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[@Thomas_Stearns_Eliot]

I’m inching closer and closer to trying my first pipe. Great content! I would also like to put in a vote for a quick bookshelf tour somewhere down the road.

[@parkermoore4483]

I second the motion regarding the bookshelf tour.

[@madmantitus]

Good sir you will not regret the choice of starting your first pipe adventure. Took almost two year before starting mine. It'll have been a year soon and my only thought is "Why didn't I start sooner?!" I so say a little bookshelf tour sound pretty nice to me. Good smokes to you and your. Peace.

[@ronh.798]

Get started now, begin the adventure.

[@YorkshirePiper]

@@thepipecottage3301 seconded!

[@richardchartier3023]

I have advise for you. It is something muttonchop piper said. 💜 A pipe isn't meant to be inhaled and that's the way s person becomes addicted. If you don't inhale, you won't be addicted.

[@gew1898]

Now we all need Grandma’s recipe for that sweet potato pudding.

[@markusrenner6762]

Absolutely, I am curious indeed. 😄

[@SilverVoxMusic]

Lots of truth in here Alan. My Grandfather was a contented pipe smoker. He smoked his pipe throughout each day, every day for 70 years until he died aged 93. He only ever smoked one type of tobacco - Erinmore Flake. He only ever owned one pipe at a time. He would never be seen out walking without a pipe in his mouth or sat at home by the fire with a pipe alight or laying beside him. I have never known a more contented man, never striving for that next best blend or that new shaped pipe. I own his last pipe and it is a treasured possession. I also have those precious memories of him and I strive to be like him as much as I can, but I know I will never be as contented as he was. I enjoy a pipe and sit and think about him and try to get back to that bygone era that you talk about. Thanks for the content Alan.

[@rymanjones3]

I could listen to this guy talk for hours about anything! Please keep making videos so i can do just that! 😂

[@gavingaming123]

Amen to that Brother. I enjoy what I smoke and my tastes are simple. Consumerism has a lot to answer for and I won’t be coerced into pursuing unobtainable blends. Thanks for sharing. All the best from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Subbed your channel. Garry

[@alangray6961]

Where are you Garry? I am based in Peebles in the Borders. I just subscribed as well. Been smoking a pipe for around a year, mainly English blends. Favourite is SG Skiff Mix.

[@gavingaming123]

@@alangray6961 I’m just down the road in Newtown St Boswells, give me a shout if you’re up for a meet up👍 Cheers. Garry

[@lonnieporter8566]

"How could something that tasted so good have such a simple recipe?" Simplicity, my friend, is usually the best for anything.

[@thomas_2285]

I'm new to pipe smoking and absolutely loving the experience so far. I would really like to thank people like you and George Bruno for helping me get started in this awesome hobby. By the way, I really like this new camera setup Alan. The audio has also improved a lot from your earlier videos. Can't wait for many more videos in the future.

[@mistermusik]

I miss McLellan terribly. I didn’t purchase nearly as much from them as I had hoped. Now what you can find costs more than I’m willing to pay. Damn that government interference.

[@alwentzel4776]

Country living is a simple life. I like it myself.

[@nickpapageorgio4944]

Brilliant video. I long for simplier times in this very complicated world.

[@Slowhiker-xw2kp]

965 is a terrific blend. Bought 20 tins when Dunhill called it quits, glad I did because at my age it will last beyond the end. Great video!

[@iamgoldeniamchosenllc4394]

Yeah been watching your videos, finally got me a pipe and mild Virginia blend and smoking with ya, been waiting on this moment. Thank you keeping it simple.

[@madmantitus]

Simple is good. Simple is right. Complex things are fun every once in a while, but I find myself doing less and less as the years go on. Wonderful video good sir! Peace.

[@larrysmith2638]

So I suppose you reject all the medical advancements of the last 50 years or so.

[@nealeknott6543]

Hi Alan, firstly l'd like to say how l enjoy your channel. I enjoy your relaxed manner in your delivery on your pipe smoking experiences and knowledge. I went to school in Toulon, Illinois, but, have lived in Melbourne, Australia for many years, but, certainly miss the easy laid back life in Toulon, a largely rural farming district. I have wanted to smoke a pipe for many years, but, not sure where to start. Cost certainly is a factor. Having a corn farming background, l love a corn cob pipe; and, l love aromatics. What's your advice?

[@rubinsteinway]

I knew I would like this video even before seeing it.

[@Beardedfurflinger]

K.I.S.S. (keep it simple stupid) is a great phrase this day in age,you mentioned milk isle,walk into any isle & mind blowing the varieties you see,better yet walk into or drive up to a coffee shop,blows 1's mind,agree pipe smoking for me like fly fishing & tying is my escape from a complicated world/life & K.I.S.S. is my way of doing it,causes me to slow down & look around at what's most important

[@black_lung7785]

Dear sir, I’m new to your channel I truly enjoy the content as I’m a pipe enthusiast as well. Was drawn to your channel upon watching your video on Mr. Shelby Foote, as I’m am an avid reader of Mr Foote. I was introduced to him by a history teacher in college in Raymond MS. Saw you mentioned Community Coffee. I love this brand along with another small company in Lafayette called Mello Joy it too is a wonderful robust Cajun coffee. Thank you and look forward to up and coming content. I agree seemingly in todays age compared to when I was a child and when my parents and grandparents in rural Alabama.

[@gratefulpipeandcigar3239]

Well I just got to tell you that I’ve received the expected amount of beauty and comfort from this video. Keep it up.

[@alholdway2003]

Just watched about 6 of your videos on the internet t.v. had to go on my phone to like, share and subscribe.

[@fredmclain1967]

Very well said and a video very well done. I appreciate your style. Thanks

[@Yorkdragonfire]

Granny's chocolate gravy will always be my favorite.

