***What Are You Smoking, December 2024?***
- Thread starter JimInks
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I would think the photocopies and Archie scripts could have some kind of resale value; maybe it’s too much trouble to find a buyer? Or is there an abundance of them floating out there and zero market?
Having a couple of PS LBF coins in a Rattrays Goblin with water 
Enjoyed a tall stack of cinnamon raisin French toast with unsalted peanuts and a golden delicious apple on the side. Didn't gain as much weight from yesterday's off diet day as expected, so I figured I could have an off diet lunch today. Anyway, it's too wet to walk outside, so I'm smoking year 2020 Watch City Rouxgaroux in a smooth medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY Natural 4AB No. 6/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. Gold Star 50th, neat, is my drink.
The only way a comic book script would have any kind of value was if it was an old one with some importance. Even then, only a serious collector would pay little for it. I have never seen anybody sell pencil xeroxes, and the only kind I'd think that would have any value at all would be if they were from a big time older artist like Kirby or Adams.
Some beautifully plumed Gawith Hoggarth Cherry Cream Flake in a Radice Silk Cut Billiard
In some cases, I would think the pencil photocopies would be an interesting document, especially if the original pencils got inked; the photocopies would be the only record of the pencils. If the inks are on printed scans and the original pencils still exist, then all states of the comic pages would still exist and might make the photocopies less important to preserve. I dig that kind of stuff, but I lean towards being an archivist when it comes to books, records, and pipes.
do you grow for cidar? I have a couple that seem to be popular with cidarheads, Ashmead's Kernel and Chestnut. looking to add a Pitmaston Pineapple which is from the Isles somewhere
Il Ceppo with Pirate Cake.
@Scottmi Hope you're alright!
@MisterBadger I've been sawing logs this morning & yesterday; got Jane some more and took the Old Poets at Ashover some. Every time I go to Ashover I end up carrying logs
Pint of Titanic Steerage on the house for them; C&D Buffalo Soldier in the clay.
Bought some Titanic bottled beers for when Dave comes round for a drink; got him one as a Christmas present. I'll give him his presents on Wednesday when he comes to mine.
Started my day with some Swiftcurrent Coffee from Ravenwood and The Country Squire collaboration 
in a Bewlay Double Bore
in a Bewlay Double Bore
That was my favorite from your recent acquisitions! Very nice!
Now smoking 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.
C&D Montford Point Marine in a Middleton for Meerschaum Monday.
- Not any more. Where we used to live, down south in Hampshire, I had Kingston Black, Tom Putt, Brown Snout, Dabinett, White Norman and Foxwhelp on some land belonging to a friend, but he sold up and I lost access. I then went to work on a local farm with an orchard where we had cider pressing days (and also apple-tree wassailing on Twelfth Night), but the orchard there was mainly dessert apples which, in my opinion, don't make for good cider (I mean, the alcoholic product we have in England). When we moved up to the mid-Wales borders six years ago (the northernmost limit of cider country), I had to sell the cider press, as moving it that distance along with all our other stuff, would have been problematic.
Now, we live within 10 miles of a couple or three excellent cider farms and I work on another which also makes its own cider from its orchards (rough, but good). The apple trees around the house and some other land I bought last year just happen to have apple trees on as well - Owen Thomas and Stark's Earliest in our garden, and Warner's King and Discovery on the other plot. - and all apart from the Warner's are dessert apples. They would need some bittersharps to balance out the sweetness. Maybe I could cut a deal with the farm I work at, next year... it's a thought...
Ashmead's Kernel I know well. Chestnut, which is basically a crab, would balance out the Ashmead's with some sharpness - but Pitmaston Pineapple is a new one on me. I just looked it up, and I see it came from Worcestershire - a neighbouring county - in the 18th century. We live and learn. All power to you for fostering what is now quite a rare variety.
If you ever consider growing for the real cider market (if there is one where you are), I seriously recommend planting some Kingston Black and Foxwhelp - and Dabinett, too - they make excellent ciders on their own and will vastly improve any dessert apple-based brew.
Some Blairgowrie (the GLP/C&D repro) in a Peterson Newgrange 107. This Blairgowrie is THE good dope. Such a creamy, full-bodied Latakia blend, so well-balanced with the component leaves each contributing, without any being overly dominant.
Made it safe to St Louis, found the designated smoking area at my hotel and lit up some Eastfarthing in my Ropp Stout Pot.