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Servant King

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Nov 27, 2020
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Received a lovely gift today of a tin of H&H Fusilier's Ration, and a healthy chunk of C&D Black Frigate. Sampled the latter in my La Rocca Due bent billiard. Not bad, although I would mix it in a 1:1 ratio with Big N' Burley and call it Brown Frigate or, alternatively, Proctology Blend. :LOL: All scatological humour aside, I enjoyed this blend paired with a glass of Johnnie Walker Red on the rocks.

Bird report: California scrub-jay, Steller's jay, California towhee, California quail, Common raven, Mountain chickadee, White-breasted nuthatch, Hairy woodpecker, and Brewer's blackbird.

Just got this one in before the thunderstorm comes through. Looking forward to watching Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals tonight.

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JimInks

Sultan of Smoke
Aug 31, 2012
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Relaxing after a wonderful salad, chicken legs and sugar snap peas dinner with strawberries for dessert. I've just over a third of a bowl left of SWRA in a straight black sandblast undated Savinelli Hercules 115EX pot with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Community Coffee, neat, is my drink.
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JimInks

Sultan of Smoke
Aug 31, 2012
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Any idea when those blends are set for release? How stoved is the stoved? I miss the extra dark stuff that was so common with Mcclelland.
June 13 at 6 pm EST. The stoved is stoved. I don't know what else to say about it. It's not like McClelland's was, and nobody's able to faithfully copy that. Or even try, in my opinion.
 

JimInks

Sultan of Smoke
Aug 31, 2012
64,389
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Now smoking Sutliff States of Virginia Limited Edition ’23 in an undated, unbranded straight lattice meerschaum military mount with a silver cap and tapered yellow acrylic stem. Red, bright, and stoved Va. flakes side by side so you can mix them as you want. Goes on sale June 13 at 6 pm EST.
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JimInks

Sultan of Smoke
Aug 31, 2012
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643,726
Enjoyed a tasty golden delicious apple, and am passing the quarter mark on this 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. Ice water and bergs is my drink.

I was exceptionally pleased that last night's effort to be friendly to the black cat who has been coming around has paid off in friendship. It sort of ran from me at first, but when I showed it the dry food which I put on the carpet near my feet, it came to me, and started eating. It let me rub and scratch his back, and after it ate all the food, I talked to it, and brought more out. He happily ate it while I rubbed his back, head and tail, which went straight up in the air as is the custom for happy dogs and cats. That's when I discovered it's a boy, and I am guessing it's about a year or so old. Thin with a bony back, but with well groomed, silky black hair. I spent about fifteen, twenty minutes with it, and he marked my hand with the side of his mouth four times. I don't think Tomato the Brave was thrilled about it as he watched it all unfold, but he and Daisy the Feral Princess will just have get to used to him.
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JimInks

Sultan of Smoke
Aug 31, 2012
64,389
643,726
Passing the quarter mark on this bowl of Wilke No. 515 Double Shot in a smooth dark medium bend 2021 Peterson Heritage Brown POTY 4AB No. 45/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. This is No. 515 with twice the rum of the Basil Rathbone blend. I may end the day with this smoke.
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