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    PayPal Payment Changes

    And I’ve made hundreds of purchases using G&S and never used the buyer protection to screw a seller. The complaints both sides are making are not against the honest. They’re against the dishonest who use buyer protection (G&S) or the lack of it (F&F) to screw someone else on the transaction...
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    PayPal Payment Changes

    It sounds to me like people would appreciate a fast, fair, and relatively inexpensive small claims court for online purchase contracts. I don’t think such a thing exists. Both eBay and PayPal have tried and it seems like they‘ve been unable to do it properly.
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    PayPal Payment Changes

    A seller saying “F&F only” has always read to me as, “I want to be able to screw the buyer without any repercussions.” Because if it was just about the few extra bucks, he’d have added it to the price.
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    2022 Savinelli Saint Nicholas ??

    Tasteful.
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    Lighter Full-sized Pipes

    I prefer a light straight pipe to the seriously bent kind, but they’re relatively hard to find. This 18g Castello has walls that border on too thin, but is otherwise excellent. What I really want is a 1 oz straight billiard, a little short at 5.25”, but with normal thickness walls and a good...
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    Trading Value for Tobacco in a Doomsday Scenario.

    Serious answer: Value is different for every person, and different for the same person in different circumstances. There is no single answer to your question. A person dying in the desert will pay more for a bottle of water than someone with a ready supply. Even more serious answer: one...
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    Lighter Full-sized Pipes

    Of the few I’ve tried, a Savinelli 614 is pretty close.
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    Bizarre Discovery of the Day

    Right after the advent of the iPhone, in winter, everyone discovered that gloves don’t work on the screens. In South Korea, they quickly took to carrying breakfast sausages to use as a stylus.
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    Wind Cap and Packing Pressure

    I’m not sure this is true. If it allows far more air volume through than the stem or the packed chamber, would It really add any noticeable resistance?
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    Tobacco Pipe Travel Box

    What is the little metal capsule that isn’t the zippo refuel?
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    Tobacco Pipe Travel Box

    This would be great on some types of trips. Now you need to find one worthy of it.
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    Am I The Only One?

    We can’t all just smoke ‘em once then toss them out the back of the wrangler into the desert.
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    Pot versus Bulldog/Rhodesian

    I’ve wondered about this. I hear lots of people like Virginia flakes in tall, thin chambers, but maybe they’re the type to light the whole top into a big ember. I always get a small ember in the middle that bores a hole down to the bottom.
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    Pot versus Bulldog/Rhodesian

    Squat bent bulldogs/rhodesians look great, but I find pots fit far better in the hand. And a pot with really thick walls, like a barling, is a joy to hold.
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    What are You Reading Now?

    It’s only gotten way worse in the 40 years since publication.
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    Highland Park, Illinois, Sorrow

    The world is no longer what it was. Interesting times can eat all of history.
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    Why Jiminks Saves Me From Myself

    Jim is an international treasure.
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    Happy Canada Day!

    All great. But Moving Pictures in particular is a perfect album.
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    Happy Canada Day!

    The true North … something something. Family and friends and the hectic joys of a short summer. A chance to turn off the news for a moment.