Morning comrades. Hope all is well in CPS Land. Apparently I joined 12 years ago today and apparently I’ve been gone for a bit. I still see a few of you on Facebook. Read the news about Rusty and GScott; may God welcome them into the light of his face. We left Boulder several years back. Lived back home in New Orleans for a few years (I think I was active here then). Spent a few years in the Hudson Valley in NY. Left my practice there and moved to Camden, Maine where I’ve practiced for the past year and a half. We had an almost incomprehensibly perfect offer to take over a very successful private practice in Friday Harbor, Washington (which is on San Juan Island). Moving there permanently in a few weeks. The San Juan Islands have been our favorite place for neary 20 years; the circumstances leading up to this offer were incredibly unlikely, but life’s funny sometimes. My wife and daughters and I couldn’t be any happier about the move.
I still enjoy an occasional pipe. Sold off every pipe I had except one 1968 Dunhill shell briar group 4 LBS (billiard). I’ve got enough Frog Morton to likely last the rest of my life (given the glacial rate at which I have a pipe). I’ve been enjoying the Peterson EMP and Nightcap blends lately. Other than that I like an occasional Liga Privada No. 9 robusto.
Hope you’re all doing well. If you ever find yourself in Friday Harbor say hello; the island is a perfect spot for a pipe and pint.
12 year Cakeday
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LushMojo
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Re: 12 year Cakeday
A fine report, sir!
Glad to hear you and your family are so blessed----I'd offer to help you move but I traded in my pick-up back in '09.
Friday Harbor is fortunate to have you!
Glad to hear you and your family are so blessed----I'd offer to help you move but I traded in my pick-up back in '09.
Friday Harbor is fortunate to have you!
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Re: 12 year Cakeday
+JMJ+
Yowza!
Yowza!
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Re: 12 year Cakeday
It is good to hear from you, old friend.
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LushMojo
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LushMojo
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Re: 12 year Cakeday
Well if you're going to only have 1 pipe, you have chosen wisely! We haven't interacted before but it's nice to hear from you. Beautiful lighter as well.
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LushMojo
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Re: 12 year Cakeday
Well, now we’ve interacted.
The Dunhill has been my favorite since I got it. All the other pipes (mostly Rad Davis) fell into disuse. And the lighter is built like a little tank. It’s an Old Boy.-
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Re: 12 year Cakeday
How's your sense of humor been? You had started and contributed to some great threads here... hoping your good sense remains. So very glad to hear an update.
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2:6 Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus walked
3:6 No one who lives in him keeps on sinning
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LushMojo
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Re: 12 year Cakeday
Sense of humor is mostly intact. I think.
And I never shy away from a good Dr House joke. I still get comments on the picture of me and Hugh Laurie at Mardi Gras. My patients always seem to get a laugh out of it.
And I never shy away from a good Dr House joke. I still get comments on the picture of me and Hugh Laurie at Mardi Gras. My patients always seem to get a laugh out of it.
gaining_age wrote: ↑Sat Nov 23, 2019 9:34 amHow's your sense of humor been? You had started and contributed to some great threads here... hoping your good sense remains. So very glad to hear an update.
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Re: 12 year Cakeday
I’m glad you’re doing well. It’s nice to hear from you.
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Re: 12 year Cakeday
Yo. Glad you're well.
Colton and Simeon and I had a smoke in Denver a few weeks ago and talk drifted to you. Turns out Colton and I both own pipes bags we bought from you via CPS.
Colton and Simeon and I had a smoke in Denver a few weeks ago and talk drifted to you. Turns out Colton and I both own pipes bags we bought from you via CPS.
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"I'd like to put a hook in that puppet and swing it through a bunch of salmon!" - durangopipe
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LushMojo
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Re: 12 year Cakeday
Ha. Too funny. You're all swell fellows. Glad you get to enjoy some time together.
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Re: 12 year Cakeday
OMG! OMG! OMG!
Hi! uh...
Thanks for stopping by!
Can I ask a favor? Could you show us how to fold a chicken towel again? Please?
Hi! uh...
Thanks for stopping by!
Can I ask a favor? Could you show us how to fold a chicken towel again? Please?
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Re: 12 year Cakeday
Welome. Thoughts on Han shooting first?
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LushMojo
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Re: 12 year Cakeday
And welcome to you as well.
As someone who sat in the theater as a six year old lad and saw the unedited, unadulterated, un-GeorgeLucasRapedMyChildhood film I can say that Han shot first. Some say that in some infinite number of universes he's still shooting first.
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Re: 12 year Cakeday
Good to see you online. I'm glad to hear things are going well for you and your family.
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