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Nording Signature Tribute
Oh, dang! I've been looking at one of those, just because it was kinda neat and unusual, but I wasn't really planning on buying it. I had no idea that they would color like that. You guys make it way too easy to spend my money!- robwoodall
- Post #10
- Forum: Pipe Talk
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We Used Terrible Science to Justify Smoking Bans.
Correlation implies the existence of a relationship between variables, without proving the nature of the relationship. In other words, correlation cannot be used to prove causation. That's fully understood by scientists, even if it's not understood by policy makers and the media. That's not the...- robwoodall
- Post #4
- Forum: Tobacco Legislation
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The New Generation
I think that as we move more and more toward a welfare economy, trophies for participation, teachers required to graduate a certain percentage of students, we have made it easier to fail at life. I also believe that there are so many more opportunities today than at any time in the past we have...- robwoodall
- Post #20
- Forum: General Discussion
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Other than pipe smoking I like to...
I'm a widowed father of an eight-year-old son. He takes up most of my time and energy. When I do have free time, I'm usually riding or customizing motorcycles. I like to build computers, too. Oh! I also love to cook.- robwoodall
- Post #11
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Nightmare Before Christmas
Somehow I managed to see this (also in college) without having seen any trailers. It was amazing going in with absolutely no preconceptions. It remains one of my favorites. My seven-year-old loves it too.- robwoodall
- Post #3
- Forum: General Discussion
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If You Had To Do It All Over Again
I seem to have suffered from tongue-bite more than most people. Part of the problem seems to be that I started buying many pipes and many types of tobacco early. Since each pipe smokes a little differently, and each tobacco smokes a little differently, I feel like I was constantly starting from...- robwoodall
- Post #17
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Lovecraft
hmhaines, If you are an eBook reader, Google Play Books has a "Complete" Lovecraft collection for 99 cents. I put complete in quotes, because I have managed to round up some really rare stuff that is not included, but it has darn nearly everything, and certainly everything he wrote in the...- robwoodall
- Post #16
- Forum: General Discussion
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Well Well Well MOLD!
This is gonna be a real dumb-ass question, and I'm not willing to test it myself, but... What would happen if you smoked moldy tobacco? Do we absolutely know it's a bad idea? I mean, the right kind of molds make cheese awesome. Penicillin is useful. Probably some other stuff that escapes me at...- robwoodall
- Post #20
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Sweet Haunted Bookshop???
Cool! Maybe I'm not losing my mind. I've loved Haunted Bookshop since I discovered it, and I'm really loving this subtle sweetness, so I'm gonna just keep on smoking it. Thanks!- robwoodall
- Post #8
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Sweet Haunted Bookshop???
Looking at my records I see that Haunted Bookshop has been my go-to blend since February. I just bought my 5th pound. I haven't smoked 5 pounds since February. I generally put 10-12 ounces in long-term storage and smoke the rest. So... last night I opened my fifth. I jarred up a lot, and packed...- robwoodall
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- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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My Birthday Self Gift
Damn it, man. It's taken me this long to figure out that I like the way Savinellis smoke. I don't want to have to buy Nordings as well! You made me skip over to Smokingpipes.com and look at theirs and, wow! Nording makes some beauties. Then all the other evil tempters start posting about...- robwoodall
- Post #27
- Forum: Pipe Talk
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Are There Any GOOD Internet News Sites?
Most people are more interested in the Kardashians than in world events. It's also almost impossible (in the US) to find news stories without a pretty obvious bias. (I lean pretty far liberal, but I want my data as unbiased as possible. Tell me what happened, don't tell me how I'm supposed to...- robwoodall
- Post #3
- Forum: General Discussion
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Cosmic 2016
I'd vote for Cosmic. I was also gonna say that maybe N8 is hitting the pain meds too hard, but then I noticed he'd written in italics so it must have been sarcasm!- robwoodall
- Post #12
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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How or Why Did You Start Smoking a Pipe?
I grew up in a cigarette-smoking family, but I always thought pipes looked cool. I tried several times in college and after to get the hang of it, but never lasted through a whole pouch of drug-store tobacco. I tried all the normal starter tobaccos, Captain Black, Borkum Riff, etc. Basically...- robwoodall
- Post #50
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Lack of Nicotine Affect
Cosmic, That delay was what got me. I'd get dizzy AFTER smoking, only part of the time, so I wasn't correlating it with the smoke. Once I got so dizzy I threw myself into a panic attack, and ended up in the emergency room, thinking it was a heart attack. My heart checked out fine, so they...- robwoodall
- Post #16
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Lack of Nicotine Affect
I used to be completely immune to any noticeable affect, but in the last few months I've begun feeling it more. Usually just a mildly "relaxed" feeling, but a couple of times I've actually gotten dizzy and mildly nauseous. I don't really know what's changed. Am I just getting older? Absorbing...- robwoodall
- Post #2
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Briar Pipes and Water
I accidentally washed a Dr. Grabow in the laundry once. I'm certainly not recommending that, but the pipe survived fine. Lost a bit of it's shine and took a couple of days to dry out, but no other problems. Now I wash my pipes in warm water every few months. I worried about loosening stems...- robwoodall
- Post #42
- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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I Wear The Pants In My Family!
When my wife was alive she, like me, was a very strong-willed person. We learned early on that neither of us was good at compromises, but we were both excellent communicators. We ended up dividing basically the whole world into "My responsibility" and "Your responsibility." Oddly, it turned out...- robwoodall
- Post #27
- Forum: General Discussion
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Forum Update Idea:. Recommend and Flag posts
Yeah, that's it, Cosmic. Right under the word "Forums" is a list of "Main Topics:" General Pipe Smoking Discussions, Pipe Smoking Basics and Beginner Questions, Pipe & Accessories for Trade/Sell, etc. At the bottom of that list is the section called "General Discussion." You can click on either...- robwoodall
- Post #28
- Forum: PipesMagazine.com
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Forum Update Idea:. Recommend and Flag posts
Here's an idea that I had. Less subdivision of tobacco topics. See, at the bottom of the "Main Themes" list is "General Discussion." That's where most (certainly not all) of the off-topic stuff is gonna show up, and that's fine. It's just that I have no interest in that section. Problem (for me)...- robwoodall
- Post #26
- Forum: PipesMagazine.com