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Post by bigwoolie on Feb 25, 2020 19:50:58 GMT -5
I gotta go to Spokane tomorrow, and I hate going to Spokane. But Im gonna check out the pipe/cigar shop downtown while Im there. That way I can turn an unpleasant chore into a pleasant treasure hunt.
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Post by fadingdaylight on Feb 25, 2020 19:53:47 GMT -5
Good luck, hopefully you come back with something good!
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Post by pepesdad1 on Feb 25, 2020 19:55:31 GMT -5
Why do you dislike Spokane?
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Post by bigwoolie on Feb 25, 2020 19:57:24 GMT -5
Why do you dislike Spokane? I dislike traffic and copious amounts of people. There is nothing wrong with the city of Spokane itself...I just hate going to a city. Any city. |
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Post by pepesdad1 on Feb 25, 2020 20:03:55 GMT -5
Woof! Can't imagine what you would do with a city like Miami...I'm from there (operant word is from) and I can't stand the place...way too many people and traffic is like an emergency evacuation of NY city.
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 25, 2020 20:08:49 GMT -5
Woof! Can't imagine what you would do with a city like Miami...I'm from there (operant word is from) and I can't stand the place...way too many people and traffic is like an emergency evacuation of NY city. Wow! Miami would fit inside the loop in Houston and the extra population would barely be noticed. Remember a few years when New Orleans moved here and disappeared? |
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Post by bigwoolie on Feb 25, 2020 20:17:49 GMT -5
Woof! Can't imagine what you would do with a city like Miami...I'm from there (operant word is from) and I can't stand the place...way too many people and traffic is like an emergency evacuation of NY city. Wow! Miami would fit inside the loop in Houston and the extra population would barely be noticed. Remember a few years when New Orleans moved here and disappeared? To put it all in perspective, I live out on the far edge of a "city" of 550 people that is surrounded by wheat fields in the largest wheat-producing county in the entire US, Whitman County, Washington. Spokane is big enough. It gives me the gallopin' fantods. |
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Post by pepesdad1 on Feb 25, 2020 20:29:52 GMT -5
Woof! Can't imagine what you would do with a city like Miami...I'm from there (operant word is from) and I can't stand the place...way too many people and traffic is like an emergency evacuation of NY city. Wow! Miami would fit inside the loop in Houston and the extra population would barely be noticed. Remember a few years when New Orleans moved here and disappeared? Yeah, you're right about Houston...tried going through there on I-10...traffic backed up and was detoured...took me a couple hours to find I was headed to Galveston...or gall-stone as some called it. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 25, 2020 21:24:04 GMT -5
That's the problem I am having. We still want to move to the country, maybe not so far north, but we hate the traffic. We may never find a house as nice as the one we wanted, but we will try again. When there are so many people it's hard to appreciate any of them.
The town we were looking in had 2k population and was close to 2 lakes and lots of farms and ranches.
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Post by simnettpratt on Feb 25, 2020 21:59:20 GMT -5
Well, I can't talk. I live in a suburb of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, home to 7.7 million people. It is larger than the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island combined. But imagine all those people wanting to live together; it must be the friendliest place on earth!
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Post by kxg on Feb 25, 2020 22:08:25 GMT -5
In my former life I worked in Houston a good bit. The office was on the west side in the energy corridor. I usually flew into Hobby and took the loop around. I swear I saw more cars on that trip than I saw all year in my little town. And that was 14 years ago. Last I was there, around 7 years ago, I couldn’t believe how the traffic had increased. I can’t imagine what it must be like now. I much prefer rural America!
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 25, 2020 22:09:00 GMT -5
Well, I can't talk. I live in a suburb of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, home to 7.7 million people. It is larger than the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island combined. But imagine all those people wanting to live together; it must be the friendliest place on earth! 🤬🥶🙊 |
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 25, 2020 22:11:16 GMT -5
In my former life I worked in Houston a good bit. The office was on the west side in the energy corridor. I usually flew into Hobby and took the loop around. I swear I saw more cars on that trip than I saw all year in my little town. And that was 14 years ago. Last I was there, around 7 years ago, I couldn’t believe how the traffic had increased. I can’t imagine what it must be like now. I much prefer rural America! The Farm to Market road by my house in Humble is a 24 hour traffic jam with an average of 5 wrecks per day. When we moved here 15 years ago it was a small town. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 26, 2020 13:00:39 GMT -5
I was looking at the population of the different states, and 33 of the 50 have smaller populations than Harris County. This might be the source of my problem.
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Post by bigwoolie on Feb 26, 2020 14:56:09 GMT -5
Well, I found the pipe shop. Probably the best B&M pipe shop Ive been in. I bought a Savinelli Trevi P320 pipe and 2 Padron cigars. Pictures to come later...
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Post by kxg on Feb 26, 2020 17:07:55 GMT -5
Well, I found the pipe shop. Probably the best B&M pipe shop Ive been in. I bought a Savinelli Trevi P320 pipe and 2 Padron cigars. Pictures to come later... At least it was worth the trip. I really like the 320 shape, great for Balkan and heavy English blends. Enjoy! |
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Post by bigwoolie on Feb 26, 2020 17:28:01 GMT -5
I wanted a change from my usual rustic freehands, something smooth and classic.   |
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Post by fadingdaylight on Feb 26, 2020 17:50:30 GMT -5
Looking good, I keep eyeballing the 614 in that same finish. Looks like your trip paid off!
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Post by pepesdad1 on Feb 26, 2020 18:48:25 GMT -5
Beautiful pipe you got there, Dewayne!
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Post by Stearmandriver on Feb 26, 2020 19:18:13 GMT -5
Wow, I really like that pipe!
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