tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36955857.post9223109164310688087..comments2024-01-16T09:37:28.052-08:00Comments on Guacamole Gulch: Sepia Saturday #235 :Risky BusinessHelen Killeen Bauch McHarguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07042488205276127209noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36955857.post-61114451440259029892014-07-08T16:20:16.729-07:002014-07-08T16:20:16.729-07:00I'd forgotten about those fancy pipe ashtrays....I'd forgotten about those fancy pipe ashtrays. I had also forgotten, until now, the pipe caddy my dad had in the living room. Fortunately the stopped smoking one day in 1959 and never looked back. Threw a carton of cigs away and said, "That's it." I have no idea what became of his pipes.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36955857.post-18432383765671410042014-07-08T05:11:51.264-07:002014-07-08T05:11:51.264-07:00Great photo and lots of history in it too with the...Great photo and lots of history in it too with the furnishings. My husband, when he was a pipe smoker, used to have a holder for it on the dashboard of the car. There aren't many pipe smokers around now but I can still pick the aroma of Dr Pat which was his favouriteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36955857.post-74596457827553317432014-07-08T04:05:18.194-07:002014-07-08T04:05:18.194-07:00I guess pipe smoking didn't kill Einstein, or ...I guess pipe smoking didn't kill Einstein, or at least it wasn't the obvious cause of his death, but the same certainly can't be said for everyone. My husband's grandfather was rarely seen without a pipe in his mouth, and he paid the ultimate price for it. Jofeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290597697140624780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36955857.post-66903643148793145382014-07-07T11:07:54.692-07:002014-07-07T11:07:54.692-07:00Yeah, what's up with airplanes and ashtrays? ...Yeah, what's up with airplanes and ashtrays? I remember blonde furniture -- my grandparents had a blonde bedroom suite.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36955857.post-65202035737220329352014-07-07T09:58:09.027-07:002014-07-07T09:58:09.027-07:00Me too. I liked handicapping horses.Me too. I liked handicapping horses.Helen Killeen Bauch McHarguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07042488205276127209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36955857.post-21557529577237473662014-07-07T06:23:37.337-07:002014-07-07T06:23:37.337-07:00Super photo of Brian and aunt...and great nostalgi...Super photo of Brian and aunt...and great nostalgia at seeing the interior of the home! I'm going to keep track of my friends from Maine now and see how many of them eat margarine! That's such a great stat!Barbara Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351113054045427775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36955857.post-78169885117296578012014-07-07T04:22:00.070-07:002014-07-07T04:22:00.070-07:00I’m not a lover of smoking of any kind but I do li...I’m not a lover of smoking of any kind but I do like that ashtray (I wouldn’t want it in my house though). Smoking generted all sorts of curious accessories. As a child I loved my grandad’s Aladin’s Lamp cigarette lighter. That’s a great photo.Little Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862657943846727987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36955857.post-41158460804802420392014-07-06T04:23:29.455-07:002014-07-06T04:23:29.455-07:00Hate to admit it but I love statistics! I only wa...Hate to admit it but I love statistics! I only watched the cricket as a child to calculate the statistics.......but now computers/commentators do it quickly and regularly.<br /><br />Spurious Correlations is fun! Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06636761469099608281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36955857.post-87611512856371750062014-07-05T17:28:20.650-07:002014-07-05T17:28:20.650-07:00I can't remember when I last saw someone (male...I can't remember when I last saw someone (male or female) smoking a pipe. Around here chewing tobacco is common after cigarettes, and much less often cigars. But pipes have disappeared. My grandfather was a smoker and for a time my father. When they gave up the habit I was very glad except there was one unforeseen consequence of their quitting - there would be no more lighters, novelty pipes, exotic tobacco, humidors, or airplane ashtray stands to give them as gifts. Mike Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065245846262417519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36955857.post-81204142596994423542014-07-05T12:05:37.223-07:002014-07-05T12:05:37.223-07:00Those good old days of dictation....it seems longe...Those good old days of dictation....it seems longer ago than it really was. Can you imagine that man jockeying his own keyboard...as he would be doing today. Helen Killeen Bauch McHarguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07042488205276127209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36955857.post-18944057568051952962014-07-05T12:04:04.214-07:002014-07-05T12:04:04.214-07:00You obviously have a wife of refinement and good t...You obviously have a wife of refinement and good taste.Helen Killeen Bauch McHarguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07042488205276127209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36955857.post-4200366464750728422014-07-05T12:03:36.012-07:002014-07-05T12:03:36.012-07:00If a woman smokes a pipe perception-wise,she gets ...If a woman smokes a pipe perception-wise,she gets catapulted into a whole new category which includes daring, brave, avant-garde, artistic OR it can go the other way in the Marjorie Main Ma Kettle direction. Helen Killeen Bauch McHarguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07042488205276127209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36955857.post-10691834143383655902014-07-05T12:00:41.984-07:002014-07-05T12:00:41.984-07:00Myself, I love a smoking rooster. Yes, what a conv...Myself, I love a smoking rooster. Yes, what a conversation piece they would be.Helen Killeen Bauch McHarguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07042488205276127209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36955857.post-76999890936829006472014-07-05T11:59:37.047-07:002014-07-05T11:59:37.047-07:00He died at age 60 or so...don't know the cause...He died at age 60 or so...don't know the cause of death. Helen Killeen Bauch McHarguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07042488205276127209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36955857.post-59717898506527678722014-07-05T11:58:58.095-07:002014-07-05T11:58:58.095-07:00I think everyone on our street had them too. We al...I think everyone on our street had them too. We all had those flamingo screens doors and a variation on the drapes (with the birds of paradise on them) or if you didn't have those drapes then the same design was on your wall paper. Helen Killeen Bauch McHarguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07042488205276127209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36955857.post-1036436578665179542014-07-05T06:33:11.641-07:002014-07-05T06:33:11.641-07:00I remember an ashtray stand my grandfather owned: ...I remember an ashtray stand my grandfather owned: it had several spots for resting a pipe, and at the very top was a rooster with a pipe in its mouth...it was dreadful, but I'd love to have it now!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11658880722411505714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36955857.post-32420379103195597202014-07-05T05:33:57.101-07:002014-07-05T05:33:57.101-07:00I love the photo--both the content and the unusual...I love the photo--both the content and the unusual composition. Only 220 days less of life for smoking a pipe doesn't sound like much. I'm wondering how long Brian lived.Postcardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16399915833682943432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36955857.post-59332012078490542812014-07-05T05:21:11.886-07:002014-07-05T05:21:11.886-07:00OMG that TV and ashtray could have been in our hou...OMG that TV and ashtray could have been in our house!Jackie McGuinnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15946085131678256211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36955857.post-80725031514534816072014-07-04T20:57:23.586-07:002014-07-04T20:57:23.586-07:00One of my bosses smoked a pipe & he had a spec...One of my bosses smoked a pipe & he had a special ashtray with a sort of grill on top that he would bang his pipe on to loosen the ash. Unfortunately he liked to smoke his pipe while dictating letters into a dictating machine. Between having the pipe clenched between his teeth while speaking, & banging it against the grill - again, while speaking - he used to drive his poor secretary, who was trying to transpose his dictation, crazy. Glad all I had to do was answer phones & write up insurance claims.La Nightingailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04769079547153094005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36955857.post-57564521822735835702014-07-04T18:39:34.597-07:002014-07-04T18:39:34.597-07:00Never saw a lamp like that! And had no idea I cou...Never saw a lamp like that! And had no idea I could boost my IQ by smoking a pipe.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36955857.post-46102420927278136322014-07-04T17:20:48.848-07:002014-07-04T17:20:48.848-07:00I think in my case it would be a case of the wife ...I think in my case it would be a case of the wife saying "either the lamp goes or I do!" Sean Bentleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02777191262417995366noreply@blogger.com