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  1. classicgeek

    Pipes & Cigars "Best of the Rest"

    Four pounds just on a chance??? 8O Dude. You are cool as a cucumber. I sweat deciding about 50g tins. But then at the rate I smoke a 50g tin hangs around for a long while. Simon
  2. classicgeek

    Pipe Smoking Rules

    It's like asking if there are rules to art. Yes, technically there are rules of composition, perspective, yada yada. Doesn't stop my kids from having fun with crayons. Tips help the beginner steer clear of the problems. The rest is just practice. Good thing the practice is so damn enjoyable...
  3. classicgeek

    Antique store find

    Makes me wonder if any of the shops on Antique Row here in Victoria might be hiding estate pipes. Considering my office is on the same street, I have no excuse not to go looking. :) Congrats on the find! Simon
  4. classicgeek

    Your spouse's/partners opinion?

    My wife (non-smoker) was always easygoing about this sort of thing. Moreso than me, definitely. When I started making noise about wondering about pipes she was the one who pushed me to get my first to try it out. Since then it's been a balancing act. She accepts it, loves the room/moustache note...
  5. classicgeek

    What Are You Smoking? Happy New Year 2012! II

    A mix of 50% Mac Baren HH Vintage Syrian and 50% CAO Eileen's Dream in my Vauen 3108 1/2 bent rhodesian with the short stem, not the churchwarden. Simon
  6. classicgeek

    What Are You Smoking? Happy New Year 2012! II

    More McClelland 221B Arcadia in my meerschaum canadian. Simon
  7. classicgeek

    New Sherlock Holmes Makes Pipe Smoking Cool ... Again

    @lagavulin92: Fairly stated, and a good point. Cheers. Simon
  8. classicgeek

    Wider or Deeper?

    Deeper bowls like the one on my Stanwell HCA churchwarden intimidated me at first. I wondered how on earth I would relight near the end of the bowl. Turns out it wasn't a big deal, but I still like an easygoing blend that burns well in it, as compared to one that requires lots of relights. I...
  9. classicgeek

    New Sherlock Holmes Makes Pipe Smoking Cool ... Again

    @lagavulin92: Pipe smoking, along with a lot of other behaviours, is subject to the preconceptions of the society in which it's found. Yes, it has its intrinsic qualities, but to suggest that it happens in a vacuum is not realistic. Take coffee drinking, for example. Walk down a downtown street...
  10. classicgeek

    What Are You Smoking? Happy New Year 2012! II

    McClelland 221B Arcadia in my meerschaum Canadian. Light blue... from what I've read, I understand that this is called "English blue". Whatever it's called, there's a picture of it here and I posted it in the Most Unusual Pipe thread. Simon
  11. classicgeek

    Your Most Unusual Pipe

    I now have joined the ranks of the pyrolytic graphite-enhanced pipe smokers: Maybe it's not that unusual, but damn, it's blue, people! :) Simon
  12. classicgeek

    What Are You Smoking? Happy New Year 2012! II

    Dan Blue Note as the inaugural smoke in a new-from-eBay blue Venturi billiard. Before everyone jumps all over me for smoking a Venturi, I was curious! And for $10, what the hell. And although it was different, it's not like it was bad. Simon
  13. classicgeek

    How many ounces do u smoke in a week?

    I'm in the same boat as Jason. It takes me a damn long time to go though tobacco, resulting in having about a dozen blends open at the moment. I'm really trying, honest! :) Fraction of an ounce per week. Simon
  14. classicgeek

    Medical Conditions

    Glasses, two torn ACLs (one from skiing, the other from martial arts) and right now a suspected stress fracture in my foot (had the X-ray on Saturday morning). Not the worst list in the world, but I could wish for better. Simon
  15. classicgeek

    College Major?

    Bachelor of Science in Geography, with an emphasis on physical (as compared to political or other types of) geography. Master of Science in Environmental Science. And yet I ended up a systems analyst. Go figure. I couldn't rule something like that out. School's a lot of fun once you take the...
  16. classicgeek

    What Are You Smoking? Happy New Year 2012! II

    1-Q in a Brigham 1/4 bent bulldog. Simon
  17. classicgeek

    What is your current "go to" or "everyday" smoke?

    I've got about a dozen blends open right now. But when I can't decide on anything, I reach for McClelland Colombian Mocha. Lots of flavour and sweet to my tongue. Simon
  18. classicgeek

    Fireside tobacco? any ideas?

    My usual B & M carries a lot of McClelland tins, and about ten or twelve bulk blends that are are named according to the "Goodfellas" motif. It was fun once I realized that all of them were McClelland blends. I spent an hour or so matching up the descriptions to the names, and now I have a cheat...
  19. classicgeek

    Bookstore find

    Nice! I don't imagine my local library has copies of those... Post a picture of the covers if you can. Simon
  20. classicgeek

    Aromatic Tobacco

    My advice: sample lots of different tobaccos. Some you'll like, others you won't. You won't be able to define why you like 'em or not at first. Put the ones you don't like away in sealed mason jars. Your tastes might change and something you didn't care for at first might appeal later. The...
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