A Nostalgia Kick

 I had an English professor that all his students said he needed a cane and a pipe.  He was a Yale graduate and was typical of a New England gentleman.  I never had professors who smoked pipes, so a nostalgia trip with Old Professor pipe tobacco won't remind me of the old professors I had.  But for some reason, I have been on a nostalgia trip and I'm not sure why.  Old Professor just seemed like the old professors I saw on TV as a kid that often smoked a pipe, however, TV has no way to broadcast aromas.

I was never around pipe smokers, but I have been intrigued with pipe smoking since I was a kid.  I never got into cigarettes, and smoking cigars didn't appeal to me because I never liked the smell of them.  But a pipe?  For some reason I was always fascinated by the pipe.  And I have been for fifty years, but don't ask me why.  I've explained it the best I can often wishing more of my professors smoked a pipe.  But the idea of the smell of a panelled office with a leather overstuffed chair has always been on my mind, because I know that aroma.

But of course in today's world, things about smoking in general have changed.  But the more I think about it, the more I think that from the reviews I read about Old Professor pipe tobacco just might be the English tobacco I am looking for.  I'm anticipating my shipment to arrive on Thursday.

But there is a reason for my interest in Old Professor pipe tobacco and it has to do with nostalgia.  I am watching old commercials and old TV shows like Rocky and Bullwinkle.  I enjoy watching Franctured Fairytales for the puns that go right over the heads of kids, but as an adult, I find them so funny and clever.  Obviously I watch old sexist ads, but anything from the 50' to the 70's holds my interest.  Maybe I am an old guy.

I like to watch old commercials and TV shows, because I try to remember my youth.  But it's getting harder and harder to do, because much of nostalgia now seems new to me.  I just don't remember.  But reminders don't hurt, but much of what I remember from the late 50's to the early 70's is the music.  I am sure Old Professor pipe tobacco won't remind me of anything, but I can imagine a panelled office with an overstuffed leather chair. 

I will get my shipment on Thursday, according to Smoking Pipes, and will try a bowl right after receiving it.  But the more I think about it, the more I am looking forward to receiving it.  As i said, I had no old professors who smoked a pipe, but often wish I did.  It seems like when I now watch old commercials and old TV shows, I missed out on something.  I don't remember much about memories of  old stuff I watch now.   I see old stuff and often it's like watching them for the first time.  

I can remember watching the old commercials and TV shows when they were new at the time, but even now it all seems too long ago.  I don't get those nostalgic feelings.  So, now I watch these old videos trying to remember those times.  It's almost foreign to me.  I've listened to so much music from my youth so often that those memories are almost erased.  But still I'm old enough to remember when. 

So, I'll review Old Professor when I get the opportunity and have smoked enough to evaluate it.  I'm excited about it's arrival, then we will see.  But right now it's my Alpha pipe with Tropical Export and I'll wait.  It might rain this morning and this afternoon.  I read yesterday we are in drought conditions and we are about five inches below normal for a year.  Thank you for your time and Peace to each one of you.  

Dave