From: Kevin Cook <???????????????>
Subject: Pipes in Rochester?

I'll be in Rochester, NY for a day or two in late January and am 
wondering if anyone has any suggestions of a pipe shop that I should 
find while in town.  Since I'm a Canadian, I won't miss the chance to 
return to Canada with a pound of tobacco at a decent price AND 
duty-free.  I'll also float through Albany, NY and won't miss the chance 
to stop at The Smoker, one of my favourite places, and pick up some of 
their "Smoker" blend, an exceptionally rich English blend.  I've never 
smoked anything quite like this blend, which smells more like a campfire 
than a campfire does.   I have no idea what is in that blend to give it 
that flavour, although I suspect that if I try some of the McLelland 
blends that were mentioned in the last digest that I might find something 
similar.

To respond to another item mentioned in the last digest, I will volunteer 
that I too have had dreams about pipes.  I had my first one nearly 
immediately after I started smoking one.  Often I find myself on the deck 
of a ship, somewhere off the coast of Labrador, Canada (a place I have 
always wanted to visit), puffing away as happily as can be... 

Quite simply, there is something wonderful about smoking a pipe that is 
absolutely like nothing else.  My father smoked a pipe for a short while, 
but I remember him as a cigarette smoker, although he no longer smokes at 
all.  I suppose he never got to enjoy a pipe   that much, or he wouldn't 
have stopped, but I often find it strange that he never introduced me to 
it, whereas cigarettes were considered acceptable more or less.  I know 
that if had a family, I would much prefer that they smoke pipes than 
cigarettes.

Anyway enough rambling for now, just wanted to find out if there's 
anything in Rochester, NY, didn't see anything in the resource guide.

Happy smoking all, and happy new year

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Life is a test

Kevin Cook,
Computer animator, Montreal
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