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  1. simnettpratt

    I Just Got a Valentine's Day Card.

    Someone sent me a Valentine's Day card. It's unsigned, but the envelope is hand-written. My name is correct and the address is C/O and my street address. My sister owns this house, so they seem to know that. I don't know any single women. It's a little creepy. Anyway, didn't have anyone else to...
  2. simnettpratt

    Men's Town Day - Get To Do Some Wrenching, Smoking, and Shooting

    Going to be good day. Bro is coming down with a clutch master and slave cylinder for my little green Miata, then it's off to the range for a round of Trap or Skeet. I have some cobs ready for the wrenching and some fancy pipes ready for the range. Will need to try the new .410 inserts for my...
  3. simnettpratt

    HUGE Present of Tobacco and Pipes from msandoval and sparrowhawk Just Arrived!

    Mike (msandoval) came by the house a while back and we exchanged some tobacco. I really like the Abingdon he gave me, and got a PM from him a while back saying he was going to send me some, and some WhiteKnight. It just arrived. Now I'm expecting a tin of each, which would be awesome, most of my...
  4. simnettpratt

    msandoval's Sending Me a CARE Pack! Pics When it Arrives...

    Mike Sandoval (msandoval858) just mailed me a CARE pack! Remember, I'm the windfall guy who was given maybe sixty pounds of tobacco six months ago, and have publicly stated for no one ever to Secret Santa me, and he sent it anyway. He's the guy that came by the house for some smoking and scotch...
  5. simnettpratt

    Met My First Absolute JERK Piper

    Old buddy Tim took me to a British pub the other day, where we got to smoke at our table. We're eating, smoking and playing backgammon, when I notice an old guy at the bar with several nice looking pipes and puffing away. I of course go over to introduce myself and share some of my tobacco...
  6. simnettpratt

    Great Quotes From Early American Trapper's Journal 1834-1843

    Archy gave me a book: Journal of a Trapper, which is the account of a fur trapper in the Rockies in the 1830s. The dude's definitely not a professional writer, but the glimpse into that old life is interesting. Lots of friendly Indians (Snake Tribe), lots of hostile Indians (Blackfoot Tribe)...
  7. simnettpratt

    Super Pub Where You Can Smoke In The Dallas, TX Area

    Ok, it's technically in Arlington: Sherlock's Baker St. Pub & Grill. 254 Lincoln Square Center, Arlington TX 76011 Go south on 157 Collins off I-30 and immediately turn right on the first turn-in to Lincoln Square; Sherlocks faces north. Buddy took me there the other day and it is excellent...
  8. simnettpratt

    Archy Bought Some Plum Pudding, And Ordered Extra For Me

    Really sweet of her. Here's the biggest chunk of Pudding with the little Butz Choquin billiard I smoked the first bowl in. The Butz is my first pipe ever, from the eighties sometime, after falling in love with Tolkien's books. The Plum Pudding is a complex English with Orientals/Turkishes...
  9. simnettpratt

    Why Do Pipes Attract the Most Generous People in the World? It's a Stick!

    I don't yet know why pipes attract the most generous people in the world. It's a stick. We were not made generous by the pipe, it just attracts us, and smoking them is generally a most solitary and reflective thing, though it certainly can be used to breach social barriers and have you enjoying...
  10. simnettpratt

    The Final, Final Update On The Amazing sjb3 Windfall

    I know I've posted about this a lot, but I don't care - I think it's good for all of us to be a part of it. For you new guys, I'm disabled and can't work and had a cellar of half a tin. Some guy posted he was quitting smoking, show up and you could have his tobacco and pipes. I was the only one...
  11. simnettpratt

    Where To Click To Go Directly To The Last Post In A Thread

    I post this every few months, and we have enough new guys and some long threads going, so I figure it's time. There's a place you can click to go directly to the last post in a thread. Normally, you click on the thread's title and you go to the first post, and have to scroll all the way down to...
  12. simnettpratt

    Even New Pipers Are Generous: Thank You claypipes!

    claypipesarchaeologist (I call her archy) is a fairly new piper to the forum, but appears to be fitting right in. Her posts are reasoned, intelligent and always have something to add; she's one of my favorite posters. She just took up piping, and being still in school to become a real...
  13. simnettpratt

    New pipesandcigars Link To Stop FDA Killing Recent Tobacco Blends

    P&C has a new link up, to fight the FDA from mandating all new tobaccos and cigars introduced after the arbitrary date of 15Feb07, would be required to undergo a year's worth of expensive testing, which would effectively remove them from the market. Like P&C Hearth & Home Marquee series? Gone...
  14. simnettpratt

    Which Tobacco Adds the Peppery Spiciness? Latakia? Orientals?

    The reason I'm asking is, I just popped a tin of Sutliff Bosphorous Cruise from the windfall. Sutliff lists it as an English, with Oriental, Latakia, and Red Virginia. I like it a lot, rich and smoky, but is has a tad too much black pepper spiciness for me. I would give it 4 of 5 stars because...
  15. simnettpratt

    Esoterica Pembroke: Margate With Cognac, Sounds Bad, Tastes Wonderful

    I got a couple ounces of Esoterica Tobacciana Pembroke in my windfall and am just getting around to trying it. It's the English Margate mixed with French cognac. You're supposed to smoke it slightly moist, but mine, though tubbed, is on the edge of crispy. I just loaded a fairly large bowl in my...
  16. simnettpratt

    Anyone Know How To Permanently Turn Off Spell Check In Posts?

    I absolutely despise spell check. I had it turned off for months now in my posts, by right-clicking in my reply and unchecking the Check Spelling checkbox, but it has come back, so I have to uncheck it on every post. Right now, it's telling me checkbox isn't a word with the squiggly red...
  17. simnettpratt

    How To Make Bold And Italics In PMs, If You Can't Make Backticks Work

    Sometimes I want to bold or italicize a word in a PM, because I don't know how to format long PMs nicely like I can in a regular post. I've been playing with the allowed markup PMing myself, and weird things happen. First off, I don't know the format for the backticks (the left-leaning...
  18. simnettpratt

    Is There an Official Definition of What Makes a Blend a Balkan?

    Reason I ask is, I recently tried GL Pease's Abingdon (thank you sandoval), which is listed as a 'full Balkan', and it's one of my all-time favorite tobaccos. I started with aros like a lot of folks, then discovered I like Englishes better when I tried Altadis Fox & Hound, considered by many a...
  19. simnettpratt

    9:49 min Recording of Tolkien Reading Riddles in the Dark

    For Tolkien fans: here's a 9:49 minute recording of the man himself reading Riddles in the Dark. You can hear what Gollum really sounds like. :) From YouTube. Riddles in the Dark
  20. simnettpratt

    Here's a Link to Fight the New FDA Regulations

    pipesandcigars has a link where you can fight the new FDA regulations. The two biggest issues are, they want to define a 'premium' cigar as one costing $10 or more. Your under $10 cigars would be lumped into the less than 100% tobacco cigars from the Quickie Mart, which could make some brands...
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