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**Dan** · 09-14-2012, 05:23 AM

Not sure how old you are but when I was young many men smoked pipes. It's gone out of style now. Seemed like man smoked a pipe. The luxurious odor of pipe smoke filled the air. I guess nobody knew or cared about second hand smoke back then. Hell, my dad was a physician and all his physician friends smoked pipes.

All I remember was man it smelled good. Aromatics mainly, cherry, vanilla, vanilla-cherry. I think part of the smell was the briar smoldering. Really funny difference between smoking and smelling somebody elses pipe tobacco. In my experience, except from smoking my dad's seasoned pipes. Most pipes smell better than they taste. Most, not all.

**FastAndy** · 09-14-2012, 05:26 AM

I'm the oldest 28 year old ever. I've always appreciated things that were well before my time.

**Dan** · 09-14-2012, 05:35 AM

I'm sort of the same way. My wife and I love Big Band music. For a long time that's all we listened to. Probably would still now but we weren't smart enough to back all our music. Computers and hard drives die over time. I know differently now.

**FastAndy** · 09-14-2012, 05:41 AM

That's a scary thought. I back up all my photos online and an external hard rive. Sadly, music which varies from punk to bluegrass is all just on the hard drive and iPhone.

**Dan** · 09-14-2012, 06:05 AM

Peice of now, obvious hind sight. Back up anything you value important on one of those online sites. I used an external hardrive. Thought because I use it rarely it would last forever. Then one day I turned it on and heard nothing but a sick clicking sound. Took it to work and asked a friend if he could recover the data (He is very adept with computers) His off hand comment.. "sure, if I had access to CIA forensic equipment."

Man!

Jacob_Marley · 09-14-2012, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Dan

I'm sort of the same way. My wife and I love Big Band music. For a long time that's all we listened to. Probably would still now but we weren't smart enough to back all our music. Computers and hard drives die over time. I know differently now.

I hear ya on appreciating the old stuff Dan. I’m still keepin my beer in the icebox and percolating my coffee.

I’m a *huge* fan of Big Band music too. Went so far as to put on a Big Band Concert a couple years ago with a 17 piece band from the Detroit area.

One of my absolutely favorite recorded Big Band pieces is from the movie "Sun Valley Serenade" ... this is “Kalamazoo” by the Glenn Miller band.

btw: check out none other than The Great One - a very young Jackie Gleason, killin it on the upright base.

Definitely worth Fullscreen and turning up the volume ...

**Zuljin** · 09-14-2012, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by iaefebs

The good old days, I've owned many pipes, do bongs count also?

I'm thinking Dan does not have a 20 oz Mt Dew bottle with pen body and 3/4" socket pipe in his collection.

**Subsailor** · 09-14-2012, 08:24 PM

I grew up around pipes and tobacco and still enjoy my pipes. Nothing better than sitting outside with a good pipe, good tobacco and good sipping single malt scotch.

kh54s10 · 09-14-2012, 08:32 PM

I'm glad I never got started with tobacco.

But, I like the smell of pipes. The smell of cigars is acceptable for the most part. And the smell of cigarettes is disgusting!

Jacob_Marley · 09-14-2012, 08:45 PM

And while I’m on this little swing fest ... here’s another piece from Sun Valley Serenade ... Chattanooga Choo Choo

Seriously swingin hard. Turn this up and fullscreen too. It don't get no cooler than this ...

btw that guy at the beginning and elsewhere is a very young Milton Berle (I know, I know ... I say that like everyone knows who the hell I’m talking about ... just humor me ;-)