Durham Region Pipe & Cigar Club

brdavidson

Lifer

Dec 30, 2012

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• Feb 28, 2013

• #1

Looks like I have a date for the first ever meeting of the DRPCC. March 21st in Oshawa. Anyone interested in joining the club or just coming out for a smoke would be more than welcome. Just PM me for details. Currently we have 4 people confirmed and ideally I'd like to get around 10 people to join. No fee but we will have raffle tickets for sale to great cigar and pipe prizes at the meeting. Hope to hear from a few more Durham Region pipe smokers.

 

brdavidson

Lifer

Dec 30, 2012

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• Mar 5, 2013

• #2

Looks like we've got the inaugural meeting up to 7! So far only 2 pipe smokers, but we'll convert some I'm sure. Anyone planning on being in the Oshawa, ON area on the 21st let me know. I can't wait to have a smoke with others, that will be a first for me.

 

docgarr

Starting to Get Obsessed

Jan 25, 2010

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• Mar 28, 2013

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mso489

Lifer

Feb 21, 2013

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• Mar 29, 2013

• #4

Ha-ha, I thought you meant Durham, N.C. But I've been in your part of the country and it is lovely. Hope the club meeting goes well.

 

brdavidson

Lifer

Dec 30, 2012

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• Mar 29, 2013

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Thanks MSO, the first mtg went really well and we seem to have a swell of support since, I'm hoping to double the size for the next meeting. I wish it was NC,it would be a hell of a lot warmer there!

 

brdavidson

Lifer

Dec 30, 2012

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• Apr 22, 2013

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Hello folks, the next meeting of the Durham Region Pipe Club (Oshawa, Ontario, Canada) is this Thursday night, April 25th from 7pm to 9pm. Anyone interested please PM me for details as Brian Levine mentioned in last weeks radio show, we're reluctant to reveal too many details in public. Hope to see you out if you're in the area!
Brian

 

peckinpahhombre

Lifer

Dec 24, 2012

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• Apr 22, 2013

• #7

Hope it goes well for you. Wish you were on this side of the GTA!

 

brdavidson

Lifer

Dec 30, 2012

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• Apr 22, 2013

• #8

If you're ever out this way let me know and perhaps we'll find time for a bowl Peck.

 

pruss

Lifer

Feb 6, 2013

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• Apr 22, 2013

• #9

Hey Peck, we'd love to have you out with us. Could finagle pick ups and drops off at the GO Train if that was interesting or convenient for you.
-- Pat

 

peckinpahhombre

Lifer

Dec 24, 2012

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• Apr 22, 2013

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Thanks guys. I may make it out there at some point, but not this one. I plan to go out to visit Michael Parks shop when the commissions he is working on for me are done. Maybe that will be the time. Have a good one - and post some pics.

 

pruss

Lifer

Feb 6, 2013

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• Apr 22, 2013

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Will do... can't wait to see pics of the Parks' commissions. One day I'll have a piece made by MP.
One needs to have something to aspire towards.
-- Pat

 

peckinpahhombre

Lifer

Dec 24, 2012

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• Apr 22, 2013

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Yeah, I"m pretty stoked. For me he is working on three things - (1) a billiard and Canadian two pipe set in a custom box, (2) a long pencil shank blasted poker, and (3) he designed a pipe cabinet for me that his cabinet maker is working on.
I'm very excited. Suspect I won't see anything until after Chicago though. It seems as though all of the artisan pipe makers are hunkered down getting ready for the show (or at least that's my perception!)

 

pruss

Lifer

Feb 6, 2013

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• Apr 22, 2013

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Wow Peck. That's an awesome line-up and certainly something to be excited about. I have a "thing" for Canadians from Canadian carvers... dumb? perhaps. but it's the little eccentricities that make life interesting.
I'm keeping one of the Canadians from the Trypis collection I scored recently, and have my eyes out for a Brigham (made in Canada) and a Blatter Bros. in the same shape.
Can't wait to see Michael Parks' approach to the poker.
-- Pat

 

peckinpahhombre

Lifer

Dec 24, 2012

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• Apr 22, 2013

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Michael was the one who said the second pipe should be a Canadian. He felt it was just appropriate.
I was in montreal two weekends ago on business. I really wanted to stop in at Blatter, but alas, I just didn't have time. Want to get there eventually.

 

brdavidson

Lifer

Dec 30, 2012

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• Apr 22, 2013

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Very nice, the owner of the place we meet is friends with Michael and has asked him to join us at one of the meetings, maybe the one in May will work and he can have your commissions ready?

 

peckinpahhombre

Lifer

Dec 24, 2012

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• Apr 22, 2013

• #16

Now you got me thinking I should grab a trypsis, lol

 

brdavidson

Lifer

Dec 30, 2012

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• Apr 22, 2013

• #17

I plan on making it out to Blatter at some point, I have family in the area and my daughter does competitive cheerleading so we have competitions there fairly regularly

 

peckinpahhombre

Lifer

Dec 24, 2012

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• Apr 22, 2013

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Maybe. We shall see. Michael is driving that bus.

 

pruss

Lifer

Feb 6, 2013

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• Apr 25, 2013

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Well here we are. A month down the road from the successful first meeting of our fledgling pipe club.
In the last month brdavidson has firmly cemented our relationship with the local B&M who are super supportive. They've effectively become our first (and so far only) sponsor; by including mentions of our club night in their weekly newsletter, blocking our meeting night on their events calendar, and supporting us with the donation of gift certificates for our first ever raffle.
Last month we had seven happy smokers out for a couple hours of jawin' and puffin'. We're hopeful that we'll have a couple of new additions tonight as we table the, "What the hell should we call this club?" conversation.
Wish us luck, and if you're in the eastern GTA tonight around 7pm toss me a PM and we'll give you the secret knock for the clubhouse.
Many thanks to brdavidson for being the champion of this club.
-- Pat

 

pruss

Lifer

Feb 6, 2013

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• May 23, 2013

• #20

Hey there folks (posters and lurkers alike!).
The Durham Region Pipe & Cigar Club will be holding our next meeting on Thursday, May 30, at 7pm. If you're in the Greater Toronto Area and are looking for good coffee, reasonable conversation and the camaraderie of fellow puffers we'd be pleased to see you.
If you've never been out to one of our club nights, please toss me or brdavidson a PM for details.
Cheers,
-- Pat