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  1. elessar

    Whiskey with pipes

    Madeira is quite good with a pipe. I also like a good beer, whisky, tea with a pipe. But, Madeira was the surprising stand out. Which reminds me…I’m out of Madeira.
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    Good Taste, but Mild Cigars

    In addition to those mentioned I would add Gispert.
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    Things People Don't Post About

    Agreed. One of the most terrifying is a drug that risks a life threatening infection of the perineum. Death by taint, now there's a topic.
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    Plastic Rifles

    Its probably fine under normal conditions, but what happens when you get a bad load or a hot round. I wonder how much margin there is before it fails to contain the pressure.
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    Plastic Rifles

    Hard no. And I love polymer stuff (My background is composite material engineering). Looks like one of those zinc die cast cheap nylon overmolds. Not much more to get true 7075 forged aluminum. I've built plenty of customs and the forged receivers can still be had pretty cheap.
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    My Pipes Were Not Stolen

    I used to work with CPM10V, damn stuff was hard as woodpecker lips!
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    My Pipes Were Not Stolen

    Sorry to hear about your truck. Unfortunately, people suck. I pity any fool I catch breaking into my truck and it's not even that nice of a truck haha.
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    The Witcher 3

    Great game! Completed it on ps4 but will probably do another play through at some point.
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    Question for Big Number Math Guys

    Probability of a trillion coins tossed all landing on edge simultaneously (Those trillion being the only coins tossed) is effectively zero. Now, how many coins would need to be tossed to have a trillion land on edge simultaneously would be 6000 trillion or 6000000000000000. How many tosses to...
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    Trapping Squirrels?

    What are the odds with my sluggish internet I post the same thing lol It's that good an idea, worth two posts.
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    Trapping Squirrels?

    Two words, Squirrel Catapult
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    (More) Blends I’d Like to See

    Dagobah Flake. When aged 900 years your tobacco is, smoke this good it will not!
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    (More) Blends I’d Like to See

    Schrodingers Blend. The tin is both full and empty at the same time. Strippers Breath. An aromatic menthol blend with a twist. Swamp Donky. Topped with genuine swamp water.
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    Ruminations On Asparagus

    I said EAR ring lol
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    Ruminations On Asparagus

    Definitely Klingon. I mean there isn't even anywhere to put an ear ring on it! Qapla' !