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With Whom Would You Smoke?
I am a firm believer in the admonition to “never meet your heroes,” but I would not believe that this was Twain’s actual practice without corroboration. Still, as I wend my way through the volumes of his autobiography, I find a few things with which I strongly disagree.- buroak
- Post #199
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes
I very nearly put in a bid. I am glad you bid it up for the sake of the hospice. The price still seems like a heinous steal, especially considering it against the prices of the closest current English-made analogs (Dunhill Bruyere, and Ashton Sovereign pipes). Further, this pipe should have...- buroak
- Post #4,161
- Forum: British Pipes
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Removing Oxidation From a Stem
“If that doesn’t make sense, think it through again.” - George Dibos Oh, how many times I have wanted to say that in my classroom!- buroak
- Post #24
- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S to acquire Mac Baren Tobacco Company A/S
Reading through all of this, the most worrying thing to me is that Sutliff could cease to exist in all but name, with the smaller blenders who depend on their tobaccos ending up as collateral damage.- buroak
- Post #143
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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***What Are You Smoking, June 2024?***
Rattray’s Hal o’ The Wynd in a small Barling bent billiard.- buroak
- Post #2,951
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Good News, for Now (UK)
It was dystopian to see the state of things in Scotland. All the tobacco in black cabinets. I could not even enter the tobacco section of the Edinburgh duty-free until met by a clerk and escorted inside. Vapes were everywhere. If people have thought cigarette butts are bad, they’ve got to...- buroak
- Post #8
- Forum: Tobacco Legislation
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Samuel Gawith 1792 Flake
Yes, do get some Sam’s Flake. My path to that blend seems to have been the same as yours.- buroak
- Post #30
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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***What Are You Smoking, June 2024?***
That settles it. My disappointment with the seemingly missing topping in McConnell’s Latakia had me thinking about mixing it with Royal Yacht and/or Hyde Park. You’ve nudged me across the line to a decision.- buroak
- Post #2,607
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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***What Are You Smoking, June 2024?***
Robert McConnell Latakia Flake in a rescued 2012 Ashton Pebble Grain XX bent billiard silver army mount. This is my first bowl of the blend. I was hoping for more of that Lakeland essence so many others have reported in the mix.- buroak
- Post #2,589
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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***What Are You Smoking, June 2024?***
War Horse Green in a Missouri Meerschaum Little Devil Cutty. I am still not sure just how much I like the Green relative to the Bar (for one, I agree with @JimInks that the nicotine seems less powerful in the Green), but judging from the lingering fragrance in my moustache, those around me...- buroak
- Post #2,085
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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***What Are You Smoking, June 2024?***
2017 Peterson Irish Oak (still called that back then) in a Missouri Meerschaum Morgan. I am missing my briars, but the weather is too breezy and I am in and out of doors frequently during smokes.- buroak
- Post #1,739
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Hello From Idaho
Ha! You live in a big state, but we apparently share a small world.- buroak
- Post #51
- Forum: New Member Introductions
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Hello From Idaho
Even little burgs like to make big boasts. A little town down the road from me claims to be the birthplace of sliced bread.- buroak
- Post #47
- Forum: New Member Introductions
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Hello From Idaho
Certainly no state takes its history as seriously as Texas. Missouri high school curriculum leaves precious little time for our history.- buroak
- Post #46
- Forum: New Member Introductions
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Dear Diary, Today I've again Tasted Manure.
And all in good company.- buroak
- Post #24
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Who is Doug Valitchka?
It was your post about Mr. Valitchka not wanting exposure. I was asking if you intended the pun before I realized others had long ago beat me to the punch on that joke.- buroak
- Post #59
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Hello From Idaho
Ah, heck, I’ll bite. I think I see a gestating Texas in 1835 Mexico. 🤓- buroak
- Post #43
- Forum: New Member Introductions
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Hello From Idaho
I figured you meant a city within the state of Texas, but the weisenheimer in me could not resist.- buroak
- Post #42
- Forum: New Member Introductions
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Who is Doug Valitchka?
Got it. No reason for your opinion to change. My edit had nothing to do with the content of your post. I “redacted” my post because it was no longer relevant to the more recent discussion. Sorry I gave offense.- buroak
- Post #55
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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