Black coffee and a blast from the past, Short cut to Mushrooms in an Estella #814 EX that I purchased new back about 1984. Sweet smokes and even better dreams to all!
My next paycheck I'm gonna get some deertongue blends. I've never tried it, I got a certain pipe I'm prepared to sacrifice to it. I also am going to get some for my father who I recently bought Haunted Bookshop for, and he didn't care for it, said he remembered his uncle and grandfathers smokes to smell and taste sweeter and we're darker. He thought Haunted Bookshop tastes like cigarettes. So I thought I'd send him a can of this or a can of Crooner here next week and we both give deertongue a shot. I'm hoping it's what he remembers from back then. He said he never heard of it. He just got back into pipes after not smoking for like 40 years, lol so he's trying to find that old smoke. So I'm gonna send him all the old Codger/OTC type stuff and see if anything sparks tooGentleman Caller in a Dr Grabow that I use for Deertongue blends.
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Thank You!! Very Much! The Bad Day in Black Rock has passed.I've had a similar experience, I've smoked as soon as I've woke up and the smoke just don't taste right. After bout an hour my taste buds wake up. I've found drinking something first helps.
Hey I can give you a hint here . . . . I take my tailings jar, which I call "Scragg" (after Olive Oyl in the Popeye Cartoon), and quite often add about 25% by volume of dried parsley (about a buck an ounce at the dollar store) which gives the tailings mix a floral overtone, which is actually quite similar to deertongue in effect, at least according to buddy Stu.My next paycheck I'm gonna get some deertongue blends. I've never tried it, I got a certain pipe I'm prepared to sacrifice to it. I also am going to get some for my father who I recently bought Haunted Bookshop for, and he didn't care for it, said he remembered his uncle and grandfathers smokes to smell and taste sweeter and we're darker. He thought Haunted Bookshop tastes like cigarettes. So I thought I'd send him a can of this or a can of Crooner here next week and we both give deertongue a shot. I'm hoping it's what he remembers from back then. He said he never heard of it. He just got back into pipes after not smoking for like 40 years, lol so he's trying to find that old smoke. So I'm gonna send him all the old Codger/OTC type stuff and see if anything sparks too
You look waaayyy to comfortable. Need some kids or a mutt to jump on you and roust you out of contemplation!
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Second generation two star rusticated Lee with a pipe load of experimental Black Maria. Life is good.

On the menu for my morning smoke was half a bowl of C&D Bayou Morning loaded in my Savinelli Porto Cervo 127 and paired with a drip coffee.
Afterwards, and for my final smoke for the next couple of days while I recover (I'm having a minor procedure done today), was half of a bowl of GH&Co Dark Plug loaded in my Guildhall with the remainder of my coffee.
Hope you all have a great day!
Hope the surgery and the recovery are quick and smooth!
Waking bowl of Winchester in an Ascorti with the rest of last night's electrolyte water. Breakfast and coffee incoming...
Read this too quickly and my brain added an N in the middle of your first word, which would uh, change the experience?
