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“Pretty unusual to see two pipe smokers together these days on Bainbridge island”, remarked Ted Davis.

“Pretty unusual to see two pipe smokers together these days on Bainbridge island”, remarked Ted Davis (left).

“Oh that fragrance is wonderful! I had a grandfather who smoked a pipe. It sure brings back memories”, Bill Barry quotes a passerby.

On a bench with a view of the roundabout, Ted and Bill enjoy some car watching and pipe dreams. The peace is broken weekdays at 3 p.m. when the high school lets out.

—  Joel Sackett