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  1. mso489

    The Most Disappointing Tobacco

    Spilman Mixture is revived from an early Twentieth Century blend, but I find it too mild, and with a few edges for such a mild blend. I like most codger blends like Granger, SWR and SWR Aromatic, but I've never had an enjoyable bowl of Half & Half. This seems strange to me, because when I...
  2. mso489

    Hello from SW Michigan

    Hey from central North Carolina. I spent some time in Michigan as a teenager camping on a family farm that had an old house with no electricity or running water, sandy soil and a bone-chilling creek, pronounced crick by locals. It is northeast of Muskegon near a little crossroads town called...
  3. mso489

    Thoughts From Millennials or Younger

    I'm a boomer, so help me, and I rarely meet with other pipe smokers of any age in person except at the local pipe shop where my visits have become rare with the pandemic and household commitments. However, I just bought a new computer, and the twenty-something guy who sold it to me and set it...
  4. mso489

    Is It Hotter Where You Live Now?

    Old folks and heat don't do well together, but our a.c. has held up well this summer. I think statistically it has been one of the warmest summers in history in this area, central North Carolina, but compared to some friends in the Southwest and even in the Northeast where a.c. is not standard...
  5. mso489

    Do You Own a Pipe 5” or Less in Length?

    Some complain about short pipes sending smoke up their noses. I have several nose warmers and have never experienced this. I guess it depends on how your nose and face are proportioned and what your smoking habits are.
  6. mso489

    Living in a One Tobacco Town, and How I Stay Sane.

    You have to make friends with people who travel in their jobs, like delivery drivers who bring supplies to your town, or the nearby town. Pilots? Relatives of residents who visit? Meantime, I hope you can connect with online sources that can get you the goods legally. Maybe you could be a...
  7. mso489

    Do You Return Your Shopping Cart?

    At the grocery, I will return the cart to the bay provided in the parking lot which is regularly monitored by store staff who return the carts to the store. At my local drugstore chain, where carts are left on the sidewalk outside, I usually roll it back inside the story. The selfless reason...
  8. mso489

    Current State of The Pipe Filter

    Since i'm basically a one-bowl a day guy -- I sometimes live large and smoke two or three, but other days I don't smoke at all -- I usually only use filters if I am going to smoke more than usual, like at a pipe show, or if I am sampling a super strong blend and want to get its range...
  9. mso489

    New Pipe Smoker: Tobacco Choices

    You have two things going on. You are weaning from cigarettes (I think) and trying to find blends you like in the process. It may be a little difficult to decide which pipe blends are tasty to you in this transition. You have to get used to not inhaling much or at all. Some people sometimes...
  10. mso489

    ***What Are You Smoking, September, 2023?***

    SH&Co. Squadron Leader special edition with Perique, definitely my last full bowl. Next I'll have to mix the last leaf and powder with something else for the last delightful whiffs. In the Caminetto Hawkbill that I won in the veterans limerick contest sponsored by a member here last year, I...
  11. mso489

    Article About Mad Magazine

    I grew up with Mad Magazine. My cousin John and I started with it, ardently, when we were about 10 years old -- he is a few months younger than me -- in about 1956, and read it on through college and beyond. The irreverence matched our familial sense of humor. Our parents all had humor with a...
  12. mso489

    Do You Own a Pipe 5” or Less in Length?

    I have a number of shorter pipes, some MM cob special editions, and others. But most are over five inches, if just a bit. Here's a great short pipe I won in a limerick contest sponsored by a member, a Caminetto Hawkbill, that smokes great, my most uptown shorter pipe, with a good big chamber.
  13. mso489

    $100 Grand for a New Pickup?

    I've let my subscription to Motor Trend lapse. They do some interesting pieces on vintage cars, the pros and cons of EV's pretty well balanced, and good reviews and competitive ratings of similar cars, but since I feel pretty much priced out of the new car market, I've lost some interest. It...
  14. mso489

    Can a Pipe be Made Lighter in Color?

    I don't doubt the oil from my hands has a cumulative effect, but the bowl of the pipe gets handled much more than the shank, for example, and yet the coloring on my unfinished pipes over time is surprisingly even, which suggests that something else is at work. It's not like a carpet that gets...
  15. mso489

    Rossi vs. Savinelli

    I own quite a few Savineli and a few Rossi, and my take is that the Rossi come in Savinelli shapes and are functional and durable, and in most cases the smoking characteristics are similar. I would say that the Savinelli finishes are better, more elegant and expensively done. The draw is more...
  16. mso489

    First Visit to Iwan Ries - Anything I Should Know?

    It is a sort of choose your own adventure kind of thing. I've shopped with them for years online but haven't actually been there myself. You can just do "Disneyland," and go revel in the vast inventory and try to stay within your budge. If you have particular older pipes you'd like to see as...
  17. mso489

    Meanwhile, in Florida...

    If I were covering the story, I'd have to stop to get all the details on how he proposed to prepare food, sleep, navigate, go to the bathroom, and otherwise stay alive. Maybe he could try it in a Mini Mouse beach float. I have to assume this guy has never gone to sea in a regular boat or...
  18. mso489

    Mike Douglas is Dead

    The son of Kirk Douglas, if I have it right, outlived at least one life threatening disease, or did it for a long time anyway. So I'm glad he hit a more ripe old age, although he doesn't seem so old to me. If I recall, he starred in the "Bonfire of the Vanities" movie and did a great job...
  19. mso489

    The American Tourist - Clumsy Travel Mistakes

    Both my late wife and my wife were/are better drivers than I am. I am hopelessly deliberate and strictly drivers ed. My one speeding experience was on a road trip with two buddies in college, from Chicago to Florida where we pretty much kept up a ninety miles an hour pace. The tires were good...
  20. mso489

    Kurt Russell is Dead

    Someone has to quote Samuel Clemens on this one: "The report of my death has been highly exaggerated." Some of the late night hosts did an impromptu show, with no written scripts because of the strike, and one of them said he liked funerals better than weddings because they are more certain...
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