A few morning swings with the Kris Cutlery 26III followed up by some clearance bin Cafe Royale in the Duke for the morning commute.
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A few morning swings with the Kris Cutlery 26III followed up by some clearance bin Cafe Royale in the Duke for the morning commute.
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C&D Billy Budd in a four digit Kaywoodie
My potd few days ago. Erinmore Flakes from Amboselli.
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Actually that was in the middle of nowhere. Or at least almost in the middle of the Baltic Sea.
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Also pic of the night Eiders (?) flying over dead calm sea:
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I'm going for a triple play tonight.
First it's 4noggins Bald Headed Teacher in the MM Legend, then probably Dunhill Flake in the Tinsky B&B BL LE, then I'll finish the night off with Dunhill Standard Mixture in the IMP.
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4noggins Double Fantasy in a MM Legend with coffee.
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C&D Billy Budd, in a Butt Ugly, No Name Rhodesian. She's not the prettiest girl in the club but she sure can dance.
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After spending the week working on finals, research papers and case briefs I moved out of the dorms yesterday and celebrated with poor mans champagne (Budweiser, not my cup of tea but it'll due when there's no whiskey or gin around) and a Punch cigar. Today I decided to start with a nice very strong cup of coffee, a cob full of Carter Hall, and Angle and the Badman. I'd never seen it before, though I'm a huge fan of the Duke, and I've gotta say its now one of my favorites.
jdto
Good to hear, have you got her reserved for a specific kind of tobacco yet or are ya just waiting to see how she behaves with the different kinds?
My IMP Meer with SG Skiff "better than Squadron Leader" Mixture
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Enjoying my new Savinelli "Aurelia" with Cornell & Diehl "Jamaican Rum"
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Chocolate Flake and two Vauen
I'll be going off the pipes for a while. I need to save some money for the personal desire to replicate my Grandfathers war/campaign medals (My Aunt has the originals). Quality replica's cost several hundred dollars (for his seven medals together) mounted to wear. This is something I should have done years ago, so I decided that I will do it now, so that I can proudly represent him in our Military marches and Remembrance days. My Aunt intends to leave me my grandfathers medals when her time comes...Hopefully not for may years yet though :).
Anyway I need to save money somewhere, so my relaxing time with a pipe has to be given up for now, but the sacrifice is very small compared to the sacrifice he made.
I will still be following the thread and admiring the pipes and tobacco's. Couldn't do without that little comfort I don't think :).
Mick
Tonight it's SG Chocolate Flake in the Peterson Aran 80s
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BBF in my B&B LE Tinsky
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Pipe in the city. Erinmore Flakes from Jirsa.
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And something for Thomas. Bikers in the weekly meeting at the city riverside. Usually there's more (not only bikes but some good looking lady bikers as well), but now everyone seems to get stuck in their homes to watch ice hockey from TV.
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snapshot Key West, FL
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And don't those yellow ribbons on his arms just go so nicely with his long grey locks fluttering in the wind.:)
Sailor I'm not sure I would refer to people who ride 'crotch rockets' (Japanese racing bikes) as 'Bikers', but I suppose better than calling them 'Bikeys'...:) Maybe 'Boy/Girl racers'.
Bike culture varies from country to country, I know.
Mick
My first ever bowl of Plumcake in my Brigham 4-dot Prince.
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The yellow ribbon usually means you have a Soldier off in the war.... It comes from a song during the civil war times... It is a U.S. thing to show suppot to the troops.
picked up a tin of sg black rope like it but keeping it burning is a royal PITA. any suggestions
been jaring tobacco and have a question. should I keep it in a dark room for storage purposes
A cool, dark place is probably best, from what I've read.
On the road, so no pics tonight. Having some 4noggins Bald Headed Teacher in my Brebbia 1960 623 Sabbiata Nera.
Biking culture surely varies between different places and it varies as the time changes too.
Back in the days of say 20-30 years ago there where only two kind of bikers: Those who ride (newish) Harley and nuthing but Harley. And those who drive everything else but no HD nor ever will unless it is veteran (at least 25 years of age).
Nowadays HD's and big Japanese customs (Kwak Vulcan, Yamaha Road Star, etc etc) seem to be the big majority. Bikers are aging and they want to get themselves something easier to control. Youngsters aren't interested in bikes as much as we were when we were kids.
Those who drive Japanese crotch rockets (as you say, lol) are known as 'Tupperware' here. I seem to have stuck in this group for decades. We seem to be decreasing minority.
Then there's allroaders/offroaders (i managed to jump out of this, luckily) and wannabe allroaders (BMW GS 1200, Tiger etc).
Then there's pig bikers (those who build their bikes from whatever pieces of rust they might find and leave 'em look that way), bombers, kick boarders i.e those who drive veteran scooters (my wife seem to be stuck in this) and last but not least there's those who drive veteran Russian bikes. I feel deep respect for them. It takes a noble heart and endless optimism to hit the road with the bike that isn't likely to last for long. Maybe i some of these days...
Then there's few individualist who have the skills and imagination creative enough to do whatever they want with their bikes. My good friend and neighbor is one of those few. Here's a link to some of his bikes.
So nowadays even bikers get categorized into this and that group. I do not actually see the point. I think we're all just bikers, brothers and sisters of the windy and rainy road.
When i got my first bike (must have been 30 years ago), nobody cared what bike you had. Of all those bikers i've met on these years and on all those meetings i've been in Scandinavian and eastern Europe, everyone still seems to think the same. No matter what bike you have, as long you are happy with it. Price tag doesn't count.
Seems that i missed the topic. Wasn't the first time i think. here's something to start my friday, anyways: Capstan blue from W.O.Larsen's 'Port'. Zywiec lager from Poland. Have a nice weekend!
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This morning it was 4noggins Essence of Vermont in a MM Legend while contemplating the morning sun as it warmed Niagara Falls from 7 to 23 C. I should get some photos...it's a beautiful day!
Some WO Larsen 1864 with a good cup of coffee this morning
the first pipe of the night was very special for the reason that its the first thru my new to me antique meer, I affectionately call the sultan
Ending off the day with SG Chocolate Flake in my Peterson Aran 80s
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Lovely evening on the balcony.
Giving Plumcake another go in my MM Legend.
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Enjoying my new Vauen "Barotini" with some Cornell & Diehl "U. S. S. Mason"
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B&B BL LE and BBF
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45 years ago:
Liberation of Jerusalems Old City
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Liberation of Jerusalems Old City - Blog Jerusalem
Currently there's a competition going on in one of the Scandinavian pipe forums. It's about guessing the name of the tobacco and pipe from the picture.
Here's my pic. Should be easy.
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The pipe looks like a Barling, maybe?