I got a new catalog in the mail for pipes and tobacco... I check out the address, and it's from Cigars International. Maybe it's their Christmas catalog...? It sure makes you want to buy a pipe..! When I was in my early 20's, I went with a good friend to a tobacco store in St. Louis. Josh's Pipe Shop, custom made pipes since the 1880's .... But they sure went out of business fast in the 1980's when everyone turned against smoking... Anyway, we each bought a briar pipe. Being new to pipes, we knew you had to break them in. We would fill them up with tobacco, light them, then hold them out of the car window and drive around. It's seemed to work... I bought some liquorice tobacco, and it was great. But I was never able to find that blend again... Oh well, the good ol days..!
