From: ?????????????????
Subject: Smoke, Mosquitos, and a Meteor shower

While in the summer months of paradisiacal[dry sarcasm] Florida the
mosquitos--which have been known to pass as large crows--are irrepressible,
the late fall and winter months are only moderately infested. It is in these
few glorious months which the mosquitos can indeed be kept at bay by your
ever friendly pipe. I can attest to this as I was out just this night walking
and smoking, and finally sitting in the driveway of the house--sounds of
large animals and reptiles drove me away from my nightly walk. While I sat
and smoked and watched the sky--many meteors blazing across the sky--the
hell-fiend mosquitos did not bother me. I finished my pipe, emptied it and
took it and my tobacco inside the house and came back out. Within a minute
the blood-thirsty fiends were all about my head, buzzing and biting and
sucking out my life.

Did I mention that I hate Florida?

On a different note: I recently tried a blend full of latakia. While I liked
the flavor and the aroma of the smoke the tobacco seemed to irritate my mouth
more than other blends I have tried. It did not seem to smoke hotter, indeed
it was quite pleasant. But the next day my mouth felt as if I had been
smoking a very hot pipe. Does this irritation have to do with the strength of
the tobacco as well as the heat of the smoke? Any suggestions?

CDW
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