The forums remind me just how much some of us have in common beyond our love of the briar as I read some of your answers above. In fact I was thinking of starting such a thread while I was out this morning and lo and behold here we are. You beat me to it Billp
Here goes:
1. Peterson Donegal Rocky 999 - forgiving pipe, good smoker, small size but lasts forever
2. G.L. Pease Piccadilly - have only had 3 or 4 bowls of a sampler that I got in mail from Tim at Two Cousins a few years ago. Found it, rehydrated and fell in love. Waiting on some more in mail.
3. Single malt whisky - which one depends on day and weather; Islay's for rainy or cold days; lowlands or heathery highlands for spring and summer. Rich, sherried Speysides for fall
4. a book
5. In 2004 while teaching in Northern Alberta I detached my retina while playing a ball hockey game with students. I required surgery in Edmonton to reattach the retina. In my pain medication induced haze, I can a recall a gentlemen, a stranger to me, walking into my room and asking if he had the right person. He asked for me by name and I confirmed, albeit groggily, that I was the fellow for whom he was looking. He explained that he was from Burlington on Whyte Tobacconists (I can't remember exactly, I was pretty loopy, but I think it was Chris) and my staff had called and placed an order with him for a pipe to be delivered to the Royal Alexandra hospital. I thanked him and unfortunately didn't have much in the way of energy to carry on a conversation. He left but about a year later I called his store and explained that I was looking to purchase a few things, I explained that he may not remember who I was and began to relate the story…he quickly interrupted me and said that no, he remembered quite well. It was the strangest request he had ever had as a tobacconist and we had a good laugh. That was 10 years ago and though I moved back east I still laugh when I think about that.
