That's impossible father... Your pipe isn't expensive enough and you're smoking run of the mill C&D tobacco. You're delusionalFr_Tom wrote: ↑Wed Aug 01, 2018 4:16 pmI have to say, I had high expectations for this smoke, and they have been exceeded. The combo of smoking it all day, absentmindedly (mostly) clearing the airway with a used pipe cleaner and maybe the proximity of Mars have all made this an unusually outstanding smoke. Perhaps leaving the pipe in the car during pastoral calls had something to do with it. If the Surgeon General could experience this smoke, he would be recommending pipe smoking as a quality of life thing. Just saying...
I know we are all supposed to be smoking $1000 pipes, cleaning them compulsively and resting them for a week between smokes. It is hard to imagine having a better smoke than this one...
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It has been a wonderful delusion at any rate.Mr Beardsley wrote: ↑Wed Aug 01, 2018 4:37 pm
That's impossible father... Your pipe isn't expensive enough and you're smoking run of the mill C&D tobacco. You're delusional
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Just as a data point, I told my wife that I had had some outstanding smokes today.
She: Sweetie, you are just like the dog.
Me: In what way?
She: You know how the dog gets a measured portion of Old Roy, and she thinks it is the best thing she has ever eaten?
Me: It is just the way she is.
She: You are like the dog with your pipe smoking.
Me: Really!
Just as a data point, I told my wife that I had had some outstanding smokes today.
She: Sweetie, you are just like the dog.
Me: In what way?
She: You know how the dog gets a measured portion of Old Roy, and she thinks it is the best thing she has ever eaten?
Me: It is just the way she is.
She: You are like the dog with your pipe smoking.
Me: Really!
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I'm in the amen-corner regarding how extraordinary the rather ordinary smokes can be. Of course, I'm just a blue-collar piper; nothing expensive to begin with.Fr_Tom wrote: ↑Wed Aug 01, 2018 4:47 pmIt has been a wonderful delusion at any rate.Mr Beardsley wrote: ↑Wed Aug 01, 2018 4:37 pm
That's impossible father... Your pipe isn't expensive enough and you're smoking run of the mill C&D tobacco. You're delusional
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So, after a mind-deadeningly (?) long day, I staggered home to change into shorts, sandals, and a ratty old shirt, and went immediately to the porch to puff away the day's tensions with a pedestrian combo of a 2015 Sav Saint Nicholas billiard loaded up with Low Country Natural Virginia & Burley. It can be a little harsh and bitey if I don't pull gently on it, but sometimes it just fills the bill. Though the nic hits me a bit more with this than the with the codger blends I normally smoke, I'm finding it very satisfying. A cool bottle of water keeps my palate cleansed as I enjoy the muggy summer night. Happy pipes, all!
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I like the Low Country VaBur. Good choice...MikeDennison wrote: ↑Wed Aug 01, 2018 8:08 pm So, after a mind-deadeningly (?) long day, I staggered home to change into shorts, sandals, and a ratty old shirt, and went immediately to the porch to puff away the day's tensions with a pedestrian combo of a 2015 Sav Saint Nicholas billiard loaded up with Low Country Natural Virginia & Burley. It can be a little harsh and bitey if I don't pull gently on it, but sometimes it just fills the bill. Though the nic hits me a bit more with this than the with the codger blends I normally smoke, I'm finding it very satisfying. A cool bottle of water keeps my palate cleansed as I enjoy the muggy summer night. Happy pipes, all!
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