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Relaxing after a wonderful salad, cod and snow peas dinner with strawberries for dessert. I'm smoking year 2019 Prince Albert in an undated, unbranded straight smooth brown made in France Los Alton VBF Canadian with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Community Coffee, neat, is my drink. Going to work in a little while.
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Passing the quarter mark of this bowl of Wilke No. 72 in a pre-1974 dark brown straight Larus & Brother Co. Signature billiard with a nickel band and a tapered black vulcanite stem with the initials LCR on the top of the stem. This blend was smoked by Walter Cronkite. When I walked to the den to post this smoke, Tomato the Brave hid under a blanket. When I got near him, he pounced from under it on to my feet, bunny kicked me, and bit my pants leg. Then, he ran to the kitchen to eat. That boy sure has some serious hyper activity.
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Half way through this bowl of Wilke Little Round Top in an undated straight smooth brown pre-Republic Peterson’s Sterling bulldog 150 with a sterling silver band and a black vulcanite saddle p-lip stem. Finished work for the day, fed my cats, and all the ferals except for the absent Tomato the Brave. Abner the Eager got in a fight with some animal because he has a cut across his nose, and a couple on his neck. We've given him extra attention, and he enjoys that. Wish I knew what he was fighting with because this isn't the first time he's been in a scrap.
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Good Morning!
I was up in the middle of the night with an allergy flare up. I took a couple of meds and rubbed some ointment on the itchy area. I loaded up a bent MM Missouri Pride with GLP Laurel Heights and made a cup of coffee. By the time I lit my pipe the itching was subsiding so I called it a night and I'm finishing that pipe now.
 
Good morning BoB,
This morning I had a bowl of Sutliff's 965 match in my mm cob. I've been working 11 hour days to pay my father in-law back for the used car he bought for my wife and I to help us after the crash. I'm very grateful for him and I want to pay him back ASAP. Luckily, I don't dislike my job and I like my coworkers. There's a lot to be thankful for.
Not least of which you guys, I'm glad I get to post here with you all.
 
A third of the way through this bowl of year 2024 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. Fed our cats, Daisy the Feral Princess and Harry the Hairy. We were supposed to have rain, ice and possibly snow, but it doesn't look like we got any of that. So much for our local TV weather station, which brags about having the most trusted and accurate forecasts in our area. Boneheads!
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Enjoyed a tasty lunch, and am near the half way mark of this bowl of 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. Gold Star Cafe 645, neat, is my drink. Abner the Eager came out of the rain to see us. I dried him off, which he enjoyed greatly much to the chagrin of the ever jealous Harry the Hairy. Abner, who is generally very quiet, was very talkative... maybe the most I have ever seen from him. Don't know where Tomato the Brave is.
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Another messed-up night of insomnia. Late to bed, 2:30 am and no luck, got out of bed at about 5am, had a banana and 1/2 a cup of coffee and watched news with a bowl of Granger in the Re-Gent - I'm sure the media exposure did me no good at all. Went back to bed 7:30 am and just got out now because if I don't this pattern will get ingrained. I feel like schitt. Had such a nice day yesterday, too. It might be a Dopamine hangover, I do get the "ups-and-downs" especially in winter. Anyway, Im going to have some Ready Rubbed in my new MM poker and some fresh coffee, then I gotta get to the bank. Oh, it's also another cold snap, currently -7F.
 

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Close to finishing this bowl of year 2013 Rotary Navy Cut in a post-1938 Pre-Republic Peterson Dublin straight smooth X155 bulldog with a sterling silver band and a tapered black vulcanite p-lip stem. Nigel Bruce smoked this model in two Sherlock Holmes movies. Please consider asking Shane Ireland at Smoking Pipes and Peterson to bring the pipe back into production. Dried and fed Tomato the Brave, who is by my side right now.

For the first time in many months, Molly Danger came to the den and jumped on m'lady's lap. She was so terrorized by Sam and her baby scampers since March of last year that she wouldn't leave the bedroom. And she hates the ferals with deep passion and fear. Dunno why she finally came out, but we are very happy that she did.
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It's been a good day for me today! Brace for it...

Went to the course and Craig, my super, was there. Hale and hearty, his knee replacement is ahead of schedule on rehabilitation. Had a bowl of Captain Black original in my Re-Gent while we caught up and planned for the coming season.

Got home and my latest shipment from SP arrived a MM/C&D Durham Don, a MM Diplomat Bent Apple, 100g of Kopp 1919, and 100g of Kopp Ahoy. I had to restrain myself or I would have lit a pipe cold and possible cracked the bowl. Wildest of all there was no duty! I'm quite sure that may be remedied by CBSA but I'm revelling in it as long as it lasts!

So, I'm having VaSlices cubed in my new Durham Don, and I love it! It's a great shape for a cob! Wayne Gretzky "99" Double Oak Canadian Whiskey to pair! Today, life is good!
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@Singed do they charge as high duty on pipes as they do tobacco?
 

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