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Aug 1, 2012
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I thought it was gone as my ex has sold a lot of my pipes. She said she sold it but probably sold a Dunhill or two that were not my favorite. She sold a lot more but I also got a couple of Sasieni Four dots that became my car pipes. So glad I only gave her my cost, not their worth.
 
That sucks.
In grad school I lived next door in an apartment to a friend's girlfriend. A week after they broke up I saw her in the hallway crying, so I stopped to talk. She had found out that the reason he had broke up with her was that he had cheated on her with her best friend. In the conversation she said that he also left all of his vinyl at her place, and asked he to look after them till he could find a new place to live with her former best friend. It was a solid wall of vinyl in plastic milk crates.
Offhandedly, I mentioned that she was being way nicer than I would have been. I would have probably been so angry that i would have smashed them all. I ha ha'd and went into my own apartment.

After just a few, I started hearing hammer sounds, so I checked the breezeway, and saw her smashing the albums one by one with a hammer. I was like, "Oh crap!" "Hey, a few of those are really rare, can I have those?" She agreed.

So, like a week or so later, I run into my buddy, and he was livid. He said that she had told him that I had told her to smash his albums. I tried to explain, but he was finger in my chest, angry. I was tempted to give him back the rare ones that I had saved. That was really why I had saved them. But, he decided to shove me instead. Long story short, I waited 20 years before giving him back his Rolling Stone picture disk, Hendrix live albums, and a few other impossible to find rarities.

I know, I know... I should have kept them. He did turn out to be a piece of shit human anyways.
 

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That sucks.
In grad school I lived next door in an apartment to a friend's girlfriend. A week after they broke up I saw her in the hallway crying, so I stopped to talk. She had found out that the reason he had broke up with her was that he had cheated on her with her best friend. In the conversation she said that he also left all of his vinyl at her place, and asked he to look after them till he could find a new place to live with her former best friend. It was a solid wall of vinyl in plastic milk crates.
Offhandedly, I mentioned that she was being way nicer than I would have been. I would have probably been so angry that i would have smashed them all. I ha ha'd and went into my own apartment.

After just a few, I started hearing hammer sounds, so I checked the breezeway, and saw her smashing the albums one by one with a hammer. I was like, "Oh crap!" "Hey, a few of those are really rare, can I have those?" She agreed.

So, like a week or so later, I run into my buddy, and he was livid. He said that she had told him that I had told her to smash his albums. I tried to explain, but he was finger in my chest, angry. I was tempted to give him back the rare ones that I had saved. That was really why I had saved them. But, he decided to shove me instead. Long story short, I waited 20 years before giving him back his Rolling Stone picture disk, Hendrix live albums, and a few other impossible to find rarities.

I know, I know... I should have kept them. He did turn out to be a piece of shit human anyways.
That's crazy that you still kept in touch with him. Offhandedly, I think youel were being way nicer than I would have been. I would have probably been so angry that I would have smashed them all in front of him 20 years later.
 
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Amazing! Please let us see it when it comes!

Also, why did she throw out some but not others?
I'll be pretty busy for the next week or two but I'll post it when I can.

She sold the ones she knew I paid a lot for. Luckily I had most of my best pipes and tins evacuated in the first few days. They're safe in my house. The only reason these were left behind is that they were at a friend's place overseas. She went over and got them, had them for a couple weeks and gave me what was left.
 
She sold the ones she knew I paid a lot for.
Those seem to have sold rather fast. How is she doing that? There are skilled pipe revitalizers that have a tough time moving the pipes they refurbish. Ebay? Pawn shops? Mailing them to smokingpipes? My wife would have no idea how to unload my pipes if she so desired. She seems rather resourceful. Are you sure she isn't just using tossing them into a dumpster fire?

One of the reasons I feel very confident that no one will ever steal my pipes is that 98.9% of the general public thinks that they are worthless junk. I rest assured that my pipes are safe.
 
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Those seem to have sold rather fast. How is she doing that? There are skilled pipe revitalizers that have a tough time moving the pipes they refurbish. Ebay? Pawn shops? Mailing them to smokingpipes? My wife would have no idea how to unload my pipes if she so desired. She seems rather resourceful. Are you sure she isn't just using tossing them into a dumpster fire?

One of the reasons I feel very confident that no one will ever steal my pipes is that 98.9% of the general public thinks that they are worthless junk. I rest assured that my pipes are safe.
Most of them were in great condition and clean. I'm not sure where she sold them. She had the pipes for about 2 months so she had plenty of time to do what she did.
 
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I'll be pretty busy for the next week or two but I'll post it when I can.

She sold the ones she knew I paid a lot for. Luckily I had most of my best pipes and tins evacuated in the first few days. They're safe in my house. The only reason these were left behind is that they were at a friend's place overseas. She went over and got them, had them for a couple weeks and gave me what was left.
Man that sucks so bad. Glad to hear that you've kept and recovered some of your favorites.
 
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