Tony Duell wrote:
> I don't think we have been arguing about the 'right answer'. The
> discussions have always seems to be friendly disagreements where
> everybody puts forward their views, and in most cases explains them.
Some people collect cigar bands for the artwork. Some people collect
cigar bands because it helps them recall the flavour of the cigar.
Some people collect cigar bands because they're aiming for the Guiness
record book. Little girls collect cigar bands to pretend they're
wedding rings. I don't collect cigar bands -- I smoke cigars. And
cigarettes [and there are the cigarette packaging collectors to fight
off when you're discarding a Marlboro packet] and I smoke pipes, which
I collect only when they fit my personality, at current retail price.
My only "classic" pipe is my grandfather's turk's-head meerschaum,
which I severely damaged the appearance of 25 years ago when I made the
mistake of trying to clean it with the stuff for cleaning a briar pipe.
I have been working on restoring the color through proper smoking ever
since. It looks like another 15 years should do it. (It had only
taken him 30 years to make it, but since I can't smoke it as often as
he did due to the regulations everywhere, it takes longer).
--
Ward Griffiths <mailto:gram_at_cnct.com> <http://www.cnct.com/home/gram/>
When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked me if I had any
firearms with me. I said "Well, what do you need?" -- Steven Wright
Received on Wed Oct 07 1998 - 23:31:38 BST