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Post by coalsmoke on Jan 20, 2024 5:46:02 GMT -5
Good Saturday Morning! It's 9° here with a cloudy sky and about three inches of new snow has fallen since yesterday. This afternoon I'll shovel the walk to the driveway, spread some ice melter, take a break, and then make a supermarket run. Starting the smoking day with a bowl of HH Pure VA Flake in the BBB Two Star Special smooth billiard and there's a fresh travel mugga coffee tucked underneath my insulated work coat. Have a good one everybody!
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Post by urbino on Jan 20, 2024 6:00:37 GMT -5
Good Saturday Morning! It's 9° here with a cloudy sky and about three inches of new snow has fallen since yesterday. This afternoon I'll shovel the walk to the driveway, spread some ice melter, take a break, and then make a supermarket run. Starting the smoking day with a bowl of HH Pure VA Flake in the BBB Two Star Special smooth billiard and there's a fresh travel mugga coffee tucked underneath my insulated work coat. Have a good one everybody! Do it like my dad says, Russ: work a while then rest two whiles. |
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Post by coalsmoke on Jan 20, 2024 6:14:36 GMT -5
Good Saturday Morning! It's 9° here with a cloudy sky and about three inches of new snow has fallen since yesterday. This afternoon I'll shovel the walk to the driveway, spread some ice melter, take a break, and then make a supermarket run. Starting the smoking day with a bowl of HH Pure VA Flake in the BBB Two Star Special smooth billiard and there's a fresh travel mugga coffee tucked underneath my insulated work coat. Have a good one everybody! Do it like my dad says, Russ: work a while then rest two whiles. Good advice. I may have to take three whiles to give my back a rest. |
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Post by Goldbrick on Jan 20, 2024 6:19:34 GMT -5
Eureka/ Sterling mix in a lovely, straight Rhodesian from mastro da' paja.
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Post by coalsmoke on Jan 20, 2024 7:26:33 GMT -5
Good Morning Again! It's 12° and the sky is still cloudy here. Finishing up a bowl of Straight Grain Flake in the BBB smooth billiard and occasionally sipping my coffee. Next will be some Peterson Flake. Time to check the headline news.
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Post by Darin on Jan 20, 2024 8:56:44 GMT -5
2018 GLP JackKnife Plug in an RDPipes Morta with Cumberland stem ... black coffee to drink.
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Post by trailboss on Jan 20, 2024 11:23:33 GMT -5
2018 GLP JackKnife Plug in an RDPipes Morta with Cumberland stem ... black coffee to drink. Any opinion on fresh vs. aged on this blend, Darin? |
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Post by just ol ed on Jan 20, 2024 11:25:59 GMT -5
Fair shares of "a whiles" so far, hope all having nice weekend so far. Abingdon in SerJac Rowlette "scoop", CokeOriginal by side. Moving real slow as usual, getting things done at own pace
12, to 15, overcast, no new snow expected, managed to put yardstick in non-shoveled front porch area, around two feet
Ed-step out only if have to (to get mail)
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Post by Silver on Jan 20, 2024 11:57:48 GMT -5
Happy Saturday! Started the day with a couple bowls of Haunted Bookshop in the Saturday cob and coffee.
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Post by trailboss on Jan 20, 2024 12:01:35 GMT -5
Happy Saturday! Started the day with a couple bowls of Haunted Bookshop in the Saturday cob and coffee. As I smoked a bowl of that blend last night, I predicted that you would start your day that way. What a wise one I am with my predictive ability! |
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Post by Silver on Jan 20, 2024 12:26:57 GMT -5
Happy Saturday! Started the day with a couple bowls of Haunted Bookshop in the Saturday cob and coffee. As I smoked a bowl of that blend last night, I predicted that you would start your day that way. What a wise one I am with my predictive ability! Kind of like predicting sunrise every morning. |
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Post by Silver on Jan 20, 2024 12:27:51 GMT -5
Having a bowl of Friar's Bayou in the Saturday cob. Gonna duck into the workshop.
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Post by Goldbrick on Jan 20, 2024 12:52:53 GMT -5
Sutliff's Estate Blend, in an oval shank Canadian with a horn mouthpiece. The underside is marled, London Briar.
