What are you smoking?

[PeterD]

...earlier...Half & Half...now, 5 Brothers in a MM General...

 

[JimInks]

Not far from finishing this bowl of 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. Simply Orange is my drink.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking McClelland 5100 in a 2014 smooth medium bend Basil Meadows egg with an aluminum band and a "root beer swirl" acrylic stem.

 

[Sid.Stavros]

Parade of the 122 Hellenic American Independent Infantry Battalion, Carson, Colorado, on April 10, 1943. It was the only time that a foreign flag was allowed to parade with a US military division next to the US flag in American soil.

The Battalion Commander was Major Peter D. Clainos, the first Greek born American to graduate from the West Point Academy and a co-founder of the Sons of Pericles. A demanding task master, Major Clainos vowed that he would not allow his men to embarrass themselves or the Greek People and made certain they were well trained and in outstanding physical condition.
When the "Greek Battalion" was disbanded, most of its members were transferred to infantry units that fought in both the European and Pacific Theaters. One hundred-sixty members of the Battalion volunteered for a small elite commando group that fought with the Greek Resistance in Greece as members of the Greek/US Operational Group, Office of Strategic Services.

I raised a glass of red wine in the dinner and now i will raise a bowl of Orlik Club Mixture in the memory of those brave soldiers.

 

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking C&D Burley Ribbon Cut in a 1970s slight bend black sandblasted Comoy's Silver Cloud 624 sitter with a silver pearl gray acrylic stem.

 

[JimInks]

Jim's VaPer in a 2003 medium bent straight grain Two dot 2 P. Ardor Venere Extra Bucaneve with a silver ferrule signed by Dorelio Rovera and a black acrylic stem.

 

[SteelyJ]

SPC Plum Pudding Special Reserve in my small Royal Dutch bulldog. Enjoying this with a large mug of Cafe du monde coffee and steamed milk.

 

[fsu92john]

1792 in a Parker sandblasted Dublin.

 

[PeterD]

...SG Skiff Mixture in a Castello Old Antiquari apple...

 

[Brewdude]

Sid, I appreciate your research and postings about historical events such as you did above.

Started off the day with my usual bowl of weekend weed - OGS in my humble estate Sav 316 Oscar Lucite. Looks like this pipe is now dedicated to it.

Continued breaking in my wonderful gifted Bjarne bent apple with some CH. This pipe smokes itself!

Have some St. Bruno RR ready for after supper. I ran out of the flake version so will be smoking RR from here on. Hope it tastes the same. Both were approx the same age, which is to say ~3-5 yrs old. And I enjoyed the flake immensely!

Anywhoo, the old and trusty Wiley Rhod/Dub is up for the task.


Cheers,

RR

 

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking 2012 Louisiana Red in a 2003 medium bend Nording 4 rough top sitter with a small rusticated area at the top left and a black vulcanite stem. Almost dinner time.

 

[JimInks]

Relaxing after a wonderful chicken casserole dinner with a bowl of McClelland Anniversary 1977-2010 in a 1980 Stanwell 668 medium bend with a multi-colored ferrule, half black sandblasted, half brown smooth, rough top with a black vulcanite stem. Ice water and bergs is my evening drink.

 

[Slowroll]

MacBaren HH Vintage Syrian with a touch of added perique in a Savinelli straight billiard army mount. Cup of expresso to set it off. 

 

[Corncobcon]

Smoking English Hoopla in a meerschaum bent bulldog this evening.

 

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking MacBaren Golden Extra in a 1983 medium bend, mostly smooth, bottom rusticated Butz-Choquin Maitre Pipier 3 Fait Main with pearl brown acrylic stem.

 

[JimInks]

Park Lane Connoisseur in a 1979 pebble relief Verona Corallo 3080 natural Oom Paul with a black acrylic stem.

 

[Slowroll]

Just finished  HH Latakia flake cubed up in my elf pipe. Very nice.

 

[JimInks]

A couple minutes away from smoking D&R Raccoon’s Delight in a smooth 1976 Canadian GBD Seventy Six 256 with a black vulcanite stem.

 

[JimInks]

Just finished work and this bowl of D&R Two Timer Gold in a smooth full bend 1977 Crown Coachman 215 egg with a black vulcanite stem.

 

[JimInks]

Almost finished smoking Granger in the third pipe I ever bought ($1.95), a 1974 smooth straight French briar Hadley Apple with a black vulcanite stem. Then to sleep.