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  1. eslavs

    Ruins of Windsor by The Country Squire

    I have some that's been jarred up now for over a year, along with a well aged Shepherd's Pie. Both are non-aromatics, but I've noticed that with some age, they smoke as if they were - both in room note and taste. Most suprising was the Shepherd's Pie. It's one of the things I like best about...
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    🎄The Official Unofficial PipesMagazine Secret Santa 2023 🎅

    My package landed over a week ago, it's been nuts around here and I'm just now getting these pics up......let me just say, I've been participating in the SS for a number of years now, and the generosity of this crew becomes more and more evident each year. 2023 was no exception! I had come...
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    Favorite Short Song

    I'm going for the shortest of the thread
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    Box Pass 2023 Signup

    There were sooo many goodies in there, it'll take me a while to get through mine!
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    Box Pass 2023 Signup

    It certainly was! You would never guess that it was as old as it is. Speaking of Lakelands....I tried a bowl of the Peretti 'No Name'. In the bag it smelled of my grandmother's purse. Smoking it, though, reminded me distintly of SG's Grousemoor. It had the same kind of citrusy-lakelandy...
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    Box Pass 2023 Signup

    The box is headed north, out of this swampy sauna of the FL peninsula. Some advice for upcoming recipients - get yourself a good stock of the smaller mylar bags for smaller sample sizes. I grabbed some on Amazon that I thought would be smaller, but they still seemed too large. I took samples...
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    Box Pass 2023 Signup

    I tried this on Saturday, and I have to agree with your comment about the Lakeland taste - took me by suprise.
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    Box Pass 2023 Signup

    Fellas, all I have to say is WOW! That box is loaded with some serious goodies. Took me a few hours to sort through everything and bag up samples. There's some stuff in there I'm really stoked to try! I've added a couple things in there including more mylar bags. Due to work demands, I'm...
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    Box Pass 2023 Signup

    The box is due to arrive today....luckily I'm home today! Mylar bags are at the ready!
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    NHL Playoffs

    There is nothing like celebrating a Stanley Cup win. Revel in it now, and enjoy that parade!
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    NHL Playoffs

    I was in a hotel when my Bolts won in 2020. How I didn't get a noise complaint is beyond me.
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    Box Pass 2023 Signup

    I'm in for this. PM incoming.
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    Favorite Historical Fiction?

    Anything by Jeff Shaara. All of his books are outstanding
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    Stuck On Virginia

    I seem to be the opposite of most - as I've progressed over the years, I seem to have settled in to reaching for burley blends 80% of the time, with aros, english and some VA based blends the other 20%. When it comes to straight VAs, I must have a sensitive mouth. For some reason, they don't...
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    The (Un)Official PipesMagazine Secret Santa Thread 2022!

    Got home yesterday afternoon to find a box from the North Pole....I must have been on the nice list! Thank you!!!