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frtimmyd on "What are you reading?"

frtimmyd — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:43:12 +0000

Currently have three books going. "History of the English-Speaking People: The Birth of Britian" Winston Churchill, "The Complete Father Brown Mysteries" G.K. Chesterton, and "Surprised by Hope" N.T. Wright. Guess I'm just in a British mood right now.

Paul on "Show Us Your Tobacco Stash"

Paul — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:38:12 +0000

<blockquote>Looks like you pulled that out from under your bed Paul. I love those huge B&M style jars.</blockquote> haha, close, this stash hides under my table that houses all my camera gear !!! I wish I could take a pick of of my secret stash, but, I am not allowed. hehehehe ;) Those jars are my favorite (hold almost a full pound of bulk), my aunt and uncle own a glass store so I suck them up for cheap every time they get some in. And if the tobacco dries out too much, I cut a hole in the plastic piece in the lid and stick a damp paper town in it for a few days, voila, nicely rehydrated baccy.

recoilrob on "Show Us Your Tobacco Stash"

recoilrob — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:20:52 +0000

Haven't really bought anything in the last 10 years, this is all at least that old. Should get it better organized but half the fun is finding a tin I didn't remember having. The last shot is of some old Tobacco Jars... <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v323/hvpcno1/Pipes%20and%20Tobaccos/P1100026.jpg"> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v323/hvpcno1/Pipes%20and%20Tobaccos/P1100023.jpg"> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v323/hvpcno1/Pipes%20and%20Tobaccos/P1100024.jpg"> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v323/hvpcno1/Pipes%20and%20Tobaccos/P1100025.jpg"> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v323/hvpcno1/Pipes%20and%20Tobaccos/P1100029.jpg"> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v323/hvpcno1/Pipes%20and%20Tobaccos/P1100028.jpg"> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v323/hvpcno1/Pipes%20and%20Tobaccos/P1100027.jpg"> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v323/hvpcno1/Pipes%20and%20Tobaccos/P1100022.jpg">

seakayak on "What are you reading?"

seakayak — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:42:16 +0000

My son got me started on Louis Lamore novels over the summer (the Sackett family series). These cowboys have become my guilty pleasure. Great stuff.

dervis on "What are you reading?"

dervis — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:42:48 +0000

R.A. Salvatore's Transition - Book 1 - The Orc King I've read the first 25 books. If you're a fan of Fantasy style writing these books are the shit. flyfishn[/quote] I agree love all of his books, I alternate between those and Stephen R Donaldson's Thomas Covenant series. That and all my fishing 2012 catalogs that just came in.

igloo on "TAD Purchases"

igloo — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:18:56 +0000

Sillems Black, Red and Blue . WOL 2012 . 5 lbs PS Norweigan .

sherlock on "TAD Purchases"

sherlock — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:23:59 +0000

My latest buy was an 8 ounce bag of Penzance, a couple of ounces of Hobbits Weed by Tweaksburry, Rose of Latakia and Christmas Cheer by McClelland. Not a fan of the Christmas cheer, but the rest is awesome.

pawpaw on "TAD Purchases"

pawpaw — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:43:58 +0000

went to the Pipe and Pint and picked up a tin of SG FVF and Black XX and 3 oz of thier 6 VA house blend

Lawrence on "The Joke Thread: Not Safe For Work (NSFW)"

Lawrence — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:37:05 +0000

Murphy was a genius... My favorite of Murphy's Laws is: You always find what you're looking for in the last place you look... Personally; I like to break that one once in a while.

