Remembering the Choices of Old Sites

[rokerdepipe]

Not an exhaustive list by any means, and I think that collectively we could all come up with more sites and forums.

I remember as a newbie back in the early 2000's combing through these sites.

Who else had fun searching Frenchy's site for that damned cannoli so they could get their discount on his already well priced pipes?

I bought many pipes from the Pipe Rack...that header is going to bring back memories for folks here.

And don't even get me started on Smokers Forums. We didn't know how good we had it.

Who remembers Mel the moderator of the forum at Pipes.org? Just try putting down his precious Penzance in public!

Enjoy fellas.

Eric

 

[sablebrush52]

I remember them all. And, Pulver’s Prior Briar is still going.
Mel was the second worst moderator on the planet. The only reason he’s second worst is that I don’t know all the moderators on the planet, so it’s possible that there might be a worse one.
Pipes.org might still be around but I haven’t visited it in years.
And let’s not forget The Smoker Ltd with its pages of Barling pipes for sale, or The Gray Fox with the Kaywoodie Conpendium, or Neil Archer Roan’s A Passion For Pipes. So many great sites with great information, gone.
And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

 

[rokerdepipe]

Iceberg is a good analogy…our iceberg of vintage sites is receding just like the glaciers and blends of old…that’s why we should treasure what we have now all the more!

 

[ThermionicScott]

They say "the Internet never forgets" but in truth the Internet is happy to forget your site once you stop paying for hosting. Thank goodness for the Internet Archive, as a few of my favorite websites from the early 2000s managed to get cached there before they went poof.

"The Professor's Pipe Page" was another early great. I chose an early snapshot so that more of the links would work: The Professor's Pipe Page and Tobacco Bar - https://web.archive.org/web/20050831114657/http://pipes.priss.org/

Not related to pipes at all, but to my overall theme of this post, one of my favorite R.E.M.-related fan sites was "Buckheads". Revel in that late-90's style! Welcome to Buckheads - https://web.archive.org/web/20010404063142/http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/5582/

 

[kcghost]

I remember 4 or 5 of these sites. They were very good sites at the time. Pulver's is the only one still going.

 

[plugugly]

The Professor's Pipe Page was a fav!

 

[mingc]

I remember all these sites and still visit Marty Pulvers' current site every now and then. I feel old.

 

[username]

One missing was the political pipe. It allowed political talk and well that's why it's not around anymore. As far as forums goes it was a hot mess.