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I’m starting September off with my second bowl this evening of GH Whiskey Twist in the same pipe, an Ehrlich meerschaum Canadian.
Just finished refurbishing the last of the 6-pipe lot, “Alfred” the Bruyere Prince. He gets the royal treatment. Breaking out the 10yr-old Frog Morton.
Midnight smoke w neighbor’s dog barking at something …hope it’s not a skunk 🦨
It turned out to be an opossum. Scared the $h!t out of me when we were face to face 2 feet away from each other. I think she probably let out a little pee, too. Carry on, madam. As you were. 😅
Yeah, they sometimes play dead. I have never seen one do it though. We get raccoons and skunks come through sometimes, too. Our back fence is a road for small wildlife. The squirrels are permanent residents. All the others are just passing through.
Somewhere a possum is posting on Facebook about this scary dude he saw with his face on fire.
Eight State Burley and a cob with coffee.
Watch City’s 2022 Christmas blend, Mistletoe Jam in an antique bird bone stemmed clay.
Thanks! I have a hard time picking favorite pipes, but for clays, this I definitely my favorite that I have.
Today, I'm smoking my own rendition of Barbados Plantation. I have made a total of seven variations because I used different Virginia tobaccos in each attempt, along with adjusting the other components to my taste. The blend where I used Mac Baren HH Pure Virginia seems to be the best.
Royal Yacht in a BC calabash.
Ahhh the RY!!!
I actually started thinking about smoking some Paddington since last night whilest on my Haunted Bookshop binge.
I”Still, I decided to go with:
Rattrays Stirling Flake this morning. Smoking it in a Peterson 87.
Interesting smoke. It is supposed to mimic Irish Flake. Since I never had IF - as a flake in its own right, this stuff is really good.
As soon as I finish some of the open tins I will pop open a tin of Paddington (RY “clone”).
In my opinion, Stirling Flake is great tobacco and is what Irish Flake used to be like. Sadly Irish Flake changed a while back and not for the better in my opinion. I’m glad Stirling Flake is still available.
I´m unable to smoke yet. Although most of my summer cold symptoms have disappeared, my nose is a bit congested. I tried a couple of my preferred cigarettes and the taste is just horrible. The same taste as the codeine cough syrup my mother gave me over 60 years ago.
I’m sorry to hear you’re still not back to normal, I hope it doesn’t take too much longer.
Thanks @Ted and @Happy Piping. I have just smoked one of my preferred cigarettes (Buerley based), and flavor is better. I think I could smoke a pipe again in no more than 3 - 4 days.
It's weird urd, huh? When I think about smoking a cigarette now I nearly gag, even a quality smoke with good tobacco. And I see people smoking Marlboro lights and just think "you poor bastard".
Not a great day, consoling myself with my personal EM in my meerschaum. It's the second smoke I have in this pipe and it's already very good 😊
First smoke of September is HH Pure Virginia in my Brazilian wood pipe that i dedicated for straight virginias. Paired with Mate Tea.
SG Brown Sugar Flake in an Ehrlich meerschaum.
I start becoming an early bird, getting up with my wife around 5 o’clock in the morning as her early shift starts 6 o’clock. As soon as she is out the door it have a small window of like 30 min before my daughter wakes up.
Time for some peace and quiet.
I come to enjoy the mornings more than the evenings as there are always demands awaiting me when coming home around 5-6 o’clock in the evening 🙄
sometimes one asks themselves: does it have to be like that?
the pipe is the only me-time really
So:
MB Golden Blend (US: Golden Extra?)
in a Savinelli 315 praying for my. 30-40 min of peace. ☕️🚬
me unburdening myself to the forum 😂😂😂
Help please:
1. one asks oneself
2. one asks himself
3. one asks themselves
4. Other option
?
I would use No. 1 myself, but I believe No. 2 is also grammatically correct. No. 3 is problematic, “one” is singular, while “themselves” is plural. That being said, I am often surprised by reading my own posts at times because of my sloppy grammar and nearly nonexistent proofreading prior to hitting reply, so maybe someone will correct me 🙂.
Yes, I thought so, hence the question 🤔
Perfect. Thanks. Every little now and then I might ask. But we are a pipe smoker forum after all 😉.
So Ill try to not make it a regular thing.
Yep. I'd go 1, or 3 with the relaxing of agreement rules to accommodate gender neutral usage. In fact, I'd be tempted to say "they ask themselves" despite it being a collective pronoun.
