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  1. cigrmaster

    What Do You Think This Means If Anything?

    On Mondays and Thursdays Smokingpipes.com list any fresh estate and new pipes they get it. I have been watching for this update since it began as I always wanted first crack at an estate I might like. I rarely bought new pipes this way. I got some of my best deals being johnny on the spot and...
  2. cigrmaster

    My New Care Giver

    About a month ago I got a new care taker, her name is Valerie so say hi guys. She is very good looking but that is a no no. Real good cook, efficient as hell and knows how to shop for deals. So far she is definitely my favorite and I am lucky to have her. I will ask her if she wants to post a...
  3. cigrmaster

    Who is Part of the 20,000 Post Club?

    I just took a look at my post count and was pretty surprised I had over 20,000. I know MSO has to have me beat by a lot. I am also betting Cosmiklore has more as well. I am sure there are others but I can't think of them. So what do we win....35 cents and a cup of coffee.
  4. cigrmaster

    5000 Year Old Pipe Smokers

    I was watching a documentary about the native American Indians who were cultivating and smoking tobacco 5000 years ago. They showed the types of pipes and the type of leaf they smoked. Did anyone else know this as I had no idea tobacco was being smoked that long ago.
  5. cigrmaster

    Who Buys Tins to Age Ten Years or More?

    Speaking for myself I do have a number of blends that I am waiting ten years to crack. I have no idea where the number ten came from. I must have smoked a ten year old tin and really enjoyed it so I stuck with it. I do smoke some blends over 10 but only a few under ten and those are mostly 9...
  6. cigrmaster

    The Two Finger Tamper

    I learned this a long time ago from smoking other pipes. When you feel like your pipe is about to go out, cover the bowl with a couple of fingers and then give a few deep draws quickly in a row and you should be able to continue smoking with out tamping and relighting. I instinctively do it...
  7. cigrmaster

    Another Screw Loose

    When I am done finishing my smoking for the day or night, the first place I go thee next day is the What Are You Smoking Thread. Every day month after month, year after year I klick on to my last post and ever single time there are 4 pages for me to read through. Not 3 not 5 not 2 not 6 the...
  8. cigrmaster

    Help Me with Cavicchi

    Does anyone here collect Cavicchi's? I have been pining for one for over 10 years but the actylic stem hold me back. Are they similar to Castello or Radice or other Italian makers? Do they do anything that makes it almost as comfortable as a eWll made German vulcanite stem? I think Cavicchi...
  9. cigrmaster

    How Many Specific Blends Do you Stay With When You Find The Perfect Combo?

    Over the years I have found the perfect pipe with the perfect blend? i know I have at least half a dozen. The rest of my tobacco gets set up with specific genres For example: My 2007 Esoterica goes perfect with 2 of my Rad Davis Lovats. My 1998-2005 Orlik Dark Strong Kentucky goes perfect with...
  10. cigrmaster

    I Despise Insurance Companies

    I qualify for Medicare in December. After researching every major company I found that Plan G supplemental insurance with United Health care through AARP is the best money can by. Now I just find out I need a plan D coverage for all my medications. After doing my due diligence United Health...
  11. cigrmaster

    Lets See Your High End Collections

    I admit it, I am a pipe whore. I love looking at all kinds of pipes but mostly in the high end category. For example I consider my own collection a medium of the road with grear smokers, nice shapes and some nice blasts. That is what I chose to spend my money one. Guys who normally spend 2-8...
  12. cigrmaster

    Let's See All of the Commissions You Had Made

    All of my commissions have been made by either Rad Davis or Jack Howell. I have had plenty of artisan pipes in my collection over the years but my commissions have a special place in my collection. This Rad Davis Dublin was the first commission I had ever had made. It came out perfect for my...
  13. cigrmaster

    I Got A Letter From The IRS

    Anytime I see anything from the IRS I expect I will have to give them money as I have been making quarterly tax payments since 1990 since I opened my first business. Then started getting 1099's for the private lending I was doing and I always was getting a K! from other investments. It was a...
  14. cigrmaster

    How Many Surgeries Have You Had?

    If I win do I a get a lollypop? Tonsillitis when I was a kid. Multiple kidney stone surgeries where they have to go into through your dick to get the stone. Conservative estimate is at least 6. Lithotripsies that is when they pound your kidney stones from the outside with ultra sound to break...
  15. cigrmaster

    Hey AJL67, Quick Question

    I was reading one of your posts on a thread and you made mention of the Habanos Massacre. What is that about? I have been out of the cigar game for over a decade and could still come up with 8 or more vendors who shipped to the sates. I ended up my cigar career with 6 letters from customs...
  16. cigrmaster

    Predicting The Future

    I sometimes wonder where our pipe tobacco hobby be ten years from now. Will it be legal to ship over state lines? Will deeming laws be so strict most blends will never be made and many other will be discontinued. Will they tax the pipe makers claiming it is all for the kids. Will a huge black...
  17. cigrmaster

    I Am Amazed That It Has Been Ten Years.

    I just realized that I signed up in May of 2012. Ten years has gone so quickly that I have trouble wrapping my head around it. I have made some great friends along the way and this site is my home site. When I get my first cup of coffee and first pipe ready I come here first to see what is...
  18. cigrmaster

    The Most Notable People in the Pipe World?

    Ok so who are the most notable pipe smokers, blenders, mfgs, reviewers, collectors (old Brit and current makers), authors and restorers.
  19. cigrmaster

    Medicare Supplemental Insurance

    When you get as old as my sorry ass you have to deal with Medicare. Medicare parts A & B cover most things up to 80%. That next 20 percent can bankrupt you. You have to buy a supplemental policy that will cover you for the rest that those scumbags will try to rob you of. I bought the best...
  20. cigrmaster

    Why Jiminks Saves Me From Myself

    Jim and I go back a few years and in all that time he never suggested a tobacco that I couldn't smoke. I have an affliction with Red Virginia's. My body has really high uric acid levels which produce kidney stones on a regular basis. Every time I wanted to find out if a blend had Red Virginia's...