the same method to access food and the shape of their wings is nearly identical to each other.
My picture did not come out all that well but this one is exactly what I saw
Finished picking the last of the tomatoes (I'm willing to pick) for the season and had filled a pipe and was smoking while watering the wife's flower beds to keep them going as the influx of humming birds and butterflies this fall has been the best it's ever been.
Anyway, she came out to me, observing for a few moments and asks, :"wound this be considered Lunting or is this a substitute for Lunting. I told her I'd have to seek a ruling as I am not an expert on the rules.
I have to say her sense of humor or willingness to bust my stones has improved since she retired.
When's it gonna stop raining? If I was physically able, I'd be building an ark, and I live in New Jersey, bereft of hurricanes and the like. It just won't stop raining. Not heavily mind you, but every night and a lot of every day.... my main complaint is that the deck furniture is always wet so I can't sit out there and smoke a bowl.
@motie2 My heart goes out to you as it looks like Tuesday will be just as bad, but on the plus side Wed - Fri looks like you will have dryer conditions.
Was out Lunting this evening and did some fishing. Lunting being the curious term that it is gave me pause to wonder, if your out fishing and smoking your pipe is it still just called fishing or would it be called Funting?
Anyway I think I caught Billy Bass's cousin Mr Limpet; Aw com on, you don't think that fish looks like Don Knotts, well come to think of it, I guess most fish look like Don Knotts or vise versa.
Nothing says your out Funting like fish spit and Maltese Falcon. I suppose I should have smoked it first.
It has been hot and dry here all summer,,, good for smoking outdooors, no mosquitos.. Two week ago we got 9” of rain, which we really needed, and mosquitos like crazy,, tough one, which we really didn’t need.
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Take a look at the guy hiking on the left in the logo, why doesn't he have a pipe in his mouth?..he's lunting!
https://www.lunting.org
Check it out.
You nailed it on two points, first I agree on not letting pipe smoking die.
But equally important it that Pipe smoking truly is an ART that deserves to live on.
From the pipes themselves to the technics. and methods of treating tobacco's and then blending the various tobacco's to the various technics and rituals of preparing and smoking a pipe..
Agreed with your current comments above.
I find that "lunting" gives you a bit of a reputation and an open door to ask others to join me. Also, most lunts end with a park bench or a front porch where I quietly finish the bowl. I've found many friends who enjoy the walk and have actually been converted to pipe smoking along the way. Follow me and I will make you a smoker of pipes...
" you said a stroll, but its obvious that were going Lunting.
Wanna talk about cracking me up, last week I find out I'm a lunter and now my wife is busting my stones about it.
A Lunting we will go
A Lunting we will go
Decided to go Lunting as he lives out in Genoa IL, and his property boarders a small river flowage called the Kishwaukee and we were minding our own business just lunting along.
Out of the corner of my eye I saw something I can only describe as mythical, apparently Ents do exist and we happened upon one that prefers English blends as he was smoking a Stanwell
When we went out along the river (LUNTING THAT IS) looking for an appropriate tree for the picture, it took a while as we were trying to get a shot with the sun shining on it and it was late in the day. Originally the tree would have been wearing my sunglass but as we were in a hurry and tried a number of trees, I left the my sunglasses on a tree and could not find them when we went back to look for them. Fortunately my buddy wears glasses. I suppose that if someone happens along and sees them on the tree their going to think wtf.
A Lunting we will go