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Grateful Dead Bassist Phil Lesh Dead at 84
My brother introduced me to the Dead when I was eleven in the early 1970 with American Beauty. Had my first record player. Then I read Phil Lesh on the cover the first time. Ah yes, also for me Box of Rain was one of the songs spinning in my mind since then.- UB 40
- Post #9
- Forum: General Discussion
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UK PM Removes Raleigh Portrait from 10 Downing Street!
That might be the ideal place.- UB 40
- Post #49
- Forum: Tobacciana History
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UK PM Removes Raleigh Portrait from 10 Downing Street!
Nothing wrong to hang the pictures in the British Museum. I wouldn’t mind.- UB 40
- Post #45
- Forum: Tobacciana History
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UK PM Removes Raleigh Portrait from 10 Downing Street!
And maybe it’s just that: (to quote The Telegraph) A spokesperson said: “The change of artwork is long planned, since before the election, and is timed to mark 125 years of the Government Art Collection (GAC).”- UB 40
- Post #44
- Forum: Tobacciana History
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UK PM Removes Raleigh Portrait from 10 Downing Street!
Looks much better now in number 10. Seriously, those were pretty gruesome portraits, relics of the English colonial era. The paint is off. I don't think there's anything wrong with Paula Rego as a representative of contemporary art. All the better that her art shows the suffering of oppression...- UB 40
- Post #40
- Forum: Tobacciana History
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Pipe Sighting at the Movies
She has enough hair, without a doubt.- UB 40
- Post #237
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Gunsmithing and Pipe Smoking
Maybe this is something for you. A feature about a gun smith.- UB 40
- Post #12
- Forum: General Discussion
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What are You Reading Now?
Finished Cees Nooteboom and his first novel Philip and the Others published 1953 at the age of 20 in one go. A wistful work about dream and reality.- UB 40
- Post #542
- Forum: General Discussion
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***What Are You Smoking, September 2024?***
DTM Midnight Rider in my old no name Meer pot. Reading Proust once again. Having Ceylon with cream & sugar. Autumn ahead.- UB 40
- Post #1,738
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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My First Few Months as a Pipe Smoker.
Did d you ever try Wesley blends? Tobacco Price List - http://www.wesleys.co.za/tobaccopricelist.htm Jiminks tried some of these, sounds quite interesting. Jim's Wesley's Blends Reviews. :: Pipe Tobacco Reviews - https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/threads/jims-wesleys-blends-reviews.91866/- UB 40
- Post #27
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Mango Wood for Pipe??
To fire up the discussion, yes mango is told to be irritant to the skin but that it s also true for maple, olive, rosewood and a few other woods used for pipe making. It is als true for ebony used for guitar fretboard, we put our fingers on. “The fruit peel of Mango is filled with Allergenic...- UB 40
- Post #11
- Forum: Make Your Own Pipe Project
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Hard Bop.
That’s what I thought, to get some more of those recordings.- UB 40
- Post #7
- Forum: General Discussion
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Hard Bop.
Maybe take a look here: Hard Bop: The 10 Essential Albums - https://www.jazzwise.com/features/article/hard-bop-the-10-essential-albums- UB 40
- Post #2
- Forum: General Discussion