From: ?????????????????? Subject: initialisation & maitenance Hi Steve, I read you article on pipe maintenance it`s very good, when I started smoking a pipe back in the early 1970`s it was a bit hit or miss no advice freely given then. Exept when I bought my first real pipe a peterson ! and still it is my favorite pipe. Yes I smoke others wich I like but this is my best pipe and it cost me #5. and is as good as the day I bought it, well almost. The tobacco I smoked then was clan & hollandhouse, troost and the like. I thought condor was too strong, little did I know then that this would be one of the tobacco`s I now smoke. I live in wales uk and although we have tobacconist not too far away (10 miles) I tend to get enough to last me a few months at a time. Drop me an e-mail let me know how you rate the peterson pipes, I have a free trial with aol and it is up soon but I will keep your address in case I stay on aol. yours AL. ~\U ~\U ~\U ~\U ~\U ~\U ~\U ~\U ~\U ~\U ~\U ~\U ~\U ~\U ~\U ~\U ~\U