BST pic thread...

[SmokeRings]

GFO was a friendly little private forum (and other things), bout 10-12 years ago. Back then, there were only a handful of platforms on the web where pipes were a focus, and the other ones frankly sucked. It was a good place for ingrates, ne'erdowells, Communists, rednecks.... (that is, the bulk of society) except pipe smokers are supposed to be these superior wonderful people, right? And without relating to GFO at all, Woody built a similar "feel" into PSF. It attracted and kept "the right kind". At least 2 and I think 3 of the mods here are ex-GFO, so some of that everyman flavor imbues this forum. Which is really all just to say, pipes are part of life for a bunch of us.

Without a question you curmudgeonly gang o' ne'erdowells has been what has kept me hanging around like a bad case of acne, it's great how folk here are free to agree/disagree at their leisure but still communicate civilly when the time comes, the rest of you bastids on the other hand are not helping my PAD at all, and I can't wait until the day that Household 6 authorizes a BST

 

[Sasquatch]

It's tough to have a forum (or any internet type of page) where you walk the line between things being stodgy and terse (and there are pipe forums like this) or chaotic and time-wasting. Keeping politics outta here has probably saved it. (And the mod group here runs the gamut - savagely left wing to staunchly right wing, so there's lots of good dialogue in private). But really, people want to share their experiences as pipe smokers, and that's what this place offers, it's just a coffee table to sit around, really.

 

[DGErwin11]

It's tough to have a forum (or any internet type of page) where you walk the line between things being stodgy and terse (and there are pipe forums like this) or chaotic and time-wasting. Keeping politics outta here has probably saved it. (And the mod group here runs the gamut - savagely left wing to staunchly right wing, so there's lots of good dialogue in private). But really, people want to share their experiences as pipe smokers, and that's what this place offers, it's just a coffee table to sit around, really.

I like to say all the tomfoolery keeps us entertained while we wait for someone who needs a serious question answered.

 

[Kilted Pipe Guy]

Sheeeyit, now I'ma gonna get beat up in Chicago. Thanks!

Are you planning on heading back again next year?

 

[Mpugh777]

Here’s my only one. Wish I had another. Such a sweet, dry smoker.

 

[simplepipes]

Here’s my only one. Wish I had another. Such a sweet, dry smoker. View attachment 19725

Very nice!

-sp

 

[jpberg]

Here’s my only one. Wish I had another. Such a sweet, dry smoker. View attachment 19725

That’s a beauty.

 

[xrundog]

GFO was a friendly little private forum (and other things), bout 10-12 years ago. Back then, there were only a handful of platforms on the web where pipes were a focus, and the other ones frankly sucked. It was a good place for ingrates, ne'erdowells, Communists, rednecks.... (that is, the bulk of society) except pipe smokers are supposed to be these superior wonderful people, right? And without relating to GFO at all, Woody built a similar "feel" into PSF. It attracted and kept "the right kind". At least 2 and I think 3 of the mods here are ex-GFO, so some of that everyman flavor imbues this forum. Which is really all just to say, pipes are part of life for a bunch of us.

I loved GFO! I learned most of what I know about pipes there. Iron Mike was into old Kaywoodies, WDC and Manahattan pipes. I became infected from him. I was pretty sad when he shut 'er down.

 

[Sasquatch]

Are you planning on heading back again next year?

Honestly don't know. It's fun but it's als in a sketchy third world country.

 

[Kilted Pipe Guy]

Honestly don't know. It's fun but it's als in a sketchy third world country.

At least it’s not far away.

I’m hoping to make it back but since flight are currently around double what it cost this year I’m waiting impatiently.

 

[jpberg]

Honestly don't know. It's fun but it's als in a sketchy third world country.

You flashing back to Beirut in ‘84?

 

[Sasquatch]

Lebanon has funded healthcare. Just sayin.

 

[DGErwin11]

You flashing back to Beirut in ‘84?

Lebanon has funded healthcare. Just sayin.

 

[Sasquatch]

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[Waino]

You flashing back to Beirut in ‘84?

It was a hideous place in the 1980s and 1990s. Part of my "family history" too.

 

[davidbeinct]

It was a hideous place in the 1980s and 1990s. Part of my "family history" too.

I floated off Beirut in the harbor in the early eighties. In the daylight we could see enough of the city to know it had once been beautiful. It was pretty destroyed by then though. At night I used to go sit on the fantail and watch the rockets in town. Probably should have been freaked out by that but nineteen, you know? I remember the harbor itself was literally a garbage dump. Saw dead livestock floating. We had to go offshore to dump our garbage. We’d send divers over the side to clear the screws whenever we went offshore.

 

[Steve Wright]

This pair came in the mail today. A Rusticated 2018 Xmas pipe and a beauty of a Billiard

 

[davidbeinct]

This pair came in the mail today. A Rusticated 2018 Xmas pipe and a beauty of a Billiard
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That billiard!

 

[simplepipes]

This pair came in the mail today. A Rusticated 2018 Xmas pipe and a beauty of a Billiard
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Really like the texture of that Rusticated pipe . . .

-sp

 

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This pair came in the mail today. A Rusticated 2018 Xmas pipe and a beauty of a Billiard
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Dang Todd! That's vintage Sea Rock rustication right there!