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  1. makhorkasmoker

    Experiment with Nicotine Patches and Pipe Smoking

    When I find I’m smoking more than usual, and especially smoking what I feel is too much, it usually means there’s some imbalance in my life —too much stress, not enough sleep or exercise, need of a new goal, among many other things. So I try to correct the imbalance—not always with success—and I...
  2. makhorkasmoker

    Burley Highest TSNA Concentrations

    I do not doubt that burley irritates some people's mouths, and pH and even nitrate levels may have something to do with it. But my personal experience leads me to believe the problem may be not the burley itself but what's typically done to it by the blenders. I went through a period when I...
  3. makhorkasmoker

    Greetings from Winston Salem, North Carolina!

  4. makhorkasmoker

    My Journey into Burley Blends

    I have found that blend benefits especially from a few months in a jar. It really reduces those “barnyard” notes c&d’s power burleys often have. That said, it’s never going to be sweet
  5. makhorkasmoker

    My Journey into Burley Blends

    I enjoy billy budd. For me it is not so much lat heavy as an interesting chord struck with cigar leaf and Latakia combined. I always felt the flavor was stronger than the nicotine in that one. I certainly did not get a nic hit from it the way I do big n burley or ojk.
  6. makhorkasmoker

    Good Photos

    I’m no photographer, but I took this one with my bottom-rung iPhone while in Cuenca, Spain recently
  7. makhorkasmoker

    My Journey into Burley Blends

    Of the “woody” flavors you mention, I would include pine and cedar, among other conifers. Some claim to pick up on these in straight relatively unadulterated white burleys, like c&d’s, but i find they are really pronounced in WLT’s Kentucky burley. There’s an almost oriental-like dimension to...
  8. makhorkasmoker

    Hello from Philadelphia

  9. makhorkasmoker

    Interesting Pipe Smokers

    One of the more underrated writers of the 20th century, in my opinion. I love Round the bend, Requiem for a Wren, Slide Rule, Pastoral, Ordeal, and so many others. And for me On the Beach is THE post apocalyptic novel. After that “The Road” or “The Stand” seem quaint by comparison
  10. makhorkasmoker

    What are You Reading Now?

    I’m on a dystopian classics kick. Watched Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange for the first time in decades the other night. Now I’m revisiting this, which I haven’t read since the 90’s:
  11. makhorkasmoker

    Interesting Pipe Smokers

    Paulus Berensohn: dancer, potter, writer, teacher, who spent much of his interesting life in North Carolina
  12. makhorkasmoker

    Should I Pick it Up Again and Smoke It?

    I think it depends on the blend. A half smoked pipe of the burley I usually smoke tastes good even if I wait til the next day to finish it. But some blends with cigar leaf can taste pretty nasty if you do that
  13. makhorkasmoker

    What are You Reading Now?

    For me “that hideous strength “ could be categorized with 1984 and Brave New World, as a vision of a dystopian future. It’s a lot messier and wilder than those books, but more on the mark in some ways too.
  14. makhorkasmoker

    Hello From Georgia

    Welcome from Florida. I visited Rome not long ago. What a pretty town/area. Interesting history there too.
  15. makhorkasmoker

    A Szechuan Dinner (With Photos)

    I was just in Jerez, visiting wife’s family, hitting some good bars for fino, manzanilla and tapas—loving it. So I know what you mean!
  16. makhorkasmoker

    A Szechuan Dinner (With Photos)

    Madeira paired with that food sounds really nice!
  17. makhorkasmoker

    Pipe smoking and diet

    I think it depends to some extent on what is meant by “clean.”
  18. makhorkasmoker

    Recommendations for C&D Bulk Blends with Latakia

    Another interesting one is billy budd. It combines Latakia with cigar leaf and a burley base. Really strikes a nice chord for me
  19. makhorkasmoker

    Recommendations for C&D Bulk Blends with Latakia

    If you want oomph with a touch of Latakia, try Big n Burley
  20. makhorkasmoker

    "Blind Buying" 16oz of GL Pease - Help me Pick which Blends!

    I enjoy his jack knife plug
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