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What's Your Custom Blend Made Just For You?
When I was a kid, my Dad used to keep odds and ends of hardware in an old tobacco tin. The label said it was custom blended for him. That was about the only "bespoke" item we ever had in my middle-class childhood. That was probably one of the reasons I picked up the pipe. Years ago, my everyday...- lraisch
- Post #29
- Forum: Home Blending
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Broken stem and other questions
Stems are individually fitted to each pipe, so it's generally not possible to get a generic replacement. There are pipe repair services which may be able to help. Occasionally sellers on Ebay offer groups of stems, but the chances of a match are not that great. It's also possible that the...- lraisch
- Post #2
- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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Country Squire's Middle Earth Series to be Renamed.
As an example, it's just in the last year that the copyright protections on the last of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories have expired. It's now apparently possible for someone to use those names, characters, etc., freely. The Doyle estate had been most assiduous in protecting...- lraisch
- Post #58
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Seeking Advice: How Critical is Straight & Centered Drilling?
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Experiences with eBay.
I have generally had good experiences with Ebay sellers. I recently had a seller fail to reply after I asked a question, but they did get back to me a week later and the transaction was fine from there on. Today I received an estate pipe from an Ebay seller, that was well packed in a new case...- lraisch
- Post #28
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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What Retired Blends Would you Bring Back?
State Express London Mixture Elephant and Castle Marcovitch Black and White- lraisch
- Post #15
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Please Post Nostalgia Pipe Ads!
Shouldn't he be wearing a Black Watch tartan then?- lraisch
- Post #224
- Forum: Tobacciana History
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Too Many Drive Like You-know-what.
I'm a little surprised that my state is relatively low, especially in drunk driving statistics. I was in the office of a local prosecuting attorney and asked her about the huge number of files she had, wondering what the most common crime was. She told me that drunk driving was the vast...- lraisch
- Post #78
- Forum: General Discussion
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Too Many Drive Like You-know-what.
Perhaps not as ludicrous as this, but a nearby county road just had a single traffic light replaced with 4 roundabouts within the space of a quarter mile. Counting multiple lanes and feeder roads, someone calculated there are 60 possible ways traffic could be driving through. In the two months...- lraisch
- Post #46
- Forum: General Discussion
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Too Many Drive Like You-know-what.
Not unique to Alabama. That's why dynamic cruise control is a better system.- lraisch
- Post #45
- Forum: General Discussion
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Too Many Drive Like You-know-what.
I don't use my turn signal, I don't want anybody to know where I'm going! BTW, the most common traffic infraction around here is using a .44 in a .357 zone.- lraisch
- Post #25
- Forum: General Discussion
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Is It Hotter Where You Live Now?
You do realize this is a joke news site, right?- lraisch
- Post #50
- Forum: General Discussion
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A Little Humor for the Day
I note that the other item in the purchase is Midol, which may explain a lot.- lraisch
- Post #121
- Forum: General Discussion
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Pipe Smoking Social Meaning…If There Is One
In my part of the US, the experience is probably close to yours. I'm older and on the rare occasions I'm smoking a pipe outside I don't attract much attention. I do think that younger people may find a certain dubious expression aimed at them. Perhaps the hipster or poser vibe makes some people...- lraisch
- Post #4
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Squadron Leader ???
Absolutely get some if you can. The quintessential English blend.- lraisch
- Post #10
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Reviews
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Illegal To Ship Tobacco To Maine
Start a new religion with tobacco consumption as a sacrament (hey, there's even a precedent). You'll probably get busted and have to pay for lawyers but if you take it to the Supreme Court you might get a religious rights decision.- lraisch
- Post #42
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Illegal To Ship Tobacco To Maine
Pipestud had to get a commercial building because the state doesn't allow sales out of a private house.- lraisch
- Post #41
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Greetings from New Jersey!
Welcome from Washington state. Once upon a time, I lived in Landing, NJ.- lraisch
- Post #6
- Forum: New Member Introductions
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Any Tips for Jazzing up Scrambled Eggs Guys?
A favorite of mine is known as "Joe's eggs" or a "Joe's special". Ground beef, onions, spinach and Romano/Parmesan cheese. Supposedly originating in San Francisco where pretty much every restaurant claims to have thought of it first. Needs a good, crusty sourdough to go with it.- lraisch
- Post #86
- Forum: Food & Drink