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  1. collindow

    Old Fire Control Computers

    Here is a series of fire control videos from the 40s or 50s. Really quite neat! Engadget; Fire Control Computers Definitely worth the time to watch. Especially if you don't really know much about gears and cams and the like, it's very instructional!
  2. collindow

    Japanese Earthquake/Tsunami

    My prayers and thoughts go out to the poor people affected by this tragic event. And, while my prayers travel thousands of miles, I'm going to go to the beach, set up a chair, and smoke a pipe while watching a tsunami tear up the Oregon coast.
  3. collindow

    Peter and the Wolf

    We all saw this as kids, and I mean ALL of us. It was made in '46. And, I never noticed before tonight, it was originally a Russian production. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILI3s7Wonvg&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCgJXD3J9Wc Crazy to randomly find something like this, from so long...
  4. collindow

    Torque

    Rather off topic, I know, (this is the only online forum I'm a member of, and ya'll are so knowledgeable in general) but I'm curious, do any of you guys happen to be knowledgeable at all about the relationship between torque and horsepower? I've been reading about it, but I can't make heads or...
  5. collindow

    Last Doughboy Passes

    "He didn't seek the spotlight, but when Frank Buckles outlived every other American who'd served in World War I, he became what his biographer called "the humble patriot" and final torchbearer for the memory of that fading conflict".... Here is a link to the rest of theStory. Edit: Added a...
  6. collindow

    eBay TAD

    Union Leader/Crosby Square I'm pretty happy with this, I feel as if I got something of a deal.
  7. collindow

    Lampe Berger oil in a regular oil lamp?

    I just picked up an oil lamp from an estate sale down the street from me (no pipes, seems like the guy was a cigar smoker though, because he had several ashtrays) and I was curious, can I burn lampe berger oil in it? It's just a big ol' resevoir for oil with a wide wick, and a glass tube...
  8. collindow

    The Passage

    The Passage is an old game that I just found going through files in a folder on my desktop. It is, I believe, a game that very much justifies calling video games art, in the same way we call films, photography, and music art. It takes but five minutes. You can move in all four directions...
  9. collindow

    Look at this.

    Look at this pipe. It's a beautiful example of a Kaywoodie. However...the seller snipped off a portion of the stinger because he "could never understand what actual good they did anyway." Does anyone else find this terrible? The wanton destruction of pipes! For as long as 75 years, this...
  10. collindow

    Firefly

    Has anyone here on the forum ever watched the TV program Firefly, or the movie that came after it, Serenity? I'm rewatching the series after a few months. And every time I watch it, the humor and excellence hit me stronger than before. And, since I didn't see any threads relating to this...it...
  11. collindow

    If you enjoy laughing.

    You must watch this. http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1946687
  12. collindow

    The Zombie Apocalypse

    So, I was discussing with a buddy just a minute ago the impending zombie apocalypse. Which got me to wondering; are any of my fellow pipe-smokers ready for the impending zompocalypse? And...of course, how would you deal with the fact that smoking a pipe would likely get you killed, because of...
  13. collindow

    Forum Avatars

    I have a proposal, one that I think will add a little to the delights of the forum, whilst being relatively little work. And it is this: replace the default forum avatar with one that is just slightly tweaked to fit into what we are about on this site. Something along this lines of this...
  14. collindow

    Collin's PAD Issues for 2011

    I'm going to follow in the footsteps of some other somebody who did this, so I'm going to list all my PAD purchases for the year in this here thread. Assuming I don't forget at some point. Anyways, latest purchase... Kaywoodie Super Briar #12 I'll post up pics when I get it, sometime soon...
  15. collindow

    Have any of you guys heard of...

    A tobacco called "spillwater" or "stillwater" blend? I ran into a pipe smoker today, and he told me about it, but now I cannot remember the name exactly! This fellow told me that it is a reproduction of some 1920s blend, which sounds intriguing to me. So...anyone hear of it before now?
  16. collindow

    Kaywoodie Thread

    Hey all, in the theme of some of the posts that have popped up lately, (like PAD 2011 etc), why not make a thread dedicated to the Kaywoodie pipes of the forum! Kaywoodie's older pipes are beautiful, well-made, and show off American industry! Here's one of my favorite Kaywoodies, which...
  17. collindow

    1888 Mid-Day

    Just cracked open a tin of Mid-Day that I received from smokingpipes today. My first thought upon opening this tin was NIRVANA. Chocolate, vanilla...everything that smells good came flying out of the tin the second I opened it. My roommates thought I'd gone insane, when they heard the sigh of...
  18. collindow

    Quote I just found

    “Pipe-smokers spend so much time cleaning, filling and fooling with their pipes, they don't have time to get into mischief” -Bill Vaughn I like it.
  19. collindow

    More PADdy goodness!

    So, Rich's in downtown Portland is having a 25% off sale for the next week or so. I went there today, with some friends. My intent was to help them choose pipes; they're interested in getting started. And while they browsed, I figured I'd look at the freehands. Started with the...
  20. collindow

    Meerschaum lined?

    I was cleaning out this pipe, and noticed that I wasn't scraping away any more cake...and realized that this pipe may be lined with meerschaum! I know that Kaywoodie used to do this somewhat often, but I can't tell if this is one of those or not. So I yield to the more experienced eyes of the...
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