Palama wrote:In the early months of my smoking addiction, I used an old aluminum pie pan as my ashtray. Then one day, my Brother-from-another-Mother, Youngra, sent TWO Stinky Single ashtrays for my smoking experience pleasure. I still use one of them on a daily basis and have the other one stashed away.
There used to be a fella called “Hmhaines” (Harvey) who made ashtrays from railroad ties or any other scrap metal that was laying around his shop, the Purple Barn. He sent me one that must be about 10” x 4” x 2” and easily weigh close to 15 lbs.! I think, if he wanted to, he could have sold his ashtrays as a regular item but it seemed like he gifted or traded them here instead. Harvey was a good guy, miss him.
Harvey had a great yet brief career posting here.
He was in CT and I invited him to a MAHole Herf, he couldn't make it but that woulda been a great addition.
IIRC, he followed his fiancee to Minnesota and they broke up soon after settling there.
The Purple Barn! What a great memory. That dude could turn anything into a special keepsake or jewelry etc.