What Did You Smoke Today? (Pipe Edition)

[Bruck]

Had a few more cobfuls of Haebar VaPer over the course of the day. Helped ease my troubled mind - I took the day off to drop a very large dead tree, but had a few problems. First the danged thing wanted to fall the wrong way, toward the deck/house, and meanwhile trapped the bar of my saw. So I put a rope on it and persuaded it to fall in the right direction, more or less, with a ratchet strap aka come-along. After a round or two of axing and tugging, it started to fall but came to rest against another tall tree, and the saw is still trapped. At least it's stable now. I called a professional to take a look at it tomorrow. Hope he doesn't skin me alive

While the tree was still standing precariously, a lady walking her dog on the trail adjacent to our yard and wanted to chat (a guy working in the yard always wants to chat, doesn't he?). I strongly suggested that she move along and get out of the tree's radius, and it took a few tries with increasing vehemence. Now she probably thinks I'm an unfriendly jerk, oh well, could be worse

[Haebar]

Had a few more cobfuls of Haebar VaPer over the course of the day. Helped ease my troubled mind - I took the day off to drop a very large dead tree, but had a few problems. First the danged thing wanted to fall the wrong way, toward the deck/house, and meanwhile trapped the bar of my saw. So I put a rope on it and persuaded it to fall in the right direction, more or less, with a ratchet strap aka come-along. After a round or two of axing and tugging, it started to fall but came to rest against another tall tree, and the saw is still trapped. At least it's stable now. I called a professional to take a look at it tomorrow. Hope he doesn't skin me alive

While the tree was still standing precariously, a lady walking her dog on the trail adjacent to our yard and wanted to chat (a guy working in the yard always wants to chat, doesn't he?). I strongly suggested that she move along and get out of the tree's radius, and it took a few tries with increasing vehemence. Now she probably thinks I'm an unfriendly jerk, oh well, could be worse

What a day you had! I hate to get a chainsaw jammed.

[Lostmason]

Had a few more cobfuls of Haebar VaPer over the course of the day. Helped ease my troubled mind - I took the day off to drop a very large dead tree, but had a few problems. First the danged thing wanted to fall the wrong way, toward the deck/house, and meanwhile trapped the bar of my saw. So I put a rope on it and persuaded it to fall in the right direction, more or less, with a ratchet strap aka come-along. After a round or two of axing and tugging, it started to fall but came to rest against another tall tree, and the saw is still trapped. At least it's stable now. I called a professional to take a look at it tomorrow. Hope he doesn't skin me alive

While the tree was still standing precariously, a lady walking her dog on the trail adjacent to our yard and wanted to chat (a guy working in the yard always wants to chat, doesn't he?). I strongly suggested that she move along and get out of the tree's radius, and it took a few tries with increasing vehemence. Now she probably thinks I'm an unfriendly jerk, oh well, could be worse

Feel for ya brother, I dropped three today.I learned long ago to cut at a downward angle towards where I want the tree
to fall.I can always go back and straight cut for a flat top stump.Also helps to blow on the trunk while cutting,ya know
get a wind going.Anywhose,I gonna go burn a small crop of virginias in a cob.If that old broad and her doggy think yer
a jerk,take it as a compliment.My wife branded me an A$$hole about a week after we got married,25 years ago.

[cpmcdill]

Lane BL/WB in a MM cob

[Haebar]

Last night I got into a couple of bowls of GH Sweet Whisky Twist in various pipes. Very full bodied aromatic with very subtle, almost imperceptible, flavorings. I enjoyed this immensely but had a little trouble keeping it lit. Put it in the blender and pulsed it a few times to get a consistent cut and then let it air for a few hours and it stayed lit considerably better.

[BryGuySC]

Had an unproductive day working on the bike.
At least I got to smoke.
SG Best Brown Flake
BryGuy's English Cake #2
BryGuy's Shelf Vaper Cake
McClelland 2010 Classic Virginia

[Pipe Smoker]

Four fills, four tobaccos:

Dunhill Flake.
Solani ABF.
Long age FVF.
Wessex Classic Virginia.

All delicious!

[Haebar]

I've been smokeless for almost 36 hours. Girlfriend came over yesterday feeling sick so I took her to the clinic where they diagnosed strep throat. Since her mother is an elderly, cancer survivor with a compromised immune system, she quarantined herself at my house until the antibiotics had a chance to get in her system and make her non-contagious. She's gone now and I'm about to fire up a bowl of G&H Scotch Flake that I have been rehydrating over the last couple of days. When I got this flake in the mail it was loosely wrapped in some cellophane - no zip-lock bag to keep it from drying out. Hopefully it hasn't lost any flavor as a result. Going to smoke it in this Sunrise billiard:

[Haebar]

About to fire up a bowl of G&H Curly Cut in this old over-buffed Dunhill. You can barely see the nomenclature on it but it still has the original stem with an ivory dot.

[Cool Breeze]

Haven't had any of this pure Virginia deliciousness in a few weeks now. I've been trying to smoke up a few opened tins of other stuff before cracking open anything new, but couldn't help myself this afternoon. I missed it too much. I am not regretting my decision.