Let's Bomb Blackhorse Secret Squadron Attack of Doom Group!

[leftover421]

This was awesome! Thank you stealth squad for making this happen! You left a crater in the ground, nothing left, total destruction, I love it! :bounce: :twisted: :bounce: :twisted: :bounce: :twisted:

 

[Greyson]

Ah I hope you enjoyed it Dave, you richly deserved each and every part.

 

[Mozjo33]

Can someone make me up a Purple Heart with the new bomber thing inside it? As I lie here in the ICU I think I deserve at least that much.


Thus far I've completed what I think is a list of what hit today and a few days ago. Couldn't do more due to writer's cramp. That and the plaster was still setting. And Nurse Deezle kept coming in with this little thermometer and a gleem in her eye. That one scares me.

Glad to see you made it out alive BH!!!

 

[Puff Daddy]

That was epic! :cheers:

 

[Dave_In_Philly]

Dammit dammit dammmit!!!! I can't watch video at work. I have to wait until I get home tonight to see the destruction.

Well played gentlemen.

 

[idbowman]

This whole thing is so damn cool. Love the video, too.

Condolences to BH, though.

 

[scotties22]

Screw this, if we are pointing fingers at people let's to it right. We all know women are evil and devious so this entire plot was put together by beetlejazz and scotties22.

Hey, Hey, Hey........

We would have delivered it ourselves under the cloak of darkness and the distruction would have been 9000 times worse.....they didn't even take him any cookies or anything. I cannot, however, begin to touch the video skills though (my home movies make everyone sick they are sooooo bouncy).

 

[DrT999]

Screw this, if we are pointing fingers at people let's to it right. We all know women are evil and devious so this entire plot was put together by beetlejazz and scotties22.

Hey, Hey, Hey........

We would have delivered it ourselves under the cloak of darkness and the distruction would have been 9000 times worse.....they didn't even take him any cookies or anything. I cannot, however, begin to touch the video skills though (my home movies make everyone sick they are sooooo bouncy).

there could be cookies or other goodies in the bombs; we'll have to wait for the final tally!

 

[dshpipes]

Icon for BH

Nice.

 

[Blackhorse]

No cookies. But aside from that the ordinance loadout is extreme...EASILY topping the Birthday plus Christmas loot total that I've ever received in a given year. The most moving however were some of the comments either written on cards enclosed with the gifts or sent via PM. What really struck me was the apparent fact that a seemingly small and normal act on my part had a huge impact on the spirit and life of a brother here. That was perhaps the most meaningful thing...but the piles of tins and pipes and gear and raw materials (which I always love seeing) are pretty darn cool too.

I've started to catalog the loot and will chime in with category totals as they are available, and then post photos as I'm able, within the next few days.

Edit One: Initial breakdown. Rough analysis by CSI lab shows 5 pipes, 12 different pipe or knife materials (mostly exotic wood), 32 tins or bags of tobacco blends.

OK, I did a test at one time and found that a tin of Dunhill Royal Yacht yielded 18 normal bowls. If I smoked an average of 2 bowls per day that tin would last about a week. Given that one of the tins is an 8 oz beast, that's 35 weeks worth out of an annual 54 weeks...about 60 percent. Pretty amazing.

I won't generally reveal the source of specific items, but wanted to mention that I opened a bag of Cousin's 1000 blend from I D Bowman and not only was it a stellar smoke, a very moderate sized bowl lasted over 2hrs. Pretty amazing. (never heard of the place or the blend before)

 

[Carlos]

So, has someone calculated if all the mission Wild Weasel and MOAB armaments have impacted? :lol:

 

[Greyson]

Yes.

I'm sure Blackhorse is totally safe now. Nothing else due to hit. Nope. He's in the clear.

 

[Brewdude]

EPIC impromptu bombing. Seriously, I have watched it at least 10 times and the video footage is priceless.

Watched it several times today myself. Amazed at the professionalism involved in this little clip! Are you folks in the film industry or something? Very impressed!!

But not to diminish the intent and content - this was well planned and executed! What a kick to see BH in his own comfortable habitat being an unsuspecting target.

Cheers,

RR

 

[Fishfuzz]

Thanks to one and all for the video compliments.The dirty secret: used my iPad mini to record, edit, and post the whole thing - while at the site of doom. I figured I needed to give BH a chance to veto any portion (as it was his house), and it gave us a chance to fire off one last salvo before we left.

 

[Blackhorse]

Yes...indeed it was a sigular pleasure to have Fuzzy and Gravel visit, if only for a short time. I learned that there actually WERE a couple of other guys in the world that knew what a Behmor 1600 Drum Roaster, or an iRoast2 were! They brought fresh home roasted Guatamalan beans - so I gave them green Guatamalan beans. They didn't have time to stay for a bowl - so I gave them a complete set of John Patton's blends (not counting Storm Front). There was so much going on and going on so fast that I started my story about the Dunhill store in SanFrancisco about 5 times and never did finish it. But I do the same thing with my wife, so maybe that's not real proof of the conviviality that prevailed.

Of course the above was conducted within some kind of 'cone of non-incindiary atmosphere' since the whole house and most of the surroounding properties were razed to the ground, and they were both here the whole time, and yet they waltzed away unscathed. How do you explain THAT? Maybe some kind of a Santa thing. Whatever.

Since yesterday was my 32nd wedding anniversary and I had 'duties' to attend to, which I did with applomb.

I did have a chance to sit down today and do a master listing of all items received. I'm still astonished!

In addition, I have removed the catagory dividers that separated the items into groups according to who it was that sent it. So if you go down the list and find your items, they should all be together...except for the Buffalo Trace.


Here's the list of items:


5 Bros. blend (pouch)
Warrior (pouch)
St. James (tin)
FVF (tin)
Clay pipe w horse décor
WW II Canvas Message Bag
Warrior Plug (pouch)
Mick MqQuaid Plug (pouch)
Pre-WW II RAF Mag
Framed plaque w RAF wing patch
Cousin’s 1000 blend (bag)
Pebblecut (tin)
MacBaren London Burley (tin)
Dunhill Royal Yacht (tin)
Official DEA Special Agent Mug
MacBaren Old Dark Fired (tin)
Pebblecut (tin)
Handmade Naked half bent pipe
Future hand made pipe of my choice
Chinquapin Oak scales (wood)
Figured Ambrosia Maple scales (woodO
WWII Vintage Knife
Brown Rope #4 (bag)
C&D Dark Burley (bag)
Stokkebeye Cube Cut (bag)
Conniston Cut Plug (bag)
Unsmoked Mario Grandi Nose Warmer Pipe
VA Memory #10 (tin)
GLP Triple Play (tin)
Rattray’s Hal o’ the Wynd (tin)
MacBaren Old Dark Fired (bag)
McC 2035 (bag)
100 pipe cleaners
Soft Viking hat with horns
Tewksbury Celtic Blend (bag)
Tewksbury Nosferatu (bag)
The Object Lesson by Edward Gorey (book)
Flatiron Colorado Beetlekill Pine w Blue Fungus stain (wood)
Large piece of Burl for knife scales (unknown species)
3 point antler, fine grade (unknown species)
Official Corncob Snob Freehand Cob with Plaque
Sheets of veneer wood (many) (Oak?)
3 Fine Cigars (including a rare 'My Father' frontmark)
2 Exotic Wood Blocks (Zebrawood and Paduk)
Glorendo Pipe Cleaning Kit
Briar (?) Strummel Block
Large Plateaux Briar Slice
3 unsized Black Lucite pipe stems
Villager 1888 After Dinner (tin)
Cup O’Joe’s No. 1 Blend (tin)
3 Large pieces of Juniper wood
Turned Sassafras Wood Bowl
Crafted wood barrel pen
Leather Savinelli pipe case w small MM Cob pipe
Bamboo pieces (many)
Assorted pins/charms
Metal tool box with numerous brass/copper/steel items
Erie Brewing Co. Pint Pub Glass
Dogfish Head 75 min. IPA 7.5%
Gawith Bracken Flake (tin)
Papua New Guinea green coffee beans
(2) Ashton Revival Pebblecut (tins)
Two Vintage Posters (tobacciana)
MacBaren Old Dark Fired (tin)
Zippo style lighter with bombs in relief
4 large bottles craft ale (Snoqualmie)
Bufflehead ‘Wood Duck’ blend (vintage 8 oz can)
C&D Red Carpet (vintage tin)
McClelland Dark Star (vintage tin)
Buffalo Trace Whiskey – sample size (unknown sender)

So...a total of 5 pipes…32 tins or bags of tobacco.

Yeah, pretty amazing, eh? More than 80 total items received.



I'll try to get in some group photos tomorrow or the next day.

 

[kaiser83]

:cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

I saw mine on the list woohoo. Kablammy.

 

[Puff Daddy]

Holy crap! :shock:

 

[Blackhorse]

P Daddy said:

Holy crap!

Yeah, I TOLD you!


ISS reported sighting easily during the day as they passed.


I think this might just be the biggest single drop in history.

 

[Greyson]

I believe when you really analyse the data, all those items spell BOOM in 35 foot letters.

 

[DrumsAndBeer]

I don't think that kind of haul is actually photographable.

Perhaps a deal can be made with NASA to arrange a hubble telescope snapshot?