***What Are You Smoking, August 2023?***

[AppalachianPipe92]

Mcclelland 40th from a Barker sandblast.

 

[FurCoat]

Dark Strong

 

[PipeIT]

Extremely sad. I pray the people affected recover and bounce back from the destruction. I can say that if you see destruction like that first hand or know someone affected by it as I did with Hurricane Katrina you will never take anything for granted again as far a mother nature is concerned.

I forgot to mention, when I was newly married my wife with our first child, we lived in Lahaina, right next to Front Street, right in the heart of all this. We’ve stomped all over the place, I know Lahaina quite well. This child now married lives in Kaanapali, which is next to Lahaina, and we were over on the West Side only a few months ago.

It’s freaky, how much the West Side was such a big part of our life, and to think now, we could of still been living there... wow

 

[warren99]

Bill Bailey’s Balkan Blend in a Tao pot.

 

[Akoni808]

A kitchen sink blend for a kitchen sink sized chamber!

And I’m the garbage disposal!

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

CH in a Mincer era Custom-Bilt lovat.

 

[PaulRVA]

I forgot to mention, when I was newly married my wife with our first child, we lived in Lahaina, right next to Front Street, right in the heart of all this. We’ve stomped all over the place, I know Lahaina quite well. This child now married lives in Kaanapali, which is next to Lahaina, and we were over on the West Side only a few months ago.

It’s freaky, how much the West Side was such a big part of our life, and to think now, we could of still been living there... wow

Yeah, it hits home in more ways than one. I just watched the front street footage a min ago on the news. Horrible and just devastating
For the residents and the entire area. Im afraid this will be a Katrina sized widespread disaster taking years to recover from. They remain in my thoughts and prayers.

 

[das3353]

Newminster 400 in a Pete

 

[PipeIT]

Yeah, it hits home in more ways than one. I just watched the front street footage a min ago on the news. Horrible and just devastating
For the residents and the entire area. Im afraid this will be a Katrina sized widespread disaster taking years to recover from. They remain in my thoughts and prayers.

I’m sitting here with my AC going, hanging out here, life as usual in my area, but holy crap, 30 minutes away, a war zone.

I’m still trying to wrap my head around it, and for the fact I lived there, had a life over there, knew many people there, so many wonderful memories.

Truly Lahaina for my wife and first daughter, is in us.

We lived next to Front Street, I also had different jobs working on Front Street, and I was boat captain and crew that worked out of the Lahaina harbor for two different boat companies.

After all this, and we moved away, of course we’d still go over to the West Side on occasion, especially when relatives came to the island to visit, then we’d go play tourist in Lahaina.

We were there a few months ago, I mentioned before, this daughter still over there living in Kaanapali. Oh she said, she was thinking to go back to her old job, well, nope, that burnt to the ground.

They’re trying to sell their house in Kaanapali, they bought a house in North Carolina, I hope it sells soon.

P.S. I’m retired, just waiting on the Mrs. to retire soon. I believe this is life telling us it’s time to move too, since being here since 91, I’m ready for a change.

 

[Ben.R.C]

ODF in an Abe Herbaugh.

 

[JimInks]

Earlier, I smoked a bowl of year 2012 Esoterica Dunbar in a smooth straight, dark brown early 1960s Lane era Charatan Selected 43 Dublin with a black vulcanite double comfort saddle stem. This pipe was formerly owned by actor William Conrad.


And I'm not far from finishing this bowl of year 2016 Sutliff 507-C Slices in a sandblasted medium bend 1950s Reuben era Charatan Deluxe 11 billiard with a tapered black vulcanite stem.

 

[PennyStonks]

Bombadil in the new Aldo Velani

 

[RobNYC]

HH Old Dark Fired in a Peterson Pub Pipe.

 

[CptKing]

Seattle Pipe Club Mississippi River Rum Barrel Aged in a Rossi 8311. Diet Dr Pepper can in a Yeti is my drink.

 

[renfield]

2017 McClelland Beacon Extra in a Baglan claw and egg meer with a coloring bowl.

 

[happy_lunter]

Amphora’s Special Reserve Black Cavendish in The French Pipe sitter.

 

[MrHolmes221b]

Today's pipe: 1994 Dunhill "Shilling Grain" (that's how it's stamped) 4103.

Fantastic smoker and a perfect size for me.

 

[Jbrewer2002]

Best Brown in my Peterson XL26

 

[Backwoods Briar]

Carter Hall in a Brebbia iceberg

 

[PipeIT]

Still honoring Pee Wee for August!



Love to Lahaina Maui today as well! Lahaina was home for many years, and still to this day occasionally visited.

Uhle’s Blend 00 in a Dr. Grabow: Commodore 65 Zulu, dated from 1967-1969 with a vulcanite stem, metal screw-in tenon, no stinger.





A nice aerial video of how Lahaina use to look!

And some IZ for Maui, cause it’s not Hawaii without IZ!