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br> -- Mike Dooley /p>

Pipe smoking, interesting. Thanks for the memory trip. My grandfather always smoked a pipe, and had a stand with 8 or 10 at the ready. I cannot fail to remember him fishing with me when I was a boy. Pipe often clenched in his teeth and him saying, "Oh-h, it's a big one!" when he would get a fish on the line.

p>Good memories, good times, and it's nice to know someone, somewhere is still garnering some enjoyment from such a simple pleasure that was just part of what I remember about my grandfather. Pipe cleaners galore indeed, and light, relight, and on and on! br> -- Roger Ross /p> p> BEAN BAG br> Re: W. James Antle III's The Emerging Filibuster-Proof Democratic Majority : /p> p>James Antle's article ("The Emerging Filibuster-Proof Democratic Majority") states that "Melissa Bean, the Illinois Democrat who toppled Phil Crane in 2004, has an A-List challenger." Her opponent is a high-school dropout and former minor-league hockey player who has never run for office. If that's the A-list, what does the B-list look like?

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