EC Outlaw
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Greetings, All.
A new joinee from eastern Kentucky; and a returnee to the pleasures of the Briar.
Many years ago I smoked a pipe, but promotions to outside assignments and shortage of time to minister to the processes of pipe smoking during the workday led me away from the pipe to cigarettes (30 years).
After 12 years away from cigarettes, and tobacco in general, I have returned to the briar.
And I am searching for a memory. I smoked Carter Hall in a Yello-Bole pipe for many years; never gave the pipe a rest, smoked several bowls a day, and one in the evening, cleaned the pipe infrequently. All the wrong things to do.
Then one year at the Holidays, a co-worker gave me a 100-gram tin of imported tobacco. I smoked it in the same pipe, under the same conditions, and it was heavenly! When it was gone, I drove 80 miles to the nearest city with a B&M tobacconist, and requested that he order me another tin. Two weeks later, he called to say that it was in and I rushed to pick it up. $28! In 1970! I paid for it, and smoked it, but could not justify the cost at that time.
I don't remember the name, but I think it was a Mac Baren blend. I do remember that it was 'ready rubbed'. I've purchased every 'ready rubbed' product that Mac Baren makes, and am working my way through them to see if I can find the smoke of my memory.
I've also begun exploring the other blends out there. My journey is just beginning.
A new joinee from eastern Kentucky; and a returnee to the pleasures of the Briar.
Many years ago I smoked a pipe, but promotions to outside assignments and shortage of time to minister to the processes of pipe smoking during the workday led me away from the pipe to cigarettes (30 years).
After 12 years away from cigarettes, and tobacco in general, I have returned to the briar.
And I am searching for a memory. I smoked Carter Hall in a Yello-Bole pipe for many years; never gave the pipe a rest, smoked several bowls a day, and one in the evening, cleaned the pipe infrequently. All the wrong things to do.
Then one year at the Holidays, a co-worker gave me a 100-gram tin of imported tobacco. I smoked it in the same pipe, under the same conditions, and it was heavenly! When it was gone, I drove 80 miles to the nearest city with a B&M tobacconist, and requested that he order me another tin. Two weeks later, he called to say that it was in and I rushed to pick it up. $28! In 1970! I paid for it, and smoked it, but could not justify the cost at that time.
I don't remember the name, but I think it was a Mac Baren blend. I do remember that it was 'ready rubbed'. I've purchased every 'ready rubbed' product that Mac Baren makes, and am working my way through them to see if I can find the smoke of my memory.
I've also begun exploring the other blends out there. My journey is just beginning.