Paul on "The Joke Thread: Not Safe For Work (NSFW)"

Paul — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:53:32 +0000

Murphy's work laws MURPHY'S LAWS ON WORK A pat on the back is only a few centimeters from a kick in the pants. Don't be irreplaceable, if you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted. The more crap you put up with, the more crap you are going to get. You can go anywhere you want if you look serious and carry a clipboard. Eat one live toad the first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day. Never ask two questions in a business letter. The reply will discuss the one you are least interested in, and say nothing about the other. When the bosses talk about improving productivity, they are never talking about themselves. If at first you don't succeed, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it. There will always be beer cans rolling on the floor of your car when the boss asks for a ride home from the office. Mother said there would be days like this, but she never said there would be so many. Keep your boss's boss off your boss's back. This is what I'm doing wrong. Everything can be filed under "miscellaneous." Never delay the ending of a meeting or the beginning of a cocktail hour. To err is human, to forgive is not company policy. Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing. Important letters that contain no errors will develop errors in the mail. The last person that quit or was fired will be the one held responsible for everything that goes wrong - until the next person quits or is fired. There is never enough time to do it right the first time, but there is always enough time to do it over. The more pretentious a corporate name, the smaller the organization. (For instance, The Murphy Center for Codification of Human and Organizational Law, contrasted to IBM, GM, AT&T ...). If you are good, you will be assigned all the work. If you are really good, you will get out of it. You are always doing something marginal when the boss drops by your desk. People are always available for work in the past tense. If it wasn't for the last minute, nothing would get done. At work, the authority of a person is inversely proportional to the number of pens that person is carrying. When you don't know what to do, walk fast and look worried. You will always get the greatest recognition for the job you least like. No one gets sick on Wednesdays. When confronted by a difficult problem you can solve it more easily by reducing it to the question, "How would the Lone Ranger handle this?" The longer the title, the less important the job. Machines that have broken down will work perfectly when the repairman arrives. An "acceptable" level of employment means that the government economist to whom it is acceptable still has a job. Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse. All vacations and holidays create problems, except for one's own. Success is just a matter of luck, just ask any failure.

spartan on "Show Us Your Tobacco Stash"

spartan — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:22:14 +0000

Looks like you pulled that out from under your bed Paul. :D I love those huge B&M style jars.

Paul on "Show Us Your Tobacco Stash"

Paul — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:25:19 +0000

uberam3rica on "Show Us Your Tobacco Stash"

uberam3rica — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:42:27 +0000

atwageman, your stash is ridiculous. I think it shames just about anyones stash

tokerpipes on "TAD Purchases"

tokerpipes — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:37:26 +0000

I can tell you what you want...ALL OF IT. LOL

uberam3rica on "TAD Purchases"

uberam3rica — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:33:41 +0000

<blockquote>8 oz. bag of Penzance today</blockquote> Nice, I love Penzance. When I get my next paycheck I,m gonna get some baccy. Not sure what I want yet though. I'm thinking something from Altadis. Maybe a crossover blend?

tokerpipes on "TAD Purchases"

tokerpipes — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:04:27 +0000

thanks otd

OTD on "TAD Purchases"

OTD — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:00:13 +0000

<blockquote>who had the blend that is put together at the end of the day and is different every time</blockquote> P&C has their <a href="http://pipesandcigars.com/bestofrest.html">Best of the Rest</a>.

tokerpipes on "TAD Purchases"

tokerpipes — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:54:14 +0000

just getting back into smoking a pipe just placed order with P&C 6oz of 1Q tin of macberen vanilla cream was wondering who had the blend that is put together at the end of the day and is different every time?

gecko13 on "TAD Purchases"

gecko13 — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:55:53 +0000

Just a few things for the cellar and supplies for the month: 8 oz - Seattle Pipe Club Plum Pudding Bulk Blending Perique Pipe Tobacco (by the ounce) Blending Latakia Pipe Tobacco (by the ounce) 16 oz - Cornell & Diehl "Epiphany" (bulk) 16 oz - Hearth & Home Larry's Blend (ounces) 2 - Walnut Pipe Tobacco (12oz Canister) 1 - GL Pease Haddo's Delight (16oz. Can) 8 oz - Sam Gawith Brown #4 Twist (Bulk) 16 oz - Cornell & Diehl Pipe Tobacco - Orient Express (bulk) 2 tins Dan Tobacco Blue Note 2 tins Villager 1888 Cocktail Hour Also 7 oz of Sterling Tobacco Whitetail English

