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Woke Boxing
When the test is performed by a discredited Russian agency, details withheld, and hasn't been replicated by any other lab, yes, seriously.- grimpeur
- Post #42
- Forum: General Discussion
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Woke Boxing
See, that's just plain wrong. Tests by the IBA, not released, with shifting information about the tests themselves. This is plain ol' Russian agitprop. I'd call it clumsy, verging on transparent, but apparently it's doing what it's supposed to do. Lol, where's the John Birch Society when it's...- grimpeur
- Post #28
- Forum: General Discussion
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Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes
Please tell me you are awaiting its arrival... A memorable listing.- grimpeur
- Post #4,181
- Forum: British Pipes
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Anyone Gonna Be Watching The Olympics?
Amen! This is one of the few times I get to watch cycling in a velodrome. It's the French (and I'm half-French), they do things differently. Sometimes it's wonderful, Jacques Tati, Citroën DS. Sometimes it's odd...Jerry Lewis getting a Légion d'Honneur for comedy. *Gallic shrug*- grimpeur
- Post #74
- Forum: General Discussion
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Anyone Gonna Be Watching The Olympics?
This is literally beyond belief. You were never actually a twelve year old, were you!? I always imagined a bolt of lightning hitting the ground, when the smoke cleared, there you were, smoking Dark Plug in a BST...- grimpeur
- Post #62
- Forum: General Discussion
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Real Tobacco Blends vs Aromatics
Lol!! Troll Alert! Step away from the cranky old man...- grimpeur
- Post #22
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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St. Bruno No More At Sainsburys?
To the UK members, if St Bruno is hard to get, what about snuff? Is getting a tin of Wilson's or McChrystal's at the newsagents also a thing of the past?- grimpeur
- Post #15
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Only One Blend
I like your style! