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  1. hooboy

    quandry!!!

    I just had my yearly physical and one of the questions on the paperwork was "Are you a smoker?" I wrote yes and qualified it by penciling in .. a pipe and a cigar occasionally . when I read the summary of the physical exam I saw that I was listed the same as if I smoked cigarettes . when...
  2. hooboy

    I give up on 'thunderbird Inserts"

    Tried a can of the Black zippo fluid to check out ... My findings... Hot dang , I am Back to using my favorite lighter!!! I Put the others in storage .. Thanks for the heads up! hoo
  3. hooboy

    I give up on 'thunderbird Inserts"

    Thanks shutterbug , I have NEVER tried your suggestion but I will soon. If I can reduce the fluid smell ... Well I will never need another type but the zippo! again thinks hoo
  4. hooboy

    I give up on 'thunderbird Inserts"

    I have read good and not so good reports on thunderbird inserts for Zippos . It seems that they have a hatred for me lol, as I have tried 3 , 2 with flint and 1 with electric spark only one of the flint bothered to light that is after probably a dozen attempts for each LIGHT. The others...
  5. hooboy

    Can someone give me info on this pipe?

    I have a pipe someone gave me that to me is very different as I have never seen another. In the bowl there is a small upright tube that goes thru to the bottom of bowl. the only marking on pipe is .. Dri cool briar... and a emblem of a pipe with this tube . it is a good smoker and I enjoy...
  6. hooboy

    Movie Pipe Bloopers

    Thanks for the comment! If all children were as astute , what a wonderful world!! hooboy
  7. hooboy

    Movie Pipe Bloopers

    Just noticed this about lee Van Cleef ...a bit of trivia .. Van Cleef had a son that was a professor at the University of Ga. while my youngest daughter was enrolled . she told me that someone once asked the son what he tough about when his father was always cast as a villan The son...
  8. hooboy

    Craigslist?

    No offense BUT...you acguired a very sick person pipe and tobacco collection???? hoo
  9. hooboy

    Mr Pease Teases Another New Blend!

    Pease Tease!!! hoo
  10. hooboy

    Speaking of all this Sherlock Holmes

    Jeremy Brit is the only one IMHO that was true to the original character that AC Doyle created , Brit was Sherlock hoo
  11. hooboy

    Sherlock got it right! *spoiler*

    Sherlock smoked a pipe in several of the ORIGINAL stories And he kept tobacco in a slipper hanging on the mantle, Also the phrase "a 3 pipe problem was noted several times as well as smoking a black shag, saving the dottle to smoke in the morning pipe, etc. etc, hoo
  12. hooboy

    Overkill?

    nice!, wait, wait, I don't see any pipe or tobacco.... hoo
  13. hooboy

    Mason Jars Still Smell After Washing

    I believe it is unlawful to change kids! hoo (running for cover)
  14. hooboy

    Seagull or fish?

    I apologize for helping hijack ! hoo
  15. hooboy

    Is a Dremel Type Tool Worth Having for Piping

    In regards to the dremel being too fast even in the slowest setting....undoubtly I must have a very lazy dremel as in the slowest setting using a flexible shaft you can almost count revolutions . No surprise as I have several items that are on the lazy side especially firearms they just lay...