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Epilogue: I kept trying and looking at the Tissot on my wrist. No matter how much I wanted it, the watch was simply too large for me so I decided to sell it. I mentioned it to a couple of friends but they didn't need it. My wife forbid me to tell our 3 sons about it because if more than one...

Me too! I once asked a woman how much she wanted for a nice oriental rug (modern made, about 9x13' and like new) I figured cost about 7 or 8 hundred dollars retail. She looked at it and said "My soon to be ex-husband really likes that rug, give me $10 for it." It now lays on the floor of our...

You're right! That's why I do garage sales. You simply never know what you might find. It's like going on a treasure hunt, looking for the unexpected great item and getting it at bargain price. More than once I've remarked to my wife that I would like to find some item and she says "You'll...

I said it before, but the Turkish meerschaum guys are at heart artisan carvers and not real pipe makers. They seem to be concerned with a look of the pipe and not the functionality. Hence the poor stem work and drilling. puffy

You catch on fast.... puffy

When guys talk about drying out tobacco, I don't think they're talking about "30 minutes". puffy

Actually, she wasn't an old lady. I would say about 35. Also, she was living in, what I would guess, was a million dollar town home and I don't think the money was important to her. I have a theory about garage sales. What I look for are sales where they have good stuff plus an attitude of...

This has absolutely nothing to do with pipes but.... I've mentioned before that I've found some pipe related items at garage sales, but this non pipe score was really amazing. Last Saturday I went to a community garage sale and as I always do, I was there early... before the sun came up. I...

Yeah, you figured it out. In the Fan family we always give our kids names with a meaning. The day I was born my dad broke a tooth on a pearl while eating raw oysters and named me in commemoration of the event. puffy

And speaking of signs for a store.... when I told people I was going to open my own smoke shop it seemed like almost everyone asked me if I was going to name it after myself. I told them "no", because after all who was I? Certainly no one would come because they were impressed by the name. I...

You make it awfully hard for me to resist some smartass reply..... puffy

A codger is a grumpy old man with a quick temper and a frail constitution. If anyone calls me a codger they're going to get beaten around the head and shoulders with my cane. puffy

The amount of nicotine absorbed in your mouth is negligible. Compared to the amount absorbed in the lungs by a cigarette smoker, it is thousands of times less. puffy

Pipe smoking for 60 years, about 12 bowls a day and reasonably good health for someone who's 78. Most people think I'm in my mid 60's. I don't have that cigarette smokers look and, in fact, I don't hardly have any wrinkles and my lungs look like a non smoker. Hope this helps. puffy

You should be proud of it. puffy

Thanks for the reminder, I just posted some music over there. puffy

It's a given that not everyone likes the same music. Below are links to some albums that I like very much and I hope you will too. I tried to avoid albums the everyone knows about or that are popular with the main stream and instead list pieces that you probably never heard of. Enjoy! puffy...

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I started 60 years ago this year.... puffy

Carlin was great, but like all great men he could be wrong sometimes. puffy