As I understand it, the Cat is sometimes used interchangeably with the Rabbit...at least with the Vietnamese. Not sure if that is limited to their tradition or not.
Birthday Haul 2023
- Thread starter TheIronMonkey
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Congratulations on your Birthday!
If you plan on smoking your new Thomas Cristiano pipe, I for one would love to hear how it smokes.
If it is for your collection and a non-smoker, it looks like it would have been very difficult to drill!
Many thanks for sharing.....I really appreciate your posts
The chamber is pretty large. It smoked fine, but the bowl is so tall, you can’t see the top of the pipe when lighting up—I didn’t want to char the rim. Fortunately, the top of the chamber is so wide, you just need to center the lighter and draw.
It's all downhill from here! 
Enjoy your b-day gifts in happiness and good health. Cheers!
Enjoy your b-day gifts in happiness and good health. Cheers!
I think you got a haul that would make anyone of us proud. Really like the assortment of meat and cheese.
That's a great cigar! And beautiful pipes plus tobaccos! Happy birthday have a good one!
Hey TheironMonkey, that sounds fantastic.I love these gifts, they are beautiful. Happy birthday my dear friend. God bless you.
I forgot to post a pic of this cool limited edition New York MTA Subway Token watch Susan gave me:
Congratulations and many happy returns of the day !
Wonderful gifts of plenty
Wonderful gifts of plenty
That's an amazing bounty of thoughtful gifts! Happy belated, @TheIronMonkey. 
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Happy Birthday from a water rat. Amazing gifts, and glad to hear it was a nice day.