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  1. dread

    Found My Hats

    I've been moving a lot my whole life. Navy, school, job, job, job, job. Different countries and states. We bought a house in March and I finally got to digging around in some boxes I've been toting around for a long time. I stumbled across my old ships' hats from the Navy! I am giddy like a kid...
  2. dread

    McCall Idaho

    My family came on a work trip with me to McCall Idaho and stopped by to visit my father-in-law. His tractor was a big hit!
  3. dread

    June Seventh

    June 7 is both International Running Day AND International Chocolate Ice Cream Day. Perhaps one could run to the freezer for the ice cream, but I believe that most of us will choose only one. Choose wisely . . .
  4. dread

    Neat New Nording

    I picked up a new Nording Sailor pipe last week from SPC. The pipe is a simple briar cylinder encased in a metal cylinder with a plastic heat shield to grip on the bottom, metal tube and mouthpiece. It is very light and easy to clinch. The draw is open and not surprisingly it easily passes a...
  5. dread

    They're Made out of Meat

    Every few years I stumble across this hilarious sci-fi short (very short) story and fall out of my chair laughing. I thought I would share it in the hopes that it will make some of you fall out of your chairs laughing: "They're made out of meat." "Meat?" "Meat. They're made out of...
  6. dread

    First New Pipe In A While

    Howdy folks! I've been absent from the boards for a few months. As some of you know, I had been experiencing some personal difficulties. I was blessed by the members of this forum and some kind folks sent me a few pipes and some tobacco to tide me through. Shortly after that I reverted to...
  7. dread

    HAM Radio: Because I Needed Another Expensive Hobby

    I passed my HAM Radio technician license test today. I always wanted to do it, but I was always intimidated by having to take a test that involved numbers and electrical principles. I decided a few months ago what the heck, it can't be that hard. And it wasn't. I have an inexpensive used...
  8. dread

    To The Very Kind Soul . . .

    . . . who anonymously gifted me a Stanwell 2012 Christmas pipe. It arrived today and I wanted to publicly thank you, from the very bottom of my heart. The pipe itself is beautiful, perfectly balanced with a mix of straight and flame grains. My family has been going through a bit of a rough patch...
  9. dread

    Piper In The Making

    While unpacking from our move my son got into my cellar and snagged a jar of Luxury Navy Flake. To distract him a gave him one of those cheap giveaway Chinese cobs. It was the. That I realized the error in my ways . . . he had everything he needed and wasn't giving up either!
  10. dread

    Coincidence?

    While laying awake, unable to sleep because my 1 yo decided to wake up for a bit and then show off his ability to instantly go back to sleep, I found myself pondering several posts on the forums I ran across yesterday. You see, we had, at the SAME time, posts extolling (or lamenting the loss...
  11. dread

    Moving

    Well, moved, for work. I got transferred to Boise from Northern Idaho. I like Boise (spent a lot of time Here for work) and we got a nice house to live in. But damn I hate moving, it wears me out. On the upside, there is a real B&M here. Stealth PAD and TAD just got a lot easier . . .
  12. dread

    Pipe Smoking In Cleveland

    Does anyone know if there are places to light up a pipe in Cleveland Ohio? A quick internet search leads me to think the city is pretty anti-smoking. I have a business trip there later in the week and I'm wondering is it worth bringing some pipes along.
  13. dread

    How to Simulate Being a Sailor

    From another site, for my ex-Navy pipe brothers and something to try for those who are not: HOW TO SIMULATE BEING A SAILOR 1. Buy a steel dumpster, paint it gray inside and out, and live in it for six months. 2. Run all the pipes and wires in your house exposed on the walls. 3. Repaint your...
  14. dread

    People Watching At O'Hare

    Have a long wait for my flight so I'm smoking. Pipe watching folks. It is Graduation Day at Recruit Training Station Great Lakes and they are all going to their planes. 1988 is when I passed through here. Damn they are young, was I that young then too???? What fun watching them!
  15. dread

    My Trip To Mecca

    So, I am on a business trip to Chicago. This, in and of itself, is probably uninteresting, except that I live in a very rural area with no real pipe carrying B&M stores around. I made the connection in my head as I was packing that the storied Iwan Ries B&M was in Chicago and I decided to raid...
  16. dread

    The Glorious Salt Lake City Airport

    Although I hate traveling as much as I do for work, I do like layovers in Salt Lake City because each terminal has enclosed smoking rooms. I wish more airports would do that. I spent an hour puffing away on some Navy flake waiting for my flight. A few curious looks and I was the only pipe...
  17. dread

    Cellaring: Flake/Plug Vs. Ready Rubbed

    So, I've really started my earnest cellaring operations over the past year. Not to the level of Harris or Peck (though I've found my tastes are pretty similar to Harris's, so if he cellars it then it goes on my list too). I just buy some favorite tins when I make an order of something new...
  18. dread

    Marty

    My friend Marty was my XO on one of my ships. I was what he called a "Super-Lietenant", always getting stuff done, never backing away from a tough job. And he gave me plenty to do, but he was always fair about it and he worked his butt off too. A good example of a leader. We would talk a lot...
  19. dread

    How Many Vets?

    How many veterans do we have here what did you do? I was in the Navy for about 10 years and I was a Surface Warfare Officer - the professional line officers that drove, maintained, and operated the ships and were experts in employing them in warfare. I spent most of my time in Amphibious...
  20. dread

    Smoked Escudo for the First Time Today

    I have had a couple of tins of Escudo lying around for several months, but I've been busy loving English baccy's and lots of different Frog Morton varieties and haven't really gotten around to smoking the Escudo. Well I did today and . . . wow, really interesting tobacco. I woke up early so...
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