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  1. dino

    What Music Are You Listening To? December, 2023

    "December, 1963" by The Four Seasons (Gerry Polci and Frankie Valli, co-lead singers) performing live on "The Midnight Special".
  2. dino

    Do You Read On A Kindle, Paper Books, Audiobooks?

    I read actual books, hardcover and paperback, Kindle and occasionally listen to audio books. That is also the order of my preference. Being legally blind makes it way more difficult to read many of the couple thousand books in my personal library, however I still prefer hardcover books because...
  3. dino

    What Music Are You Listening To? December, 2023

    Stelios Kazantzidis was one of the major musicians who helped usher in the Laiko style of Greek music. This "music of the people" was built upon the Rembetiko style of music from the 1930s. Rembetika are songs that can very loosely be compared to American Blues. It is music that is rich in...
  4. dino

    Favorite Short Song

    Chopin's "Minute Waltz" Dinu Lipatti
  5. dino

    ***What Are You Smoking, December 2023?***

    I really enjoyed this Saturday's ZOOM meeting with my pipe friends, not only the fun conversations, warm camaraderie, and the usual ball-busting, but a very tasty smoke. I savored some 2017 Christmas Cheer in my Perspex stemmed GBD Prehistoric 508 bent billiard, partnered with a mug of Barrie...
  6. dino

    Happy Hanukkah to our Jewish Pipe Smoking Forum Members!

    Chag Chanukah Sameach!
  7. dino

    Ten Years Here, and Yet Another Birthday Pipe.

    A stunning pipe! From another 77-year-older (who's been here a couple more years than you) I want to wish you a very... Happy Birthday!
  8. dino

    ***What Are You Smoking, December 2023?***

    While ZOOM-ing with my buddies this past afternoon, I smoked my James Upshall FH rusticated Lovat, filled with some Carole Burns blended Wilke #524 with Syrian Latakia from the mid-teens. I paired that with a large mug of Barrie House Clay Avenue Blend coffee. The conversation, camaraderie...
  9. dino

    ***What Are You Smoking, December 2023?***

    Perastika, as we Greeks say. ("May this pass" or "Get well soon")
  10. dino

    ***What Are You Smoking, December 2023?***

    Jim! I was out all day yesterday and just now caught up on the posts. Sorry I missed my chance to wish you Happy Birthday in a timely manner. It seems you had a pretty good day, foodwise! I guess today will be a diet day:LOL:. Anyway, Happy (slightly belated) Birthday!
  11. dino

    What Music Are You Listening To? December, 2023

    Let's start off the month with Merle Haggard's song "If We Make It Through December"
  12. dino

    What Music Are You Listening to? November, 2023

    Claude Bolling's Concerto for Classic Guitar and Jazz Piano, First Movement "Hispanic Dance," performed by Angel Romero, guitar, George Shearing, piano, Ray Brown, bass and Shelly Manne, drums.
  13. dino

    ***What Are You Smoking, November 2023?***

    It depends how far north you are, but the Chicagoland Pipe Collectors Club meets on a monthly basis, often at the Arlington Pipe and Cigar Lounge in Arlington Heights. Here's the link to the club's website: https://chicagopipeclub.com/
  14. dino

    ***What Are You Smoking, November 2023?***

    I had a wonderful ZOOM meeting with my pipe buddies, while I smoked my first bowl in nearly three weeks. I’ve been down, first with a wicked UTI, then a week of clearing all the antibiotics, and finally a bout of Covid. Whew! I’m fine now and celebrated with a bowl of 2015 Samovar in a Peterson...
  15. dino

    What Music Are You Listening to? November, 2023

    A good Toto cover and funny parody of Weezer's "Sweater Song" video, with Weird Al dressed like Buddy Holly.
  16. dino

    What Music Are You Listening to? November, 2023

    Happy Thanksgiving, Y'all! Here's The Petersens performing Ben Rector's "The Thanksgiving Song"
  17. dino

    Wow Three Years On PipesMagazine!

    Yeah, condor and tobakenist, tell me about it. And, Mazel tov PipeIT!
  18. dino

    ***What Are You Smoking, November 2023?***

    PipeIT, I'm sure I speak for most of us here when I extend Happy Birthday wishes to your beautiful granddaughter!
  19. dino

    What Music Are You Listening to? November, 2023

    I'm impressed you own this album. It's not her greatest work, but the only time, I think, she recorded Beethoven. As you know, these late 1920s "recordings" are of Wanda playing on a Duo-Art reproducing piano, that makes a piano roll. The piano roll is then able to be played back on a "player...
  20. dino

    I'm Back!

    Welcome back! Glad to see that your taste buds are on the mend. I was almost back to 95% of smell and taste sensation from my bout of Covid early this year, when I was revisited by the bastard virus last week. Your story gives me new hope. (I've lots of cigars) Stay well.