From: ???????????????
Subject: Re: Pipes Digest #171 - Janua...

Hello Steve, and my fellow pipesmokers:

I sent in an intro a while back, when you experienced some technical problems
and sent some data into cyber-oblivion. In any case, here is a little
background from a most appreciative reader of the Digest.

My name is John Rinaldi. I live in San Jose, CA and have been smoking pipes
and cigars for the last 11 years. Currently I've got about 75 pipes in my
collection, mostly large bent briars, with some freehands, straights and an
occasional meerschaum thrown in for good measure. Favorite brands are Ser
Jacopo, Ashton, Savinelli, Peterson, Bari, Preben Holm and Ascorti to name a
few. I favor heavy English blends with lots of Latakia, and also love
full-bodied, large cigars (like Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur #1s and Davidoff
Special "R's).

I welcome e-mail from any and all interested pipe/cigar smokers, as I simply
cannot get enough of our wonderful shared avocation. In addition, any Bay
Area smokers who'd like to get together for a smoke and a chat sometime
should e-mail me with all due haste. It might be fun to form an informal
"smoking society"...anybody interested?

Thanks Steve, for the digest, it's most enjoyable, and provides a much needed
safe haven/enclave for our embattled ranks.

Bye!

-John Rinaldi (???????????????)

[ Welcome to the embattled ranks, John! Hope some of our California
readers will take you up on your kind offer. -S. ]


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