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Now smoking year 2020 Watch City Rouxgaroux in a smooth medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY Natural 4AB No. 6/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. A cup of hot tea is my drink.
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After a simple dinner of scrambled eggs and roasted new potatoes I'm enjoying GLP Abingdon in an MM Riverboat Gambler with a forever stem and a glass of sweet vermouth.
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Know how you feel. Been wearing a watch on my wrist since I turned 18 and went in the service. Mostly because my jobs were always tied to a schedule. Even now when I don’t really need one I still feel undressed without one.
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Good evening BoBs. Been a long busy day. 2 hours down to PHX, an hour with the audiologist telling him about my tinnitus and tsking a hearing exam. Got back in town just in time to meet the vet at the ranch and get the boys their fall shots. Then home to pick up the wife and head to the casino. Won $34 so not a total loss. Got tired of waiting to eat there so headed over to In N Out for burgers. Came home, took in the bird feeders. Fixed the broken one. Took out trash. Finally settled down with GLP Quiet Nights in a Pete Xmas Deerstalker and oolong tea. Tonight my tinnitus sounds like a bunch of cicadas buzzing inside a grocery bag. Will see what the VA has to say when they get the report.
Sorry for hiatus gentlemen! We got a new puppy a few weeks ago, had to go clear up to Yakima Washington to get him (7 hour drive) and decided to do it there and back in one day to get it over with. Boy was that a mistake lol, 14 hours in a car was exhausting and confirmed my suspicion that Washington has the worst driver on the west coast lol.
Named the puppy Charley after the Steinbeck book, he's a papillon mix like our other pup and he fits right in around here, even though he weighs a whopping two and a half pounds right now.
Been working my way through G and H's tobaccos lately to find something I really like so I can cellar it deep.... the problem is I've loved all of them so far! I bought a pound of bosun plug last month because I knew it would sell out but I want to get some more variety. Right now it's kendal flake in my favorite bent billiard, a Frank Medico. Let me know which Gawith blend you guys like the most and maybe that will help me decide lol.
Named the puppy Charley after the Steinbeck book, he's a papillon mix like our other pup and he fits right in around here, even though he weighs a whopping two and a half pounds right now.
Been working my way through G and H's tobaccos lately to find something I really like so I can cellar it deep.... the problem is I've loved all of them so far! I bought a pound of bosun plug last month because I knew it would sell out but I want to get some more variety. Right now it's kendal flake in my favorite bent billiard, a Frank Medico. Let me know which Gawith blend you guys like the most and maybe that will help me decide lol.
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Relaxing after a wonderful salad, chicken legs and sugar snap peas dinner with strawberries for dessert. I'm on the diet until Thursday. Enjoying a rare section of leisure time these days with a comforting bowl of year 2013 Stonehaven in a straight black sandblasted 1957 Barling Exel 249 Fossil T.V.F. black billiard with a silver banded military mount and a black ebonite tapered stem. I've a third of a bowl left in this Barling, which is my favorite pipe for many reasons. Community Coffee, neat, is my drink.
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Total agreement with your attitude, buddy. I've worn a watch since I was five years old, and can't live without one on my wrist.
Boswell Titus in a Peterson Killarney 999.
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Just finished smoking year 2018 Solani 633 in a straight 1954 patent Dunhill 148 Group 3 black shell bulldog made for the France market with a black saddle vulcanite stem. Next is Pfeifen Huber Virginia Golden Flake in a 1938 smooth straight brown patent Dunhill R 115 bowling ball apple with a tapered cumberland stem.
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Cute dog! Well worth the ride.
My two GH favorites are Balkan Mixture and DVC. Bright CR Flake must be good since it's never available.
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About a quarter of a bowl left of Erik Stokkebye 4th Generation Evening Flake in a smooth medium bend 2021 Peterson Ebony POTY 4AB No. 422/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. Been researching a few things for a job I am doing.
Been too busy to post this, but a couple of days ago, before the incessant rain, most of the ferals were walking with me. At one point, Sam the Scamp plopped down in front of me to get my attention, then he talked to me, sniffed my legs, and laid his head on my foot. Then, he got up, and meowed for food.
Been too busy to post this, but a couple of days ago, before the incessant rain, most of the ferals were walking with me. At one point, Sam the Scamp plopped down in front of me to get my attention, then he talked to me, sniffed my legs, and laid his head on my foot. Then, he got up, and meowed for food.
Chief Petty Officer (Navy Seal) Adam Brown, Hot Springs AR, 1974-2010.
In his cap says ''With your shield" and in shoulder patch ''With your shield or On it" but what is the story behind of that phrase?
In ancient Greece, and especially in Sparta, what we call a Shield was called "Ηοplon", meaning Weapon. The Spartan shield was large and heavy, its role was not only for defence but also for attack. The Spartans used them in combination for example: Defence-pushing the opponent backwards, defence-slam hit to make him fall to the side to lose his balance, hit with the shield from top to bottom like an axe (could break a skull, a bone etc), a horizontal or diagonal strike with the shield from left to right and vice versa like a razor blade towards the opponent's skull-neck etc. Even if he broke his spear or lost his sword, the Spartan could still fight with only his shield (many dead Persians at Thermopiles test it). The shield internally had 2 retention straps with screws, one on the fingers and one on the elbow, so there was no chance of it slipping out of your hand and it was held tightly in your arm. The shield of every Greek has always had a ''design'' on it, it is like the current badge of the Unit that the soldiers have on their uniform. As an identification around their neck they had a string with their first name and their father's name engraved on a piece of wood or metal (like the ''Dog Tags" or the today's Army), so in case of death they would later know that he was for example: Leonidas of Archelaus of the Eumenes family.
