Open Thread II (pipe forum)

[indigosmoke]

Beautiful shed, shepards, and workshop, Mad Hatter. Now all it needs is a nice sign over the door:
"Mad Hatter's Fine Hand-crafted Briar Pipes". I'm feeling a logo coming on....

[Mad Hatter]

Originally Posted by indigosmoke

Beautiful shed, shepards, and workshop, Mad Hatter. Now all it needs is a nice sign over the door:
"Mad Hatter's Fine Hand-crafted Briar Pipes". I'm feeling a logo coming on....

Richard (tzaddi) and I worked that out a couple months ago. LOL

[Mad Hatter]

Originally Posted by keenween

Are you a hoosier Mad Hatter?

No, I'm from about as far west as you can go in Illinois, 8 miles west of the Illinois River and just south of I-72

[indigosmoke]

Very nice! I like it a lot. An unique, but understated and classic look.

Originally Posted by Mad Hatter

Richard (tzaddi) and I worked that out a couple months ago. LOL

[Mad Hatter]

Originally Posted by indigosmoke

Very nice! I like it a lot. An unique, but understated and classic look.

Thanks for the comments John. My goal is simply to make a good smoking pipe in the low mid-price range, an everyman' pipe that doesn't take forever to make and doesn't cost a beggar's fortune to buy. We'll see how my philosophy fares with time and trial.

[commonsenseman]

Originally Posted by markc

I think that's your hint to bump the II thread, Jeff.

Hint taken!

Soooooo.....what's up guys? You made any new pipes lately Joe?

[Mad Hatter]

Originally Posted by commonsenseman

Hint taken!

Soooooo.....what's up guys? You made any new pipes lately Joe?

No, I've been a little under the weather this last month. I can't say I've gotten much of anything accomplished.

[commonsenseman]

Originally Posted by Mad Hatter

No, I've been a little under the weather this last month. I can't say I've gotten much of anything accomplished.

Hmm, tis a shame, I always find your pipe threads interesting. The process of making a pipe intruiges me.

Here's hoping you start feeling better in November!

[IHT]

i've been pretty busy since august came around, helping coach my sons 3rd/4th grade tackle football team.
they went 6-0 in reg season, shutting out the last 5 teams. #1 seed in the playoffs. C-ship game is next thursday night, they're 7-0 now.

a few pics i've taken the past 2 weeks games. my son is #42.
Lansing Lions 09 - a set on Flickr
or the slideshow link
http://www.flickr.com/photos/4424520...93754577/show/

add a sickness that lasted a month from mid-sep until nearly Halloween, haven't had much energy for anything.

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nice shed/shop/dogs, mad hatter. always loved German Shepard, we had one called "Sarge". i've been thinking of a nice shed like that as well. wife and i spotted a few at the last KS state fair... big enough to live in.

[commonsenseman]

Originally Posted by IHT

i've been pretty busy since august came around, helping coach my sons 3rd/4th grade tackle football team.
they went 6-0 in reg season, shutting out the last 5 teams. #1 seed in the playoffs. C-ship game is next thursday night, they're 7-0 now.

a few pics i've taken the past 2 weeks games. my son is #42.
Lansing Lions 09 - a set on Flickr
or the slideshow link
Lansing Lions 09

add a sickness that lasted a month from mid-sep until nearly Halloween, haven't had much energy for anything.

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nice shed/shop/dogs, mad hatter. always loved German Shepard, we had one called "Sarge". i've been thinking of a nice shed like that as well. wife and i spotted a few at the last KS state fair... big enough to live in.

Those sure are some tough looking kids! Sounds like they have some talent too, hope you/they can go all the way!

Also hope your pipe smoking didn't suffer too much from being sick, glad you're feeling better now.

[IHT]

i barely smoked a thing when i was sick.

my sons team should win the C-ship... unless we get the same refs we had last game. somehow the #1 team plays a "home" game at the last place teams stadium, vs the last place team, with their home town refs??? a team that they beat 38-0 the first time... so bad that at halftime they pulled all their main starters and had the little kids that can't block playing the OL and DL.
(we nearly lost in the playoffs due to the refs calls)

somehow this team ended up with the 3 fasted kids in the league (based on their skills day times). last game, we were like the colts vs dolphins. the other team had the ball all the time, we'd get the ball and in 1 play score on a 60+ yard run.

[commonsenseman]

Originally Posted by IHT

i barely smoked a thing when i was sick.

my sons team should win the C-ship... unless we get the same refs we had last game. somehow the #1 team plays a "home" game at the last place teams stadium, vs the last place team, with their home town refs??? a team that they beat 38-0 the first time... so bad that at halftime they pulled all their main starters and had the little kids that can't block playing the OL and DL.
(we nearly lost in the playoffs due to the refs calls)

somehow this team ended up with the 3 fasted kids in the league (based on their skills day times). last game, we were like the colts vs dolphins. the other team had the ball all the time, we'd get the ball and in 1 play score on a 60+ yard run.

That is pretty ridiculous, why in the world would they have the last & first place teams play eachother? That's just mean. I guess it means you have a very good chance though, just seems like an unfair way to go for the other team.

[IHT]

Originally Posted by commonsenseman

That is pretty ridiculous, why in the world would they have the last & first place teams play eachother? That's just mean. I guess it means you have a very good chance though, just seems like an unfair way to go for the other team.

that's how it is in the NFL as well.
the game was played this past saturday, we almost lost thanks to the refs. we knew it was gonna be bad on the opening kickoff. they fumbled, we recovered, they gave them the ball. later that drive, they fumbled, we recovered, they said he was "down". some screwy clock work at the end of the half almost cost us a TD - we called a time out with 50 seconds left, but it was down to 27 seconds when the team got to the line. they called a facemask on us when we stuffed them on 4th down, and thanks to bad spotting of the football, the extra 3 yards they gave them proved enough for a 1st down... they scored 2 plays later. there were more plays like that, but in a 22-20 game, it almost cost us.

the real question is why was the "home" team playing an hour away from home on the other teams field with their refs??

[Requiem]

Originally Posted by Mad Hatter

Richard (tzaddi) and I worked that out a couple months ago. LOL

The logo is good!

[Mad Hatter]

Originally Posted by IHT

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nice shed/shop/dogs, mad hatter. always loved German Shepard, we had one called "Sarge". i've been thinking of a nice shed like that as well. wife and i spotted a few at the last KS state fair... big enough to live in.

Thanks. GSDs are an awesome dog but they sure take commitment....... these are like a pair of unruly kids. They got in a big fight tonight when I was trying to play fetch with them. I watched long enough to see the male was hammering the female before I told them to stop. They're not allowed to act that way but she had it coming. Like I said, a couple of unruly kids.
The shed's pretty nice but the amish don't have an understanding of 16" centers. The interior walls and insulation were a bitch. We had to blow it because the studs were set anywhere from 23 1/2" to 15". If you ever get one, set it on a gravel pad rather than on the ground or on ties the way I did it or else you'll be leveling it any number of times during the year.