biloxi123 on "TAD Purchases"

biloxi123 — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:08:45 +0000

I've been a busy boy! Boswell's Northwoods Boswell's Piper's Pleasure Peterson Sunset Breeze Seattle Pipe Club - Plumcake McConnells Red Virgina C&D Sunday Picnic C&D Opening Night Solani VF

nsfisher on "TAD Purchases"

nsfisher — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:46:41 +0000

in mail en-route from sterling tobacco: My Buddy Sweet Briar Double Eagle Im kinda anxious cause i called em this morn. and they said they mailed it on the 21st. that means 9 days and still not here.

Paul on "TAD Purchases"

Paul — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:25:16 +0000

3 - 50g tins of SG Fire Dance 1 - 50g tin of Two Friends Celtic Mist 1 - 50g tin of Villiger After Dinner

cajunguy on "What are you reading?"

cajunguy — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:20:10 +0000

I got the new Stephen King novel "11/22/63" for Christmas, which was a very enjoyable read. I also re-read "The Hobbit" recently (started reading it as soon as the movie trailer was released, lol). I might tackle the other Tolkien books if I can find the time. It's been ages since I've read them.

ejames on "What are you reading?"

ejames — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:45:52 +0000

Just finished "Acts of Vengeance" by Ronnie Speer. It's a book about how POW's were treated during the Civil War and how they were often victims of retaliatory acts conducted by the two sides. They were often shot or hung because the other side shot or hung some men. The first chapter is about a Union Major and 5 of his men who were murdered shortly after being captured in southeast Missouri. When Union officials learned of this they took 6 POWS from the Jefferson Barracks POW prison in St. Louis and shot them. As I read the list of the confederate soldiers names one sounded very familiar-Asa V. Ladd. of Dexter,Mo. age 34. I called my sis who know more of the family genealogy and she said yes Grandma James was a Ladd. After some digging we found that Asa V. was our grandmothers-grandfather. We knew that he had been killed during the civil war,now we know how and why.

clanobucklin on "What are you reading?"

clanobucklin — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:25:52 +0000

Boris Akunin's The Winter Queen - introducing the character Erast Fandorin.

Jud on "What are you reading?"

Jud — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:50:52 +0000

Time for some light reading - Corsair, by Clive Cussler.

fredvegas on "What are you reading?"

fredvegas — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:44:25 +0000

Just finished "Letter to a Christian Nation" by Sam Harris, and I'm on to "The Case for God" by Karen Armstrong.

morlader on "What are you reading?"

morlader — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 08:31:07 +0000

Just started Gettysburg by Newt Gingrich & William R. Forstchen

bbauer on "What are you reading?"

bbauer — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:41:00 +0000

Just started reading Resident Aliens today. I have to have it done by tomorrow night for a paper i need to write so that i dont get too behind.....but its so hard! So much good stuff in that book. I wish i would have started earlier so that i would have more time to digest everything, but so is the life of a college student.

simnettpratt on "What are you reading?"

simnettpratt — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:36:04 +0000

Just munched down "On Killing" By Col Rex Grossmann. Examines the psychology of training soldiers to kill another human being, and what happens to you when you do. It's grim but a must read for any student of military history. It explains why up to WWII, only 15-20 percent of soldiers fired their weapons at the enemy, and why that percent increased to 90-95 in the Vietnam war. Unfortunately, he almost ruins the book on his last page. He says perhaps it's time for the government to start controlling 'assault rifles' or pistols, movies, tv, the internet and video games, with which I do NOT agree. YMMV Also reading several non-fiction accounts of WWII experiences and fishing books (ok, the fishing books are probably half fiction)

spartan on "What are you reading?"