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Post by trailboss on Jan 20, 2024 13:12:09 GMT -5
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Post by johnlawitzke on Jan 20, 2024 13:23:02 GMT -5
Enjoyed a bowl of Ted's Blend #300 in my GBD Century 347 tall Apple during the drive to and from brunch at our favorite breakfast place. A different sauce on the Corned Beef Frittata today. More like an adobo sauce than a salsa. A tasty change. 😀  |
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Post by turbocat on Jan 20, 2024 14:15:10 GMT -5
Felt like something light and bright, so I’m smoking Mac Baren Virginia No. 1 in a meerschaum calabash shape pipe.  |
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Post by just ol ed on Jan 20, 2024 15:19:08 GMT -5
10Russians in Tinsky freehand, CokeOriginal by side
All the way up to +13, overcast, windy, hints of blown snow
Ed-surviving at least
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Post by Goldbrick on Jan 20, 2024 15:27:59 GMT -5
The poor thing has three fills, two on the upper shank, and one real eyecatcher on the rim, but it's a smoking trick. |
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Post by Goldbrick on Jan 20, 2024 15:33:05 GMT -5
Sterling's Bargain blend in my Kaywoodie handmade freehand.
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Post by Darin on Jan 20, 2024 15:47:47 GMT -5
2018 GLP JackKnife Plug in an RDPipes Morta with Cumberland stem ... black coffee to drink. Any opinion on fresh vs. aged on this blend, Darin? I've found most Pease blends age well and JKP is no exception. The Virginia's have smoothed out and the Burley edges rounded. It's not quite as smokey as fresh, perhaps. |
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Post by urbino on Jan 20, 2024 16:55:24 GMT -5
Fair shares of "a whiles" so far, hope all having nice weekend so far. Abingdon in SerJac Rowlette "scoop", CokeOriginal by side. Moving real slow as usual, getting things done at own pace 12, to 15, overcast, no new snow expected, managed to put yardstick in non-shoveled front porch area, around two feet Ed-step out only if have to (to get mail) Two feet?? I enjoy some snow, but you can keep that, Ed. |
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Post by john on Jan 20, 2024 17:06:31 GMT -5
Good Afternoon All... Gonna get a lot colder in the southland tonight 9º expected to be the low tonight. Only got up to 27º in the afternoon. Have I mentioned that I'm not a fan of the cold  ... A bowl of Presbyterian Melange in an Astley JermynII Rhodesian... A bottle of water not the side...  |
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Post by john on Jan 20, 2024 17:09:40 GMT -5
Very Appropriate Urb!! He was an Air Traffic Controller for 20 years in the US Navy before getting the job in charge of the tower in Memphis and then becoming the Manager of the Airport. Spot On!! Was he ever stationed at Millington? Could have been in the late 70's or 80's I think.. Where's Millington? |
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Post by trailboss on Jan 20, 2024 17:12:52 GMT -5
Any opinion on fresh vs. aged on this blend, Darin? I've found most Pease blends age well and JKP is no exception. The Virginia's have smoothed out and the Burley edges rounded. It's not quite as smokey as fresh, perhaps. Yeah...probably a dumb question.  Regardless, sounds like a fine smoke! I have an 8oz tin and 3 or 4 smaller ones, probably need to do a drive test. |
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Post by trailboss on Jan 20, 2024 17:16:36 GMT -5
SG Grousemoor from 2018, courtesy of Spartacus in a Don Warren freehand. an aromatic that does not seem like an aromatic. Great smoke!  |
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Post by Plainsman on Jan 20, 2024 17:19:18 GMT -5
I like my tabac (Sutliff Z92) pretty dry. I just got my usual order of 5# and it is way wetter than usual. I dry batches of about a week’s worth at a time. 195° in the oven for half an hour hardly touched it this time. Needed another couple of minutes in the MW before jarring. Moisture level seems to vary a LOT when I get this stuff, but this last batch was really damp.
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Post by urbino on Jan 20, 2024 17:19:24 GMT -5
Was he ever stationed at Millington? Could have been in the late 70's or 80's I think.. Where's Millington? Just north of Memphis. Millington Naval Air Station. |
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Post by urbino on Jan 20, 2024 17:20:21 GMT -5
SG Grousemoor from 2018, courtesy of Spartacus in a Don Warren freehand. an aromatic that does not seem like an aromatic. Great smoke! That's a good looking pipe, Charlie. |
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Post by trailboss on Jan 20, 2024 17:47:49 GMT -5
Thank you, I claim no responsibility...all Don's magic, and it smokes as good as it looks. He is a true pipe engineer and artisan.
And it was a free pipe that I acquired at the West Coast Pipe Show raffle.
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Post by Silver on Jan 20, 2024 17:57:22 GMT -5
SG Grousemoor from 2018, courtesy of Spartacus in a Don Warren freehand. an aromatic that does not seem like an aromatic. Great smoke! That's a good looking pipe, Charlie. Got a side view of that bad boy, Charlie? |
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