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  1. condorlover1

    🌟 🎄 🎅 The UnOfficial Official 2025 PM Secret Santa Thread 🎅 🎄 🌟

    In the spirit on 'Secret Satan' and due to the fact that I have access to the internet here is a quick preview of the official 'Condorlover' Xmas card:
  2. condorlover1

    Taking My Leave

    It just gets worse! I am sorry to hear about your situation Duane. Everything seems to be going a bit 'pear shaped' at this moment in time. Maybe it is the planets, maybe it is that time of year, whatever it is I wish you well and hope that your health improves with the arrival of spring.
  3. condorlover1

    🌟 🎄 🎅 The UnOfficial Official 2025 PM Secret Santa Thread 🎅 🎄 🌟

    Sadly for the 1st time in years I will not be participating since I am stuck overseas in Europe - I wish you all a happy sombest, a pleasant and light filled Xmas/religious festival of your choice and may your particular god be with you in 2026!
  4. condorlover1

    British Pathé Archives

    Pathe News - the snapchat of yesteryear. Some years ago an humorous take off of the those public information films was done by the BBC.
  5. condorlover1

    Yes, I am Alive!

    @woodsroad : You wouldn't believe it but the place is crawling with Germans and kebab shops!
  6. condorlover1

    Yes, I am Alive!

    @Servant King : It is very hard to find things to do on a Sunday in Berlin especially since all the street signs are in German!
  7. condorlover1

    Yes, I am Alive!

    @smudgersmissingleg : Thats a very interesting question. We were handed a card by Rachel and a number of packets of Gawith products. Both @simong and yours truly gave them a good old college try and rated them but I don't recall them having a specific name. One or two of them were pretty good...
  8. condorlover1

    Yes, I am Alive!

    @hoosierpipeguy should be back in Florida in January.
  9. condorlover1

    Yes, I am Alive!

    Thank you dear friends. Berlin is certainly an interesting city but I sadly don't see anyone smoking and I think I am the only pipe smoker in the city. The food is most interesting and this place has certainly changed since I was last here back in 1989/90. This afternoon I am going to try and...
  10. condorlover1

    Yes, I am Alive!

    Thank you for all the messages. Contrary to popular belief I have not vanished, got sucked back to the early 1920s due a time slip or generally done a "DB Cooper"! I have been in the UK and traveling and for some reason I cannot get onto Pipes Magazine probably due to the new stringent rules in...
  11. condorlover1

    Someone's Trying to Lure Me Back

    Guess this sums up the situation....
  12. condorlover1

    Am I Becoming a Real Man?

    Reminds me of the Air Plane movie when the pilot asks the small kid if he likes gladiator movies or ever hung around a locker room!
  13. condorlover1

    A Quick Rant About a Personal Problem.

    Whilst this thread is getting fascinating in a very strange way could you PM me exactly where the hell you are and the train station you wish to get too and I'll see if I can put my secretary on it on Monday!
  14. condorlover1

    Someone's Trying to Lure Me Back

    That is quite a surprise!
  15. condorlover1

    No Luck with Hallmark

    @Chasing Embers: It certainly looks like a stain job. I have a few pipes that are that color, what I refer to as a pleasing 'Turd Brown' effect. To color that perfectly that far up the bowl would mean you would have to seal off the bottom half of the bowl with a 'plug' of some kind to produce an...
  16. condorlover1

    No Luck with Hallmark

    Back on topic. Anyone who dabbles in ancient meerschaums will have come across the 'restrictor' at the bottom of the bowl that acts as a proto-coloring bowl. These can be silver three penny pieces, steam engine bolts, metal buttons from 19th century Levi trousers or shirts, washers, the list is...
  17. condorlover1

    No Luck with Hallmark

    I am probably going to regret this but exactly how in your estimation should a butt plug work?
  18. condorlover1

    No Luck with Hallmark

    @didimauw: Too busy replying to posts from you! You could offer to help if you want. We could do 2 posts a day each. WE could knock that out in time for next years Secret Satan. Lol
  19. condorlover1

    No Luck with Hallmark

    That could be (a) thread wear in the shank in which case the pipe is buggared and either you accept a cemented in place stem (b) attempt some form of shim arrangement (c) look for another specimen
  20. condorlover1

    No Luck with Hallmark

    I do. Do you want the long winded answer in which case you can visit my blog All Things Cutty - https://allthingscutty.blogspot.com/ which explains how this form of coloring took place. The simple answer is it was caused by the bowl restrictor of 'butt plug' as I refer to them which acted in a...
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