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  1. tuold

    The After Midnight Club

    I'm always here..... picking up the collected wisdom of the ancients. I get off work at midnight after putting the anesthesia department to bed at the hospital. They're all set to begin tomorrow's cases beginning at 6 AM.
  2. tuold

    Please Help Identify Pipe Maker

    Hello all, I just received this pipe from an eBay seller listed as being by an unknown maker. I couldn't find any reference at www.pipephil.eu to a red dot inside a white one. Does anyone recognize this logo? Thanks!
  3. tuold

    Dad's pipes

    Here's the only orange pipe from my collection..er...accumulation. Of course they came in numerous shapes.
  4. tuold

    Dad's pipes

    I wonder if that bright orange pipe was one of those graphite lined, "The Pipe" things? The year is about right. "The Pipe" etc As for the pipe rack and tobacco container, you will see many examples of what you describe on eBay. They seem to go for thirty or forty dollars including shipping.
  5. tuold

    What's Your Best/Favorite Pipe Under $175 New

    Well, this is the one I've kept coming back to for the past 30 years. I don't think I paid much more than $60.00 for it back then.
  6. tuold

    Squadron Leader...What's The Big Deal?

    As a long time pipe smoker who limited himself to Tinder Box's Crown Royale for so many years, my first taste of Squadron Leader was a taste revelation I still enjoy. In fact I just now spent an hour and a half with bowlful in one of my jumbo Wellingtons. It was (as usual) smooth, tasty and...
  7. tuold

    45 Hobbies For Men How Many Have You Done.

    I'm sure my wife regrets taking ball room dancing lessons with me. I was not exactly the Fred Astaire type. She has the scars to prove it.
  8. tuold

    45 Hobbies For Men How Many Have You Done.

    I tend to focus intensely on one obsession (hobby) at a time, but I do rotate them. Music composing is my primary past time, scale model building is another. Pipe collecting in earnest is a recent activity. Here's one third of my models. I have just as many still in the box sitting on shelves...
  9. tuold

    Sleeping With a Pipe

  10. tuold

    Indoor Smoking

    To each his own, but I couldn't continue to do something that I know makes my wife unhappy. We each find ways to pursue our hobbies without undue strain on each other. My wife enjoys playing musical instruments but not while I'm watching TV or listening to something else. It's just a different...
  11. tuold

    Great GrandFather's Pipe

    Right after my dad passed away all the relatives swooped in and scooped up all the swag they thought should be coming to them. About the only thing left were his dad's old dusty pipes that he put away years ago when my grandfather died. I'm happy having those, because that's how I remember my...
  12. tuold

    Fujima (and other cheap Chinese pipes)

    It is a tortuous and expensive path to wisdom. My first purchase from eBay was a boxed set of four of those awful pipes. They looked like briar, had some unusual styles and the metal bowls were hidden in the pictures. I pulled the stems off, threw them in a drawer and dropped bowls in the trash...
  13. tuold

    The Goings On at U.P. Steam

    Locomotives were huge at my house as a kid. My dad was a steam engineer for Disneyland for many years. Besides the four engines they had their, he also worked on the Mark Twain Steamboat. Not the most flattering picture of him, but I suppose this is where he spent a lot of his time =)
  14. tuold

    Civil War Reenacting and Pipe Smoking

    That's a great way to live and learn history.
  15. tuold

    Smoking Inside - Can Of Worms Alert

    I'm lucky to have my own comfortable heated room off of the shop in the basement. I've got a comfy chair, a work bench, a radio and all the supplies needed for enjoying my time off. I don't smoke in the house because we have three computers and an expensive TV that probably don't benefit from...
  16. tuold

    Sexism and Pipes?

    I don't think sexism "permeates" community by any stretch, but it does come up now and then. We have that "Pipe Babes" tab up there without a corresponding "Pipe Jocks", so that's one example. But look, it's mostly guys here with a few welcome exceptions. If the membership tipped to the distaff...
  17. tuold

    Pipe Gift From Wife

    Yeah, that's my kind of pipe! Enjoy!
  18. tuold

    When Refrigerators Attack

    In the not too distant future all appliances will be required to have this kind of connectivity so that utility companies can manage and monitor household power consumption. For instance, during a period of peak demand your dishwasher may only run in power saving mode. (Or not run at all) Same...
  19. tuold

    Cleaned and Sterilized - Right!

    "It's eBay. A lot of sellers don't know beans about pipes." That's one of part of the enjoyment of shopping there. This listing gave me chuckle: Needs new bowl insert I'd say both those pipes need a stick of dynamite in the bowl.
  20. tuold

    Keeping my pipe lit

    Reading this article was a pivoting point in my years of pipe smoking to finally understanding what I had been doing wrong for so long. The Thermodynamics of Pipe Smoking It explains so much. For example: "...I am more aware of my own moderation of my smoking style and how important it is to...
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