From: Steve Masticola (???????????????????????)
Subject: A&M Gazette, DC pipe show

I've wanted for some time to pass on word of the Agricultural and
Mechanical Gazette, published by Neil Murray (47758 Hickory, Apt.
22305, Wixom, MI 43893 - a bit heavy on the 5-digit numbers, I'll
admit! :-) Neil gave us a mention in his April '91 issue - perhaps
some of our new subscribers found out about the group through this
tome! For only a few dollars a year, this enjoyable bimonthly pub
(possibly the most frequent in pipedom) offers a good list of pipe
club activities, shows and swap meets, and their unique "Dirigible
Pirates" serial, which is better read than described! Send Neil a
letter for all the facts.

Also, in the Spring 1991 issue of the Compleat Smoker, we learn of the
Pipe Collectors' International Convention and Pipe Show at the Crystal
Gateway Marriott, Arlington, VA. The show goes on from May 24-26.
Would go if I could, but my car has other plans - something to do with
its brakes :-( Hope this isn't too late to let some of you know!

Just returned from a trip to California, and was astonished by the
level of smoker-bashing there. The restaurants and hotels that permit
smoking are apparently required by law to display a fairly obnoxious
sign to the effect that if you patronize the place, you'll succumb
immediately to the effects of the evil weed. Personally, I'm no great
supporter of smoking in restaurants, but those bits of state-enforced
propaganda made me appreciate the relative freedom of NJ a little more
(than seemed possible :-) Wherever you are, I hope you'll continue to

			Smoke in peace,
			~\U Steve.


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