Why the name The Untouchables Special Mixture was chosen for this blend is unknown to me but maybe they should have named it “Unfindable.” I only found it by painstakingly going through every blend available on the Estervals Pipe House website (http://www.tecon-gmbh.de/index.php?language=en) in May 2021. While it is widely available in Europe. Don’t bother searching U.S. retailers for The Untouchables …
It’s rare to find him during the busiest weeks leading to his busiest night of the year, but our favorite Fake News Reporter (FNR) managed to stumble upon him again. Santa Claus was sitting on the tailgate of his Ruby Red 1945 Dodge pick-up, smoking a long-stemmed Meerschaum pipe, while Mrs. Claus was picking up supplies needed by one of …
While being interviewed, Santa agreed to answer 10 questions. His interviews can be found at: Interview with Santa, Dec. 2017 Catching Up With Santa, Dec. 2018 1. Santa, what is your favorite cookies? Well, despite everyone believe I prefer chocolate chips cookies, I really prefer oatmeal raisins or fruitcake cookies. The story about chocolate chip cookies was started by a …
I’m one of those pipe smokers who loves shopping for “estate” pipes. The wife and I enjoy walking around so called antique/collectible shops, malls, flea markets and street fairs. I like being able to pick up the various pipes I find and try to identify the maker and age. I have probably 25 rescued pipes I’ve bought from these shops. …
Hats (Part I): Are you covered…. Most people may not realize it, or think it’s something made up for Hollywood movies, but wearing hats used to be an everyday occurrence for men. Long before the popularity of ball caps, men used to wear Bowlers, Fedora’s, flat caps and cowboy hats as part of their daily clothing. Now it has become …
Pappy’s Rules for hats… The following rules have nothing to do with the etiquette of wearing hats that I mentioned in “Where have all the hats gone…” In fact, what follows are not rules per se, but more guidelines that I believe in. Rule 1. Everyone can wear a hat but every hat doesn’t “fit” every wearer or occasion. There …
Living and fishing in SE Louisiana you learn one thing fast: It’s more fun and productive when it’s cooler. This was reinforced often during the 10 years I spent as editor of Louisiana Outdoors from 1995 to 2005. Just about every charter fishing captain I worked with or wrote about, had three or four months out of the year …
