A pair of aces, for sure. Looking forward to you making it three!
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A pair of aces, for sure. Looking forward to you making it three!
Marxman Benchmade A with some PA
A pair of aces, for sure. Looking forward to you making it three!
I gave that stuff up years ago along with Cigarettes. No more Lucky Strikes, Stella’s or Glenlivet.Doesn't anyone drink Miller Lite or Jim Beam Bourbon any more? I'm feeling somewhat isolated, actually . . . . . .
Im keeping the daily chew, pipes, coffee and occasional cigar.
That stuff will kill you man !
HU Louisiana Broken in a Castello 4K 55 Old Antiquari Fume with Army Mount and Diet Coke on the side.
Enjoying some Solani Silver Flake in a Peterson Poty
C&D Cavendish Cut Burley in a MM Diamondback with a mug of black coffee.
Enjoyed a tasty lunch, and am smoking year 2020 Watch City Rouxgaroux in a smooth medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY Natural 4AB No. 6/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. Gold Star Peruvian Macchu Picchu, neat, is my drink. Going to clean a few pipes soon.
I completely get it.... They can get into so much in such a short period of time.
Glad you're feeling better and thanks for being a great dad!! It's not an easy job but it is such an important one...
Skink, I have an exact duplicate of this little cob and it is a great smoker. Enjoy.....
Actually, I have, too. These were tastes from my rowdy past . . . before AD 2000, actually. Just surprised that these beverages never come up in posts. I do the same "diet" as you do.
Stopped smoking cigarettes in University, as well, where I did take up the pipe as a result of the fad started in John Belushi's "Animal House," whose frat scenes started a craze back then, as did the Tolkein movies to long stems. Always indulged in chew, though . . . good for concentration outdoors.
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Gord, you and @PaulRVA, along with your "Spartan" lifestyles, provide huge examples for the rest of us to strive for. But, alas I do enjoy an occasional shot of bourbon to "clear the pipes." I never did smoke cigarettes but enjoy my pipe and a cigar occasionally. My great uncle, who passed away back in 1974, chewed tobacco. And I don't mean Redman or Skoal, etc., he chewed home twists of Burley that my cousins raised and when they were stripping and tying the leaves into hands, prior to taking to market, they would set aside some for Uncle Marvin. He could chew this stuff like candy. So, as a kid, I thought he made it look so good and begged him for some. Finally, he cut me off a small piece and he told me how to hold it in my jaw. To this day, I have never been so sick and so green as I was after that. So...... I have never chewed.Actually, I have, too. These were tastes from my rowdy past . . . before AD 2000, actually. Just surprised that these beverages never come up in posts. I do the same "diet" as you do.
HU Dark Moor in the Sportsman 87
And it turns out that it is a magic smoker as well. Grecian briar - puts Mr. Algerian to shame - eat your heart out, lolOne of these days, I'm gonna havfta get something like that - not today, but one day . . .Actually, love it!
Well, finished my chores and here's a post on my outing and smokes, yesterday, with my buddy Mike. The weather was waaayyy to windy to go where we wanted - my 4x5 field camera would not have survived - enough sail area to be blown over and damaged, so decided to forego the foothills burns, which are gorgeous this time of year. Decided instead to just go to local Cottonwood park, near the confluence of the Fraser and Nechako rivers, in town. Just took my DSLR for a few snaps.
It was windy as all get out there, too, but we were somewhat protected until the wind changed direction. We both got in a pipe till then, while a crow watched from above:
I smoked the same MM Minicob as posted a couple of pages back, loaded, again, with Savinelli 140. And yes, it's excellence was noted again. I managed to pull a full 30 minutes out of this little sucker, and enjoyed it as much as I did last night. 'Buds coming back. Yessss!
Mike (who also likes longstems - he turned me on to cigars, and I turned him on to a pipe and gave him three McQueens I had duplicates of . . . . smoked a bowl of his usual buttered rum (or was it a cherry); can't quite remember. He sucks them up like a sponge, anyways . . .
I met Mike in 1998 when I won the Concertmaster/Assistant Conductor job with the PG Symphony. He was the recording technician for the PGSO, and we've been great friends ever since. He shares most of my interests, and always does his share of the work. Strong as a bull, he's great at lifting heavy stuff, too. We work well as a team with heavy, loaded zodiacs, and other outing paraphenalia.
Right after our pipes, the wind changed direction and started to howl. it actually blew that half filled coffee cup, a picnic sack, and also my entire travel kit, off the table. We had to shield each other to light up our cigars. I took a few more snaps before we went home (his house is just a few blocks from where I live), so it's also convenient for loading and pickup.
There was a few people at the park, including this couple walking their Corgi's:
The final snap is the bridge in the background, which is at the actual confluence of the Fraser and Nechako Rivers. Was going to take a shot from that bridge, but decided not to as the water was so high and roily, as you can see, that the shot wouldn't have shown the different colors and textures of the mingling systems. I will do so when the water goes down, late June or so. Have some winter pictures of the confluence, too . . . quite striking but "out of season" lol. The weather was also a bit dark, grey skies . . . not really photogenic.
That about does it for this afternoon. Be back tonight unless I'm not.
It was windy as all get out there, too, but we were somewhat protected until the wind changed direction. We both got in a pipe till then, while a crow watched from above:
I smoked the same MM Minicob as posted a couple of pages back, loaded, again, with Savinelli 140. And yes, it's excellence was noted again. I managed to pull a full 30 minutes out of this little sucker, and enjoyed it as much as I did last night. 'Buds coming back. Yessss!
Mike (who also likes longstems - he turned me on to cigars, and I turned him on to a pipe and gave him three McQueens I had duplicates of . . . . smoked a bowl of his usual buttered rum (or was it a cherry); can't quite remember. He sucks them up like a sponge, anyways . . .
Right after our pipes, the wind changed direction and started to howl. it actually blew that half filled coffee cup, a picnic sack, and also my entire travel kit, off the table. We had to shield each other to light up our cigars. I took a few more snaps before we went home (his house is just a few blocks from where I live), so it's also convenient for loading and pickup.
There was a few people at the park, including this couple walking their Corgi's:
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2016 LBF in a Peterson 120
Good day all! Started with Reiner Professional in a Charatan birdseye Poker with saddle stem (318). A companionable blend for hedge trimming.
Part way through this year 2000 Partagas Serie D Robusto. Haven't smoked a cigar in a long time, but it's a good time to do it.
Peterson Sherlock Holmes in a 2010 Rad Davis.
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