C&D Riverboat Gambler in the Lorenzetti Augustus Caesar 03. Trying to get one in before I gotta go down to the bus stop.
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C&D Riverboat Gambler in the Lorenzetti Augustus Caesar 03. Trying to get one in before I gotta go down to the bus stop.
Erinmore Flake in this cob. Iced tea.
Nursing my wounds and voice after a crushing loss to the dawgs Saturday. I gave my all for Tennessee but it wasn’t enough. Trying to forget with a bowl of Stratford in an IMP
Not far from finishing this bowl of year 2014 Esoterica Tilbury in a smooth medium bend 1999 Peterson Sherlock Holmes Series Milverton with a sterling silver band and a black vulcanite p-lip stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
Now smoking Watch City Jim’s Golden Ticket in a straight smooth brown mid-late 60s Corporate Era Barling 5579 London England (made by Charatan) lumberman with a black vulcanite double comfort stem. This pipe is from the estate of David Cuneo. Getting ready to clean a few pipes. Still haven't seen Tomato the Brave today. Sleepy Suzy is by my side. Harry the Hairy is snoozin' on m'lady.
Peretti’s Royal in a Peterson Wicklow Bent Bulldog
Well, so today the panel of docs arrived asking the usual question and doing the usual tests. They seemed to be optimistic about my release in the coming days and are happy with the progress. Said i was healing up the fastest of the test group thus far, but there are certain counts that are still too low for being out and about without risk. I took that as positive enough news and decided to make a break for it after they left. This was, in part, because my former plot to import tobacco worked out and the order arrived this morning in a most welcome little box. 
I've been watching the patterns of nurses and doctors and i know that right after the docs leave in the late morning that i have at least a couple hours or so before a nurse comes around, usually. So i peeked out the door, no one at the intake desk. And my mind filled with the thrilling idea of participating in Meerschaum Monday.
I changed my clothes, pre-loaded 2 meers with tobaccos i've never tried, put on my shoes for the first time in 13 days and decided enough waiting was enough. And, in the famous words of George Thorogood, "...out the door i went!" But not before grabbing a couple cell phone shots of my wares on the windowsill of the hospital "cell." Couldn't deprive y'all of the pretty pictures...
I had both of these stuffed in my pocket with a bic EZ reach and a homemade tamper. A cup of lukewarm green tea in one hand and my cell phone in the other. Had to get a couple secret squirrel pics out front in the garden areas, not to mention, call my mama and confess while out 'n' about. She had a good laugh over the whole affair.
Talk about head on a swivel. Hard to be inconspicuous with a lit pipe in your hand. So i was hoping none of the staff from my floor were leaving or coming to work just then. haha
First up was the Cabbie's in an IMP:
2nd and grand finale was some Brothers In Arms in an SMS:
There was originally a little lizard sleeping on the branch and i was trying to include it in the pic, but he boogied along as soon as i raised the pipe to frame. Ah, well. And as much as it may look like i was hiding in the bushes, there was a perfectly normal non-smoking area bench right behind me, which i used as a respite here and there in between brief walks down the sidewalk. All in all, it's been a great Monday. I think i'll sleep soundly tonight.
I've been watching the patterns of nurses and doctors and i know that right after the docs leave in the late morning that i have at least a couple hours or so before a nurse comes around, usually. So i peeked out the door, no one at the intake desk. And my mind filled with the thrilling idea of participating in Meerschaum Monday.
I changed my clothes, pre-loaded 2 meers with tobaccos i've never tried, put on my shoes for the first time in 13 days and decided enough waiting was enough. And, in the famous words of George Thorogood, "...out the door i went!" But not before grabbing a couple cell phone shots of my wares on the windowsill of the hospital "cell." Couldn't deprive y'all of the pretty pictures...
I had both of these stuffed in my pocket with a bic EZ reach and a homemade tamper. A cup of lukewarm green tea in one hand and my cell phone in the other. Had to get a couple secret squirrel pics out front in the garden areas, not to mention, call my mama and confess while out 'n' about. She had a good laugh over the whole affair.
Talk about head on a swivel. Hard to be inconspicuous with a lit pipe in your hand. So i was hoping none of the staff from my floor were leaving or coming to work just then. haha
First up was the Cabbie's in an IMP:
2nd and grand finale was some Brothers In Arms in an SMS:
There was originally a little lizard sleeping on the branch and i was trying to include it in the pic, but he boogied along as soon as i raised the pipe to frame. Ah, well. And as much as it may look like i was hiding in the bushes, there was a perfectly normal non-smoking area bench right behind me, which i used as a respite here and there in between brief walks down the sidewalk. All in all, it's been a great Monday. I think i'll sleep soundly tonight.