I just see it as being current, informed, and respectful. Doesn't cost anything 😂
If anything, a forum like this is first about communication and sharing information. I personally encourage any inquiries like this to enhance that and I always appreciate anyone’s efforts to improve their skills at an other than native language. I also really enjoy how this forum has developed as a friendly space for people from all over the world and from many different language backgrounds.
3 also acceptable if changed to singular: “one asks themself”.
On this side of the pond, anyway, all 3 work.
Thanks
It doesn’t seem that trivial after all. Thank you all. This is totally fun. I was watching a video about Old English the other day and wether scandinavian, Dutch , German etc language natives may understand what certain sentences might be about. Interesting how the origins of our languages parted at some point.
Well if we're weighing in, I'd like to discuss just about anything on people's minds. I appreciated your post Happy. There's plenty of tobacco content, especially in the reviews section, Forums are more expansive.
I'm a night owl by nature so I get my quiet time after the lady goes to sleep. I head out for an evening smoke most nights around 10:30 when it's warm enough. Just me, my audiobook and the raccoons.
And I'm currently having a hot sweaty affair with Golden Extra. Its so damned good.
Father of 3 and I feel you man. Being a father and husband is no walk in the park, but there will be a day when we feel like they don’t need or want our help any more. That’s when we can really appreciate all the work we have as men. Keep up the good fight and look forward to a new day, every day. Struggles only make you stronger and wiser.
Stirling Flake in the Altinay Meer. Great smoke, different from smoking it in a briar pipe. Hope the anise won’t ghost. I will report.
I need a meer I actually want to smoke. I'm not into all the screw tenon with an airway like a needle nonsense. But we'll made pipes with tradition mortise and tenon setups are usually more expensive than any pipe I currently own.
Orlik Golden Sliced in an Orlik Golden Contrast 1/4-bent Acorn (pre-Cadogan), paired w fresh-squeezed lime seltzer water.
Pretty cool - Orlik in an Orlik 😎
I’ve been smoking my PS81 blend today and am right now in a TV churchwarden.
I’ve been thinking about @Joseph ‘s ideas for a name for it and I think he is onto something with the Three Castles connection, but it still hasn’t jelled for me yet.
You’ll know when the inspiration strikes. My off-the-cuff starter set was just to get your juices flowing. By the way, what is that 3rd ingredient? (DAC)
You did! I was drawing a complete blank previously. DAC, dark air cured. It’s most commonly used as a wrapper for certain cigars I believe. It’s got those kind of notes, but lighter/less body than most wrapper tobaccos. Email me if you ever want to try it.
Actually, it's surprisingly easy to choose a tobacco blend to smoke first (from a large order of several samples). Go with the bone-dry one ...as the rest of these aromatics (unsurprisingly) are far too swamp-damp to light. The maple/vanilla scents are a wonderful mask to my dog though.
I'll let these others air-dry a bit (for later this week). Otherwise, I'm going with Wilke Palmer & No. 111 tonight:
It’s still too early to say if it’s my favorite, but it’s a go to pipe each week for sure. I thank you for the compliment (and recommendation on going with IMP). For me, it’s best for aromatic blends - cool and neutral.
I prefer my Radices for straight Virginia blends, though…don’t know why for sure (maybe sentimental reasons). Maybe the briar curbs the taste, nicotine, and body just a tad., some 80% …now that I’m get ting a feel for meerschaum. Another dalmatian choc chip piper is in my future though.
Thank you for the compliment, @Zigmeister67 -- it's an IMP meerschaum, in a poker shape with rustication carving & cosmetic black patterning. IMP calls it Chocolate-Chip styling! I affectionately call this pipe the "Cookie Monster 🍪" as a result, and it produces a smooth, cool smoke every time! 😎 👍
My first bowl of September: HH Burley Flake in a 673 KS. I truly am enjoying this blend, and tonight’s bowl was one of the better ones!
Rainy day, fall is finally coming 😍
Time to smoke some substantial pipes with substantial Latakia blends: my beautiful Parker with some Schürch n°128 😎
But first I have to go to the police cause some bastard stole my car's license plate 🤬
Old Dark Fired in my Don Roberto Savinelli with Caribou Mahogany coffee. Lovely morning.
I felt like some Apricots and Cream this morning, in a Peterson Mark Twain - system pipes are so good for aromatics
On my first REAL day off in a couple weeks, I’m enjoying a rainy Texas day on my back porch. My two kids are enjoying it as only children can. It’s a gentle, warm rain, which is just perfect for goofing off and getting muddy.
I have a pipe of mostly Elizabethan mixed with some leftover Escudo shake, and I am one happy dad watching his kids play.
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