Pine Grove in my CAO meer...it is a March Meer kind of a night. :pipe:
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Pine Grove in my CAO meer...it is a March Meer kind of a night. :pipe:
A couple minutes away from smoking SWRA in a slight bend 1984 Stanwell Antique 124 grain etched with a smooth front.
Just finished work and this bowl of 1970s Union Leader in a smooth 2002 Peterson Sherlock Holmes Series Milverton. Next is Chatham Manor in a medium bend 2002 MM Legend cob.
Half way through this bowl of Troost Aromatic in a slight bend black sandblasted Lorenzo Elba Imperia 8636 with an amber colored acrylic stem.
Morning Jim,Quote:
Originally Posted by JimInks
This was your unwind bowl after work? Do you have any predictions about the upcoming baseball season?
2015 Gawith & Hoggarth Glengarry Flake in a 1982 Ser Jacopo Gemma Granato canadian.
Beautiful morning with a radiant sun that's cutting through the chill. Note to self, stay South of New York in March in coming years. Birds have it right.
We might start seeing some birds in a few days. Been a few grackles and starlings about. A hardy flock that! No grassy areas yet at all and the ground is still frozen solid, so until that happens, possibly by next week, no robins or similar. Robins follow the melt line and can "get out of town" south when they've gone too far north and it turns cold. (At least that's what I read somewhere...)Quote:
Originally Posted by NeverBend
Got me yet another cob of RY going this morning, my second actually -- in the same pipe, a Legend Forever. BEAUTIFUL out there! I think it's above freezing!!
St. James Flake in a rusticated Savinelli 413 ks. It's a brisk 50 here this morning, actually got a sweater on...this Minnesota boy don't remember nothing bout the cold back home hahaha. Sending good mojo to you poor bastards still stuck in the snow!
Good Morning Jim,Quote:
Originally Posted by freestoke
We get a lot of birds here, it's a migration stopover point (you can't cut down trees willy nilly) called Audubon Woods and I'm finally going to listen to their superior common sense. I cleared 100 feet of woods in my backyard (had to get a permit) and in the early Fall we now get a few days when tens of thousands of starlings suddenly appear in the cleared area to feed and just as suddenly they leave. The entire lawn (~8000 sq feet) turns black and it's like living Hitchcock's The Birds. They don't feed on the smaller front lawn nor would they all fit.
2015 Gawith & Hoggarth Louisiana Flake in a 1984 Ser Jacopo S3 sterling military mounted tanblast billiard.
My old neighbor, John (who is now 77) just stopped by for an hour and we caught up. Interesting man who we're fond of. I chose this small bowled pipe as a toast to John and to you Jim, just because. John told me this ditty.
Eoin O'Brien went to his doctor.
"What's the problem Eoin?"
"Doctor, I can't pee!"
"Eoin, how old are you?"
"97"
The doctor looked at Eoin thoughtfully then placed his had reassuringly on the old man's shoulder.
"Eoin, you've pee'd enough."
Exactly! I've had cold Winter enough.
Quote:
Originally Posted by NeverBend
I'm smoking up the Troost because I'm near the finish of this pouch. I actually think the Match is better, and I recently got a tin of the Slices, so I'm thinking about trying them soon. Nah, no baseball predictions. I see more variables with so many teams this year that it's hard to figure what's going to happen.
Starting off my smoking day with Old Colonial in a medium bend beater 1979 Aalborg natural freehand made by Nording. A bottle of Sprite is my drink.
If I am not mistaken, that is a Lakeland Flake, right Pete?Quote:
Originally Posted by NeverBend
Hi Brandon,Quote:
Originally Posted by Branzig
I'm OK and it's not a problem (really) but for the first time in my life I dropped a pipe and broke it (tenon). I'm shaking like a leaf. Man, this was upsetting.
I'm just getting acquainted with Glengarry. It's very much like GH Bright CR Flake but with a melon top sauce. I think that both are considered to be Lakeland mixtures but they shouldn't be confused with Ennerdale, much lighter and barely present in CR. The melon scent pokes through in the smoke as an unnatural sweetness so I prefer the CR. Typical of GH, good leaf, expert processing, good tobacco with a clear intent in manufacturing.
Pete
I'm always surprised to hear mispronunciations in high rent commercials. An add for a TV show says that the star is "mischeevius" rather than mischievous Professional announcers seem to have a real difficulty with enunciation. Zales wants to sell you diamond "assessories" instead of accessories. A current car insurance commercial and baby diaper commercial get the juncture completely bollixed so that I, a native speaker of English, am somewhat confused about what they really intended. "Cute diapers" has an inflection that makes me wonder if the label is "Cute" diapers, ie, one of the many possible types of diapers they sell, or whether it's "cute diapers". (The sort of mistake one expects from a non native speaker of English. The sort of mistake spies make.) The insurance commercial leaves me wondering whether I save $400 by switching over from Hartford or whether the insurance is from Hartford via AARP, the sort of mistake that would have cost me 5 points on an in-class discussion question in high school English.
Must be the warm weather. I'm always grumpy when I come out of hibernation. Smoking yet more RY in the 4Dot, too lazy to reach for anything else.
Sergeant Miller’s Inker’s Mixture in a 1979 Ascorti Business KS Oom Paul with a black pearl acrylic stem.
Sorry to hear that Pete!Quote:
Originally Posted by NeverBend
Nothing worse than breaking a treasure. Better find one to replace it quickly!
I figured Glengarry was of a much lighter variety. Sounds like it could be a decent smoke. When it comes to lakeland snot, I am a fan of the stronger varieties. Smoking a lot Grasmere lately. I'd say it is in between Ennerdale and Kendal flake. A tasty and quality smoke indeed.
