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Try getting out of the clenching habit. Sitting in the house or on the porch, it is easy and natural to hold the pipe in your hand, in or out of the mouth. If you engage in the practice of "lunting" (this is a real word, originally Scottish; it means taking a walk outdoors while smoking a...

I bought my first pipe in early September 1961 as I entered my freshman year of college. For one dollar I received a briar pipe, a pouch of Sir Walter Raleigh, and a booklet by the same company on how to smoke, care for, and clean a pipe. In spite of the informative booklet, I must have made...

Yes! Edgeworth has been one of my favorites from early on. Since production has ceased, I smoke Sutliff Ready-Rubbed match. If you like burley, you should like this.

I bought my first pipe in September of 1961, my first purchase as I matriculated as a freshman in college. For one dollar, I got a pipe, a pouch of Sir Walter Raleigh, and a booklet (also by Sir Walter Raleigh tobacco company) on how to smoke and care for a pipe. Started me off, and here as I...

In Vietnam, I was told that some peasants did indeed eat rat. A major who had spent much time in the boonies, informed me that these were not those nasty bubonic plague-carrying vermin that wiped out a third of Europe, but "rice rats," which fed on the rice plants and were therefore considered...

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Boone's son said that Daniel did not like the coonskin headgear and never wore one. On the other hand, Davy Crockett's daughter wrote that Davy did wear one at least some of the time.

Welcome back! Your problem with finding a convenient place to smoke is very common, but hang in there.

I too gave various lighters a fair trial before finally going to wooden matches. To each his own.

Ooh! Makes me dizzy. I politely recommend wooden matches.

Wasn't supposed to snow here today in Pikesville, MD, but here it comes. Nevertheless, I'm smoking a charge of Peterson's Elizabethan Mixture in my MM Elf short churchwarden corncob on my porch, bundled up against the cold and savoring a mug of Arabica black coffee. Where is the kid who...

A Maryland welcome to you.

Your politicians must be even worse than some of ours (USA). I thought I read some time ago that NZ made all tobacco illegal. The United States learned the hard way that making something illegal only increases its desirability and gives the gangsters another opportunity to make, import, and...

Elizabethan Mixture in my MM Frankenstein. Not too breezy this morning, although yesterday featured wind, freezing temp, rain turning to sleet, a dusting of snow, and an icy breeze. Not the perfect day to take Jake the dog for several longish walks, but I did my duty so he could do his...

Took me a few seconds to make the Biblical connection. Good on you! And welcome back to PoseidonKiss!

Sat wrapped up on the porch with a mug of black coffee and smoked my usual bowl of Peterson's Early Morning Pipe in my GBD Medley churchwarden (Frankenstein---I added the long stem) awaiting the predicted snowstorm. Snow in Maryland is mild compared to the New England amounts I lived through...

Welcome, Kentuck, from Maryland!

Well, fine tobaccos are much like fine wines: they need some age on them to perform their best. I wish I could say the same for myself.

Peterson Early Morning Pipe--appropriate for the time of day--in a MM Wizard churchwarden. Smoked it out on the porch, since the little woman doesn't like me puffing in the house, but I was enveloped in a thick wool blanket, so I felt snug and jolly. Merry Christmas and a late Happy Chanukkah...

Are their parents still alive, or did they flee the country?