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sgarrity

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Mar 6, 2016
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San Diego
Long time lurker, recent poster. Smoked cigars and pipes in college. Got back into it around 2015 or so And started a collection. Castello is my favorite brand along with a few other Italian makers and North American artisan pipes. Scott Thile and Barnard/BST are two favorites. Enjoy English blends and some aromatics. Known to smoke some Carter Hall on occasion. I expect that to be held against me! Lol

Outside of pipes I’m a bourbon and scotch drinker. A bit of a wine snob. My pipe collection and tobacco cellar pales in comparison to my wine cellar. Mostly Syrah, Pinot Noir, and Cabs from Santa Barbara area, Sonoma, and Willamette Valley. Other hobbies include working out, breeding and showing Boxers, and playing music. I play mandolin, tenor banjo, and guitar in bluegrass, Celtic, and old time music.

Look forward to participating more!
 

Latakia Dave

Lifer
Mar 4, 2021
1,666
20,968
Shenandoah Vally Virginia
Long time lurker, recent poster. Smoked cigars and pipes in college. Got back into it around 2015 or so And started a collection. Castello is my favorite brand along with a few other Italian makers and North American artisan pipes. Scott Thile and Barnard/BST are two favorites. Enjoy English blends and some aromatics. Known to smoke some Carter Hall on occasion. I expect that to be held against me! Lol

Outside of pipes I’m a bourbon and scotch drinker. A bit of a wine snob. My pipe collection and tobacco cellar pales in comparison to my wine cellar. Mostly Syrah, Pinot Noir, and Cabs from Santa Barbara area, Sonoma, and Willamette Valley. Other hobbies include working out, breeding and showing Boxers, and playing music. I play mandolin, tenor banjo, and guitar in bluegrass, Celtic, and old time music.

Look forward to participating more!
Welcome from Virginia
 
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mso489

Lifer
Feb 21, 2013
41,211
60,639
Welcome aboard from central North Carolina. I went to Navy boot camp in San Diego when it still existed there, and did some "A"schools in radio. I've been back since on other business. I like the waterfront maritime museum with The Star of India square rigger and other ships to walk through. Back in the days of yore I think I saw Leon Russel in concert there.
 
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Dec 3, 2021
5,573
48,459
Pennsylvania & New York
Welcome from Pennsylvania and New York. Fellow cigar smoker, and bourbon and Scotch drinker here. I enjoy Vintage Port and Madeira, and appreciate a number of other wines. I hope to visit Santa Barbara, not so much because of the Cabs, but, because one of my favourite authors, whose work I collect in-depth, lived there for many years.

I've only been to San Diego two times; both times for the SDCC.
 
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didimauw

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Staff member
Jul 28, 2013
10,731
37,745
SE WI
Long time lurker, recent poster. Smoked cigars and pipes in college. Got back into it around 2015 or so And started a collection. Castello is my favorite brand along with a few other Italian makers and North American artisan pipes. Scott Thile and Barnard/BST are two favorites. Enjoy English blends and some aromatics. Known to smoke some Carter Hall on occasion. I expect that to be held against me! Lol

Outside of pipes I’m a bourbon and scotch drinker. A bit of a wine snob. My pipe collection and tobacco cellar pales in comparison to my wine cellar. Mostly Syrah, Pinot Noir, and Cabs from Santa Barbara area, Sonoma, and Willamette Valley. Other hobbies include working out, breeding and showing Boxers, and playing music. I play mandolin, tenor banjo, and guitar in bluegrass, Celtic, and old time music.

Look forward to participating more!
Carter hall is the greatest tobacco ever created. Welcome!
 
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dunnyboy

Lifer
Jul 6, 2018
2,594
32,422
New York
Welcome from NYC. I heard Chris Thile live with Goat Rodeo when they played the Hollywood Bowl many years ago. I listen to him now on YouTube but find he spends too much time singing and not enough playing the mandolin. He's a good singer but a great mandolinist.
 
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mikethompson

Comissar of Christmas
Jun 26, 2016
11,879
25,879
Near Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Long time lurker, recent poster. Smoked cigars and pipes in college. Got back into it around 2015 or so And started a collection. Castello is my favorite brand along with a few other Italian makers and North American artisan pipes. Scott Thile and Barnard/BST are two favorites. Enjoy English blends and some aromatics. Known to smoke some Carter Hall on occasion. I expect that to be held against me! Lol

Outside of pipes I’m a bourbon and scotch drinker. A bit of a wine snob. My pipe collection and tobacco cellar pales in comparison to my wine cellar. Mostly Syrah, Pinot Noir, and Cabs from Santa Barbara area, Sonoma, and Willamette Valley. Other hobbies include working out, breeding and showing Boxers, and playing music. I play mandolin, tenor banjo, and guitar in bluegrass, Celtic, and old time music.

Look forward to participating more!
@sgarrity you have a diverse group of interests! Welcome to the forum and please ask any questions you have.

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