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Google Home. Three of them.

While we enjoy Alexa and the convenience of the Amazon Echo & Echo Dot, we have found her limited knowledge and ability to figure out what we want to be infuriating. She's really good at some things. And really bad at others.

Yes, Google Home will have a far more limited skill set when it's released next month... but I expect that skill set to grow exponentially, just as the Alexa skill set did.
 
I saw this shirt online and had it ordered within minutes. I have done so much, with so little, for so long, that I am now qualified to do anything with nothing.

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olbriar said:
I was able to acquire my favorite pipe style/make on ebay. The pipe went out of production a number of years ago. Finding one for sale anywhere is extremely difficult. Will take a couple of weeks or more to ship from Italy to Kansas but I'm a patient man. It may be the last one of it's kind.
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By all means.. Plz share a pic!
 
I gave it a hale and hearty attempt last night. It seems once an auction is closed the pics aren't available to link or dnld. When the briar arrives I'll post a pic. I have the pieces of the last one I owned in a box. I could take a pic of it but it wouldn't do it justice. :D

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This is the basic form. I have smoked this pipe shape from Stanwell for many years. I have smoked them up or eventually broken them. The one I just purchased is a bit different. It has a bamboo shank where you see that silver bezel.
 
bcrichster said:
By all means.. Plz share a pic!
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Yes, would enjoy hearing what functional / style points make you loyal, have lasting appeal.
No recent purchase, but spotted:
A meerschaum pipe in a consignment shop a few days ago. In a fitted velvet case, very nice condition "low miles" at a glance. Didn't even pick it up or study the carving, as I'm not looking to acquire any more clutter. I suspect it's not an antique or highly desirable, but I thought some examples could go for big money; This one was well under 100 $, caught my eye.

The other thing that really caught my eye was an antique Coleman lantern; It had the kind of crusty character you can't fake, and could undoubtedly be made functional. Have done little research, but appeared pre 1950's, would not have been surprised if told it was 30's era. Seems an odd variant, might go back, for that one!
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Stanwell sold out a few years back. It's hard times for long time established tobacco related businesses. Considering tobacco use has drastically fallen out of favor and pipe smokers have been a small percentage of consumers for many decades. That being said, Stanwell was in business making reasonably priced quality pipes for ever it seems. My first quality briar was a Stanwell. A very good pipe indeed and I still smoke it from time to time. It has suffered a crack in the briar and will eventually break along that line. I purchased the pipe in the early seventies and is by far my favorite vehicle to enjoy quality tobacco. I know it's life is limited so it sees limited use.

I have owned other quality pipes from different makers but Stanwell has been the sweet spot for me.
(quality/price considerations) The bits seems to fit my teeth well and I can count on a "good smoker" from them. Many notorious pipe makers started their careers working for Stanwell. The company and it's workers had a huge influence on pipe manufacturing techniques, styles, and innovations.

The Stanwell #162 that I pictured became a favorite of mine for a number or reasons. I don't hold my pipe in my hand... I hold it in between my teeth and smoke it. For that reason alone there are a number of factors to consider. Weight and angle of the stem are most important to me. I desire a briar that is not too heavy to hold and yet large enough to have smoke for a while without repacking it. The bend of the stem is important for I dislike having the pipe in my field of vision. Another consideration is the size of the bowl itself. After smoking a pipe most all of my life, my fingers do the packing of the smoke as it burns along. They make tampers for just that purpose but that's just another thing to keep up with. The bowl has to be large enough for my finger to do this chore.
The last consideration is the durability of the pipe. I'm a working man and my pipe is almost always smoking. It has to be built sturdy enough to take the abuse of my every day. The Stanwell #162 is perfect for me in all of my requirements listed... that and I just like the looks of the thing. :D

I would never advocate taking up the nasty habit of smoking a pipe. It's a very pleasurable smoke but it's still smoking. It's not a healthy habit to acquire. It seemed innocent enough when my buddy and I were smoking our corncob pipes filled with coffee or grape vines back in the early sixties.
 
Thanks for sharing, olbriar, (almost but not quite) as interesting as the above^^^^^^, (speaking as a non-smoking, 96' Ford Ranger driver).;)

$ 7.58, for furniture wax / refinishing products. Mom and Dad are redoing the back room of their house, found a nice used dinner table that fits the new space well, but could use some help.

I'll be going back (a third time) to check out the previously mentioned Coleman lantern, as well as the other delightful treasures, previously mentioned in other threads, in that same consignment store.:)
 
+/- $150, to replace the router here; It suddenly went "cross eyed and legs up" the other morning.

12 hours without WIFI, and everyone in the house is confronting the fact that we might have a serious monkey on our backs.
 
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