That sounds fantastic Jim. Happy birthday to your lady.While I was away from the forum: enjoyed a twelve inch pastrami sub, a twelve inch Itailian sub, two half pickles and a small bag of chips lunch with a couple of oatmeal raisin cookies for dessert. For m'lady's birthday, we went to UNC to meet up with her cousin, his wife and two daughters for dinner. I had a three quarter pound cheeseburger, a big batch of fries, a quart of three different B&J ice creams, and then had a two slices of cheese pizza. Then we enjoyed a wonderful symphony by the Philadelphia Orchestra followed by freshly made mixed berry pie. Somehow, I managed to get in a couple of smokes: year 2012 Rolando’s Own in a smooth straight early ‘60s Lane era “William Conrad” Charatan Executive Extra Large stretch apple with diagonal channel cuts on the lower right and left of the bowl along with a black vulcanite double comfort saddle stem.
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And I just finished smoking year 2020 Peter Heinrichs Golden Sliced in a pre-1940s straight smooth brown Sutliff St. James (Comoy’s) spiral billiard with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
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God bless you and your family, dear friend Christos.Smoking now a contempted by many as a cheap OTC - not by me, blend: Scandinavik Mixture in the 2018 pipe of the year of the Greek Pipe Club.
No work today. General strike in the country. Against the new slaver... pardon, labour laws that the government will bring to the parliament for voting.
Be well good people!
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What burger joint? That is my neck of the woods Was it Al's burger shack?Now smoking year 2015 H&H Viprati in a 2000s brown quarter bend sandblast Pierluigi 140 brandy military mount with a silver cap and a caramel acrylic saddle stem. Going to clean a few pipes.
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Beautiful pipe! A exactly same model has laid in my cart for months, I might just... NO, ANDREW NO, YOU DON'T NEET A NEW PIPE!!Dumped that bowl of Hibernia, too much Vanilla this early.
Loaded the second Bowl in this Peterson Irish Harp 264. I liked the appearance of
@Skink ‘s Irish Harps so much I figured I’d grab one too. I’ve always adored Peterson but mostly have deluxe and standard system pipes.
This was a pleasant surprise and so far an excellent smoker with tight tolerances and spectacular draught.
Credit to Skink for posting his Harps
And enabling my PAD.
Smoking Presbyterian in it again.
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Is that the 2023 St. Nicholas?