New Member from Western NC

[insofin]

Welcome from California.

Hi, UncleRasta. Good to hear you. Spent many wonderful years in Marina del Rey and then up to
San Mateo-San Francisco. They sure hate people that say "Frisco" - but you already know that.

Burnt up too many pipes just smoking them. After a while I added Baccy and a whole new world of pleasure opened up.

 

[insofin]

Welcome from Knoxville

Thanks for the Welcome, smokiespiper. Your saying is true. Experience over (a period of) time= Wisdom.

 

[insofin]

Welcome from Inverness, FL!

Thanks for the Welcome, instymp. Two of the nicest people I ever met, moved to Inverness not too long ago. Maybe you know them: Ben Wade and .357

 

[insofin]

Welcome from North Carolina

Big thanks to the FurCoat. We've finally got some really nice weather coming up. All we need to do is stay alive long enough to enjoy it.

 

[insofin]

Thanks for your service. Great bunch of guys here. Welcome from the New Jersey Shore.

Thanks, Grangerous. NJ is an amazing State. Lived in East Orange back in the early '60's.

 

[UncleRasta]

Spent many wonderful years in Marina del Rey and then up to
San Mateo-San Francisco. They sure hate people that say "Frisco" - but you already know that.

Ironically, I moved here from Frisco, Texas

 

[insofin]

“Although I have 89 pipes and will stop at 100”

I said that too. I hope you’re more successful than I was.

Great to see you here. Welcome from northern NJ!

Thanks for the encouragement, jguss. I have a cold heart and steel nerves. Unfortunately, when it comes to pipes, my brain is like a marshmallow. When I hit that hundred mark, I'll probably go three days and ask my doctor for Prozac!!!

 

[insofin]

Ironically, I moved here from Frisco, Texas

Now THAT'S funny!!!

 

[STP]

Welcome

 

[insofin]

wellcome from Balearic islands

Hi, Gus. Thanks so much for the Welcome. Which of four islands off the coast of Spain are you on: Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza or Formentera? I've seen a few pipes
coming out of the mainland that would cost ten times more if stamped "Handmade in Denmark."

 

[mso489]

Welcome from your state capital. Fifty miles west of Asheville is near-about in Tennessee. That's pretty country. Years ago my late wife and I (I'm remarried) camped in a state park around Bryson City. They warned us about the skunks, and sure enough, a whole family marched right under our folding chairs as we sat at our fire. Like they told us, we just kept still and kept our conversation polite, and everything smelled fine. My second wife grew up in remote Missouri farm country but worked much of her career in Manhattan and on Long Island and misses New York.

 

[FurCoat]

Big thanks to the FurCoat. We've finally got some really nice weather coming up. All we need to do is stay alive long enough to enjoy it.

Tell me about it...the rain has been relentless.

 

[lochinvar]

Welcome from across the mountain in Gatlinburg!

 

[jaytex1969]

Hello from Austin, Texas.

A decade ago, my wife and I spent a week in Sapphire on vacation.

We took the train ride through the Nantahala Gorge and visited a great model train museum in the area. Also learned quite a bit about the Cherokee that evaded the whole Trail Of Tears tragedy and persisted in the area.

A beautiful area known, if I recall, for an abundance of waterfalls. We also made it into Asheville for some great hippie food.

Welcome to the forum!

 

[Toast]

Welcome from the UK!

 

[insofin]

Welcome

Many thanks, STP. You've sure had way more than your share of ice, freezing rain and "snow up to here."
It's the new normal and now called Global Warming.
If it gets any warmer, next year's summer will be in the low teens to mid-20's. Not to worry, I'm sure Biden will issue Executive Order #237, to have Dr. Faucci control the weather.

 

[insofin]

Welcome from your state capital. Fifty miles west of Asheville is near-about in Tennessee. That's pretty country. Years ago my late wife and I (I'm remarried) camped in a state park around Bryson City. They warned us about the skunks, and sure enough, a whole family marched right under our folding chairs as we sat at our fire. Like they told us, we just kept still and kept our conversation polite, and everything smelled fine. My second wife grew up in remote Missouri farm country but worked much of her career in Manhattan and on Long Island and misses New York.

Thanks, mso489. Glad to be onboard; what a wonderful group of "down to earther's." Many years ago I lived your experience. Just change your skunk's to my racoon's and put them in a Northern California State park. We're in a tent, it's 3am and we hear people walking all around us like they lost something and are trying to find it without flashlights. I peeked out. No people. More peeking: Little legs, stripes and masks before it was mandated. Must have been 12-15 little furry critters out there. My wife asked what that racket was and I just said, "It's the nightly clean-up crew."

 

[insofin]

Welcome from across the mountain in Gatlinburg!

Yeah... Gatlinburg! Can't think of anyone who hasn't been there or doesn't have plans for the trip. Many, many happy times in your town. Thanks for the Welcome, lochinvar.

 

[solideogloria86]

Welcome from Northern NV. Born and raised in Asheville/Weaverville area.

 

[insofin]

Welcome from Northern NV. Born and raised in Asheville/Weaverville area.

Great to hear from an AVL expat. I spent a whole winter, one day in Reno. Gorgeous country. Can't blame you for living there, solideogloria86. I'm jealous.