Another Tuesday AM fuminations thread

meeting with the brighter of my two partners, discussing our grand plans.It's an overcast day here & coolish - for a change. I have a bowlful of OG roasting away in a 41011 Dunhill shell briar. Delightful smoke.

My word, Stieltje - blondes in the math section of the library! Now that's integration.

Muddler, duck if you see a ten foot asteroid coming your way! We don't want to lose you!

And btw, that's some BIIIIIG Dunhill! Wow! a 41011? Does that mean like a group 41?

That asteroid: I've taken out my cricket bat...

The Dunnie: 41011 is what it says. Maybe the guy hit the "1" button twice. I think it means it was made in 1971, to be honest. Maybe Rick or Ramon can help?

this morning. My Savinelli Tundra was burning Riverboat Gambler on the ride in. At 3:00pm I'm outta here till Sunday.

Got to admit I am also quite fond of the daily smoke threads. Great way to stay in touch, hear about other's smokes. This morning I got a bowl of Three Friars going in a slight bent pot. Being partial to flakes is not to say the burning qualities of confetti cut stuff is nothing to hold in disdain. Fact of the matter is, it is sitting pretty good with me this morn. Cool crisp autumn air, sun is up and it looks to be a clear day while the gentle sips on this blend turn my wheels readying me and fortifying the intestinal matter to face another day.

This morning for some reason I am remembering a short skit, must have been in the 70's or maybe 80's - can't really say. But it was Bob Newhart having a conversation with Sir Walter Raliegh about his bringing tobacco back to England. Newhart could always make me laugh.

Have a good day, gents.

I got a late start out the door and it's raining buckets outside, so I haven't had a pipe yet today and must coast on the remembrance of last night's bowl of McC. 2035. This was insufficient buffer for coming into the office only to be accosted by a colleague screaming about the impropriety of the Nobel Prize for Physics (something about how Higgs should have gotten it--I build lasers, I don't do subatomic particles). I tried mockery, but he was immune. I tried closing my door, but he kept on. Finally, a colleague gave me a ping-pong ball gun--the threat of a high speed ping-pong ball in the face made him go away.

Now I _really_ want a nice, soothing smoke but won't get it for at least another six hours.

I hope your days are going better than mine.

Of course they're going better, didn't ya read the posts? Muddler's running from 10-foot asteroids with only his cricket bat between him and certain annhiliation (did I spell that right?) and Stieltje is dodging blondes in the math section of the library....and I'm trying to decide which pipe to get next.

Good point, Israel--I should go to the library and see if there are any blondes there.

Of course, that could get me fired. ("My students are mere disembodied voices with no physical form to distract me." That is the litany I repeat to myself on warm summer days.)

But I'm told (and big budget Hollywood films would never lie, would they?) that giant lasers are good for shooting down asteroids, so I really should give Muddler a hand and get crackin' on building something that will allow him to rest his cricket bat!

I was going to suggest that. But then I thought maybe the ping-pong ball gun would work even better against asteroids. You're the rocket scientist, what do you think ;)

... and me and "bobby junior" were standing at attention (I had to pee so bad), but I needed to catch the news on TV to see if that damn asteroid hit Africa or Muddler! All I got was the politics of the day. God, I am so sick of it. All they do is tell lies about the other guys lies!

So, what happened with this asteroid? Does anybody hear anything about it? Or, did Muddler whack it back to outer space?

I'm at my insurance desk for the day with three pipes along and Captain Bob's blend is simmering in my L'Anatra seven inch Canadian (one egg - nomenclature). Really nice pipe unless you turn your head fast near a wall or walk into a door frame with it. Tends to poke holes in the back of your upper mouth. Must be careful with this thing. It's a damn weapon.

started to break in my brand spanking new Savinelli 2699. I took a 250km (about 155 mile) round trip to Nelspruit this morning to pick up some body spares for my auto. It turned out to be much cheaper than what I bargained for and I was left with a substantial amount of burning $$$$$$$ in my pocket. So I picked up a much needed new Dremel with some assecories and a few knifemaking supplies.
While passing the tobacconist (totally by chance of course ;-) I heard a little voice calling my name. I really thaught that it was the new Stanwell that I've been promising myself for so long now. So I went inside and straight to the Stanwell shelve. After some browsing I found a not too shabby bulldog and a nice-ish dublin.
Suddenly I heard that voice again, from the opposite shelve. I looked up and there she was, with literally hundreds of blinking birdeyes. I simply had to take it. Allmost perfect. I counted only 3 minor sandpits amongst the birdeyes and absolutely no filling anywhere. Im really happy with this one. And the next best thing is that there is still the promise of a new Stanwell.
Of course I only had a viscious Latakia blend with me so I had to get some Mac Baren Scottish blend to start the break in procedure.
By the time I got home I was feeling so guilty about getting a new pipe AND a new Dremel, I just had to take my wife out to dinner at a great seafood restaurant. So of course I stuffed myself with lots of calamari, prawns oysters and fish smothered in garlic and chillies.
Aaah man, life's good.

