claypipesarchaeologist (I call her archy) is a fairly new piper to the forum, but appears to be fitting right in. Her posts are reasoned, intelligent and always have something to add; she's one of my favorite posters. She just took up piping, and being still in school to become a real archaeologist and not rich, got some kind gifts from the Free Pipe Project and generous donors.
She had a fight with someone and that someone took her pipes out to the woods and smashed them. She was hurt by the fact they were gifts, and it was done behind her back specifically to hurt her. Members immediately stepped up to offer to replace the pipes.
I said I'd send a pipe, but I'm disabled and didn't have the postage money, so I said if she could cover the postage, I'd send her a new pipe. She said she would, and would include extra 'goodies'; I had no idea what that would be.
I just got the package and it's awesome. She not only included the postage but extra for beer money, because she did not want to deny a man 'one beer or several'. She also included some typical archy type gifts, picked out just for me based on our emails back and forth. She's a big outdoorsman, and spends weeks in the bush, so sent a lump of interesting wood, a little stone I bet she found, an old antique-looking cowbell thing, an Indianapolis 500 belt buckle, a biography of an early American trapper, a couple of Dinky toys (a Spitfire and a Jeep), and a stuffed Gremlin because she's a girl. Pretty sweet. Check out her posts when she gets back; she doesn't post fluff, and always has something to add. She's a perfect example of the quality folks pipes seem to attract.
She's backpacking all this month without internet access, so I'm trying to sneak this in withour her seeing it, but I still don't want to post what I'm sending her just in case. It does include my finest pipe, a couple of hiking pipes from Missouri, if you take my meaning, about a pound of things, and some personal goodies from me.
Here's what she sent. Not shown is the twelve pack of Guinness Stout or the bottle of cheap bourbon I'm currently enjoying, in a basic MM cob loaded with McClelland Blue Mountain. Thank you archy
Expect pics of my CARE pack to her when she gets back next month, unless of course she gets eaten by a bear.
PS And one more shout out to sjb3 for the tobacco and pipes I sent her; buddy, you're not on the forum anymore, but your gift keeps on giving on. Thanks bud.
She had a fight with someone and that someone took her pipes out to the woods and smashed them. She was hurt by the fact they were gifts, and it was done behind her back specifically to hurt her. Members immediately stepped up to offer to replace the pipes.
I said I'd send a pipe, but I'm disabled and didn't have the postage money, so I said if she could cover the postage, I'd send her a new pipe. She said she would, and would include extra 'goodies'; I had no idea what that would be.
I just got the package and it's awesome. She not only included the postage but extra for beer money, because she did not want to deny a man 'one beer or several'. She also included some typical archy type gifts, picked out just for me based on our emails back and forth. She's a big outdoorsman, and spends weeks in the bush, so sent a lump of interesting wood, a little stone I bet she found, an old antique-looking cowbell thing, an Indianapolis 500 belt buckle, a biography of an early American trapper, a couple of Dinky toys (a Spitfire and a Jeep), and a stuffed Gremlin because she's a girl. Pretty sweet. Check out her posts when she gets back; she doesn't post fluff, and always has something to add. She's a perfect example of the quality folks pipes seem to attract.
She's backpacking all this month without internet access, so I'm trying to sneak this in withour her seeing it, but I still don't want to post what I'm sending her just in case. It does include my finest pipe, a couple of hiking pipes from Missouri, if you take my meaning, about a pound of things, and some personal goodies from me.
Here's what she sent. Not shown is the twelve pack of Guinness Stout or the bottle of cheap bourbon I'm currently enjoying, in a basic MM cob loaded with McClelland Blue Mountain. Thank you archy
Expect pics of my CARE pack to her when she gets back next month, unless of course she gets eaten by a bear.
PS And one more shout out to sjb3 for the tobacco and pipes I sent her; buddy, you're not on the forum anymore, but your gift keeps on giving on. Thanks bud.
