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What Are You Drinking? May 2024
Since we have already reached daytime temps in the low 90f in SE Louisiana, I have tapered off from my usual sipping whiskey and rums and have started drinking lighter more refreshing things like good Gin & Tonics and my own version of Ranchwater - just tequila and a good mineral water. Haven't...- pappymac
- Post #54
- Forum: Food & Drink
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Boeing Being Boeing
I've been watching "How Disney Built America" on the not-so-much History channel. In the last 12 years of my Coast Guard career, as I grew into leadership positions, I operated on the premise of "I don't care what you do in your private life as long as you do your job" - with the exceptions of...- pappymac
- Post #35
- Forum: General Discussion
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Boeing Being Boeing
I would only disagree with "the principles of education didn't change" because I feel the principles started to change in the late 1960s when colleges and universities started becoming hotbeds for political activitists. While I tend to agree with some of the political protests that have occurred...- pappymac
- Post #24
- Forum: General Discussion
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Wreck of USS Harder Found in South China Sea
Thanks for posting this story.- pappymac
- Post #2
- Forum: General Discussion
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New Orleans Pipe Club May Meeting
It was a good meeting with the 14 pipe smokers in the photo and one new man who arri after the photo.- pappymac
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- Forum: Pipe Events
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The Right Pipe for Smoking Licorice Tobacco
My latest order from Esterval's included two pouches of Danske Club Ocean Blue which is flavored with Sambuca/licorice. The pouch note is definitely black licorice but I haven't smoked it yet. When I do, it will be in one of my clay pipes and maybe one of my estate pipes until I figure out how... -
Is it Really Block Meerschaum?
So basically, smoking a meer is like smoking cat litter? (I KID! IT IS A JOKE.) I have six meers that I only occasionally smoke and none of them are coloring well but that is because none of them are everyday smokers for me. I'm pretty sure they are all block meerschaum. I have had two... -
Einstein was Right About Time
Haven't you ever noticed that it takes longer to get someplace then it does to get home from the same place?- pappymac
- Post #15
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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The Dreaded DHL Package Hostage Case
Five days after it was scheduled to be delivered by DHL Express, my Esterval's order has arrived at my house. It arrived at the local DHL distribution center on Sunday, May 12th and sat there for two days. I reached out to DHL and was told that Customs had put a hold on my package and it had to...- pappymac
- Post #52
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Bourbon Reviews
IN MY OPINION.... There have been a lot of very good but overpriced whiskeys mention in this discussion - and none of them contain product distilled by MGP. I actually understand the marketplace economics which means "as demand for a product goes up, the price of the product goes up." That...- pappymac
- Post #51
- Forum: Food & Drink
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Bourbon Reviews
"The true test of another man’s intelligence is how much he agrees with you?" - from "In Danger's Path" by W.E.B. Griffin You must be a genius as I feel the same way about MGP. I always look at the label before i buy a new whiskey. If it doesn't say who distilled it, I don't buy it. I've seen...- pappymac
- Post #50
- Forum: Food & Drink
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Tea Making Method Requires a Pinch of Salt.
I'm sure they are talking about adding the salt to some of the cheap, poor quality tea available in massed produced tea bags. Why would you add salt to tea other than to mask the taste of poor quality? I wouldn't add salt to the coffee I brew at home either. However, growing up in southeast...- pappymac
- Post #32
- Forum: Food & Drink
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Types and Brands of Pipe Tobacco, 1920's to 1940's
I think many people go into sticker shock when they see prices from the 1940s & 50s because they don't automatically convert the old prices to the equivalent in today's dollars. The 1 lb. can of Half & Half was only 73¢ in the bottom photo. In today's dollars that would be about $16.35 if the...- pappymac
- Post #54
- Forum: Tobacciana History
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Natural American Spirit Pipe Tobacco
This is true. A few years ago I saw a box of six tins at an antique junk shop and it had wrapping papers with it. The had it in a locked case.- pappymac
- Post #50
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Reviews
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Natural American Spirit Pipe Tobacco
Getting back to what I think was the original question... Yes, American Spirit Tobacco can be smoked in a pipe. My question is, "Is it the same as the American Spirit cigarettes?? I've met a number of people who look down with disdain on what was previously known as roll-your-own cigarette...- pappymac
- Post #46
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Reviews
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What is an Estate Pipe?
An "estate" pipe in my opinion is a used pipe with from a brand named company or carver (Dunhill, Comoy, Sasieni, Eltang, Ivarsson, Knudson, etc.) I base this on the following definition of estate: "previously owned by another and usually of high quality" Any other used pipes range from being...- pappymac
- Post #11
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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The Decline of Prince Albert and Carter Hall
George Washington hasn't been on the market since the mid-1970s. I bought my tin from pipestud about six years ago. I opened it and jarred it immediately. After receiving the tin and trying it, I bought a pouch of Prince Albert and Carter Hall and smoked some of both to compare it to George. I...- pappymac
- Post #38
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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The Decline of Prince Albert and Carter Hall
I don't think I've smoked PA or Carter Hall since the late 1970s. I do still have about 4 ounces of George Washington. I may have to smoke a bowl of it today.- pappymac
- Post #35
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Frog In Flower
My first thought was, "Must be a new English blend with a minor amount of Lakeland essence. Nice photo. I know a couple of people who would hang a photo like that on their wall.- pappymac
- Post #12
- Forum: General Discussion