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  1. harrumphicus

    What Are You Smoking? Happy New Year 2012! II

    Just had my first bowl of Captain Earle's Mystic Blend.. Short review - too complicated for my weak pallet right now, but I can see myself coming around to it quite well, especially if the perique mellows out a bit.
  2. harrumphicus

    College Major?

    This is a pretty broad question, but there seem to be a lot of pipe-smoking teachers here so I'll cast and see what comes back.. I plan on using my G.I. Bill starting as soon as fall next year to get back to school with the intention of teaching high-school level history, maybe eventually teach...
  3. harrumphicus

    I love new things (pics to come later)

    Just had a HUGE mail delivery to the ship a couple days ago when we pulled into Bahrain. I ended up with 3 pipe-related packages, but no pics just yet. The first was a manilla envelope with a pipe I bought off ebay - a Lorenzo Varallo shape 718. It was shipped in the bubble wrap type envelope...
  4. harrumphicus

    Whoa

    I'd say the little thing between the shank and the first bowl is a turn valve to switch between the two bowls. Wouldn't be too hard to achieve, even in briar. The taco, though, just looks like someone started carving a plateau and then decided he didn't want to let the rest of the beautiful...
  5. harrumphicus

    Spitting

    I don't think I've ever felt the need to spit while smoking. I enjoy the taste too much to let it go to waste on the ground.
  6. harrumphicus

    One Of Lifes Sad Truths

    I would agree if this was still the "old Navy" (not the store). Two points to make that I've noticed in my last 3 years: 1) The level of bureaucracy when I joined 3 years ago was about 1/3 of what it is now, and from what I've heard, two years before that was less than 1/2 as bad. I wish I had...
  7. harrumphicus

    Celebrities famous pipe smokers

    Bob Kelso.
  8. harrumphicus

    Perhaps I Will Begin To Sell My Free Hand Pipes Part Two

    If you ever make too many and need to let one go, let me know - I'll be waiting to snatch one up!
  9. harrumphicus

    What Are You Smoking? Happy New Year 2012! II

    Was having some sinus problems so I decided it was time to load up the first bowl of Peterson's University Flake. Rubbed it out, packed it into my Peterson Donegal (a little tighter than I normally would pack) and lit up. Definitely cleared myself out a bit with that one.
  10. harrumphicus

    What's With the Thread Necromancy Lately?

    I'm going to bookmark this thread and come post here exactly one year from today.
  11. harrumphicus

    Chacom Elegante

    Buhhhhhhhhhh (where's the drool smiley when you need it) 8O I feel like I should get it.. but I would feel bad every time I smoked it - it's so pretty!
  12. harrumphicus

    A local tobacco sales ban ordinance in the works

    Hmmm... You seem like a trustworthy person... but the freezer is suspiciously shaped and that lock is far too big.
  13. harrumphicus

    A local tobacco sales ban ordinance in the works

    I WANT ICE CREAM!! WHEN DID WE GET ICE CREAM?!
  14. harrumphicus

    Went out to play!

    Hope it was a good time. I'm not so great at jamming with others these days. In my days before the military I was a lot more relaxed and could sit down and play nothing for an hour and a half with some of my friends. I just got in a new Squier Classic Vibe strat as a base for my first project...
  15. harrumphicus

    Pipe Book

    If I knew a damn thing about pipes, I'd help you write it. I've got some spare time and I'd like to think I'm not a bad writer - but alas, I've only ever owned 9 or 10 pipes over my lifetime (and that's including those other kinds of pipes :oops: )
  16. harrumphicus

    An Uncle Arthur Pipe Review by TheSmokinDragon

    B-E-A-utiful! I can't wait to see mine :D
  17. harrumphicus

    Anyone Ever Smoke a Cigar in a Pipe?

    Note: Don't visit the Pipoo site, and if you did recently do a virus scan. It may have infected my computer with malware. Also, don't go to google.no (the Norwegian Google) as that may have had something to do with it as well - it was probably from a banner ad placed on the site by google.no.
  18. harrumphicus

    Peterson's Limited Edtion Blends

    I've got the Holiday 2011. I'm not sure if I want to smoke it yet or let it meld a bit. It smells good, though.
  19. harrumphicus

    Lighters - Your main and your backup

    I thought I was going to be satisfied with my Jobon dual flame. It's got the soft flame for pipes (even the vents in the side are shaped like pipes) and a jet flame if you pull down the spout for the soft-flame. Hell, it's even got a cigar punch built into a flip on the bottom. The trouble is, I...
  20. harrumphicus

    Couple of Meershaum questions from a newbie

    I assumed Middleton's apple. It's literally Carter Hall with apple top.