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Post by Goldbrick on Dec 6, 2019 10:07:12 GMT -5
Once again Christmas is knocking at our back door, and while I do love this time of year, the smiles, the handshakes and even hugs from folks you hardly know, and I guess just the general acts of kindness that seem to bloom all around us at this time of year... I'll never understand why my" PIPE ALTAR ", as the wife calls it , has to empty out and become a Christmas wonderland. Many years ago,when I purchased a table saw, my first project was a 5 by 7 foot wall unit for the wife's little "what-nots"...a closed cabinet at the bottom for books ,with open display shelves above. Over the years this became too small for her ,and was turned over to me for "all those pipes". A few years back we added a new unit for a year-round home for her snow babies and such ,so I figured my stuff was safe...today I have the job of boxing up 60 pipes, the racks and rests that hold them, my Bosling heads, old baccy tins, two really cool George Dickel jugs, and 24 1/2 pt. jars of tobacco. All this to make room for Nut-Crackers and raindeer and such... Now don't get me wrong, I know it 's a very small act to make ones life-partner happy ,and I have tobacco and pipes all over the house ,so that's not an issue...I just think she works so hard to turn the whole house into a Christmas house that she ends up too tired to enjoy the season.  " we'er not as young as we used to be" I tell her...but even after 42 years my thoughts don't mean doo-doo!! Just venting a bit, Happy Holidays  ,Herb. |
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Post by oldcajun123 on Dec 6, 2019 10:23:21 GMT -5
In other words Christmas for her, but not for you Herb.
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Post by Legend Lover on Dec 6, 2019 10:26:11 GMT -5
What if she let's you arrange your pipes into a Christmas tree shape?
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Post by pepesdad1 on Dec 6, 2019 10:53:09 GMT -5
What if she let's you arrange your pipes into a Christmas tree shape? Excellent idea!...Good thinking, Dr. Paddy! |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2019 11:08:03 GMT -5
Great thread and hilarious first post! 🤣 ”...after 42 years of marriage my thoughts don’t mean doo-doo!!” 💩 You’re lucky! But, then again, like Gramsci I’m an optimist of the will and a pessimist of the intellect. For me it’s nearly 30 years, but I’m pretty sure the wife considers a lot of my thoughts to be precisely “doo-doo”! 🧐 Unlike many, and despite my being a cynic, I have always liked Christmas time and December in general (my birthday is the 17th) and always marvel somewhat and find amusing at how seemingly inexplicably miserable people can get. My perennial merriment must be irksome, but IIWII! 🎅🏻 Here’s a Christmas themed pipe cartoon the caption of which is something you’ll never hear in this house! Merry Christmas! 🌲☃️  |
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Post by sperrytops on Dec 6, 2019 13:01:47 GMT -5
What if she let's you arrange your pipes into a Christmas tree shape? Or you can use them as Christmas tree ornaments. Just don't light them up. |
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Post by Goldbrick on Dec 6, 2019 14:21:31 GMT -5
In other words Christmas for her, but not for you Herb. Not at all ....I love Christmas; I just don't think a disabled woman of 62 years need compete with 4 of her sisters {the 5th is normal} over who's house is the most or best decorated...the term "less is more" is what I mean...-less work= more joy. I grew up poor, as did she; her Dad died young and left a wife and six girls , and there's where we differ...her Mom started a cottage industry with sewing and painting and crafting to bring some money in the house...at Christmas time ,fourteen hands made homemade decorations for the tree and the house. As an only child , my parents did all they could to have something for me to unwrap; after age ten I don't think we even had a tree. Christmas for us was laughter and goodtimes with my Aunts and Uncles, wonderful meals with country ham and turkey...maybe a little sip of port, or a nib of Early Times from one of my Uncles. Decorations we few and gifts were mostly warm coats and shirts, perhaps a nice pocket knife or a timex , but always and I mean always a stocking of fresh fruit and Christmas candy. I'd just like to see the wife take some time for herself for a change. |
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Post by oldcajun123 on Dec 6, 2019 14:25:19 GMT -5
With the background I understand. Her habits are engrained I believe, my practical advice, Go With The Flow. She’s a good person, make her happy, learn Yes Dear!
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Post by Penzaholic on Dec 6, 2019 14:39:15 GMT -5
sounds like its time for you to buy a tall curio cabinet and keep it all on protected display
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Post by pepesdad1 on Dec 6, 2019 14:44:36 GMT -5
sounds like its time for you to buy a tall curio cabinet and keep it all on protected display This seems to be the best answer...gotta keep the little women happy! |
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Post by Goldbrick on Dec 6, 2019 17:03:45 GMT -5
sounds like its time for you to buy a tall curio cabinet and keep it all on protected display This seems to be the best answer...gotta keep the little women happy! Great idea, but too late...across the room from the hutch in question stands a tall curio cabinet of "nicer pipes". My Grabow, E.A. Carey, and a few Kaywoodie pipes all live in our bedroom, so there'll be no lack of pipes.
My qt.jars of tobacco and unopened tins are stored in the bottom of the wall unit that once held books; so the up-side is I'll have a change in both tobacco and pipes for the holidays. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2019 11:50:32 GMT -5
Yesterday I broke my cheap Westinghouse ‘smart tv’ in the dumbest way. All I wanted to do was move it from one surface to another and didn’t think unplugging anything would be necessary. What I didn’t realize was that the evil boffins in the department of programmed obsolescence had the engineers design a power cord that is tenuously attached to the tv’s innards and can be easily detached from whatever bit of electronic effluvium it had been should one attempt a bit of interior decorating. However, I had a very good experience at Best Buy purchasing a somewhat larger, but much upgraded replacement Samsung tv with a 4-year Geek Squad warranty. My neighbour has graciously offered to help me mount it on the wall so we’ll be able to get rid of another piece of furniture in the den/studio. All this shlepping around and futzing with new tv set-up meant no pipe yesterday, but now that I’ve threaded what was eating me yesterday it is at long last time for a nice bowl. I’m thinking LJP POLL in the self-restored Dunhill W60 one-knuckle bamboo Tanshell Whangee!  Footnote: this is is what happens when I smoke Royal Yacht:  |
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Post by Goldbrick on Dec 13, 2019 20:39:00 GMT -5
Alex, I looked much the same ,this morning , after my first bowl of R.Y....then I slicked it all back and headed out to do some shopping.
It's good to see a new installment to this thread!
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Post by crapgame on Dec 14, 2019 3:03:34 GMT -5
I love bamboo pipes...!! That is something on my wish list..
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2019 20:34:44 GMT -5
At least the sonofawhore whose proprietary algorithm outbid me at the last nanosecond for a glorious vintage 10-knuckle Dunhill Whangee didn’t get it for a lousy $450!
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" we'er not as young as we used to be" I tell her...but even after 42 years my thoughts don't mean doo-doo!!