I am very happy to hear of your successfully surreptitious smokeventure! Hoping all the best for your continued recovery, and I’m hoping that your time in Texas is going as well as can be expected, the weather has been behaving very well lately!Well, so today the panel of docs arrived asking the usual question and doing the usual tests. They seemed to be optimistic about my release in the coming days and are happy with the progress. Said i was healing up the fastest of the test group thus far, but there are certain counts that are still too low for being out and about without risk. I took that as positive enough news and decided to make a break for it after they left. This was, in part, because my former plot to import tobacco worked out and the order arrived this morning in a most welcome little box.
I've been watching the patterns of nurses and doctors and i know that right after the docs leave in the late morning that i have at least a couple hours or so before a nurse comes around, usually. So i peeked out the door, no one at the intake desk. And my mind filled with the thrilling idea of participating in Meerschaum Monday.
I changed my clothes, pre-loaded 2 meers with tobaccos i've never tried, put on my shoes for the first time in 13 days and decided enough waiting was enough. And, in the famous words of George Thorogood, "...out the door i went!" But not before grabbing a couple cell phone shots of my wares on the windowsill of the hospital "cell." Couldn't deprive y'all of the pretty pictures...
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I had both of these stuffed in my pocket with a bic EZ reach and a homemade tamper. A cup of lukewarm green tea in one hand and my cell phone in the other. Had to get a couple secret squirrel pics out front in the garden areas, not to mention, call my mama and confess while out 'n' about. She had a good laugh over the whole affair.
Talk about head on a swivel. Hard to be inconspicuous with a lit pipe in your hand. So i was hoping none of the staff from my floor were leaving or coming to work just then. haha
First up was the Cabbie's in an IMP:
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2nd and grand finale was some Brothers In Arms in an SMS:
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There was originally a little lizard sleeping on the branch and i was trying to include it in the pic, but he boogied along as soon as i raised the pipe to frame. Ah, well. And as much as it may look like i was hiding in the bushes, there was a perfectly normal non-smoking area bench right behind me, which i used as a respite here and there in between brief walks down the sidewalk. All in all, it's been a great Monday. I think i'll sleep soundly tonight.
Only smoke so far today has been a seriously good bowl of 2016 Triple Play out of the Peterson Emerald rusticated 106 while headed to a site visit in Waco. 
Best post all month! Congratulations on healing up !!!!!!!!Well, so today the panel of docs arrived asking the usual question and doing the usual tests. They seemed to be optimistic about my release in the coming days and are happy with the progress. Said i was healing up the fastest of the test group thus far, but there are certain counts that are still too low for being out and about without risk. I took that as positive enough news and decided to make a break for it after they left. This was, in part, because my former plot to import tobacco worked out and the order arrived this morning in a most welcome little box.
I've been watching the patterns of nurses and doctors and i know that right after the docs leave in the late morning that i have at least a couple hours or so before a nurse comes around, usually. So i peeked out the door, no one at the intake desk. And my mind filled with the thrilling idea of participating in Meerschaum Monday.
I changed my clothes, pre-loaded 2 meers with tobaccos i've never tried, put on my shoes for the first time in 13 days and decided enough waiting was enough. And, in the famous words of George Thorogood, "...out the door i went!" But not before grabbing a couple cell phone shots of my wares on the windowsill of the hospital "cell." Couldn't deprive y'all of the pretty pictures...
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I had both of these stuffed in my pocket with a bic EZ reach and a homemade tamper. A cup of lukewarm green tea in one hand and my cell phone in the other. Had to get a couple secret squirrel pics out front in the garden areas, not to mention, call my mama and confess while out 'n' about. She had a good laugh over the whole affair.
Talk about head on a swivel. Hard to be inconspicuous with a lit pipe in your hand. So i was hoping none of the staff from my floor were leaving or coming to work just then. haha
First up was the Cabbie's in an IMP:
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2nd and grand finale was some Brothers In Arms in an SMS:
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There was originally a little lizard sleeping on the branch and i was trying to include it in the pic, but he boogied along as soon as i raised the pipe to frame. Ah, well. And as much as it may look like i was hiding in the bushes, there was a perfectly normal non-smoking area bench right behind me, which i used as a respite here and there in between brief walks down the sidewalk. All in all, it's been a great Monday. I think i'll sleep soundly tonight.
A quarter of the way through this bowl of Ken Byron Ventures Jim’s Special Flake 2023 in a black rusticated full bend 1984 Peterson Mark Twain military mount egg with a silver cap and tapered black vulcanite p-lip stem. Getting ready to watch the Braves-Nats game. Tomato the Brave finally showed and ate a lot more than usual. He thanked me afterward and we played with the rope while he was in the box.
Someone asked Johnny Cash who the best country music singer was and his reply was, “You mean besides George Jones?”
GLP Quiet Nights in an Altinay Spigot Pot and Diet Coke on the side.
Cubs-Pirates
️on the box in a few.
Cubs-Pirates
️on the box in a few.
GL Pease Cumberland in a Savinelli 106 Punto Oro. 
Rocky Patel Platinum Toro while playing golf today.
Sir John's Flake Virginia in an Altinok.
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