Bummer, Pete!Quote:
Originally Posted by NeverBend
I remember Glengarry Flake having a pronounced honey flavoring. Not as strong as a lot of GH&Co flakes, but not bad. Definitely not the perfumed variety of Lakelands, though.
Oh, and Pete, I believe they call the old guy's problem "having the drip" in the UK, judging from a funny conversation on another forum. "Aye, the drrrip, laddy." Attachment 1470
Hi Jim,Quote:
Originally Posted by freestoke
I'm not yet dripping, but I will be a-tripping south (I need reinforcement :) ).
You're correct about the Glengarry. I get the honey in the smoke more than the bag. I can taste 1792 for weeks but Glengarry's just a wisp in the next smoke.
I was an eleven year old kid with a couple of months under my belt, trying to make good working in a pipe shop, when someone dropped and broke a pipe and the boss went nuts. I made a promise that day to never drop and break a pipe. That promise would have been 50 years old in a few months and today I broke it. Frankly, I reacted like that eleven year old. I'm OK and I need to adjust to my hands.
2014 Mixture #1007A (jarred 9-23-14) in a 1986 Ser Jacopo Maxima R1 canadian.
This is the full latakia juju and it's good.
Pete, quite an interesting story...and I'm sorry this happened.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeverBend
However...and pardon my extremity for just a moment: Just shy of 50 years, what a great accomplishment! Sounds to me that you have something to be quite thankful for; that you made it this long without any dropped and broken pipes. Some folks don't even get to live 50 years. Chew on that... :pipe:
Now, me...I'd probably have cried like a baby...for hours! :eek:
More St. James Flake. Same savi.
Tommy,Quote:
Originally Posted by quo155
Thanks for your kindness.
As this pipe (Barling Londoner Pot) was heading for the floor I saw that scene from 50 years ago with clarity. I just finished smoking the only other pipe that I ever broke (I've had to break pipes intentionally) and it's fixed, sublime and though I wasn't happy that it needed repair it meant nothing.
Odd how a promise that a child makes to themselves can affect the man so many years later. I'm good.
Pete
A fine year- the year I was born as a matter of fact ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by NeverBend
Some DE 7th Avenue Blonde in a no-name knockaround briar
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tobias Lutz
2014 Esoterica Scarborough in a pre-WWII Barling's Make Ye Olde Wood #1372R long tapered stem smooth billiard.
It was a good year, perhaps you were the Omen :)
Just finished smoking MacBaren HH Bold Kentucky in a small 1982 three quarter bend meer with a smiling turbaned Turk's head. Next is MacBaren Navy Flake in the very first pipe I ever bought ($2.95) in 1974; a smooth three quarter bend Dr. Grabow Omega.
2015 Gawith & Hoggarth Curley Cut DeLuxe Sliced in a 1986 Rich Lewis #777 straight grain billiard taper.
Glad I ordered some more of this interesting mixture. Many cigar like taste qualities that are really expressed in this pipe. Forecast is for three days of rain and it's just started.
Watch City Persian Slipper in a full bend black pebble finish 2001 Rinaldo Lithos YY8 Titania Silver Line egg.
Rain is good! If it floods at my house, there will be thousands dead and homeless. Plus, ice jams are fun to look at, as long as you don't live directly on the flood plain. I'll celebrate the melt with a stimulating bowl of Marlin Flake in the '76(?) Mayfair. An outstanding prince of a pipe!
Blackhouse in a Nording Signature Freehand. I've smoked this pipe so much that the signature is nearly impossible to see. It's there on the shank if you look close.
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Side note- this blend is very tasty. Not a strong or overwhelming blend in flavor nor strength, but a moderate smoke with many different flavors dancing around...great for when you have time to sit and appreciate a blend.
Arcadian Perique in a smooth 1977 Medley (GBD second) medium bend billiard with a flat underside.
I think I know why your truck's riding a little rough :)Quote:
Originally Posted by commonsenseman
Newminster 400 Luxury Navy Flake in a MM General while listening to a couple of good old boys yammering away in 160 meters (fellow hams know what that means).
Habana Daydream in a 2003 medium bent Ural meer with a lined and etched egg shaped bowl.
Louisiana Red in a straight Lane era Charatan black with burgundy undertone sandblasted billiard 420.
Nice catch, Bruce. Sometimes the answer is so simple. I'm done with this 4Dot of Marlin Flake and off to bed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruck
Smoking some more Latakia Flake in a sandblasted full bend HIS pipe. Interesting stuff, this is. Starts very tangy and then shifts down real low to some smooth sweet notes and then picks back up again...that or my pipes are smoking weird lol.
I've got one of those [Nording Signature Freehand] that I have still never smoked...thanks for the reminder! Beautiful pipe!Quote:
Originally Posted by LandonColby
To me, listening to them good old boys rag chewing can be as good as listening to a game n the radio.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruck
73 de KA5SUG
A couple minutes away from smoking the last of my stash of Watch City Persian Slipper in a 1990s smooth Peterson Captain Pete XL80 bulldog.
Two Friends English Chocolate in a straight no-name billiard
Long night at work...going to give a bowl of Old Joe Krantz a go in my MM General before heading off to bed.
Almost finished smoking G&H Dark Flake Unscented in a 2013 bent MM Missouri Pride Legend.
HU Nashville County in a smooth 1979 Chippendale (Charatan second) Rhodesian 49.
Walnut Match in a 1975 smooth slight bend Tinderbox Aalborg freehand made by Nording.