What Are You Smoking, October 2022?

[cshubhra]

Cigar Time- Oliva Serie V

 

[VDL_Piper]

Global warming is an incorrect term. Call it climate change and everything starts to make sense.
Nice nosewarmer btw. Is that an acrylic stem?

I think both terms are incorrect. There seems to be a complete disregard for the term “climate cycle” and here in Australia we definitely have 10’ish year cycles, so much so that in Agriculture you can nearly schedule your profit and loss statement by them. In the 40’s here you could flog a flea acros the paddocks and not lose it, 50’s were wet (floods), 60’s below average but not savagely dry, 70’s again (floods), 80’s dry as a chip, 90’s below average, 2000’s were above average and the last 3/4 years have been well above with the last two being floods. I know this because I have my family diaries and rainfall records going back to 1822. This has been my families profession all this time and we have been very successful at being cautious when the dry cycle approaches and have historically been in front of the market when the wet comes. Scientists are very good at doing models but change numbers slightly and outcomes become very different and you can make a “model” speak to an agenda. Be careful on believing all that is written even by learned fellows!
My father would say “ahh yes, the expert. X being and unknown quantity and spurt being a drip under pressure”

Yes on the acrylic stem and the pipe is 5.5 inches long so it’s not a nose warmer

 

[AppalachianPipe92]

Post-work bowl of some GH Dark Flake Scented from a 2015 Mark Tinsky billiard.

 

[ThermionicScott]

Just cracked open a tin of Escudo from 2019 that I acquired in an exchange with @fireground_piper. Another thread made me realize that I don't think I've ever smoked one thing exclusively for an entire pouch/tin, so that will be my new challenge. I believe I've had Escudo years ago, but apparently don't have strong memories of it, so it's like I'm trying it all over again. Really enjoying this first bowl, more or less fully rubbed-out, in my Savinelli 313 Prince.



As a side note, I love how nicely a tin of flake fits in one of these 4oz jelly jars.

 

[daniel7]

I think both terms are incorrect. There seems to be a complete disregard for the term “climate cycle” and here in Australia we definitely have 10’ish year cycles, so much so that in Agriculture you can nearly schedule your profit and loss statement by them. In the 40’s here you could flog a flea acros the paddocks and not lose it, 50’s were wet (floods), 60’s below average but not savagely dry, 70’s again (floods), 80’s dry as a chip, 90’s below average, 2000’s were above average and the last 3/4 years have been well above with the last two being floods. I know this because I have my family diaries and rainfall records going back to 1822. This has been my families profession all this time and we have been very successful at being cautious when the dry cycle approaches and have historically been in front of the market when the wet comes. Scientists are very good at doing models but change numbers slightly and outcomes become very different and you can make a “model” speak to an agenda. Be careful on believing all that is written even by learned fellows!
My father would say “ahh yes, the expert. X being and unknown quantity and spurt being a drip under pressure”

Yes on the acrylic stem and the pipe is 5.5 inches long so it’s not a nose warmer

It's great that at least you still have the same pattern of typical weather periods over there, in Australia. I'm one of those so called "scientists", and by our measurements, at least in Iceland, the climate changes - thanks to the unusually rapid deceleration of the Gulf stream, unfortunately.

I see, the proportions of that Castello are quite misleading then. It looks like a nosewarmer by the shape (I reckon it's because of the photo). I like it. It's rather unusual, and unique.
All the best regarding weather, and happy smokes!

 

[ChonkyTonks]

Had a nice sit on the porch with my yellow lab and a bones apple full of SG FVF.

 

[JimInks]

Did a set of walking reps, and am close to finishing this bowl of year 2016 D&R Two Timer Gold in a 1982 smooth straight Sasieni Ivory 105 Apple with a black vulcanite stem.

 

[FurCoat]

I think both terms are incorrect. There seems to be a complete disregard for the term “climate cycle” and here in Australia we definitely have 10’ish year cycles, so much so that in Agriculture you can nearly schedule your profit and loss statement by them. In the 40’s here you could flog a flea acros the paddocks and not lose it, 50’s were wet (floods), 60’s below average but not savagely dry, 70’s again (floods), 80’s dry as a chip, 90’s below average, 2000’s were above average and the last 3/4 years have been well above with the last two being floods. I know this because I have my family diaries and rainfall records going back to 1822. This has been my families profession all this time and we have been very successful at being cautious when the dry cycle approaches and have historically been in front of the market when the wet comes. Scientists are very good at doing models but change numbers slightly and outcomes become very different and you can make a “model” speak to an agenda. Be careful on believing all that is written even by learned fellows!
My father would say “ahh yes, the expert. X being and unknown quantity and spurt being a drip under pressure”

Yes on the acrylic stem and the pipe is 5.5 inches long so it’s not a nose warmer

Very well said.

 

[grimpuffer]

So far, I’m wishing I’d have gotten more of this and much less of Whimsical.

Aberrant, to me at least, is like a MacB Bold Kentucky Light, and is such a good tasting flavorful smoke.

Anyways, cheers all!

 

[Tbaggins]

One of my favorite blends in the harpoon.

 

[grimpuffer]

Cigar Time- Oliva Serie V

One of my all time favorite go to cigars there.

That and the Master Blend 3.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

Only packed half a bowl in the Meer, waiting for my ribs and bbq beans to be done, so still outside on a beautiful fall evening with the Peterson Short 03 and some Autumn Evening. Should be a great weekend!

 

[JimInks]

About a third of a bowl left of year 2018 Mac Baren Original Flake in a straight smooth dark brown 1918 Pre-Republic Peterson’s Dublin 2 apple with a silver band and a tapered black vulcanite p-lip stem.

 

[renfield]

9 year old Capstan Yellow in a Savinelli panel shanked billiard.

 

[cshubhra]

One of my all time favorite go to cigars there.

That and the Master Blend 3.

Oliva makes fantastic cigars! While my favorite is the Melanio, I also enjoy the Serie V, Master Blends 3, and various CAINs

 

[edger]

Chilly Picadilly.
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Now that pipe shape should be called The Snowboarder.

 

[edger]

Smoking a bowl of G&H Ennerdale in a Peterson Irish Army #86(apple). This Flake is the quintessential Grannie's Talcum Powder blend, but it is mild and fades enough after the initial light. The underlying virginias are excellent and assert themselves as you smoke through the bowl.
Great weekend to all and sundry!

 

[jwussow]

First smoke in a Neerup Basic with Drucquer & Sons Blairgowrie.

 

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking year 2016 Sutliff 507-C Slices in a black sandblast PSB medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY 4AB No. 228/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem.

 

[cshubhra]

Old Brit woods are out of the closet again!

Smoking Watch City Simply Red in a Sasieni Eight Dot Reigate