Returning home after battle without your shield was the ultimate shame for a Spartan, everyone thought you threw it away so you could run faster to get away from battle, you were considered as a coward and a unmanly as ''Shield Dropper", then you were a total pariah in the province. You had no right to hold any a public position, you were not hired for work, men avoid and did not even talk to you, small children laughed at you and women had the right to slam you and curse you in the street saying "you are worthless" and "go back" in the womb to be reborn a true man". Then you had only 3 choices: commit suicide, self-exile (and never come back) or wait until the next battle which you must die fighting in the first line to ''clean-up your name".
The wives to the men and the mothers to the sons when they gave the shield said "E Tan e epi Tas" which means "With your shield or on it" meaning "return as a fighter or dead on the shield" (so not like a coward without your shield).
I am smoking Captain Black Royal, double Greek coffee beside me, sun-clouds and very light rain outside.
In his cap says ''With your shield" and in shoulder patch ''With your shield or On it" but what is the story behind of that phrase?
In ancient Greece, and especially in Sparta, what we call a Shield was called "Ηοplon", meaning Weapon. The Spartan shield was large and heavy, its role was not only for defence but also for attack. The Spartans used them in combination for example: Defence-pushing the opponent backwards, defence-slam hit to make him fall to the side to lose his balance, hit with the shield from top to bottom like an axe (could break a skull, a bone etc), a horizontal or diagonal strike with the shield from left to right and vice versa like a razor blade towards the opponent's skull-neck etc. Even if he broke his spear or lost his sword, the Spartan could still fight with only his shield (many dead Persians at Thermopiles test it). The shield internally had 2 retention straps with screws, one on the fingers and one on the elbow, so there was no chance of it slipping out of your hand and it was held tightly in your arm. The shield of every Greek has always had a ''design'' on it, it is like the current badge of the Unit that the soldiers have on their uniform. As an identification around their neck they had a string with their first name and their father's name engraved on a piece of wood or metal (like the ''Dog Tags" or the today's Army), so in case of death they would later know that he was for example: Leonidas of Archelaus of the Eumenes family.
Returning home after battle without your shield was the ultimate shame for a Spartan, everyone thought you threw it away so you could run faster to get away from battle, you were considered as a coward and a unmanly as ''Shield Dropper", then you were a total pariah in the province. You had no right to hold any a public position, you were not hired for work, men avoid and did not even talk to you, small children laughed at you and women had the right to slam you and curse you in the street saying "you are worthless" and "go back" in the womb to be reborn a true man". Then you had only 3 choices: commit suicide, self-exile (and never come back) or wait until the next battle which you must die fighting in the first line to ''clean-up your name".
The wives to the men and the mothers to the sons when they gave the shield said "E Tan e epi Tas" which means "With your shield or on it" meaning "return as a fighter or dead on the shield" (so not like a coward without your shield).
I am smoking Captain Black Royal, double Greek coffee beside me, sun-clouds and very light rain outside.
Good morning fellow BoBs 
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Up really early this morning, as I'm going down to the British Legion to help decorate the hall with Xmas Dec's. Actually it will be more like left a bit, up a bit, little more, that's it, perfect
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But before that I'm going to fill a bowl of Early Morning Pipe in a Petersons / Zippo collaboration Donegal Rocky 106 billiard. And wish you all a great day my friends.
.Up really early this morning, as I'm going down to the British Legion to help decorate the hall with Xmas Dec's. Actually it will be more like left a bit, up a bit, little more, that's it, perfect
.But before that I'm going to fill a bowl of Early Morning Pipe in a Petersons / Zippo collaboration Donegal Rocky 106 billiard. And wish you all a great day my friends
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Good Morning!
Slept late and woke up to rain. Starting off with GLP Lagonda in a Pride and a cup of coffee. I hate turning on lights during the day
Slept late and woke up to rain. Starting off with GLP Lagonda in a Pride and a cup of coffee. I hate turning on lights during the day
Smoking a Molina, slightly bent Rhodesian with Lane LL-7,Mug of DD coffee.Rainy,cloudy morning here.. I called the town yesterday, I spoke with a nice lady,she was very honest and told me the town does not feel that collecting yard waste is a priority and does it as a courtesy! I calmly asked her if my 15 grand a year in taxes is a courtesy or a priority?
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Worst drivers? Apparently you haven't been to Las Angeles lately. LOL.
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Good morning BoBs. Cold but sunny here. Crisp 32 at daybreak. Smoking Urban Cowboy in the new to me Lorenzo Old Vic giant smooth bent billiard which finally arrived yesterday from Israel. Pipe was in good shape but the stem was badly oxidized which did not show up in the photos. Took about a half hour of scrubbing with Magic Eraser and Oxy Clean to get it decent. Could use a little more polishing but good for now. But it's smoking well so that's good. Mosin, congrats on the new pup. He's a cutie.
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Just fired up the Don Carlos bent brandy with Hobbits Weed and my 3rd mug of coffee. Love the new Lorenzo. With Urban Cowboy I got almost 2 hours. Bowl size is almost as big as a Pete House Pipe.