Well, I always use the old saying when confronted with questions like this: "When you've got a hammer, the world is full of nails!" As a laserjock, my first inclination is to fix all problems with a laser. So I could build a pipe-mounted asteroid defense shield for Muddler using lasers. Or a laser pipe lighter. Or a laser pipe reamer (that one might actually work). Or a laser pipe cleaner.

Or I could just do what I used to do when I worked for the military: Convince the government that I can solve _their_ problems with a laser. (Hmmmm--I can think of a few corporate CEOs who would benefit from a suitable application of laser power.)

But I think the ping-pong ball gun would actually work better in this case.

When writing my master thesis, that had a lot to do with ultrasonics, I thought about a pipe reamer/cleaner based on ultrasound. or as a thermometer checking up on how hot my coffee is,, the applications go on and on.

and blondes... I prefer red heads or dark/black haired beauties. Especially those that visit the math section in the purpose of getting a book on partial differential equations or whatever :)

Even better if they enjoy smoking a pipe occasionally/daily/constantly.

Decent weather, and I actually worked. Smoked the first half of a bowl of Miss Mudd on the way to work and the second half on the way home.

Probably fire up some Beaver Blend in a bit and heading over to the storage unit to dig out some tobaccy and some briar.

Well, stieltje, I guess we must live in very different places: When a student around here goes looking for a book on PDEs, they tend to be about as generally ungroomed as I am. And male.

One of my colleague, ironically, a woman, has a 75 student class that is entirely male.

Dunhill Numbering ... I've got to tell ya I'm lost on all the older numbering systems Dunhill used. I guess thats because I'm not big into the estate market. I do know a 41011 is just a 4101 by today's standards but thats all I can tell ya. I don't know when Dunhill switched over from the older numbering system to today's fairly simple code. If my guess is right it was sometime in the 1970s. Sorry, not much help here. Ramon can you be of any more help?

Blondes lost in a library ... AND YOU JUST WALKED AWAY MAN! Oh my, my, my. Ok, lets go back to the basics Henrik: math is good, BLONDES ARE BETTER!

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I've been thinkig of the dunhill numbering thing this afternoon at work ... all I can add now is that the number on that pipe marks it as a Patent # ... don't know exactly what that adds to the conversation, but there ya have it. Like I said, I like new dunnies.

Interestingly (if you're a Dunhill geek) the old group 4 size standard for a billiard (41011) was about 5-3/8" long. The current version of the same pipe (4101) is 5-3/4" long. I don't know why they changed but I'm sure glad they did as it keeps the smoke out of my eyes better. The other thing that seems to hold true is that the older blasts (Shell, Tanshell, Red Bark, Cumberland) all seem to have craggier, deeper sand blasts than the current production. IMO, that is a bad move but obviously they still command top dollar so maybe I'm the odd man out.

Sounds like you may need to spend more time in the library. Partial differential equations? I got no clue what that is (English/Sociology major) but blonde chicks that can do really tough math (i.e. hot and smart), cool! I think I would have tended to have a bit more fun with that story even if the truth had to be stretched a little.

Anyway, back to the subject at hand. Worked from home today so I burned a bunch of private stock. Several blends I've been playing with recently. Very good, the one with latakia tasted unusually good to me today. Normally, I'm not a big latakia fan but I guess I was just in the mood today.

1 handsome pipe smoking guy + 3 hot mathy blonde chicks = 1 very, very happy occasion.

(sheeze what I go through to help some guys!) Yes, dark hair or redheads are wonderful too ... but ya had a shot at blonde and you just passed it by ... I DON'T FORGIVE YOU!

I'm about to head downstairs to do a couple of quick chores and will take advantage of the time to puff on some MacBaren Navy Flake in my new Dunnie 4217 (Squat Bulldog). This little pipe is starting to behave itself nicely ... still gets warmer in the heel than I wish it would but thats because of the slanted cut of the bowl coming close to the rounded inner bowl diameter. Not a design flaw. Not a flaw at all. Just something that means I have to carefully build up bottom cake on purpose for this baby. As I just stated its already behaving better and I'm sure after a number of additional bowls it'll be just as good a smoker as any of the other dunnies in the herd.

More latakia burning on the north end of the east coast. Having a bowl of Pipes and Cigar's Larry's Blend / green freehand, coffee on the side.

Hey Henrik, isn't Sweden just about all blondes? Must be kind of like drinking nothing but Pabst Blue Ribbon.

Just settling in for the evening with my new Brian Ruthenberg with some 101. It's a keeper!

this evening is Haunted Bookshop in a beat up Savinelli second. May break out the Bings Favorite next with (what else) Crooner.

Prince Albert Choice Blend in a cob, as I sit here listening to Obama talk about the energy crisis.

Some Edgeworth in the Dunhill 4203 Ring Grain. I just remembered that I owe you pictures of this pipe, Rick.

I opted for a book over the debate. Easy choice.

I think the laser pipe lighter definitely would be a hot seller ;)

They are like orlik club, may have a nice room note, and pleasant for the surrounding. But one leaves unsatisfied and with a burned tounge.

A red VA/per is hot and bitey, but at least they are quite alot more fun, and leaves some satisfaction.

Dark Plug is the thing, a bit harder to come by, needs more work, but once you get it glowing.. whoa man.