Recent content by niles

About 9 years ago my grandaddy passed away - after the funeral my dad came down from the 2nd floor to the living room where i was sitting and handed me "Grandee's" knife, a little Jr. Ploughman into which he had engraved his name, mine but for the "III". I carried that knife faithfully until one...

great thread! I am looking around to MAKE a cob pipe...I have some ideas for the shape of the thing and am thinking that I'll cut up a MM to get the stem and stuff and then fit it into the cob... Has anybody ever tried to make one of these? Can I use just any ole grocery store corn, or do I...

HAHAHAHAHA - M'Excellent!

I have T-Mobile - I MAY get one text every couple months. I never answer the phone unless I recognize the number, or unless I'm expecting a service call...I wonder how it is that Verizon is a magnet for scum like this whereas the other carriers not so much...??

@Mark: That's great news, Mark - the article HM posted was written in 2008 before the recession hit, so I wondered if the optimistic tone was still operative. Things pretty good for y'all, huh?

Thanks, HM - ...that's heartwarming...and then there's this: He's referring there to the revelation that statistics regarding smoking and health-issues suggest a direct link between smoking cigarettes and death from smoking related health problems. Sobering, no?

Hmmm... Is it a good time, or a bad time to be a tobacco farmer right now? Does anyone know?

I'm getting a new tattoo... ...right on my forehead... "Life Causes Death"

uh...yes, anybody who puts a cigarrette in their mouth should read that...I feel lucky that I've never really had the craving... Thanks for the head-clearing link, EJ!

I believe the issue is the level of nicotine that is added to the product, not good, natural tobacco itself... am I off on this?

GRRRRRRRRARRRRR....

meh...try not to panic, Righters...i'm sure noone's gonna come take your toys away, least of all the big scary new President. :roll: :D ;) BTW, PhillipMorris (oops, thanks HM) is behind this legislation. :darklord:

Gentlemen, I should warn you, this is no time for complacency... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QYoESMe5Zo&eurl=http://video.google.com/videosearch%3Frlz%3D1C1CHMB_enUS305US306%26sourceid%3Dchrome%26q%3Dsociety%2Bfor%2Bputting%2Bthings%2Bon%2Btop%2Bof%2Bother%2Bthings&feature=player_embedded

Natch - what IS that pipe in the photo there???

heh - my sweeties' name for me is "butthole" - it took some getting used to, but it's better than "buttHEAD", I guess...hm... :suspect: "Dottle" - you would put that one on when you're going out and just need to be by yourself for a bit - market that as the "Loner's" scent...