Pipe Water Torture - Winter Vortex Edition

[ashdigger]

It's a standard money saver in the SW. Roof mounts, window mounts, etc. Wherever yhey can use a swamp cooler, they're used.

 

[rdavid]

The T handle sticking out of the ground. Gas shut off?
Was that a garden/utility shed on the other side of the fence?

 

[jpmcwjr]

Someone aware enough to get the cars out of the garage- either before or after the fire was started. Or after the fire started!

 

[ashdigger]

I looked at my file. That isn't a swamp cooler, it a AC Pack Unit.
The fire scene was essentially the "repair shop; however, it spread to three other storage sheds. They were all in backyards. No vehicles.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Can you tell us if suspicion is present, whether in you or the ins. Co? Or is your presence at their behest indication of their suspicion? Or is it s.o.p.?

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Looks like there was an explosion in the kitchen. Everything is pushed outward from the stove.

 

[ashdigger]

S.O.P. and I determined it was an accidental fire.
Improper Disposal of Smoking Materials.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Looks like there was an explosion in the kitchen. Everything is pushed outward from the stove.

 

[judcasper]

A nice and worthwhile 'experiment' if you ask me. Will this help dispel/confirm the myth that pipe bowl and water should never meet?

 

[mikethompson]

Will this help dispel/confirm the myth that pipe bowl and water should never meet?

Well this experiment and the other water soak one should really just add fuel to the fire. Nothing is ever dispelled in the pipe smoking world. I'm sure there are still folks who believe in the Dunhill ivory dot

 

[ashdigger]

Okay, the pipe is out of the freezer. I'll let it thaw in the bag and then dry it out.
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[mikethompson]

Watching, for science.

 

[davet]

 

[renfield]

Ash, you’re going to freak when you find the control pipe has split in two out of terror at what’s happening to its mate.

 

[ashdigger]

Okay folks, I pulled the pipe out of the bag now that it's thawed. It weighs 45 grams. It has ZERO visible flaws. The shank/stem fit is now loose, but I expect it to tighten up, AGAIN.
I absolutely will not subject this pipe to any more water, unless by pure accident.

 

[trouttimes]

Repent Ash! The horrors done in the name of science.

 

[verporchting]

I love a good science experiment, but damn, I'm glad that's not one of my pipes. 8O
Respect for having the intestinal fortitude to see it through and not with some cheap pipes that would be subject to claims of inferior briar, bad engineering, poor quality control, blah blah blah!

 

[mikethompson]

Tim has done a service to the community. But how does a pipe smoke after it has been submerged in coffee, microwaved, frozen, buried in the ground, and then beat with a stick?
We need to know these things!

 

[crashthegrey]

I absolutely will not subject this pipe to any more water, unless by pure accident.

So you aren't sold on the water cleaning technique? *Ducks for cover*

 

[ashdigger]

Crash, I actually might expose the pipe to the quick cleaning with hot water. It survived the water torture and the freeze.