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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 11, 2023 19:46:18 GMT -5
If it is any help, Russ… I have heard that recovery from hip replacement is far easier than knee replacement. Hang in there! Well, Charlie, that's true in my case. I had my left knee replaced some years ago and it's the physical therapy that I found to be just brutal. If the exercises aren't done, the muscles and joint will stiffen and keep it from working. I just do what I'm told because everything will turn out fine in the end. I've had friends with both. The last hip replacement, he was walking around the block within a week. Used to require months of physical therapy. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 11, 2023 19:48:57 GMT -5
Smoking more Savinelli 140th in my BC calabash. My BC Calabash is a "Junior" and I've been working on the same bowl all day off and on. Glad I didn't get the larger version. And it smokes every bowl down to pure ash. Fantastic pipe! |
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Post by johnlawitzke on Jun 11, 2023 20:03:06 GMT -5
2016 C&D Rajah’s Court in my Jess oval shank Brandy.  |
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Post by just ol ed on Jun 11, 2023 21:59:48 GMT -5
the usual...to the chats in a few, PerettiBritish & the cobs
Ed
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Post by urbino on Jun 11, 2023 23:04:53 GMT -5
Now that my internet is working and I'm caught up, here's last night's Iafisco lovat:  |
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Post by trailboss on Jun 11, 2023 23:12:10 GMT -5
Quite a beauty there Urb!
Museum quality stuff going on here.
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Post by urbino on Jun 11, 2023 23:17:27 GMT -5
Quite a beauty there Urb! Museum quality stuff going on here. Thanks, Charlie. I did really well with that one. The other side is a mirror image, and the cross grain is all tight and either flame or straight. There's not a dead spot on it. Iafisco is a pretty dab hand with contrast stains. |
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Post by turbocat on Jun 11, 2023 23:20:29 GMT -5
Smoking more Savinelli 140th in my BC calabash. My BC Calabash is a "Junior" and I've been working on the same bowl all day off and on. Glad I didn't get the larger version. And it smokes every bowl down to pure ash. Fantastic pipe! Mine is definitely in my top three ever. I don’t pay much attention to specific manufacturers and my experience is fairly limited with Butz Choquin, but every pipe of theirs that I have smoked, calabash or briar, has been a great smoker. |
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Post by turbocat on Jun 11, 2023 23:22:16 GMT -5
WC Slices in a Stanwell HCA.  |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 11, 2023 23:54:28 GMT -5
My BC Calabash is a "Junior" and I've been working on the same bowl all day off and on. Glad I didn't get the larger version. And it smokes every bowl down to pure ash. Fantastic pipe! Mine is definitely in my top three ever. I don’t pay much attention to specific manufacturers and my experience is fairly limited with Butz Choquin, but every pipe of theirs that I have smoked, calabash or briar, had been a great smoker. I have a half dozen BCs. They are all great smokers except for one that's more art than pipe. They were in business for 160 years and they were one of the first to make pipes out of briar. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 11, 2023 23:55:30 GMT -5
Now that my internet is working and I'm caught up, here's last night's Iafisco lovat: Wow! Gorgeous pipe. |
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Post by SailorBen on Jun 12, 2023 0:52:55 GMT -5
Enjoyed some TCS Rivendell in the Lumberman on a walk with the family today. Good stuff, and only needed one relight over the course of a mile and a half.
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Post by william on Jun 12, 2023 5:59:45 GMT -5
Good morning. Coffee and Presbyterian in a W. O. Larsen......  |
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Post by exbenedict on Jun 12, 2023 9:55:19 GMT -5
C&D Professor, Stanwell
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Post by johnlawitzke on Jun 12, 2023 10:11:48 GMT -5
Now that my internet is working and I'm caught up, here's last night's Iafisco lovat: That one is a looker. He makes good pipes. I became aware of his work as a result of buying a Luciano pipe (he was their carver). |
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Post by johnlawitzke on Jun 12, 2023 10:12:30 GMT -5
2009 C&D Good Morning in my Savinelli Punto Oro Smooth Natural 127 Billiard.  |
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Post by just ol ed on Jun 12, 2023 10:12:54 GMT -5
Walks earlier, Diesel "Rage" 5x50 for company. After the Ed is fed, Wilke #622 in Ascorti New-Dear billiard & to the papers
63, to 71, needed rain due all week, was sparse
Ed
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Post by Silver on Jun 12, 2023 10:23:18 GMT -5
Happy Monday, all! Busy with family activities yesterday, feasting and socializing instead of working. Still had time for pipes and tobacco. Started today with a couple bowls of Haunted Bookshop in the Monday cob and coffee. Everything's wet from overnight rain, so I'll be in the workshop restoring/cleaning some pipes and finishing a new pipe that I started on weeks ago.
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Post by Goldbrick on Jun 12, 2023 10:42:30 GMT -5
My own Lion and Lamb mixture, first in a Mastro da' pa'ja bent Dublin, then in a bent pot from Tinder Box Unique.
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Post by adui on Jun 12, 2023 12:10:51 GMT -5
I just popped a tin of Captain Earl's Honor Blend dated 10/2013. I'm partaking of a bowl in my Petersen Churchwarden.
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Post by taiguy66 on Jun 12, 2023 12:27:39 GMT -5
Morning all. Except for a load of laundry and picking up a family member from the airport tonight, I have nothing to do.
Currently on the patio enjoying my day off with a bowl of Grousemoor in my Vuen.
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Post by Silver on Jun 12, 2023 12:29:42 GMT -5
Taking a break from repairing a pipe stem with Haunted Bookshop in the Monday cob.
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Post by john on Jun 12, 2023 12:57:00 GMT -5
A bowl of Prince Andrew in a Missouri Meerschaum Legend... Black coffee on the side...  |
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Post by turbocat on Jun 12, 2023 13:35:33 GMT -5
SG 1792 Flake in a BC Origine.  |
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Post by urbino on Jun 12, 2023 14:55:42 GMT -5
Thanks, Ron and John. I certainly enjoy it.
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Post by taiguy66 on Jun 12, 2023 15:15:49 GMT -5
C&D Autumn Evening. I seem to be in an aro kind of mood. 🤗👍
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Post by just ol ed on Jun 12, 2023 15:21:12 GMT -5
time with the gals earlier, now Wilke #622 in LaughingBaccchus meer with tea at desk. Nap soon then sups.
66, rain light to heavy but steady
Ed-dealing with as usual
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Post by Silver on Jun 12, 2023 15:30:40 GMT -5
Got dinner started, simmering on the stove. Briar Fox in a self-made, rusticated billiard.
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Post by Goldbrick on Jun 12, 2023 16:03:53 GMT -5
Thanks, Ron and John. I certainly enjoy it. That's some real eye-candy there, Urb...I'd never be able to keep it lit...I'd just there, with my eyes bugging out,  looking at the grain!!! |
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Post by urbino on Jun 12, 2023 17:00:47 GMT -5
Thanks, Ron and John. I certainly enjoy it. That's some real eye-candy there, Urb...I'd never be able to keep it lit...I'd just there, with my eyes bugging out, looking at the grain!!! Ha. It helps if, like me, you smoke outside after dark. |
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