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Subject:  Happy New Year!

Hello Steve and fellow pipe-smokers, First of all, best wishes for a
sweet and aromatic New Year! Among other things, 1994 will remain in
my memory as the year in which I rediscovered the pleasures of pipe
smoking, and our illustrious Pipes Digest has been an invaluable help
in this. Thank you so much, Steve, for all the work you put in it!  I
have now received (and printed) nearly all previous installments of
the Digest. The only missing numbers are #86 up to #99. Could you
please send these to me via email?

I showed a copy of the Digest to my favourite tobacconist In Haarlem
(plug follows below). He is very interested in all the back issues (he
hasn't seen the enormous pile yet) and since he has no Internet
connection, I could try and make an arrangement with him: I'll borrow
his copies of Cigar Aficionado (he has a subscription) and in exchange
he can read my Digest copies. His shop is one of the oldest
tobaccoshops in Haarlem, and certainly the best. The address is:

Jan van der Pigge
Grote Houtstraat 81
Haarlem
The Netherlands

It's in the center of the city, opposite to the V&D
department store. They sell coffee, tea and tobacco,
have a nice collection of pipes and a small but well-stocked
humidor. They are friendly, skilled people who take their time 
to help you. They also sell packets of compressed Havana leaves 
(left-overs) that are meant to be smoked in a pipe. Anyone
bold enough to try? And I spotted a piperack (classical style - with 
pillars) with seven Peterson pipes from the Sherlock Holmes series.
Price: about US $ 1250 for the pipes and $ 200 for the rack...
Enjoy your Petersons, and treat 'em with care ;-)
Olaf Meesters
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[ Thanks for the note, Olaf! I've entered Mr. van der Pigge's shop in
the Resource Guide. Re the cigar-leaf pipe tobacco, I've done it, but
only a couple of times, and have no real urge to repeat the experience
:-) -S. ]


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