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Pipe By Levon Asikyan.
It's been awhile since I've bought any new pipes so I didn't feel guilty picking up this big beautiful bent egg by Levon Asikyan. I've been smoking it for a week now and I'm addicted! Feels good, look, good and smokes fantastic. Does anyone else have a pipe from this workshop? -
Gunfire and Theft at Cigar's Intl?
I lived in Japan for three years where everyone would wear a mask if they had a cold and had to go out. I had no problem doing the same. I've worked most of my adult life manufacturing sterile products wearing masks and also wore masks entering surgical areas at the hospitals I worked for. The...- tuold
- Post #32
- Forum: Cigar Discussion
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Phillip Trypis Skater
This is the newest addition to my collection, an unsmoked rusticated skater by the Canadian pipe maker, Phillip Trypis. I just started breaking it in today. I can already tell it's going to be a favorite. -
UFOs, the Pentagon, and Tin Foil Hats
My sister-in-law called me one morning after a strange experience she had one night. She had been awoken by people in her room who could walk through walls. She was unable to speak or move as she watched them. While she was on the phone telling me this her daughter came in the room and asked her...- tuold
- Post #44
- Forum: General Discussion
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Fire And Explosion On The Bonhomme Richard
Don't fail me again Admiral.- tuold
- Post #21
- Forum: General Discussion
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Show Us Your First Pipe
It's an acrylic stem. Yes, my girlfriend was a gem! That's why I married her two years later =) It's been 43 years now.- tuold
- Post #32
- Forum: Pipes: Show Us Your (fill in the blank) Pipes
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Show Us Your Ugliest Pipes!!!!
It's a motet by Peter Philips (1575 - 1735) that I've arranged for recorders, "Ne Reminiscaris Domine" https://www.free-scores.com/sheetmusic?p=awyLYQAqED I do have some music for organ there =)- tuold
- Post #134
- Forum: Pipes: Show Us Your (fill in the blank) Pipes
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Show Us Your First Pipe
This is my first pipe, a Tinder Box "Verona". My girlfriend bought it for me after our high school graduation in 1973. A lot of Captain Black was burned in that pipe! It still smokes fine.- tuold
- Post #21
- Forum: Pipes: Show Us Your (fill in the blank) Pipes
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US Court of Appeals Unanimously Strikes Down Warning Labels
Right about the cover up of health effects of smoking but it's not so much the nicotine that is the problem as inhaling the tars and other carcinogenic chemicals in the smoke. You can buy nicotine patches and lozenges online without any warnings or age limitations attached.- tuold
- Post #21
- Forum: Tobacco Legislation
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No Smoking VA Medical Facilities
I agree that the standards are ridiculous. If I followed the rules at the hospital I worked at I'd be smoking in the middle of the street. Surprisingly, I don't think it's the facilities themselves that are making the rules. They are implementing someone else's. I found a requirement for...- tuold
- Post #73
- Forum: Tobacco Legislation
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No Smoking VA Medical Facilities
Sure. I'm sure that hospitals get extra federal funding and lower insurance costs by having no smoking policies. That's why there are no longer smoking areas in hospitals. It's all about the bottom line. I'll admit that I really don't have much at stake in this issue. I've never smoked...- tuold
- Post #42
- Forum: Tobacco Legislation
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No Smoking VA Medical Facilities
I think from a risk management viewpoint you just cannot have people smoke cigarettes in some settings. There's just too much at stake. Smoking is something that is supposed to be a relaxing and pleasurable experience. If it becomes something that is necessary to do at the expense of more...- tuold
- Post #35
- Forum: Tobacco Legislation
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No Smoking VA Medical Facilities
The addictive properties of nicotine can be a problem in a professional medical setting. I knew an anesthesiologist who frequently stepped out of a case for a smoke break. It was commonplace to see him out on the sidewalk still in scrubs puffing away. Patients were caught sneaking cigarettes...- tuold
- Post #29
- Forum: Tobacco Legislation
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Pipers Who Play
Recorders and viola da gamba. I'm in a group that meets every Monday morning for a Renaissance jam session.- tuold
- Post #39
- Forum: General Discussion
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How Do You Reconcile With Pipe Smoking's Health Risks?
To quote Mark Twain, "...and you never try to find out how much solid comfort, relaxation, and enjoyment a man derives from smoking in the course of a lifetime". Is it worth it? Every individual needs to make that decision.- tuold
- Post #8
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion