just wondering do you flip your pipe cleaner ie use both ends or not
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To Flip or Not To Flip
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I guess I'm a flipper. And just for good measure I bend it in two and swab the bowl.
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Of course. I flip the pipe, too.
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I follow Fr. Tim's practice.
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I'm also in the good Father's congregation.
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I'm with fr.tim to..
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Bless you, my sons.
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well i flip also on the first cleaner but then i use a second cleaner and only use one end and that is the one i normaly bend in half for the bowl if i dont use my finger
a heratic aint iPosted 3 months ago # -
one cleaner both ends on the draft and shank. one cleaner one end thru the stem. other end of cleaner to swab out bowl.
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Flip and twist just like the Father.
BTW, I'm not a badass, I'm just socially awkward. – BillyZoomPosted 3 months ago # -
I will pray for the unbelievers. To flip and twist is the way of true holiness.
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I'm in frtimmyd's congregation as well...
-Jason
unclearthur on high nicotine blends:
A few will leave you wandering around wondering who you are .Posted 3 months ago # -
i follow the good father on this one
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Guilty. And, I reuse for a bowl or two....
Al
My Pipes:
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I too am a flipper
Life's most valuable treasure is..LovePosted 3 months ago # -
What the flip .
“There was an awful suspicion in my mind that I'd finally gone over the hump, and the worst thing about it was that I didn't feel tragic at all, but only weary, and sort of comfortably detached.”Posted 3 months ago # -
Just flip it!
Snus, snuff and briar.
Not much more required in a day.
Brian from Oregon USAPosted 3 months ago # -
Flip and twist
Flip and Twist? Wasn't that a Beatles' song?Posted 3 months ago # -
I confess frtimmyd, I flip & twist too.
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I'm a flip & twist guy too.
I must confess that I was going to be a wiseacre and post a Flipper sound when I came across the following.
I'm not hijacking, just letting you guys see something cool.
I'd be good if I could do this with smoke.
[+] Embed the video | Video Download Get the Flash Video Posted 3 months ago # -
Well, I guess I am the poor guy in this group--or maybe the most frugal. I find that the first 3/4" on each end picks up the heavy gunk. So, when used, I clip them off with wire cutters and use each end again. Then fold and swab out the bowl. Then reverse the fold and swab out again with the clean side. Throwing away a pipe cleaner that is only partially used is like knocking out a bowl only half smoked and see that little mound of good tobacco destined to be thrown away.
All things I undertake must contain integrity, compassion, elegance and grace.Posted 3 months ago # -
I do the flip and twist, and then I finish off with a Q-Tip. One end swabs the shank and the other for the inside of the stem where the filter goes.
Since you have to die anyway, you might as well die from something you like.Posted 3 months ago # -
I do as Sundowner........ I'm a flipper and a clipper. I as well clip off the ends after running them thru the first time on each end. I just clip them thill they are too short too use anymore.
Steve: Pipemaker in Training!
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yes sir mate. flip, flop and bend
Now i gotta larn how to reed and rite goodPosted 3 months ago # -
Hi , My name is JD and I am a Flipper . They say that the first step to recovery is to admit you have a Flipping problem.. or in my case a flipping problem and am too darn cheap to only use 1 end...
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Just like the Good Father'
U.S.M.C. (SEMPER FI)Posted 3 months ago # -
didnt i read some where onsite that some one saves em and washes them in the washing machine in a pillow case
and you clippers that is streching you dollarPosted 3 months ago # -
I am a flipper and a clipper, I've found the shorter ones are good for stems and shanks....got toe nail clippers everywhere I have pipes and cleaners....
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Seldom. I usually feed the cleaner in through the button, and pull it through the bowl with a needlenose pliers. Sorry guys, I only go one way.
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Flip and twist...I'm with you Father!
Know your limits but always push the envelope.
I don't trust air I can't see.Posted 3 months ago # -
Flipper twister.
There is nothing like being left alone again, to walk peacefully with oneself in the woods.
To boil one's coffee and fill one's pipe, and to think idly and slowly as one does it.Posted 3 months ago # -
I'm a flipper
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Interesting, I never thought of clipping them. I may have to start doing that. I'm not cheap, just too lazy to go down to the B&M to buy more. Well, that and I guess I'm a little cheap.
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I not only flip like the good father i cut my used churchwarder ones in half to get 2 new ends for my regular pipes
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Yeah even know there cheap I use the hell out of those things my only problem is he stink that sets into your hands from the pipe crap that wont wash off. I guess its just calateral damage for such a great hobby
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I follow Fr. Tim's practice.
DITTO!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Let them all go to hell except cave 76!"
"There can be no fear sir! Go forward with faith in the briar!!" OTD 2-15-12Posted 3 months ago # -
my only problem is he stink that sets into your hands from the pipe crap that wont wash off. I guess its just calateral damage for such a great hobby
Uh, yeah, that is the downside, you knew there was a downside...
The drawer where I keep my new and used cleaners, at my kitchen area desk smells pretty rough when I open it. Got to remember NOT to do that when the wife is in the kitchen....Posted 3 months ago # -
[/quote]And just for good measure I bend it in two and swab the bowl. [quote]
+1
Marry the right person, this one decision will determine 90% of your happiness.
Does a culture based on seperation and competition, of scientific sophistication and mideval religion, offer happiness even as it ravishes the Earth that sustains it?Posted 3 months ago # -
With all this flipping and twisting we may have to make Chubby Checker the patron saint of pipe cleaners.
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I flip, clip, twist, bend and swab. Sounds like some sort of weird yoga workout
You may call me "HerrDoctor"Posted 3 months ago # -
I detach the bit and run a pipe cleaner through it first, I go in through the tenon then when it's coming out the button I grab it and pull it side to side, then flip it and do the shank.
Then I take another pipe cleaner and double it to scrub the inside of the shank better, then swab the bottom of the bowl.
This sounds wasteful, but I buy the bristle pipe cleaners by the box to save money.
I just bought a box of 48 bundles of 44 Zen cleaners from Amazon for $35 delivered.
I'll probably sell half of the box on eBay a few bundles at a time so the other 24 bundles are free.
The bundles retail for $2.95 so buying them in bulk makes each bundle only cost 73 cents.
That makes them only 1.65 cents each.Posted 2 months ago # -
Flip, twist and bend. Mostly because I hate to be wasteful and try to recycle everything I can.
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I cut them in half so I get 4 x ends to flip.
Stats: Female "Proud Pretty Pipe" Smoker, lover of all things aromatic, especially mens' armpits!
Technophobic fool who can't work out how to invite friends, so if you want to be mates with moi, you'll need to do the legwork involved, but only if you have a great SOH and don't dump on others!Posted 2 months ago # -
I use the end of my cat's tail to clean out my pipes.
"I was born to lose. So I'll die to win." -Breaking BenjaminPosted 2 months ago # -
I guess I'm a flipper. And just for good measure I bend it in two and swab the bowl
me too
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Is it unanimous? We're all flippers?
In a society that has destroyed all adventure, the only adventure left is to destroy that society.
{o,o}
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Flip, clip, flip again and clip again. Use a paper towel twisted into a tight roll to "screw" into the bowl as the bent clip does not get as much moisture.
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Flip it...Flip it good!
When I'm done with pipe cleaners I bend it into a circle and roll it for my cat to play with. She plays with dirty cleaners never with clean ones.
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Flip it, bend it in half and clean the bowl or even the shank depending how much cleaning it needs. I feel better when I use the entire pipe cleaner.
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I follow Mr. Tim's practice.
Yup, me too
Congress seems to believe that 'Children are our future' is a phrase coined by tobacco advertisers.
Jef I. RichardsPosted 2 months ago # -
I am with the Father. Flip and twist.
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.Posted 2 months ago #
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