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Smoking a Brebbia bent brandy with Capt. black royal and the last of my mornings coffee.Happily, I will get the mini-van back at noon! Mechanic told me I will not see my caddy until Wednesday night.-Waiting on parts-Holiday weekend,etc.
Ranger, I am very frustrated with these cars lately, poorly designed and overly complicated!
My wife wants to sell both these 10 year old cars and lease 2 cars,which solves the maintenance issues,but at what cost?
 
Greetings from Athens-Greece.

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behind the cup of double espresso is

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the Greek Bougatsa.
 
Half way through this bowl of early 2000s Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem in the military mount style. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
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I brought out a seldom used pipe purchased from Marty Pulvers. Its a GBD Collector Virgin 9607 London England panel pot with perspex stem which holds a good bit of tobacco and has a fairly wide bowl. I decided to try the C&D Steamworks spiced up with a 1/3 helping of C&D 2023 The Beast high perique blend. I think the Steamworks subtleties are still there but the perique boost makes it more to my taste. Having it with ice water.
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Did a set of walking reps, and am close to finishing this bowl of year 2016 D&R Three Sails in an undated straight brush etched black Molina apple with a nickel band and a tapered black vulcanite stem. Lunch follows this smoke.
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I`m catching a quick smoke before leaving for the wedding,Pete Strand with Stanwell vanilla and a mug of Pikes place coffee.The coffee is pretty good,not as good as CR coffee,but, I like it and best of all it was free from my Starbucks buddy!
 
Enjoyed a tasty lunch, and am near the half way mark on this bowl of Sutliff Pipe Force Episode V in a medium bend fumed tan crackled year 2020 Ahmet Govem reverse calabash meerschaum with a military mount silver band and black acrylic stem. Working on a review of this blend.
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EZONSLOW said:
Smoking a Brebbia bent brandy with Capt. black royal and the last of my mornings coffee.Happily, I will get the mini-van back at noon! Mechanic told me I will not see my caddy until Wednesday night.-Waiting on parts-Holiday weekend,etc.
Ranger, I am very frustrated with these cars lately, poorly designed and overly complicated!
My wife wants to sell both these 10 year old cars and lease 2 cars,which solves the maintenance issues,but at what cost?
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EZ, thoroughly understood your frustration. I remember the old days when we could fix our own cars. Afraid those days are gone unless you buy a classic, like a 62 Impala. Of course they don't have all the gizmos and gadgets of modern cars but do we really need all that? Owners manual says my Ram 1500 should have had the plugs changed at 30K. Has 47K now and running fine. Also dealer wants $800 to do it because the hemi has 16 plugs. Will wait till 50K and do it myself for $130, cost of the plugs. Lol.
 
Not far from finishing this bowl of year 2019 C&D Yorktown in a smooth medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY Terracotta 4AB No.108/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. Filling in black areas on the Archie pages, which I'll touch up and finish later this evening.
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Smoking the famous EGR, which I got in the mail yesterday. Second bowl, and I think I like it. I had the first bowl this morning, and while the actual smoking wasn't spectacular, the aftertaste was good and made me want more.

Using my Savinelli Bing. I'm contemplating making the Bing dedicated to EGR, and see what happens.
 
A third of a bowl left of Watch City American Cut Plug Mixture in a smooth medium bend terracotta Peterson POY 2023 X160 464/1100 military mount egg with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. Been cleaning estate pipes, and it's time to clean a few that I smoked earlier.
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Clean a few pipes, and have a third of a bowl left of Dan Tobacco The Mallard Flake Plus Perique in a straight smooth brown 2017 unbranded Upshall Canadian with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Running low on this tin now. Watching the Cubs-Reds game.
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Relaxing after a wonderful salad, chicken legs and snow peas dinner with strawberries for dessert. I'm not far from finishing this bowl of John Aylesbury Scottish Blend in a 2002 black pebble finish straight Cavicchi C. Fatto A Mano lovat with a black acrylic saddle stem. Community Coffee, neat, is my drink. Watching the Braves-Dodgers game.
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