***What Are You Smoking, January 2023?***

[mspadoni]

cult blood red

 

[BDIC]

@BDIC I enjoyed the Pegasus in my clay pipes. I like the C&D blends as they're reasonably priced on Smokingpipes and they have a good range.

Agreed. I think of them as the meat and potatoes of tobacco. Nothing that will wow you, but priced right and available.

 

[BCF]

@BCF I read online that cassette tapes and Walkmans are making a comeback; I used to have them but haven't seen any for years!
Dad's been clearing out the spare bedroom and he's found his old 80s Sinclair ZX81 (2k upgraded) and Spectrum (48k). He's contacting the new Derby Computer Museum about them and asking if they're of interest. We donated our vintage 1920s cooker to Chesterfield Museum some 20 years ago when it finally became electrically unsafe. They've had 3 cookers in the last 22 years since; nothing's made to last any more.
I've acquired a classic Nokia 3310 mobile phone in the last year and would like to keep it until the 2G sunset (by 2033)...

Haha! I love it. We haven't done an inventory here, but we can't have any more than 10 cassettes, maybe? Those things surely had been through the wars back in the party days. I remember guys used to have the briefcase, and even suitcase sized, cassette carriers, taking them to field parties. A lot of tapes. I wonder if they've survived.

 

[StayPufft]

H&H old dark fired in a Stanwell 2001 pipe of the year on a damp dreary morning.

 

[ashdigger]

PS Luxury Bullseye Flake in a 1908 Meer Lined Loewe

 

[Zeno Marx]

30° with a snow flurry. It was pretty. British seconds sandblasted lovat with new LNF. A very fine smoke. 7.5/10

 

[dunnyboy]

Capstan Blue Flake in a a Castello great line fiammata.

 

[AJL67]

Patriot Flake in the new unsigned meerschaum i scored for $25 that’s a bit larger and smokes just as good as the $250 Altinay.

 

[Dr. Van Loafer]

Admist the winter snow, I am smoking Country Squire’s Shepherd Pie in this natural Erik Nording.

 

[Sobrbiker]

BL/WB, Sutliff spiced rum, Sutliff Windsor 805 match (2:1:1) in a MM cob.

 

[Steddy]

The 2022 Boswell Canadian with 2021 C&D White Burley. Haven’t smoked this straight for awhile. A cup of strong black coffee riding shotgun.
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Smoking C&D White Burley straight really helped me appreciate Eight State Burley.

 

[Latakia Dave]

Sunbear black locust in A Savinelli Trevi 111 KS

 

[quietlife]

After a sweet Italian sausage from our local ranch and 2 over medium eggs, I'm enjoying my fermented Colombian coffee with some 2020 Germains RDF from a 4th Generation Nording
Beautiful Sunday morning...

 

[AJL67]

Moved on to 2018 CRF in Cool Mo D
Thought i would tempt the gods by balancing it on a cup of water.

 

[Brewfan]

HH Burley Flake in a weird little Uhles stamped billiard with a saddle stem.

 

[das3353]

Uhle’s 00 in a Castello Sea Rock

 

[doctorbob]

Scottish Cake in a bent Rhodesian Comoy's Tradition.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

Sunday morning relaxing in the garage for a bit. Some nice pourover and so Doobie Brothers "Black Water" seemed appropriate to start. Peterson 2018 Xmas 01 seemed (and I was right for once) the right pipe to try this Savenlli 140 for the first time. I really like it! Can't put my finger on it, my palate isn't refined like many, but it seems like Lakeland without the too much Lakeland - Grousemoor "light" (YMMV, and I love Grousemoor). Decided to pop a tin of Peterson Flake yesterday anticipating using it in the new Meer in a few weeks, and only aired 24 hours, but I've never had it and this little @Luiz Lavos that got ignored in favor of all things Xmas for many weeks seems just right for sampling a flake after a bit. This was his first go with this blast on a little stack and it is a great little pipe - don't sleep on his pipes! Novice tip - if your Peterson lighter isn't lighting right off and seems inconsistent and you've cleaned it and it is still hesitant, check the darn flint even though you see kind of a spark - it's the flint dummy!

 

[telescopes]

Blue on Blue with Stonehenge

 

[bluegrassbrian]

KBV Patience of Dr Silence in the Kyriazanos silver mounted blasted army billiard. Yumzo.