spartan — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:50:24 +0000

I picked up this book called, Shadow & Claw by Gene Wolfe, about a few months ago and I'm just now getting around to it. I'm about 50 pages into this thing and It's very much unlike anything I've ever read. It's copyrighted in 1980 and 1981. It's 2 volumes in one, of 4 total. The other 2 volumes, 3 and 4, are in the second book I have. <img src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y277/ProphecyKnight/P1260998.jpg"> I would like to share my favorite couple of paragraphs so far into the book. I really love how the writer makes his characters really make an impression on you so far through the book. The excerpt is from a character who is a librarian of a ridiculously old and immense library. "Yes, I recall it now-that little square of green and brown. I believe they dry rosemary there to put in pillows. I was sitter there, as I said, and had been for several watches, when it came to me that I was reading no longer. For some time I was hard put to say what I had been doing. When I tried, I could only think of certain odors and textures and colors that seemed to have no connection with anything discussed in the volume I held. At last I realized that instead of reading it, I had been observing it as a physical object. The red I recalled came from the ribbon sewn to the headband so that I might mark my place. The texture that tickled my fingers still was that of the paper on which the book was printed. The smell in my nostrils was old leather, still bearing the traces of birch oil. It was only then, when I saw the books themselves, that I began to understand their care." His grip on my shoulder tightened. "We have books here bound in the hides of echidines, krakens, and beasts so long extinct that those whose studies they are, are for the most part of the opinion that no trace of them survives unfossilized. We have books bound wholly in metals of unknown alloy, and books whose bindings are covered with thickset gems. We have books cased in perfumed woods shipped across the inconceivable gulf between creations-books doubly precious because no one on Urth can read them. "We have books whose papers are matted of plants from which spring curious alkaloids, so that the reader, in turning their pages, is taken unaware by bizarre fantasies and chimeric dreams. Books whose pages are not paper at all, but delicate wafers of white jade, ivory, and shell; books too whose leaves are the desiccated leaves of unknown plants. Books we have also that are not books at all to the eye: scrolls and tablets and recordings on a hundred different substances. There is a cube of crystal here-though I can no longer tell you where-no larger than the ball of your thumb that containsmore books than the library itself does. Though a harlot might dangle it from one ear for an ornament, there are not volumes enough in the world to counterweight the other. All these I came to know, and I made safeguardingthem my life's devotion." *************************************************************************************************************************** It's really an amazing book so far. Things can only get more interesting. P.S. The librarian is like over 100 or something and he's 7 or 8 feet tall, and blind; with a beard down to his waist. And he knows where most of the books are.

baronsamedi on "Lets talk about the Weather"

baronsamedi — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:50:27 +0000

Enjoying the beautiful summer weather here in North Texas!

Jud on "TAD Purchases"

Jud — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:37:03 +0000

From Pipes & Cigars: 2 x 50g McClelland Virginia #22 (one for now, one for the cellar) 2 x 50g McClelland Virginia #24 (one for now, one for the cellar) 1 x 50g H&H Marquee Black House 4 oz Altadis bulk Burma Road 1 MM Diplomat, straight The McClellands are part of my search for something to fit in the Best Brown niche. I am anxious to compare Black House to Blue Mountain. And Burma Road - a crossover medium English - is a nice morning smoke. I'll rotate that with MacBaren's HH Vintage Syrian, and a blend called After Hours from my local B&M.

OTD on "TAD Purchases"

OTD — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:15:49 +0000

2 x 100g Frog Morton on the Town 1 x 50g Frog Morton 2 x 50g Irish Flake 2 x 50g 3P's Perfect Plug 8oz Samuel Gawith St James Flake Bulk

Paul on "TAD Purchases"

Paul — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:16:56 +0000

4 Ounces of each: Gawith Hoggarth & Co.: Rum Twist Unsliced Gawith Hoggarth & Co.: Rum Flake