Man, this is sad, a guy at the Chicago Pipe Show pulled out 40k from a nearby bank, was followed and robbed of the money and his pipes. http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/stolen-pipes-from-chicago-pipe-show
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@pylorns Ah man, that’s tragic! $40K!? That’s a lot of dough. What was he going to buy...a pipe shop?
@JFREEDY he was a high end seller and buyer. He also had about 5-8k in pipes that were stolen
@pylorns Wow... that’s unfortunate. Speaking of high-end pipes, I’m just finishing “In Search of Pipe Dreams” by Rick Newcombe. It wasn’t Rick was it?
@pylorns Not a good advert for the pipe show.