So I thought I'd post a pic. Piermont, New York in Rockland County just west over the Mario Cuomo Bridge. Hardly a poetic name for a bridge but son Andrew then Guv of NY named it. Replaced the old and historic Tappan Zee. Quaint village like being in a time warp. Crab festivals and farmers markets. Old-fashioned stores and a bar called The Turning Point. Amateur painters come here often in the park by the harbor to paint. They have a quite long peninsula you can walk out on and you'll always see a few fishermen trying their luck. Condos here with a couple of dental and doctor offices so a mix of the old and the new. Haven't been here in awhile but used to go fairly often to clear my head. A kind of pocket community definitely worth a visit.
Sounds like a peaceful place close to the Big Apple.
ReplyDeleteHow's fishing there?
I think you need a permit to fish along the peninsula. I don't wanna run afoul of the Piermont law. I'm from Yonkers remember.
ReplyDeleteBB vs Internet - On Monday, I ordered a couple of cans of Prince Albert. On Wednesday they notified me that they were out of stock. I ordered a couple cans elsewhere and cancelled the first order. Today, they emailed that they found some and I have two orders coming, enough Prince Albert until Thanksgiving. I need a local tobacco Bodgega.
ReplyDeleteCrosby Square or other flavors?
ReplyDeleteCrosby Square - my absolute favorite for 20 years.
ReplyDeleteThen they quit.
Just like Robert Burns Imported Black Watch cigars. Used to be my Dad's favorite.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of Burns, George Burns smoked 10-15 cigars a day, mostly El Productos. Had three buried with him. If he hadn't smoked he might have made it to 175, dunno.
ReplyDeleteYou'd think somebody with his money would have gone a few levels above El Producto.
ReplyDeleteI read that he liked them on stage because they stayed lit better than
ReplyDeletemost. US Grant smoked that many as well. Fans kept sending them faster than he could smoke 'em..
The most I smoked in a day was two usually because I had too much time on my hands. Seemed to happen on holidays. One in the morning waiting for the arrivals then one later on when I got tired of the banter.
ReplyDeleteAbout the same with the pipe?
ReplyDeleteUsually one session but I usually fill the bowl twice. Lasts close to an hour.
ReplyDeleteThere are some pros and cons to that - sometimes loading an already hot pipe causes wetness in the lower bowl and tar build up. I have several on hand and don't repeat on one. On the other hand, I know of some that do and have no problem and it sounds like your are getting along fine. Is that a Peterson, by the way?
ReplyDeleteI did have a problem the other night BB. Tar buildup. Soaked the bowl in a mug of apple cider vinegar and it dissolved it. Also threw away my soft pipe cleaners and got the bristle kind. Got two Dr. Grabow pipes - cheap. Got a new tobacco. Peterson of Dublin Royal Yacht mixture. Haven't tried it yet. Also got some Macanudos.
ReplyDeleteI use the bristle type as well, taking the pipe apart and scouring the
ReplyDeletemouthpiece, then the bowl and stem every couple of weeks. This week I am doing the twice a year cleanout with neat Christian Bros, let sit for a day or so. Some of my pipes are 20 years old, mostly Italian Molina and a couple of Brescias. A place called 'Smoking Pipes' has many brands and you an blow up to $500. Molinas are a better deal down around $55-85 - I do the standard break-in with a new pipe - moisten bowl, fill half way and start the cake at the bottom. When bowl cleaning, you want to scrape in smooth, but leave 1/16" cake. (cakes and bowls, kind of like a baking problem)
Molinas at Smoking Pipes - copy, paste in google search etc
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Dr. Grabow is more within my budget. I haven't hit the jackpot yet. Property tax is like being financially raped at least here in Yonkers.
ReplyDeleteProperty taxes through the roof here too. Idaho spends the income tax fighting our federal government, while property taxes support the schools, police, streets etc. My guess, Yonkers property tax receipts
ReplyDeleteare higher than all of Spudville?
So in Yonkers you pay three times a year from August through January of the following year. Each installment can range from $1,300-2,000. We do have a rebate program but you never know when it's coming. Supposed to come in July but last year it came in October. My thing is why are property taxes so high when the average homeoener ain't rich? Then there's a county tax on top of that. We ain't Rockefeller over here.
ReplyDeleteEver think of moving over the Piermont? Seems you are overtaxed and over regulated Yonkerites.
ReplyDeleteIf I could afford it.
ReplyDeleteFunny thing is Yonkers Democratic Mayor Mike Spano easily won reelection despite these issues.
ReplyDeleteI hope you voted.
ReplyDeleteI actually hadn't. Your vote doesn't actually count. Do you feel you can go up against the one-party system in Idaho? An easier option might be to move.
ReplyDeletePeople actually do. N Idaho has real estate agencies tailored to Far Right Californians. I never miss an election - at least I try, ya know?
ReplyDeleteNot necessarily implying election corruption just mathematically your vote doesn't really count. If they said you earned five bonus votes that's a different story.
ReplyDeleteStatistically true. Like lottery odds. Why so few GOP in Yonkers - are they all upstate?
ReplyDeleteProperty taxes are supposedly based on the value of the home. Home values sky rocket and so do the taxes. I'm guessing Yonkers is pretty expensive compared to out here in the wild west.
ReplyDeleteI have a real estate report on my house and also a Yonkers assessment sheet. By the same token I don't live in a mansion. Just sayin'.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking you could list as a cat refuge and get a break.
ReplyDeleteYa think?
ReplyDeleteSure, businesses get a break. Yonkers Cat Haven-Save a Feral, gain a pet. Wonder if street hot dog venders get a break.
ReplyDeleteSometimes I see two hot dog wagons fairly close together. They must hate each other. Used to deliver for a wholesale flower place. Went to Bethel CT one day. Two flower shops practically on opposite sides of the street and I had to deliver to one. What's the point?
ReplyDeleteWe have several gas stations across the street from each other. Same price, same gas. Competition, even on internet. Look up to buy a wet vac and you study a dozen choices (and always Amazon). i order a lot of model train stuff and find E-bay way over price.
ReplyDeleteAround these parts I notice Mobil always has higher gas prices than the average station. Even when gas prices were coming down theirs was always higher.
ReplyDeleteLot of Conocos around here. I have their card. They are 2 blocks away and their little shop has cold beer and Twinkies.
ReplyDeleteThey say Twinkies can survive a nuclear bomb.
ReplyDeleteIs THAT what they did at Alamagordo, or was it Hiroshima?
ReplyDeleteKeith Richards could probably survive a nuclear war.
ReplyDeleteProbably. Seated at radioactive table in a crumbled Burger King.
ReplyDeleteWaiting for the Singularity.
Talking with Ozzy.
ReplyDeleteBeen awful hot here this Summer. Nuclear Winter might be nicer than
ReplyDeleteGlobal Warming.
I hate summer and I hate winter. If I had to choose I'd go with summer as there's no snow and you can still get around. I'm more a spring and fall guy.
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