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    Would You Pay?

    Good point! Yesterday, it was illegal, today it’s tax revenue . . .
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    Would You Pay?

    In a nearby town, there is a main street that serves as an artery between a state highway and several other communities. There are four stoplights in the town. One stoplight is at an intersection that, because of a diagonal crossing street, has a rather long span from crosswalk to crosswalk. The...
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    Bent Pipe Airway Question

    Hi, Sasquatch. Only problem with your second illustration is the size of the tenon, which leaves practically no briar around it. Which could be solved with a thicker shank, but that’s a different shape. No doubt, anything over a 1/4 bent is going to involve compromise. There is such a thing as a...
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    $1000+ Pipes

    Thank you, Boston, for a very sympathetic and perceptive post. I was tempted to reply on another thread when someone said he didn’t want his artisan pipemaker making less than a plumber fixing his toilet — if the pipemaker charged the hourly rate of plumbers, well, let’s not go there. I‘ve seen...
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    North American Pipe Makers

    If I may, I’d like to note that my website is actually www.howellhandmade.com. One of these days I’ll shut the fastmail public folder down, but it’s still been useful for the gallery.
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    My New Jack Howell Pipe

    That’s very nice of you, George, thanks for the email and the great deal, it’s almost too good to be true. I never expected to retire; now I must to say I’m looking forward to it. I’m not sure why you bank in Nigeria but you must know what you’re doing. I’ve sent my deposit so no doubt the money...
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    My New Jack Howell Pipe

    Aw, shucks, Harris, thank you, and everyone else, for your kind words. Yes, my photos suck. Once I mused aloud to Neill Roan that I should improve my camera, or my lighting, or something, and he said, “No, your grainy photos with the oversaturated background are your trademark at this point.”...