[@jonkash5923]

Just got my first pipe and had my first smoke on some African queen! Absolutely in love. Sending love from NC. Edit* I have to add your accent sounds just like my father’s haha.

[@carlarthur4442]

Thank you Alan , another good video on keeping things simple , as you say life can be to complicated so I agree with your view if it's not broken you don't have to fix it , most people always go back in time to the things they enjoyed when they where younger and as you say memories of old family recipes always made an impact on your life that you can keep remembering and trying when you want to take a trip back in time when things were less complicated. Best wishes from England U K .

[@tokatulu]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, simplicity is in the mind acceptor.

[@medappa1000]

Thanks for another excellent thought provoking video. Happy Piping !

[@ronh.798]

Very much enjoying your videos sir. As I watch this video I am sipping on a simple tobacco, Velvet, and enjoying your presentation. Your grandma's sweet potato pudding may have been a very simple recipe, but the ingredient that made it so special was very simple as well...love. There is no love like grandma's love. Be well sir.

[@jonathanclark3392]

Love your videos keep em coming 👍

[@Gogy1987]

Amen

[@The-man-with-the-many-pipes]

Hello! Very nice Video thx ✌

[@balazsreti7528]

I like your channel very much sir. Since you have a good knowledge of history and appreciate the history of tobacco agriculture, I'd very much like to hear you talk about tobacco's origin as a medicinal and ceremonial herb of the native Americans.

[@richardchartier3023]

A special someone told me that a college degree is not the entire education. It really begins afterwards with reading.

[@777ZEETAL]

Dude, this Kansas can listen to you all day haha

[@nikolasprince1604]

Couldn't agree more

[@uptonsavoie]

A few thoughts on the subjects you mentioned: 1) If something is good, why change it? The old Yankees back where I came from had a rule of life: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." 2) We had sweet potatoes back in New England, but no sweet potato pie. We had plenty of punkin [sic] pie, especially in the fall (yep, my grandma made the best). 3) The McClelland Tobacco Company was top of the line, I agree, but they closed their doors stoutly refusing to sell their tobacco blend recipes. As a sad result, I have been unable to score a good match of their Old Dog blend, and my final tin is nearly exhausted. Can you suggest? 4) Very possibly, the tobacco used by McClelland was garnered from areas the company preferred not to disclose. As Robert K. Heinmann wrote in his *Tobacco & Americans*, "One of the most striking characteristics of Nicotiana Tabacum is that it is more true to the earth in which it grows than to the seed from which it springs." Perique, as an extreme example, will not grow anywhere except in a triangular-shaped field in Louisiana. It is obvious from the above that your expressed thoughts provoke my own musings amid a swell of smoke from my own pipe. I'd be willing to bet that the majority of your readers would say the same. Thank you for your input, and keep it coming!

[@PaladinPiper]

Alan...the KISS principle is still the best and always will be. Do I detect Old Carolina Growing some of their own crops in the near future? ;)

[@shakeypiper3022]

I enjoy 965 as well. It is my favorite English and have a tin of the original Dunhill. Not sure when or on what occasion i will crack the tin. I'm currently smoking Suttliff Match 20. Very close to the original. Be well Sir .

[@jasonkelsey3441]

So you are just going to float that great sweet potato pudding out there without providing the recipe....cruel sir, just cruel ;) lol My Mixture 965 is my daily go to pipe tobacco.Smoke on

[@testchannelone6616]

I heard somewhere about pipe smoke having a repelling effect on mosquitos. I know this might be a concern in the south. I live in California where we have a fly problem (but very few mosquitos), especially, inside the house. Do you know if pipe tobacco repels flies? If it does, how can I get my wife to let me smoke a pipe indoors? Much appreciated.

[@ShaneMitchell80]

Hail State brother!

[@DeanMD77]

Love your videos! You may have mentioned somewhere already, but in what field of study did you obtain your PhD?

[@samiam3297]

Nothing simpler than a match...a cob..and a pouch filled with plain ol baccy. Course every now and again the flint lights the new leaf from some far off place inside a well balanced briar (the kind my grandfather never could afford) and that too is simple enough (just with added flare)...either way in that moment its only puffs and thought nothing more that matter and that's simple enough. [Btw what a MUG! Almost a Stein!]

[@mattmclaughlin6231]

Ha! I've seen some of your lectures from the Abbeville Ins't and enjoyed them very much. Nice to see you on here in the YTPC! Agree with you 100% on the milk. Then again, I'm old enough to remember the time before "they" invented gluten allergies and, for that matter, sensitive skin.

[@shakeypiper3022]

The best of all good Southern Men not boys, Buttermilk...

[@swaggy1926]

Excellent video sir. I believe I'd just rather live in the days of simpler times.

[@larrysmith2638]

Says the man with hundreds of pipes and thousands of tobacco blends. Sorry, this came across as silly and much like a grumpy old man yelling at kids to get off his lawn. I'll take today's technology and food systems and scientific advancements and medical breakthroughs. Yes, with that comes increasing complexity, but it isn't that hard to navigate it all, as well as to create simple systems. As for simple pipe smoking, I have a few corn cobs, a few briars and hardwoods, and one churchwarden. A couple of regular aromatics, a couple of English blends, and a half dozen sampler bags. I don't need to go on a neverending quest for the next pipe or another tobacco blend that will be pretty much the same as I have now.

[@TheJedjud]

Brother you are so right soil , is different in ever area it must alter the taste of tobacco as it does in vines when making wine, as will sunshine , wind rain , if it grows facing north south east or west it must all effect the plant the french have a name for it TERROIR and the whole package is important. Thank you sir for another great video.👍👍🇬🇧🦡