G'day from North Queensland

[jpmcwjr]

Oooh, I've just ascended to the giddy rank of Junior Member! Thankyou Mods ?

You're welcome, but we Mods don't do nothin'- it's automatic with time and # of posts....

 

[MattRVA]

Welcome from Virginia

 

[smknron]

Hi everyone: I smoked pipes (say 3 bowls a week) for some years until I got married more than 30 years ago. Never smoked cigarettes, perhaps a semi-annual cigar. When I stopped pipe-smoking, I gave away a good selection, including a couple of Meerschaums (the real deal, not corn cobs). I moved to lovely, tropical North Queensland almost 3 years ago, and found that at my first ministers' gathering (I'm a Uniting Church minister), some colleagues broke out pipes. I got home, told my wife, who decreed "No! You are not to take up pipe smoking again!".
Cue a couple of Sunday evenings ago, a few of those colleagues came round for dinner. Afterwards, while we were sitting outside, they asked if they could light up pipes, and produced a spare for me ? So now I'm waiting for UPS to deliver a Savinelli (tomorrow, the tracking number says) and Australia Post to deliver a 50g tin of Peterson My Mixture 965 (also tomorrow according to Aus Post tracking). Just in time for a Sunday off and a long Anzac Day weekend at a beach.

I was fortunate that I got the chance to visit Australia some years back. Beautiful country there, I really enjoyed Wilsons Promontory in Victoria. I really wanted to go to the Great barrier reef beaches but never found the time to go. The challenge for me was driving, not so much about where to be on the actual roadway, but sitting there on the other side (that is the passenger side in the US) where the steering wheel was. I was ok after a little practice, but if you've never driven over seas it's a little challenge. Good time there for sure.

 

[augiebd]

Welcome from Western Canada! I remember when I first tried Latakia blends. I also liked the lighter Englishes. Neither MM 965 or Beck’s Ol’ Limey Bastard appealed to me that much. I put them aside and tried them about a year later. They’ve become a favourite. You will find your tastes change, it can be good to check on that from time to time.