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Enjoyed a tasty golden delicious apple, and am smoking the last of this pouch of year 2010 Amphora Original (Brown) in an undated slight bent rusticated brown with a darker fumed top unbranded Micoli billiard with a white accented perpex ferrule, off center square shank and black vulcanite stem in the military mount style. Haven't smoked this pipe in a long time, but I needed a bigger bowl to finish off the pouch.
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Sleepy Suzy napping on m'lady's IPad.
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Enjoyed a light snack, and am a quarter of the way through this bowl of 2019 C&D Yorktown in a 2016 PSF POY quarter bend black sandblasted Steve Norse Vermont Freehand egg with an aluminum band and a tortoise shell colored acrylic saddle stem. Been quite a while since I smoked this pipe which is a very good smoker.
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Enjoyed a tasty golden delicious apple, and am half way through this bowl of year 2018 Solani 633 in a 2018 David S. Huber 5718 medium bend black sandblasted billiard with a black acrylic saddle stem. Figured I'd continue the theme of smoking long neglected pipes. I could do that for several days.
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Here's Molly Danger snoozin'.
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Last smoke of the day is year 2019 C&D Derringer in a smooth almost full bend, brown 1981 Briar Workshop round brandy signed by Elliott Nachwalter with a tapered pearl gold acrylic stem. A great smoker.
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Good Morning!
Slept in a bit while my wife took care of the critters. Starting off with GLP Westminster in an MM bent Apple Diplomat along with the last of the coffee from the Thermos. I roasted some Ethiopian Yirgacheffe coffee beans yesterday and I'll brew a pour over into the Thermos after it dries.
 
I had mentioned many pages ago that I had found a great spot to sit and have a pipe while I'm staying at the hotel I stay at one night a week for work. Then two weeks later, I ended up switching to a different company office and a different hotel, so I was back to square one. My only options were to hang out in the parking lot (not very relaxing), or drive an extra 20 minutes each way so I could go to the cigar shop, sit in their lounge, and marinate in cigar smoke (and you have to buy something in order to use the lounge.)

Well, a couple of days ago, I decided to use the parking lot, and I just strolled around the perimeter of the building, hoping to wander into a warm pocket somewhere, as it was in the lower 30s and a little breezy. As I got almost all the way around back to the front, I came to a part of the building that juts out into the parking lot - it's where the indoor pool is. As I walked deeper into that corner seeking shelter, I noticed it got nicely warm, and as I came to an end standing on a grate in the ground, I found the source of the warmth - the hotel laundry exhaust!

It's going to be a great winter, guys. I'm going to park on that side from now on, whip my camp chair out in the evening, and set it right on that grate and enjoy a pipe. There's a security camera there, so hopefully I'll provide some entertainment for someone as well.

And on that day, I enjoyed John Bull in a Savinelli 673KS.
 
Good Afternoon my friends and fellow BoBs 😊
Just filled my Edwardian Calabash, with sterling silver trim, inherited from my Grandfather with a hefty amount of St.Bruno. seems Appropriate that i chose to smoke this pipe, as I'm watching a Sherlock Holmes film (Rathbone version) on the BBC. Now if only I had a deerstalker hat 🤣.
Have a great day my friends 😊.
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Good morning BoBs. Having CS Choctaw in a Butz Choquin magnum bent brandy with morning CR coffee. Out to the ranch again today so wifey can ride since her trainer is gone for 2 weeks and they are predicting rain for the weekend. Had a really bad night again. Back pain kicked up so maybe 2 hours sleep. Will try to nap this afternoon. @Igoldberg , glad you found a smoking niche. When I was working and had to travel, I would look for motels that had outdoor pools. Would wait till 9:30 or so when no one was using it and ask the manager if I could sit by the pool and smoke a cigar. Only got turned down once.
 
Zippo said:
Good Afternoon my friends and fellow BoBs 😊
Just filled my Edwardian Calabash, with sterling silver trim, inherited from my Grandfather with a hefty amount of St.Bruno. seems Appropriate that i chose to smoke this pipe, as I'm watching a Sherlock Holmes film (Rathbone version) on the BBC. Now if only I had a deerstalker hat 🤣.
Have a great day my friends 😊.
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Zippo buddy, beautiful pipe, and lighter. When I hunted back in the Midwest, especially Nebraska, and temps were usually below 32 or 0 Celsius, I had a Deerstalker hat. If I still had it I would send it your way, but sadly it got lost somewhere in one of my moves. Lol.
 
JimInks said:
Enjoyed a tasty golden delicious apple, and am smoking the last of this pouch of year 2010 Amphora Original (Brown) in an undated slight bent rusticated brown with a darker fumed top unbranded Micoli billiard with a white accented perpex ferrule, off center square shank and black vulcanite stem in the military mount style. Haven't smoked this pipe in a long time, but I needed a bigger bowl to finish off the pouch.
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Sleepy Suzy napping on m'lady's IPad.
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You've shown a lot of pipes in the last few days you don't smoke regularly, is this a holiday rotation or just a change of pace for you? They are interesting and attractive, like all your pipes.
 
lgoldberg said:
I had mentioned many pages ago that I had found a great spot to sit and have a pipe while I'm staying at the hotel I stay at one night a week for work. Then two weeks later, I ended up switching to a different company office and a different hotel, so I was back to square one. My only options were to hang out in the parking lot (not very relaxing), or drive an extra 20 minutes each way so I could go to the cigar shop, sit in their lounge, and marinate in cigar smoke (and you have to buy something in order to use the lounge.)

Well, a couple of days ago, I decided to use the parking lot, and I just strolled around the perimeter of the building, hoping to wander into a warm pocket somewhere, as it was in the lower 30s and a little breezy. As I got almost all the way around back to the front, I came to a part of the building that juts out into the parking lot - it's where the indoor pool is. As I walked deeper into that corner seeking shelter, I noticed it got nicely warm, and as I came to an end standing on a grate in the ground, I found the source of the warmth - the hotel laundry exhaust!

It's going to be a great winter, guys. I'm going to park on that side from now on, whip my camp chair out in the evening, and set it right on that grate and enjoy a pipe. There's a security camera there, so hopefully I'll provide some entertainment for someone as well.

And on that day, I enjoyed John Bull in a Savinelli 673KS.
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And as a bonus, you ll smell like dryer sheets! 😉
 
After a nice breakfast of super charged oatmeal, I added a bicuit slathered with honey and butter to prepare for a venture with a bowl of Five Brothers in this Ropp Virgin De Luxe 591. The fresh pouch smell reminded me of Tabac Manil Semois a little. So, it smokes very well and gives me tastes I like from burley. I haven’t had a big nic affect yet, but can sense it and like the effect. It's definitely a pick me up. If anyone is curious about this blend, I'd recommend reading @JimInks and @JimPM and @Fr_Tom reviews on TR. There may be others from BoBs on there too...and eat something first-ha!
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Up earlier than usual, and am a quarter of the way through this bowl of pre-2014 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 in the military mount style. Ice water and bergs is my drink. Fed Daisy the Feral Princess and Tomato the Brave. Haven't seen the others.
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HRPufnstuf said:
You've shown a lot of pipes in the last few days you don't smoke regularly, is this a holiday rotation or just a change of pace for you? They are interesting and attractive, like all your pipes.
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Change of pace. I have a fair amount of pipes, and since I don't have any work right now, I figure I should give some of the neglected ones some action. Some of these pipes used to be in a regular rotation when my collection was smaller. I also have a fair number of estate pipes that I have cleaned that I have not smoked, and have been giving thought to that.
 
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