My first smoke of August, Abingdon in my 68 Tanshell
***What Are You Smoking, August 2025?***
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Cigar Saturday. Been aging these Hoyo De Monterrey Epicure #2s for 6 years now. Bought them in the Frankfort airport for $14 a stick. They run in the $40s here in Canada because of our insane government. I would put this cigar up against anything. So damn good with a black coffee.
Half a pot of Maxwell House 
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Juijitsu class done
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Yard work done
Now enjoying a Peterson Terracotta Spigot 69 full of aged Opening Night. Hope all enjoy their weekend.
️ Juijitsu class done
& s down Yard work done
Now enjoying a Peterson Terracotta Spigot 69 full of aged Opening Night. Hope all enjoy their weekend.
Cute little pipe - don't often use that word descriptively, but works in this case. Not seen that one before.
Yeah, the insanity is showing it's ugly head bigtime, now, eh? Tried CigarChief's in your home province? it's got the best prices I know of in Canada, and a decent selection of good cigars. I smoke a lot of cheap Phillies Blunts (I actually like them, believe it or not) but do indulge in a more premium cigar on festive occasions. The Principes Caribbean's are pretty good (from the Reserve), and at a bit over $4 a stick is my go-to for the bottom eschelon of a real stogie.
Used to hang out at the original "Embassy" in the big "T" when I played as a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada . . . . . we called it the "Bloor Street Office." They began tearing it down when I eventually temporarily resided in Toronto, as a member of the "L'Esprit Canadienne", a professional orchestra dedicated to performing Contemporary Music, and also as an instructor at NYO as well.
Left because I just didn't get off on big cities . . . . just too humid and too many people for my liking. Eventually wound up in Prince George because I hunt and fish, and there ain't no better place to be for that!
Got a few pictures of the old Embassy before they replaced it with the current travesty. The pics were damaged, but I finally restored them. Will post in the near future. Gotta find them in this squalor first . . . .
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Currently at the coffee roasting bench with a BriarWorks Classic sandblasted full of GL Pease Penny Farthing from 2019. 
Youre right. That’s a terrific cigar!
Thx, it’s a heat pump, most likely TXV. Runs but evap coil is ~33 supply and 70+ at suction.Yeah it never happens when it’s nice out. Swamp cooler, heat pump or split system? Last time mine went out it was an 8 yr old Heat Pump and the indoor coil went so replaced everything at that point.
Fingers crossedfor you that it’s just a start capacitor , leak or a contact failing.
Morning "Smoke" - sticking to my guns on the pipe fast, and am beating the tongue bite with a wad of my favourite custom "chew", 2 parts Smoker's Pride Whiskey, and 4 parts SWR, right now.
Will light up a custom "home rollie" next, as I catch up on reviewing posts, this one a "Skraggerette", made from my jar of tailings. It's pretty good, this batch anyways. Not as stellar as yesterday's English Pirate Kake -SP Whiskey Concoction, but very nice indeed.
Will light up a custom "home rollie" next, as I catch up on reviewing posts, this one a "Skraggerette", made from my jar of tailings. It's pretty good, this batch anyways. Not as stellar as yesterday's English Pirate Kake -SP Whiskey Concoction, but very nice indeed.
Cigar Time: Oliva Serie V Melanio I did not post yesterday. It was a 2 cigar day with H Upmann Reserve and Rocky Patel Vintage 1999 Connecticut
Exclusive in a Peterson Donegal Rocky X105.
Firing up some Samuel Gawith Full Virginia Flake (12 years old) with a Nording Silver billiard [half sandblasted, need to polish the silver!].
Half way through this bowl of year 2024 Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem in the military mount style. Fed Sleepy Suzy and Molly Danger. Then, I fed three ferals. Tomato the Brave was extra hungry so he got extra food before he went back outside. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
C&D Red VA Ribbon and granulated perique 90%/10% mix in a MM Legend. On the road here in Great Bend, Kansas, just stopped at Grandma’s house after a trip with the cousins up to Wyoming.
Wow, I was blown away with your comment on those cigars costing $40 in Canada. I'll agree that the HDM Epicure is a good smoke, but that is outrageous.
KBV Burlier Morning Pipe in a SMS Floral Basketweave Meerschaum 
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