From: ?????????????????????????? (MR JAMES D RANSOM)
Subject: General Ramblings

   Hello all and hope your pipe dreams have been pleasant. It's been 
awhile since my last submission but after this past weekend I just 
had to let the group in on my latest find: Ye Olde Pipe Shop, 
Hamilton Hills Shopping Center, Jackson, TN. 38305. Floyd is the 
owner's name and this is definitely not a mall tobacco shop, the shop 
carries many fine tobaccos and pipes such as Nording, GBD, Comoy and 
Peterson to name a few. The conversation is friendly and he also 
carries a good line of cigars for all of you aficianados. For anyone 
who might be passing through TN on I-40 exit 80A it's well worth a 
look see.                                                             
      I spent this past weekend in peaceful pipe bliss by carrying 
the wife and children to a middle Tennesee Trout stream and fishing 
to my heart's content. The fly line wasn't always cooperative;as 
usual; but the fishing was good and several trout were caught. Of 
course pipe in mouth and a fine
leaf to smoke contributed greatly to my experience, especially 
at night sitting out under the stars smoking my new Nording freehand 
with a bowlful of #3 purchased at Ye Olde Pipe Shop. It's really 
amazing how peaceful a freshwater stream and a bowl of tobac can make 
a person feel. I took some good advice offered in digest #221 and 
smoked only my less
expensive pipes while in the stream ( to avoid that dreaded slip of 
the foot and then floundering around and losing one of my prize 
pipes) but nighttime offered me the opportunity to sit back with pipe 
in hand, counting stars, and reliving the day's
events. 
     Well enough rambling, just some enjoyable thoughts on pipes and 
fishing. I really enjoy the digest and look forward to them regularly.
 Steve, you have might utmost gratitude for a job well done.

Pleasant Smoking,

Donovan


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