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Good morning. While I am preparing some things at home, before leaving for the hospital, I am smoking a cigar, a classic Tuscan cigar. On October 9th my wife had a complete hysterectomy operation. I am practically living in the hospital until she is discharged and I take her home. She had benign myomas removed, all together they are about the size of a baby. A pandemic that, as you know, attacks women, unfortunately. I wish you a happy day. Here it is a holiday, Virgen del Pilar. God bless you guys.View attachment 252743
Say Hello to Your spouse from the undersigned, hope all is wellkeep-calm-and-carry-on.jpg there,yet what we need in the contemporary world is nerves made out of iron, as they would say in good ole England,''Keep calm and carry on.
 

JimInks

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Enjoyed a big, tasty lunch, and have a third of a bowl left of Erik Stokkebye 4th Generation Evening Flake in a smooth medium bend 2021 Peterson Ebony POTY 4AB No. 422/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. Gold Star Maui Red Catuai, neat, is my drink.
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This could go into almost any one the What Are You... threads but I'll put it here.

Smoking Old Dark Fired in a Pete flame grain 03. The ODF has been fighting a battle against the ghost of Condor in this pipe for about a month. The tide is finally starting to turn under the force of ODFs relentless ground assault.

Sipping on a glass of The Irishman Founder's Reserve. The coppery sweetness of Irish whiskey really works well with the Old Dark Fired.

Reading Sideswipe by Charles Willeford. It's quite a bit better than the mass market cover would lead you to believe.

Listening to Kenny Burrell's Midnight Blue (not pictured).

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JimInks

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Some Haddo's on a grey, drizzly morning thinking about my old, much missed friend, Sante Giuliani, who was known around here as fishnbanjo. We went back about twenty-five years, brought together by our love of fly fishing, and spent many an hour astream together here, there and everywhere. A lovely guy and a hoot. Couldn't sing a lick but compensated with volume. View attachment 253329

That's Banjo, fourth from the left at a long ago fishing gathering of good friends at an inn near the FarmingtonView attachment 253349
Thanks for that photo. Sante and I were very close friends, and I miss him greatly.
 
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