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A belated welcome to the group!!! Used to live a bit north of you in Sherman!! Worked for a small electronics firm called Texas Instruments!! FTRPLT

Following all of last night's weather theatrics (monster high winds, rain, T-storms, and the occasional tornado!!), this morning is gorgeous!! 2008 Margate in a Sullivan & Powell flame-grain billiard (DH 127, LBS, LB sized). Followed by 2008 And So To Bed in my Ian Walker Northern Briars Premier...

Would you give us/me a little idea of what this mixture tastes like??? I'm having a hard time getting my head around a combination of ABS and Rum & Maple!! Thanks, FTRPLT

My experience with pipe tobacco has taught me that each of us has different "taste buds!!" Takes a while to get all that straightened out!! Plus the ol' "buds" may change over time. I used to avoid Burley like the plague; then Steve Monjour got me hooked on Solani Aged Burley Flake!! Now I smoke...

You have gravitated , as many before you, towards an "English" tongue!! Welcome to the group!!! FTRPLT

Ah yes, another Brother BoB who can stand anything but temptation!!!! FTRPLT

Being the child of Depression Era parents & grandparents, most of these dishes were well-known fare to me. Navy Bean soup...Yummy on a cold wintery day!! FTRPLT

Where's your mint julep????? FTRPLT

I always use wooden matches when lighting my pipes!! FTRPLT

Good to hear from you again!!!! FTRPLT

You have been adopted!!!!!!!!! FTRPLT

My better half loves having fish and chips from the local "chippy" in Chester!!!!! Plus of course, the beer also!!!!! FTRPLT

When visiting my/our brother-in-law in Chester, this decision always ends in going out for "a curry!!" The man is a curry fanatic!!!!! FTRPLT Plus, he likes his beer too!!!!!

A ways back we had our own "Briar Babe" on this site!!!! As for Eva Green, she never looked more ravishing than in that green slinky dress she wore in "Casino Royale!!" FTRPLT

I do love Ed's "Conny Sewers!!" Grand smoking briars!! FTRPLT

My grandson is quite the soccer player. I couldn't begin to keep up with his speed!!! Good for you!! FTRPLT

Enjoying a wonderful warm afternoon on the patio after finishing my allotted chores!!! Filled an old ('36-'41; can't make out date digit) Canadian Patent DH Shell P12 bent bulldog with 2009 LJPeretti's "Cambridge Flake." Then shifted to a 1960 DH Shell LB with 2008 Margate. A cool pale ale to...

I've found that each pipe/bowl shape/depth and tobacco combination (ribbon, flake, broken flake, cubed, etc.) presents its own lighting & tamping challenge. I just react to whatever the situation presents to me. I've had bowls where the first match was all ever needed with just light tamping...

We pipe smokers are known for having little resistance to temptation!!!!!!!! FTRPLT

Been fighting some bad allergies the last few days. Finally cleared up enough to get in a bowl of 2010 "Larry's Blend" in a big ol' David Jones SG flared sided Dublin with plateau top. Thick-walled; smokes great!! FTRPLT