Howdy From Far West Texas
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In some states that's "The Department of Motor Vehicles"! Where is your DMV- and
Please put your location in your Profile!
Why: It will save time for others when you mention local stores, weather, tobacco prices, availability, regulations, location of photos, wildfires, air quality, etc.
How: Under your avatar, (top right, left most of three symbols) you choose "Account Details", which brings up "My Account". "My Location" is halfway down.
Wow! thanks all for the welcome, I can see this is a good family of pipers!
Thanks for putting your location in, but still wonder what your "DMV" is.
Howdy back at you from the frozen North of Alaska where our smoke rings freeze solid and we can toss them around to kill time. Not really, but welcome all the same!
Thanks for the tips! Haha and great question - it's something people in the "DC, Maryland, Virginia" locale say
Welcome to the forum from KC!!
"Out in the west Texas ton of El Paso
I fell in love with a Mexican girl
Nighttime would find me in Rosas's Cantina
Music would play and Felina would whirl".
"Out in the west Texas ton of El Paso
I fell in love with a Mexican girl
Nighttime would find me in Rosas's Cantina
Music would play and Felina would whirl".
Greetings from Prince George, BC. Loved your story. I know a few folks that collect violins that don't play. And others that collect art and don't paint, and so forth. . . . these kind of individuals are often tremendous sources of information because they don't let their opinions on the performance side get in the way. Welcome indeed. I expect no less from you, eh? (Yeah, we really do say that up here!!)
Thanks Gord, I have aways appreciated the beauty of a good pipe and the craftsmanship it takes to create one. Just so happens I collect Violins and don't Play. Just bought one this past weekend that is on my work bench now, just removed the top. I love the to bring old instruments back from the dead and make the playable again. Once I am done I might give it away to someone committed to making music with it or I might sell or trade it. Which one of the reasons I signed up on this forum, I am looking forward to doing the same for my pipes.
I have only recently joined the forum. Here's my opening post:
Hello from Prince George BC Canada :: New Member Introductions
Used to smoke a pipe in the 70s at university. Even had couple of Petersons. Animal House and all that. Now I'm retired, and have returned to the fold. Have a small collection, including a collection of McQueen Churchwardens I bought discontinued and at a bargain price, a few of their new...
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We have a lot in common. Looking forward to talking with you. Incidentally, I also worked on weekends in the old Strad Shop in Vancouver in addition to my teaching and playing duties, demonstrating violins, doing the odd minor repair, and always lurking for violins for my students. That was the actual purpose of why I was there. Got paid in trade actually. A win-win situation for me and the shop owner, who was also a violin maker.
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What a beautiful setting!! My mother lived for a while in Pt Arthur and Fort William, in what is now Thunder Bay in Ontario . . . same type of country on Lake Superior.