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Stingers
I have always removed stingers before even lighting up a pipe for the first time. The three Kaywoodie "Drinkless" pipes I had were the worst for "getting a drink" and gurgling that I've ever had.- lraisch
- Post #28
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Are Dunhill pipes today as good as they used to be?
Just one person's opinion here. I have a Dunhill from 1999, one from 1974, both purchased new and my birth year pipe from 1949. The newer ones are OK, but the Shell finish from 1949 is definitely better. That's too small a sample to prove anything, but I would stay with the estate market. In...- lraisch
- Post #8
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Pipe Changing Colors?
It does not look like something that could be saved by using pipe mud so, if possible, send it back. Otherwise very slow smoking to build up a cake to insulate the bowl might work.- lraisch
- Post #11
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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An Old Southern Hoosier Meal
Behold a local delicacy, the Geoduck (pronounced "gooey duck").- lraisch
- Post #34
- Forum: Food & Drink
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Semi-Truck Carrying Sex Toys Spills Out Onto Oklahoma Highway
Not as much fun, but when I was a teenager working on the Jersey turnpike, I saw a lot of strange crashes and weird occurrences. One that sticks with me was seeing an 18-wheeler on a curving overpass about a mile away and thinking it looked too close to the guard rail. I decided that at that...- lraisch
- Post #33
- Forum: General Discussion
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Language It Is A Funny Thing
Please try to pronounce GHOSTI. The word is "fish". GH as in "laugh" O as in "women" S TI as in "nation" Try saying those sounds aloud and you'll understand how English can be a strange language.- lraisch
- Post #8
- Forum: General Discussion
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Things Not Looking Good for HM The Queen.
I honor the lady for all she has done. From doing her part during WWII to conducting herself with grace and dignity through all the long years of her reign. It also seems she has a wicked sense of humor which I appreciate. What I find funny though, is the way she is often referred to here in...- lraisch
- Post #13
- Forum: General Discussion
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Walker Pipe Repair Closing
Mike has been my go-to guy for repairs for several years now. He did an amazing job correcting an out of round bowl on a birth year Dunhill for me and an almost invisible splice of a broken shank on a fish-tail logo Barling. He was also very reasonable in price. Twice, he called me out of the...- lraisch
- Post #11
- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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Pipe type.
Holmes also smoked a briar with a "reeking amber" stem. Apparently, the calabash did not become popular in England until after the Boer war when British soldiers discovered them. William Gillette in his play about Holmes, reportedly chose a bent pipe because he found he could not deliver his...- lraisch
- Post #42
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Pipe type.
The churchwarden style featured in LOTR is a fun pipe to have when you can sit and smoke in your easy chair. A little clumsy otherwise. Holmes is usually pictured smoking a gourd calabash, though that never happens in the actual stories! The calabash is also a pipe for very relaxed situations...- lraisch
- Post #13
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Resting Tobacco
It's been my experience that a tin that has any significant aging does require some time to breath. For me, the first two bowls may be a little off, and the third or fourth bowl is when a tin will truly blossom. I suspect that off-gassing some of the volatile products of fermentation is what...- lraisch
- Post #11
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Greetings from Vancouver, BC
Hello from Washington state! Personally, I would skip the pipe screens. I don't know how they would work with a Falcon pipe but they would interfere with forming a cake in the heel of the bowl.- lraisch
- Post #2
- Forum: New Member Introductions
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An Old Schulte Needing a New Stem
Schulte made some fine pipes. I have half a dozen of them.- lraisch
- Post #5
- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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Electric vs. ICE cars
No, but I have seen car fires (and I had a phone battery swell so much it was probably close to exploding)! I've also seen lead acid batteries explode. I can't afford an electric car either!- lraisch
- Post #5
- Forum: General Discussion
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Electric vs. ICE cars
I took part in some previous conversations here about the relative merits of gas vs electric cars and wanted to follow up with some more information. I do not own an electric car (and my 58mpg hybrid keeps me from range anxiety) but I think a lot of misinformation is out there that should be...- lraisch
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Quotes & Sayings...
Fake Quote Files: V.I. Lenin on Inflation and Taxation – The Skeptical Libertarian- lraisch
- Post #468
- Forum: General Discussion
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Quotes & Sayings...
Apparently, despite Reagan's quote, Lenin never actually said that.- lraisch
- Post #465
- Forum: General Discussion
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People Who Shorten Your Name
If you've corrected them and they persist, they're just being annoying. I would extend the benefit of a doubt for the first time and assume they're just trying to be informal and personable.- lraisch
- Post #18
- Forum: General Discussion
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First Pipe, Briar Or Cob?
Obviously, people have had good experiences with either as their first choice. I would come down on the side of briar, because for me that is the superior smoking instrument.- lraisch
- Post #7
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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