From: "Thomas A. Hendricks" <???????????????????????????>
Subject: Success and mangoes...

Steve,
  Thanks for patiently helping me locate the back issues of Pipes Digest!  I
was fortunate enough to locate a computer lab instructor who knew what "ftp"
was and how to use it!  Anyway, I just finished reading Digests #1-11 and
imagine my delight when I read #7 which contained a letter from Ami
Silberman who mentioned Pat Callighan <sp?> in Champaign (a mere hour from
my home)  You know Pat?!!  I am rapidly discovering how much smaller the
Internet is making this world...
  Now I just *have* to try some of this mango blend Ami mentioned.
Goodness, I haven't talked to Pat for nearly three weeks! (I can tell him
you said "Hi")
  Also, for anyone in the Central Illinois area, I just wanted to say that
Bloomington-Normal finally has a tobacco shop (I just started working there
part-time)  I absolutely *hate* the name of this place--it's called
"Cigarette Express" (My friend Bob Gaydos, pres. of the Peoria Area Cigar
Society (cf Cigar Aficionado Fall '94) hasn't stopped kidding me about it
yet)  About 2/3 of the shop is full of carton after carton of American
cigarettes.  The rest of the shop has domestic machine-made cigars and Dr.
Grabow pipes and commercial pipe tobaccos (no Amphora here...)  The one
saving grace is the humidified display case of premium cigars (which haven't
even arrived yet, though I'm told they will arrive within the next
week--anyone ever hear *that* line before?)  It appears I have a lot of work
to do.  If nothing else, I am able to refer customers to Jon's in Champaign.
   That reminds me...
                        Peoria Area Cigar Society (PACS)
                        Bob Gaydos
                        Tremont, IL
                        (309) 925-5759

Anyway, I have decided to read the back issues one group at a time in order
to enjoy them slowly (like a Calabash full of "Cumberland Gap"--one of Pat's
blends)
       That's all for now.  Thanks to all of the people who sent me email as
a result of the Digest!
                     May Every Bowl Be Sweet and Dry,
 . .   .   .                   Thomas Allen Hendricks
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[ PACS now resides in the Guide, Thomas! Thanks! -S. ]


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