***What Are You Smoking, September 2025?***
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Currently smoking my Savinelli 645KS bent apple Short Pipe with some Seattle Pipe Club - Mississippi River while listening to some LPs and watching football.
Thank you. I'll be sure to pass this along to my mom. If the cuts i took don't work out, we can hunt it down.
Well, my wife visited today and brought a few of the pipes that i had purchased while stuck here twiddling my thumbs looking for something to bring some excitement to the drab table. It was well worth the wait. This is what i'm calling my hospital PAD:
Pete Newgrange B10, 1976 Pete Tawny Deluxe XL90 with fumed rim (my first African meer), Castello Collection Great Line KKKK and an Unsmoked Estate Ser Jacopo L2 Coral Dot. These are a welcome group of co-conspirators for my future escape-capades.
As soon as she left to grab some things for the Air BnB and some dinner for later, per my request, i put in my lunch order here (which takes an hour to get to the room) and then grabbed the new-to-me Pete meer, stuffed it with some Sansepolcro and headed out for a dose of nature's remedy: sunshine and fresh air.
Cell phone pics can't match my digital SLR at home, but i'm working with what i got. Although i wasn't a huge fan of cleaning the last p-lip, mostly it was the system well and condenser i wasn't fond of. This meer smokes like a dream and has an ample enough bowl size and even smokes flake quite well. No complaints thus far.
Steamworks in a tomato meer. Done with work and trying to get the yard mowed before the rain hits. 
She’s purdy!!!Thank you. I'll be sure to pass this along to my mom. If the cuts i took don't work out, we can hunt it down.
Well, my wife visited today and brought a few of the pipes that i had purchased while stuck here twiddling my thumbs looking for something to bring some excitement to the drab table. It was well worth the wait. This is what i'm calling my hospital PAD:
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Pete Newgrange B10, 1976 Pete Tawny Deluxe XL90 with fumed rim (my first African meer), Castello Collection Great Line KKKK and an Unsmoked Estate Ser Jacopo L2 Coral Dot. These are a welcome group of co-conspirators for my future escape-capades.
As soon as she left to grab some things for the Air BnB and some dinner for later, per my request, i put in my lunch order here (which takes an hour to get to the room) and then grabbed the new-to-me Pete meer, stuffed it with some Sansepolcro and headed out for a dose of nature's remedy: sunshine and fresh air.
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Cell phone pics can't match my digital SLR at home, but i'm working with what i got. Although i wasn't a huge fan of cleaning the last p-lip, mostly it was the system well and condenser i wasn't fond of. This meer smokes like a dream and has an ample enough bowl size and even smokes flake quite well. No complaints thus far.
Peterson’s Irish Dew in Nording semi-rusticated freehand.
Now smoking and reviewing C&D Carolina Red Flake with Perique 2025 (Small Batch) in a 1986 three quarter bend Bacchus face CAO meer with a tapered dark tortoise shell colored acrylic stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink. Gave Harry the Hairy some attention, and he's playing with a catnip sock now. I'm watching the Nats-Mets game as I write the review of this blend. Not a hard one to do as it's much like the previous version.
Finally recovering from one of the worst colds I’ve had in years. Trying to get my palate back in shape. It’s still a little bit stunted. Smoking my usual SG Black XX Kendal Twist. I have some other SG blends on the way in the mail. Excited for that. 
HU Janneman Flake 
in an Altinay Spigot Apple again. Ice water 
on the side
in an Altinay Spigot Apple again. Ice water on the side
Looks like the road I had to walk to school. All uphill
Holy God. Rotten funeral arrangements and urine cake—I never would have imagined such a creepy blend.
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Last one. In a Bill Boyle custom made Hungarian.
Wilke Lizzie "Final Verdict" is a new Martelo sandblasted Nefertiti. Great narrow bowl for this perique powerhouse (50%)
The main thing is to have internet access. For example, when I was at the pharmacy getting my medicine, I used a translator to communicate.@Benedict Munsinger I like the Oriental languages written down but couldn't cope with the Oriental countries as a tourist; I wouldn't be able to read the signs or know where to get off the bus / train
I had a go at writing the Oriental symbols for Yutong (Chinese bus builder) recently!
宇通客车
I only like black pu-erh; the earthy, nutty flavor is simply amazing. Although my family doesn't drink it, I'm the only one who prefers this tea.
That’s exactly why I asked about the quality — buying a modern mass-produced pipe often feels like a gamble. It can look beautiful, but not necessarily be a really good “smoker” in terms of comfort and performance. Savinelli unfortunately has the same issue nowadays. That’s why I tend to look either for older production pipes or for makers who still work by hand.
Dogs are simply wonderful beings: full of loyalty, warmth, and honesty — sometimes they remind us better than people what true humanity really is.
A couple of minutes or so away from smoking C&D Carolina Red Flake with Perique 2025 (Small Batch) in a medium bend fumed tan crackled year 2020 Ahmet Govem reverse calabash meerschaum with a military mount silver band and black acrylic stem. Should have the review finished tonight.
It’s party time! Brother turned 30 yesterday, and we are toasting his health today. Early morning pipe in my Peterson rusticated 103 to kick it off! 
Savinelli Tortuga 106 packed with Riverboat Gambler with a pinch of 5 o'clock shadow. Drinking sweet tea.
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