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Dec 9, 2023
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Was gonna go for a long bike ride this morning but had a bad malfunction yesterday where my rear wheel seized. I think the lock nut for the cassette came loose and over months worked its way to the frame where it flexed it enough that the disk brake froze. Very frustrating and a project for tomorrow. Plus it’s kind of drizzly out so it would have been an annoying ride anyways.

So instead of getting some exersize I’m having coffee and a bowl of KBV Mr Christians Acadian Flek in a Chacom. IMG_3911.jpeg
 

Mortar0341

Part of the Furniture Now
Jan 1, 2025
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Florida
What year was this Brebbia made? The latest models haven't gotten very good reviews, the quality has dropped. Or is this slander from enemies🤔?
Well I honestly don't know what year it was made, I bought it new last year. It's probably my best smoker though honestly, and the finish looks as good as the day I bought it, both my Savinelli pipes lost their finish within 3 smokes.
 

didimauw

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Jul 28, 2013
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Having Uhle’s Blend 00 Burley in a rusticated Savinelli Uhle’s Quaints 8009 Billiard with an oval shank and black acrylic saddle stem with a drilled red dot—I love pairing blends by specific tobacconists with pipes made for their shops; it took me a relatively long time to track down a Savinelli made for Uhle’s in Wisconsin (the pipe is from the ’70s or earlier). @didimauw would be proud.

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Oh man that's amazing! Beautiful pipe, and a clever idea!
 
After breakfast escape to the front gardens. Was jonesing for a bowl, so out i went with bulging pocket and all. Screw it. Couped up long enough. And i've been waiting to try this Port Guardian. Pre-loaded a bowl in the Ali cherrywood and took a stroll down bliss avenue.

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Also saw some cool vines about a block down in the hospital complex. Possibly some type of Clematis? Not sure, but the flower on this one is similar to some i snipped from a Seattle-ite's front fence back home and have been trying to propagate in my shop for the pergola i built my mom.

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Choatecav

Lifer
Dec 19, 2023
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18,316
Middle Tennessee
Just starting a Peterson pre-Republic 363 loaded with Old Gowrie. It’s a pipe and heavy drinking night. Judge me. But first wade through the death and destruction that is my daily routine. I held a dead two year old in my hands this week. Go ahead, tell me how to decompress.
My hat is off to you, Ash.....

I have zero advice as to how to deal with things like that, but I admire your courage to run the gauntlet and do what has to be done.
 
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