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  1. DeaconPiper

    Lighter for airplane travel

    Haven't flown in years...can I bring a pipe and some tobacco with a lighter on my carry-on or must they be checked in luggage?
  2. DeaconPiper

    Happy 235th Birthday to the U.S. Coast Guard

    Life aboard the Star are among my most memorable. And yes, Washington state is barely recognizable. Seattle was once a thriving, clean, safe and affordable city. It is none of those things today. Intentionally.
  3. DeaconPiper

    The Comfort They Can't Take Away

    Jock's Choice, Thor's Hammer and Red Bull are the way to go if anyone's interested in nasal snuff. Just fantastic.
  4. DeaconPiper

    Happy 235th Birthday to the U.S. Coast Guard

    My father served from 1975 to the mid-1990s, even had "Semper Paratus" tattooed on his arm. I grew up hearing stories that inspired me to read, live and travel, too. I joined in late 1998 and went to boot camp, like my father, in Cape May where I was born. Stationed in Seattle, it was a...
  5. DeaconPiper

    Old Codger Stories

    Early 80's, Upstate New York. My father, a carpenter, took me to chop down a Christmas tree, in the snow. I remember hiking downhill through the snow, and it came up to my waist. I was all bundled up in blue and white and red. Pa let me pick the tree. The sky was cloudy and dark, like the...
  6. DeaconPiper

    Chasing Oswald - Documentary

    Obviously a coup and the United States hasn't been the same, since.
  7. DeaconPiper

    Manhunt in Montana

    Remember driving last summer from Central Washington to North Carolina with the family. Passing through Montana, I noticed an artifact in the distance, it looked like one of the towers from Lord of the Rings. A few weeks later, we returned the same way and saw it again. When we reached home, my...
  8. DeaconPiper

    What Are You Listening to? - July, 2025

    Wagner's Tannhauser.
  9. DeaconPiper

    Favourite Sci-Fi Movies?

    The news
  10. DeaconPiper

    Turbulence

    I've flown around the world many times, but the older I get, the less I prefer it. I don't like the inconvenience, the rudeness of most people, and maybe my anxiety gets the better of me sometimes. Now, I absolutely love driving and, if I could afford to it, I would take a train most places...
  11. DeaconPiper

    Grandpa's ash tray

    Very beautiful. A work of art!
  12. DeaconPiper

    First Time Growing, Plugging...

    Good evening! I regret to inform all of you the crop has failed - but we will try again next year! With most plants barely over eight inches, and many eaten by locusts, I will not harvest. Granted, I started extremely late in the season. Too late. And summer is mild (merciful for humans...
  13. DeaconPiper

    James Gunn's DC Universe is off to an Amazing Start.

    Maybe it's me, but I watch movies now to feel good. I don't always want something 'gritty' and tense, I already experience the gritty and tense in my profession. And maybe I do want an idealized version of reality that is beautiful and caring, warm and predictable with clear good guys and bad...
  14. DeaconPiper

    Whiskey with pipes

    Maker's Mark and Jackknife Plug
  15. DeaconPiper

    First Time Growing, Plugging...

    Happy Fourth of July everyone, Our plants seem to be struggling, not as tall as I might expect for this time of year and something is eating the leaves. I may just put them in the ground right now and give them room the grow. Could be a variety of factors - an earwig or grasshopper's lunch and...
  16. DeaconPiper

    Recommend me a New All Day Smoke to Replace Carter Hall and Prince Albert

    Not sure if this was mentioned, but St. Bruno is fantastic.
  17. DeaconPiper

    First Time Growing, Plugging...

    Looks like the Aztec is already flowering...
  18. DeaconPiper

    First Time Growing, Plugging...

    I removed my trays from the greenhouse once we hit warmer temperatures, but foolishly sat the trays on the ground where something or other began tasting the leaves...spotted earwigs around and decided it was time to repot everything anyway, and then set these trays on a table. Most everything...