Heine's Blend in the very first pipe I ever bought ($2.49) in 1974; a smooth three quarter bend Dr. Grabow Omega.
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Heine's Blend in the very first pipe I ever bought ($2.49) in 1974; a smooth three quarter bend Dr. Grabow Omega.
Finishing up my last two bowls of Tambolaka in an old Orlik Captain Black billiard.
http://www.soswildlifecontrol.com/wp...-collector.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Lostmason
After years of trying to rid or reduce my raccoon problem I discovered that there's a secret criminal organization, La Cosa Procione or the Raccoon Mafia. They assigning turf, areas where a battle tested individual is in control. They sift through your garbage with the skill of a seasoned papparazzi and they challenge you to find a way to keep them out. Get rid of your current raccoon boss and by the next night you have a new boss. Move them 40 miles away and they're back before morning.
They even have a school: Raccoon Diploma
There is no relief, just the occasional respite on a morning when you don't find your trash cans tipped and your garbage strewn up and down the road.
Raccoon Attack
Been at work for two hours and I'm thinking I would've been further ahead just staying in bed. Monumentally lazy coworkers can be a gigantic, royal pain in the ass.
So, lots of Royal Yacht. There must be something in it that tempers my mood because I can be a foul beast and a quarter of the way into a bowl of RY I love the world again hugs & kisses & such. Pete's Irish Oak has the same mind-altering properties.
Re: Tambolaka
@Haebar : 9500114134265290033109
Expected delivery Tuesday. There's enough for probably two bowls.
@Alligator Gar : 9500114134265290033116
Ditto above.
Troost Slices in an egg shaped medium bend smooth Burgundy colored 1985 Caminetto. Have enough left for one more bowl.
C&D Odessa in a 3/4 bent Old Vic
I used to have a raccoon that would come up on the porch and eat with my cats, I quit feed the cats on the porch when my son went out one night and thought he was petting a cat and found out it was the coon.
This Royal Yacht train isn't stopping.
Years back when I was living in sin with my would be wife I worked 2nd shift. We had a downstairs apartment in a split house that was towards the end of a quiet road, so when I got home at 11:30PM on nice nights I would grab a cigar and unwind on the front porch. One evening I was doing such and I just happened to look all the way down the street to a well-lit intersection in time to see something four-legged and big moving around. It started to come my way just as a car turned on to our street, and I realized then, under the headlights, that it was the biggest racoon in the history of racoons. I'm pretty sure he had a Guiness World Record plaque in his right paw.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeverBend
Anyway, the driver noticed it and slowed down, but the racoon kept huffing and puffing and waddling its way towards me. The driver eventually sped up a bit and began to pass it and as he did the critter took a 90 degree turn to run underneath a parked car. It's a good plan, ducking for cover, but I don't think the racoon was self-aware in regards to his size.
THUMP.
It was so big it couldn't fit underneath the parked car. I should add that it wasn't trying to climb under one of those 1400lb European "cars" that are as small as a matchbox. No, this was a standard sedan.
THUMP.
It tried a second time. I burst out laughing. Thinking quickly, probably to save any further embarrassment, it ran around the front of the car and disappeared into a side yard.
Ogden’s Walnut in a 2002 medium bend smooth Rinaldo EGEA 03 Silver line spigot 10.
:) :)Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyCAYP
Raccoons love to show off their awards and yours would have carried his Guiness plaque everywhere, fer sure. I think they hold parties, have a few drinks and pass the awards around. I named a raccoon Greyhead, (top of his head was all grey). Twice he broke the trap and escaped within a couple of hours of being caught. Third time I put a carabiner on the trap as soon as he was caught. The professional trapper estimated his weight at over 25 pounds and yes, he broke the third trap.
Glad that your son wasn't bitten (as Robin Byrd was - my link to Raccoon Attack below). Raccoons love cat food. I know some silly folks (in this neighborhood) who feed the raccoons cat food believing that it deters them from trashing their garbage. Wishful thinking and they forget about the secret code of La Cosa Procione, "Crash, Smash and Trash" and to drive silly humans crazy and cats from their turf. Evil organization it is! The government should do a cost analysis on lost production.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lostmason
2015 Cromwell in a 1985 Ser Jacopo Renaissance #313 (sandblast) apple with a white acrylic stem. Second mug of the Guatemalan coffee, light.
About half way through this bowl of Jim’s C Blend in a smooth medium bend straight grain 2001 Karl Erik Ekstravagant brandy with a leaf engraved silver band.
HU Asmara in a smooth medium bend straight grain 2000 Winslow C silver spigot wide top Dublin with a canted plateau and black acrylic stem.
How in the world did every "raccoon" in my post come out misspelled? I blame auto-correct.
