Schaf described the difficult task of pipe making without the proper tools: We had no lathe, no imported briar wood from which to fashion the pipe, in fact we had nothing at all with which to fashion our tobacco burners, but we knew we wanted them, and when you want something badly enough, you usually manage somehow to obtain it, even though you are in a prison camp far from civilization with its refinements, modern conveniences, and ample equipment for turning out any object, whether it be a shelf for the kitchen, a new handle for the hoe, or a smoking pipe
Its the coolest, absolute coolest in temperature, of any pipe Ive ever smoked
Thus, these programs were guaranteed money off the top to fund them in the face of declining revenues
"There's a Robert Browning quote that 'man's reach should be greater than his grasp