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  1. marlinspike

    Greetings All and Sundry from the Pacific NW!

    @jaytex969 , I lived in Texas for some years before landing in the PNW, and I have a lot of fond memories of Austin. I don't miss those Texas summers, that's for sure! Although the long slogs of gray weather here can be a trifle grim, at times.
  2. marlinspike

    Greetings All and Sundry from the Pacific NW!

    Oh yes, I've been to Rich's and 82nd Avenue before. That's still an hour-and-a-half drive, one way, for me.
  3. marlinspike

    My New Falcon

    Oh yeah, I still had my old brass Zippo lighter, several boxes of perfectly good cleaners, and my 3-in-one pipe tool, too! My wife called it my "box of shame". She ain't none too happy I've taken up the old vice again, so I tend to puff when I get an evening or late afternoon to myself, now.
  4. marlinspike

    My New Falcon

    I'm new here (hello, everyone!). I had a Falcon years ago, but lost the bowl when we moved, and then I quit pipe puffing for 17 years (the birth of a child will often bring that about). Anyway, when I took up the hobby again, I was doing the cob pipe gig (and still a fine gig!), but I recently...
  5. marlinspike

    Greetings All and Sundry from the Pacific NW!

    Not far from Portland. Sadly, no pipe shops near me at all. Thank God for the better online sellers!
  6. marlinspike

    Greetings All and Sundry from the Pacific NW!

    Absolutely proper! That area's beautiful any time of year, I bet.
  7. marlinspike

    Greetings All and Sundry from the Pacific NW!

    Thanks to all for the welcome! @Elric, my go-to tobacco is usually Newminster No. 400. I don't pretend to have very extensive knowledge of a lot of the tobacco blends that are around. When I got back into puffing, I bought a couple of the Lane blends that I had smoked years ago, and found...
  8. marlinspike

    Greetings All and Sundry from the Pacific NW!

    EDIT: Fixed Capitalization in Title (See Rule 9) - Bob Hi, I'm new to the forum - I've taken up my old hobby of pipe smoking again in the last year or so (much to my long-suffering wife's chagrin), and found the Pipes Magazine forum while looking up a Tsuge bamboo sitter not long ago. I picked...