Jim, in your esteemed opinion, what's a good replacement for Walnut?Quote:
Originally Posted by JimInks
2009 McClelland Beacon in a 1982 near full bend egg shaped Ascorti Business KS with a black ferrule and saddle stem.
Now smoking the very delicious HU RaiKo ChocoLat in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer. This will get me to dinner time.
Having a bowl of Smoky's Blend in a MM Country Gentleman. Smoky's Blend is the best selling house blend from Smoky's Tobacco and Cigars in Knoxville, TN. Dave, the store owner, said that it outsells all the other blends tenfold. It's an aromatic blend that tastes like a mixture between Lane's 1Q and Lane's BCA.
My wife finally broke out the pumpkin spice today, so I acted in kind and lit up a bowl of Sutliff Pumpkin Spice. Not bad, but not really for me. This will probably find its way into my "bomb box."
Rattray's Old Gowrie in a Kaywoodie 12B. Nice middle-of-the road VaPerKy, puts one in mind of Hal-O-the-Wynd.
Ramsgate in a 2003 medium bent Ural meer with a lined and etched egg shaped bowl.
Germain's Rich Dark Flake and Stonehaven. Btw, it looks like MacBaren, who bought the Amphora blends, St. Bruno, and Walnut, will bring it to the US in February. It will depend on rights, but they own it now.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyCAYP
MacBaren Modern Virginia Loose Cut in my trusty 1970s smooth three quarter bend Peterson System Standard 305.
PS Lux Navy Flake in a Rolo pocket pipe.
I'll have to look, but I think my son has a pic of that raccoon.
G&H Louisiana Flake in a Fireside churchwarden
Working through a bowl of Rattray's Black Viginia. If you love straight stoved Virginia cavendish, you might still hate this. Good mixed with burley, going to add some perique next time. It does not stand alone. The good news is I'm smoking it out of my brown alligator poker. Poking alligators is a legit pastime for Florda Man.
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MacBaren HH Pure Virginia in a mid-late 1930s straight black grain relief Dunhill OX Shell bulldog with a silver band repair.
A couple minutes away from smoking Jim's Va./Bur #2 in a 2015 smooth unfinished Savinelli 320KS author. It's coloring nicely after five smokes and the grain is starting to show. It's a really good smoker and worth owning.
Why the long face? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Alligator Gar
GL Pease Maltese Falcon in a Fireside churchwarden.
Burnin some flake I pressed about a year ago, in a cob. This one is burley-based with some VA and sweeteners.
You may have hit it on the nose. This pairing, 1Q & BCA has been very common going back more than 30 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Haebar
close to finishing..
2015 Cromwell in a 1981 Mastro de Paja 1C (sandblast) lovat. Water (no need for ice) and a couple of drams of sake on a cold night (<40 degrees).
Good win for the Mets, and a gutty performance by Matt Harvey after getting hit with a batted ball. Of course I wish it were the Yankees but an advantage of living in New York is having multiple teams to root for. Congrats to KC on a gritty performance themselves.
Why not Hearth and Home Chestnut? That's supposed to be a match.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyCAYP
loaded up some Glengarry flake in a cob today but never got around to smoking it.
maybe tomorrow. ..
Ennerdale Flake that's aged a few years in the can. Huge improvements. More dry, and the aromas have married, so the note is less soapy, but rather just some archetype of "clean" ... I am smoking it indoors with all the windows closed, and not suffering persecution from the rest of the household. Need I say more?
Just finished smoking Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match in a medium bend 2002 MM Legend cob.
2012 Rolando’s Own in a 2002 black short shank grain relief straight Caminetto 6.L.17 tomato.
Not far from finishing Sergeant Miller’s Inker’s Mixture in a 1970s slight bend black sandblasted Comoy's Silver Cloud 624 sitter.
Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem.
Different Walnuts.. Jim is referring to Ogden's Walnut Flake, which is not available in the US.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg
For the last few months I have become a complete Codger. I have been smoking one tobacco in one pipe...Royal Yacht in a smooth Nording Dublin. The pipe looks like a disaster now, but it has had many pounds of tobacco burnt in it and it still smokes well, even though it is ugly.
She's pouting because she's too young to smoke.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruck
2015 Bill's Mixture in a 1940s Barling's Make Ye Olde Wood EL saddle billiard. Guatemalan coffee, light. Cold morning after a near freezing night. Game of Thrones has it right, "Winter is Coming"
2015 Jim's Outdoor Incense in a 2015 MM Diplomat. Diet Dr. Brown's Black Cherry with a natural chill.
2015 Jim's Seminole Red in a 1960s Comoy Extraordinaire Sandblast lovat.