Picked 5 bags of rubbish today in Chesterfield & Clay Cross; collected some more blister packs, bottle caps & vapes for recycling. Got paid GBP1 by a kind member of the public & another gave me a can of cider.
***What Are You Smoking, June 2024?***
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Wow that is some curve. Not easy to get a pipe cleaner thru I bet and the slightest bit of moisture most likely will completely block the draw....... neat pipe !
Tried SPC Plum Pudding 2009 on the Dunhill Dublin and Sutliff Berkshire 2015 on 1978 Dunhill Shell Diplomat 410D 
HH Burley Flake in an MM Washington.
a friend comes and share some C&D Palmetto Balkan now tryin' on Royal Sovereign X27 Bulldog
now tryin' on Royal Sovereign X27 Bulldog
This!
Sorry. "This" is a Shalom oom paul full of Carter Hall. Goes well with coffee.
Checking out a few of the KBV blends (specifically their bright Virginias) as well. They seem to be really nice, and of course Jim reviews most all of them 4 stars.
Steamvvurks in the Barling Straight Grain.
Did cement work yesterday near Georgetown ca. fire broke out . Was ready to evacuate but the fire crew, planes, bulldozers did an awesome job putting it out!! Sitting in Cool ca. this morning with a Bones poker filled with 5 brothers/Wilke Granmercy park blend and strong coffee. Enjoying the cool morning air and catching up on the thread 
This morning I'm trying out some Peterson Irish Flake for the first time, in my usual Morgan Bones Milan.
To put it simply, it's good! I'm finding Peterson Irish Flake to be extremely similar in flavor to Mac Baren HH Old Dark Fired, with it's woodsy barbeque pit smokey dark fired Kentucky flavor that's mellowed with just a little Virgina, though it is a touch stronger in the Vitamin N department than Old Dark Fired and has a subtle floral/licorice note that makes it taste like a very mildly flavored Lakeland. It's not terribly smooth and stings my sinuses quite a bit on the retrohale, though I suspect it may mellow out in that regard after a few months in a jar.
In any case, though I initially found the tin note of Irish Flake to be rather off-putting it did end up being a good smoke! It's not an instant favorite, but there's nothing objectionable about it either aside from the stingy retrohale. I'll put it on the second shelf of my cellar to revisit at a later date.
To put it simply, it's good! I'm finding Peterson Irish Flake to be extremely similar in flavor to Mac Baren HH Old Dark Fired, with it's woodsy barbeque pit smokey dark fired Kentucky flavor that's mellowed with just a little Virgina, though it is a touch stronger in the Vitamin N department than Old Dark Fired and has a subtle floral/licorice note that makes it taste like a very mildly flavored Lakeland. It's not terribly smooth and stings my sinuses quite a bit on the retrohale, though I suspect it may mellow out in that regard after a few months in a jar.
In any case, though I initially found the tin note of Irish Flake to be rather off-putting it did end up being a good smoke! It's not an instant favorite, but there's nothing objectionable about it either aside from the stingy retrohale. I'll put it on the second shelf of my cellar to revisit at a later date.
Enjoying a burley mixture in my Ropp Etudiant J07 (The pipe I would grab if I could only choose one briar) . A bunch of left overs that I dumped into my leather pouch. Carter Hall, Briar Fox, Pegasus, and I think there's some OJK Blue in there too. Not bad not bad.
Nice morning.
Nice morning.
Captain Black Original in a Dr. Grabow Omega. Bought the pipe kind of as a joke off of Amazon. It is actually a solid smoker. Took some pictures but can't find them now.
Really enjoying the flavor of this Match Revelation in my Butz Choquin GEANTE Extra.
C&D OJK Blue in an Unnamed Sandblasted Lovat with a cup of Black tea.
Edward G in a Savinelli Dolimiti 311KS. 
2012 Mcclelland Brindle Flake in the 2x Special Musico Floodlight prince w/ silver.
Revisiting the lakeland blends. Stop #2: GH Ennerdale. Not much to say about this one other than I liked brown flake aro much better. Which is a little disappointing considering I had to wait 48 hours while this dried on a cookie sheet enough that it would stay lit. In theory at least. In practice, not so much. Ah well. Win some lose some. Pipe is a Pete 03.
Escudo in the Ropp. Watching the barges push things around. 
The moisture gets trapped in the gourd. I've never had a gurgle.
Half way through this bowl of pre-2014 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. Listening to the Braves-Pirates game on the XM since the TV broadcast is on Roku. Ice water and bergs is my drink. Just fed Sleepy Suzy and Molly Danger, who still won't leave the bed room because of Sam the Scamp, who ate earlier. We're getting Sam Spayed in a couple of days, and then she can go after the Fat Man without getting pregnant. 
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