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  1. Sandblast

    ***What Are You Smoking, December 2025?***

    Well ... (now Sun, Dec 14) ... maybe you'd be happier & enjoy Dec a bit more if you visited MN. Woke this morning with phone showing current temp of -17F (!!!) ... and I didn't stutter. That was "minus 17 degrees" with Wind Chill around "minus 25". Earlier this afternoon, I finally cut up a...
  2. Sandblast

    ***What Are You Smoking, December 2025?***

    UPDATE: So, last night I never returned to those 2 pipes. Second mug of port wine with that hot meal in my belly & I headed for bed. Now, a return to those pipes & I've discovered something excellent. DGT with Yorktown is fantastic! I'd pulled out enough from the jar for those pipes, but I'm...
  3. Sandblast

    ***What Are You Smoking, December 2025?***

    Winter evening in MN (technically still Fall). Winter storm alert, widespread slick roads, rapidly reduced visibility, intense snowfall predicting 4 - 6 inches in the metro area with some freezing drizzle also expected. 27 degrees. Hazardous travel (!!!). Last night, loaded 2 pipes, a...
  4. Sandblast

    ***What Are You Smoking, December 2025?***

    Jim ... Thinking your "Goodbye" to Norton was conducted in a bit gentler fashion than this.
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    ***What Are You Smoking, December 2025?***

    Ben.R.C. = finally ready to ask ... what's BIA? NOTE: holding confidence in the old schoolteacher saying ... "There are no dumb questions."
  6. Sandblast

    ***What Are You Smoking, December 2025?***

    Somebody mentioned Bluegrass ... a VaPer with DFK. Not ready for a TAD at the moment, so thought maybe I could make something (half a$$) similar. Mac Baren Club Blend with a splash of some Blending Perique. In a Sav Capri 611 (military stem) - a valued "old friend" pipe!
  7. Sandblast

    ***What Are You Smoking, December 2025?***

    Looks like Jeffrey's got his own Smoking Room. Got his pipe & his privacy!
  8. Sandblast

    ***What Are You Smoking, November 2025?***

    Now, Sun afternoon, smoking a pipeful from my "Odds & Ends" jar, which I've been adding to for about 20 years or so. Not many folks here ever comment on having "Odds & Ends" or "Bits & Pieces" or "Junk Jar" or "Scraps", etc. It's nice. Smoking in a Rossi 8804 Canadian rusticated. Made me...
  9. Sandblast

    ***What Are You Smoking, November 2025?***

    Great 303. I love my little System Standard 303. But I think to fully appreciate it, you now have to get a System Standard 302. They'll keep each other company! ;)
  10. Sandblast

    ***What Are You Smoking, November 2025?***

    A really awesome, beautiful Oom Paul ... er, Hungarian.
  11. Sandblast

    ***What Are You Smoking, November 2025?***

    Jim ... a while back, you showed & commented on a pipe that you said was your favorite. Not to diminish your collection of 4AB's, but I would have guessed this Lorenzo level top billiard to be your favorite, based upon how often you show it. I always love seeing it because my first quality...
  12. Sandblast

    ***What Are You Smoking, November 2025?***

    WOW ... now Nov 12 & up to page 81 (!). Smoking some Mac Baren Navy Mixture in a Rossi Canadian. Had an excellent Veteran's Day complimentary dinner last night at Applebee's, including a large glass of Sam Adams Octoberfest. Several offerings but chose the 6oz sirloin w/mashed taters & green...
  13. Sandblast

    ***What Are You Smoking, November 2025?***

    winterland (Mpls): Pipe Club meeting, Inver Grove Heights, Tue Nov 18, 5:30 You're welcome to attend per my invitation ... would like to see that Ben Wade! I've heard Stonehaven & RDF are one and the same. -Sandblast
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    ***What Are You Smoking, November 2025?***

    CPT: This is the FIRST meer I've ever seen with a plateau top (!!!). Absolutely AWESOME (!!!). Hello Stanwell? Please, immediately send it to me so I can place it above the fireplace just to admire every night. :)
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    ***What Are You Smoking, November 2025?***

    Woke early this morning = Sat, Nov 1st. Went to McDonald's for their Big Breakfast w/Hotcakes plus a large black coffee. Drove to the viewing area at MSP Airport to eat & watch planes take off. Haven't had that breakfast for couple years so savored every bite! Beautiful out. The Autumn...