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  1. mso489

    Sutliff Reserve Eastfarthing

    Without having tried the blend myself, that sounds like a good assessment. I like a number of English blends with burley as a condiment, and also some with aromatic flavoring. You balance these positives ( for me ) with the sense that the vanilla predominates, and that might be a negative...
  2. mso489

    Give Advice On Computer Printers

    Thank you very much for the information and advice. I'm open to any more ideas on the subject. I may have to work on the PC first to make sure it is functioning or replaced. Then I'll see if I can match it up with the old HP or a replacement. The PC is about 15 years old, and getting it...
  3. mso489

    Granger by Lane

    Granger is often identified as non--aromatic because of its roughs-cut Kentucky burley base, but it definitely has flavorings. I've heard them identified as molasses and anisette, but interacting with the tobacco I think it can be experienced different ways. Since I grew up from he cradle...
  4. mso489

    Fake Sixteen Ivarsson and Bo Nord pipes.

    Next we'll have an AI robotic pipe carver that can produce exact replica versions of classic pipes. Well-known people pictured are not to be considered authentic. You can drop anyone in any picture with any background, etc. AI has a somewhat vast potential for useful applications in...
  5. mso489

    FIFA Women’s World Cup

    I have hard time with the very late and early broadcasts of the games, but I was glad to discover them at all on Fox Sports. The camera work and commentary is excellent, but the viewership is limited by the wee hour broadcasts and lack of re-broadcasts. We ended up watching some professional...
  6. mso489

    New P-Lip Stem For a Pre-Republic “Sports” Prince.

    That's some high-level restoration. That should last for another century or more, to original specifications.
  7. mso489

    Best City for a Pipe Smoker

    I'm pretty much a city kid, suburban raised but always near a metropolis. But my guess would be that smaller towns and cities probably have pockets of pipe smokers that make their own community where it's always welcoming to pipe smoking. Maybe down there near Myrtle Beach, S.C., where...
  8. mso489

    Give Advice On Computer Printers

    I have had years of faithful service from the very basic black and white HP Laserjet 1012, which, for my purposes, has served with incredible durability and performance through a number of cartridges. It gets a remarkable number of copies out of a cartridge and has been a work horse of...
  9. mso489

    Greetings From Japan

    Hey from central North Carolina, U.S. You gave me a start with your Forums name. One of our late great Forums elders on here went by foggymountain, and it took me a few seconds to acclimate. Welcome aboard. Your English is excellent. Having struggled with French for literally years and...
  10. mso489

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

    Esoterica Tilbury, Virginia with burley as a condiment, in a Johs slightly bent diplomat, sandblast finish, with a finished briar "band." SBC sent me this blend because he didn't care for the burley condiment and rightly assumed it would be right up my avenue. I've never figured out why Johs...
  11. mso489

    Autochrome Photography

    I don't mean this in a whiny way, but when celluloid went out of general use, my interest in photography pretty much faded. I like the intimacy of composing a picture through the SLR or rangefinder. I like the smell of celluloid, the sound of an actual shutter, and the darkroom process or the...
  12. mso489

    Any Tips for Jazzing up Scrambled Eggs Guys?

    I think this thread has pretty well covered scrambled egg recipes. I'll echo the suggestions on finely chopped onions, green or other peppers, a hint of garlic maybe, a dash of Tobasco. Crumbled bacon or sausage is good, as is grated cheddar cheese, or other cheese you like. Scrambled is...
  13. mso489

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

    Last evening it was Mixture 79 in a Danish Bari, a discontinued factory pipe of high quality, a dark-stain bent billiard, a Christmas gift from my late wife's aunt in 1976. I smoked it while watching the documentary (not the new release movie) on Oppenheimer who is shown smoking a pipe when...
  14. mso489

    Reasons To Go To Pipe Club.

    Some pipe shops have smoking areas or tables where you can sit and talk or not with others, and you can browse before you sit down to get a range on the company. Some just quietly smoke. Others are story-tellers. If you find compulsive talkers or disputatious personalities, you can just...
  15. mso489

    Pot shape recommendations

    I'll second the Savinelli 122. I have it in the Aurelia series, which may not be available, but it is one of their standard shapes. This is also available in the sub-brand Rossi as an 8122 in their Rossi Sera series for a reasonable $64. The only difference I detect between Savinelli and...
  16. mso489

    Does Anyone Enjoy Watering Plants?

    Getting around to it is difficult. Actually doing it is somewhat satisfying, once I've gone to the trouble to fill a watering can or set up a hose. I think gardening is highly therapeutic, making things grow, getting edible vegetables or herbs, or beautiful flowers. It seems like something...
  17. mso489

    Falcon Corncob Bowls Enquiry.

    Falcon bowls used to be offered at online sites in great variety at really good prices, but I haven't seen that for a long time. Usually the offerings, if they exist at all, are limited and a little pricey. The Falcon brand moved to UK from the U.S. some years ago, and it seems the bowls...
  18. mso489

    In What Year were You Born?

    People retain memories at different ages. My parents moved us to a larger house just before I turned five, so I am certain all of my memories of the smaller cottage-like house were when I was three or four. I can draw a house plan of the small house and remember details of it. I remember...
  19. mso489

    In What Year were You Born?

    When I tried to speak French in Montreal, shopkeepers would switch immediately to English. They couldn't stand it.
  20. mso489

    At the camp

    The original chemical weapons. Effective without being fatal. At one campground, the ranger warned us to stay calm and just let the skunks march through the campsite. Sure enough, an hour after dark, here they came in a little line, just about brushing their tails against our shins as they...
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