Tonight's Pipe Club meeting will be using Zoom. Tonight will still be at 7:30 CDT. If you've not used Zoom you'll be prompted to download a small app (easy and painless). Here's the URL and meeting code.
Well, I believe I've found a worthy replacement for my Friday night pub bar stool or cigar lounge chair! Again, hats off to Jim @jfreedy for coming up with the idea and putting it all together. Can't wait for our next meeting!
It was a blessing to see so many of my TPL friends in the flesh, as it were..... I look forward to coming Friday evening meet-ups, especially in the future when I'm not doped up on Xanax from having my monthly eyeball injection. Sorry if I seemed so out of it.....
I hope so, sorry @thebadgerpiper, wanted to say hello, got pretty busy, didn’t want you to think that I was blowing you off, it was nice to finally meet you!
@pipeman83 No worries, I never got that impression at all. It's a big group, and I tend to sit back and be quieter in group chats. It was nice meeting you and getting to hang out over a pipe. Besides, I have a feeling we'll have more opportunities to chat in future club meetings.
Here's a thought about future content for our Pipe Club. (I think we may have already discussed this to some degree.) I really appreciate Max's depth of knowledge and experience in the industry, and I know that Mark and Duane have "better than the average bear" levels of expertise in pipe making and restoration. I'm thinking it would be fun to have (at least once a month) a meeting dedicated to a particular topic (blending, pipe restoration, creating your own pipes, tobacco storage, etc.). One of us or an outside SME (subject matter expert) could be the presenter/content expert for that meeting. Nothing overly structured or anything, just after we've all gotten online & said "howdy" we would then turn it over to that week's SME to teach/facilitate their particular topic. Again, I'm leaning toward having one of these each month with the other meetings remaining the typical "hang out" - smoke a bowl - chit chat format that we've enjoyed so far.
I think this is a great group of people and I'm sure each one of us can add a little dimension or level of knowledge on some topics. I think a monthly planned topic is good and allows time for prep. See y'all again on Friday.
Hey virtual pipe clubbers, I heard a report about security problems with Zoom this morning.
It probably won't be a problem for you guys, but I you suddenly notice someone drawing a picture of a penis on the screen you will know you've been hacked.
That was one of the examples they gave when describing the various incidents.
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Meeting ID: 566 994 040
Tonight's dinner was marinated grilled chicken flat bread pizza cooked on the grill.
Thoughts?
Maybe I'll do a pretend chef video once per month. Foodie stuff
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/566994040
Meeting ID: 566 994 040