From: ???????????????? (Ad van Bever)
Subject: introduction

Hello Steve,

Thanks for your swift reply. I am very glad to join. First of all I
would like to wish you and all other readers a very happy 1995.
 
It is quite difficult to "meet" other pipe smokers, they have become a
rare breed.  The Internet however is an excellent way to exchange
news, etc.

My name is Ad van Bever, male, 33 years of age and married. I live in
Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. For most Americans an unknown place,
situated in Sweden.  This is not correct . It is a country known for
its tulips and its capital Amsterdam.

I started pipe smoking at 16. It was, at that time, an experience to
be enjoyed behind closed doors. Being 16 and smoking something like a
pipe was simply not done.  The years progressed and it became easier
to show me and my pipe to the outside world.

I also smoke the occasional sigart, but I prefer smoking a pipe. I
have a collection of 12 pipes. But when I pass a smokers shop it is
still hard to resist a new model.  I don't like the fancy colours
much, because they easily become dated.

My tobacco preferences are:

- Captain Black which I can not buy over here. I bought it some years
ago in the United States.
- Mac Baren London Blend
- W Q Larsen Danish mixture
-  Dunhill Black Aromatic and  the mixture of the month, which I buy whenever
  I am in London.
- Sail yellow mixture
- Alsbo gold

I am looking forward to receive new messages from other pipe smokers
all over the world.

Greetings, 
Ad van Bever

E-MAIL :  ????????????????
Post address: P.O. Box 9310, 3007 AH  Rotterdam
                            The Netherlands

" An illiterate king is like a crowned donkey".  ( John of Salisbury)

[ Welcome, Ad! I knwe where it was! :-) One of these days I'll try the
Larsen mixture myself. -S. ]


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