Changes...Nothing stays the same

Bloodhound · Post by **Bloodhound** » 02 Aug 2022, 14:39

I stopped into a semi-local shop this afternoon...I used to go in and sit and have a nice smoke...the prices were a little high, but the atmosphere was wonderful with comfy leather chairs and big screen TVs and good company. Used to have a retired former Pro Basketball player that worked there...he has passed on and they have a snotty kid managing, they have soaps on the TVs and the prices are double for every stick in the shop...RP Edge $14.95

I used to visit another shop that had a barber in the back and you could get a cigar and a haircut...the shop sold to a big company the barber is gone and they replaced all the chairs with tables and it has become a Hipster hang out...

Another shop that I liked has changed ownership, (the owner passed away suddenly) and they only stock pipe tobacco that is flavored and high priced cigars...it is now run by Hipsters that would rather see you buy and leave...they started charging for using the smoking room...$10 for the day pass

good times...but now in the past...

jmg · Post by **jmg** » 02 Aug 2022, 19:33

Come down here and you come hang out with me at the Country Squire. Since it moved (two doors down) it's changed quite a bit as well...much larger cigar crowd. However, it had to adapt or financially it wasn't going to make it. Still a LOT of pipes and pipe tobacco though. Still a great place to hang out.

sweetandsour · Post by **sweetandsour** » 02 Aug 2022, 20:25

Man that's too bad. The Marriot patio ain't a bad spot though for a sip and a smoke when the wind and weather cooperates.

JimVH · Post by **JimVH** » 02 Aug 2022, 22:10

The shops still surviving around me have gone membership. If you want to smoke and hang out you have to pay for the privilege. It’s a shame. I spent nearly 20 years frequenting the same shop and spent a lot of money there. One day they moved down the road to a new yuppie neighborhood and they suddenly didn’t know me anymore. I just can’t get my head around spending money to belong.

There’s always an extra chair open in my driveway and it won’t cost you a dime (most of you, anyway). Y’all come on by.

GaryInVA · Post by **GaryInVA** » 03 Aug 2022, 09:56

My local shop charges a $10 ashtray fee if you don't buy a cigar to smoke there or are not a member.

In 23 days we close on a house with a side porch to smoke on. Also have an alley behind the house so I can hang out with the crew Hank Hill style. Yup.

JimVH · Post by **JimVH** » 03 Aug 2022, 10:13

GaryInVA wrote: 03 Aug 2022, 09:56 Also have an alley behind the house so I can hang out with the crew Hank Hill style. Yup.

Bad. Ass.

Bloodhound · Post by **Bloodhound** » 03 Aug 2022, 11:04

JimVH wrote: 02 Aug 2022, 22:10 The shops still surviving around me have gone membership. If you want to smoke and hang out you have to pay for the privilege. It’s a shame. I spent nearly 20 years frequenting the same shop and spent a lot of money there. One day they moved down the road to a new yuppie neighborhood and they suddenly didn’t know me anymore. I just can’t get my head around spending money to belong.

There’s always an extra chair open in my driveway and it won’t cost you a dime (most of you, anyway). Y’all come on by.

Will there be Shiner Beer

JimVH · Post by **JimVH** » 03 Aug 2022, 11:07

Bloodhound wrote: 03 Aug 2022, 11:04
JimVH wrote: 02 Aug 2022, 22:10 The shops still surviving around me have gone membership. If you want to smoke and hang out you have to pay for the privilege. It’s a shame. I spent nearly 20 years frequenting the same shop and spent a lot of money there. One day they moved down the road to a new yuppie neighborhood and they suddenly didn’t know me anymore. I just can’t get my head around spending money to belong.

There’s always an extra chair open in my driveway and it won’t cost you a dime (most of you, anyway). Y’all come on by.
Will there be Shiner Beer

Only on days that end in Y.

Bloodhound · Post by **Bloodhound** » 03 Aug 2022, 11:10

JimVH wrote: 03 Aug 2022, 11:07
Bloodhound wrote: 03 Aug 2022, 11:04
JimVH wrote: 02 Aug 2022, 22:10 The shops still surviving around me have gone membership. If you want to smoke and hang out you have to pay for the privilege. It’s a shame. I spent nearly 20 years frequenting the same shop and spent a lot of money there. One day they moved down the road to a new yuppie neighborhood and they suddenly didn’t know me anymore. I just can’t get my head around spending money to belong.

There’s always an extra chair open in my driveway and it won’t cost you a dime (most of you, anyway). Y’all come on by.
Will there be Shiner Beer

Only on days that end in Y.

GaryInVA · Post by **GaryInVA** » 03 Aug 2022, 16:34

Bloodhound wrote: 03 Aug 2022, 11:10
JimVH wrote: 03 Aug 2022, 11:07
Bloodhound wrote: 03 Aug 2022, 11:04

Will there be Shiner Beer

Only on days that end in Y.

I'm ordering some Alamo beer coozies to go over my Shiners when partaking in the before mentioned alley. Yup.