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Post by sparks on Feb 14, 2016 21:27:02 GMT -5
(TAPS) Raleigh Pipe Show
Date: April 9, 2016 Location: Governor James G. Martin Building, NC State Fairgrounds Address: 1025 Blue Ridge Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607 The Triangle Area Pipe Smokers (TAPS) will host the 19th annual TAPS Pipe and Tobacco Expo on Saturday, April 9th 2016, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in the Governor James G. Martin Building, Raleigh, N.C. For more information contact TAPS at 919.848.0685; e-mail: info@tapsclub.us; Web site: www.tapsclub.us. |
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Post by JimInks on Apr 9, 2016 19:06:13 GMT -5
Home from the Raleigh Pipe Show sponsored by TAPS. Picked up lots of samples to review and bought twenty tins of D&R's VIP, which is a very under rated VaPer. Also bought three tins of Peterson's 3Ps. A friend gave me a 100 gram tin of Edgeworth Slices. Smoked Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem. Then, a 1995 sample of Ringlow Syrian Reserve in a 1990s smooth Peterson Captain Pete XL80 bulldog. Now, I'm half way through this bowl of D&R VIP in my trusty 1970s smooth three quarter bend Peterson System Standard 305. Saw a bunch of old friends and made a few new ones, and just had a great time.
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Basil Meadows
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Post by Basil Meadows on Apr 10, 2016 11:53:40 GMT -5
I had a wonderful time at the TAPS show! Got to meet a lot of new friends and see a lot of old friends again. To me, that's what going to these events are about. The new location was a BIG improvement. More room and the closed in breeze way for smoking was very nice! Still had plenty of room to expand. Like every show, it had it's busy times and it had it's slow times. Those work great for a chance to step into the breeze way for a quick smoke.
I want to thank everyone that stopped by my table and chatted. And the TAPS folks for putting on a wonderful event. Just 12 more months and we get to do it again!!!
This is a close enough show that there were folks from PA, Va, W.Va, and Maryland that showed up!
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