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  1. stevecourtright

    Show Me A Pipe And Tell Me A Story

    I kinda missed the point of your post, so sorry about that. The pipe is Italian, like my folks, so while tenuous at best, there is a connection... Anyway, fun idea, Mike. And you are free to use and distribute the toast to one and all...
  2. stevecourtright

    Show Me A Pipe And Tell Me A Story

    My Great-Uncle Pascoe - we called him Uncle Pat - earned his license to practice law around the time of the Prohibition and smoked pipes and cigars much of his life. He was also fond of Manhattans as were all of his siblings. In fact, my grandfather would often mix up a pitcher thereof and a...
  3. stevecourtright

    Sugar or Mold

    Since sugar is water soluble and mold is not, a simple rinse with a bit of water on a sample bit of baccy should give a pretty definitive answer. Fortunately, I haven't had to try out my theory. OTOH, I used to have to tell the difference between sugar and fat bloom on chocolate when I worked...
  4. stevecourtright

    My First Chicago Show - 2009

    Thank you for the article, Kevin. On October 5, 2021, Tim Garrity from CPCC reported: "It is with great sadness that Frank Burla, founder of the Chicago Pipe Show, has passed. Frank was the man behind the show and the CPCC. Smoke a pipe in his honor."
  5. stevecourtright

    First Tobacco You Bought?

    Updown had it named as a house tobacco, but yep, 1-Q.
  6. stevecourtright

    Undemanding Blends

    Good question! Some favs already mentioned, so I will go with Davidoff's Scottish Mixture.
  7. stevecourtright

    RIP Lonnie Smith

    If anyone ever asks what it is to "swing" just play this vid. Swinging!!! <3
  8. stevecourtright

    My Tinsky Commission.

    Yessir. My favorite Tinsky... Get well soon and don't lift any heavy pipes (per Doctor's orders)...
  9. stevecourtright

    Pipe Reaming Tools

    I have a Senior and never use it. I tend to clean my pipes with a pretty casual attitude and they seem to stay smokable without any real fuss.
  10. stevecourtright

    Appreciation for the Pipe Forum

    I briefly belonged to a hobby forum whose purpose was to advance the practice of Group Teeth Flossing. It was the best, if you factor in weirdness as a requisite for "best." I like weird, but not like that. This place, on the other hand.... Ok, I made all that up, except for the last bit....
  11. stevecourtright

    Floating Black Particles

    Soot contains these little beauties: Buckminsterfullerene - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminsterfullerene
  12. stevecourtright

    What Makes a Great Work of Art?

    "Although, for me, I don't have to have an emotional response. I'm not even sure what that is." I cried like a fool the first time I heard "Quartet for the End of Time." Of course, I hadn't slept for a couple of days and was still in the throes of painkillers, &c &c, from a recent surgery. So...
  13. stevecourtright

    What Makes a Great Work of Art?

    I like the emotion approach to defining what is art. "Art begins when a man, with the purpose of communicating to other people a feeling he once experienced, calls it up again within himself and expresses it by certain external signs" Tolstoy So, if one must judge, I would say that art (to...
  14. stevecourtright

    What's Your Profession?

    My mom said that my passion for music would make a nice hobby someday, so I studied Environmental Biology in school, and now practice patent law. Somedays I feel a little sorry for myself.
  15. stevecourtright

    Ragweed Season

    That sounds unpleasant, Cosmic. Sorry. I recall mowing the lawn as a kid and feeling miserable. We lived in the middle of about 10 acres of virgin prairie and late summer time was the worst for me. To this day I love winter camping.
  16. stevecourtright

    Ragweed Season

    I believe that nicotine causes vasoconstriction, and, as a result, one's nose doesn't run as freely during allergy season. Just one more good reason.... you know.
  17. stevecourtright

    Covid Gave Me A Swift Kick In The Nuts

    Glad to hear you're on the mend, Harris. I would hate to lose you to something that we can actually do something about.
  18. stevecourtright

    Selecting Your First Pipe

    If I were to give any advice about a first pipe, and if you have access to a real brick and mortar pipe store, pay the place a visit with a budget in mind, and ask the wisest looking person there for a recommendation. An in-person experience cannot be replicated in a forum. Plus, you will get...
  19. stevecourtright

    Bonsai?

    Well no. I have quite a few hobbies, and not enough time for those. I might circle back when I stop working for a living, but no plans in the near future. Happy that others can make beautiful botanic miniatures.
  20. stevecourtright

    Bonsai?

    I grow orchids and thought bonsai would be easy after that. I was wrong!! Nice work.
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