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Same pipe, same tobacco, different experience
So I smoked my go-to – Marlin Flake – in the same pipe, a week or two apart. The earlier smoke was sublime, the sweet spot, what I think we all aim for. The next smoke was nowhere, flat, I stopped the smoke unfinished. This was the most dramatic example of something I’ve noticed from...- mngslvs
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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A Progress Report
Hopefully you won’t have to have surgery, or feel like you have to have it. Having worked in the post surgical arena for many years I have seen that back surgeries do not always turn out well. They are a bit chancy. Physical therapy can work wonders often times, if one is willing to put in...- mngslvs
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Grateful Dead Bassist Phil Lesh Dead at 84
Lives in my mind alongside Jack Bruce and Jaco Pastorius. Loved his bass bombs. formidable musician.- mngslvs
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Hard Bop.
So much to say on this subject. Horace Silver - Cape Verdean blues. Wes Montgomery - smokin at the half note. Wes Montgomery - Full House All essential- mngslvs
- Post #17
- Forum: General Discussion
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Well Known Problem seeks Answer
Several seemed to have misunderstood my question. Not talking about the draw/ draft hole. Not talking about gurgling. Not going to discard a pipe over a simple problem. As georged points out in his thread, this problem is not unusual even among four-figure scandinavian pipes, among others.- mngslvs
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Well Known Problem seeks Answer
Thanks @georged. Perfect. This confirms my idea, only with a more appropriate bit. I know exactly what you mean by the danger of the bit "grabbing" the wood, so sanding it to remove the sharpness makes great sense. God bless this forum, as it were.- mngslvs
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Well Known Problem seeks Answer
When inserting a pipe cleaner, several of my pipes require a twist or two to get the pipe cleaner past the mortise all the way down to the bowl. No big deal at all. A couple of them require not only crimping the pipe cleaner at the end, but 7 or 8 attempts and some colorful language. It...- mngslvs
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Wring out the Full Virginia Flake
Ditto. I found the stuff a real pain to keep lit, even after drying.- mngslvs
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- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Reviews
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Estervals and UPS
Say what ??? this is the scariest thing, I mean why would I ever order from Europe after seeing this. My first reaction was that it was a joke !! criminy.....- mngslvs
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- Forum: Pipe Tobacconists - B&M's and Internet Retailers
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MKELAW's Online Store is Closed…
I think I bought three pipes from him. Something no one else has commented on so far, but I think his website was outstanding. The photographs were always as sexy as they could be. It was easy to move around on the site. Not all websites are as fine as his was. Of course, ditto the other... -
A Match for Capstan Blue?
About 507C. Long ago, I bought it in quantity, jarred it in smaller increments, went through it slowly. I think when I finished it, it was 10 years old, and I was stunned at how well it had aged. personally I think it’s the best Virginia flake out there for the dollar. Really inexpensive.- mngslvs
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- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion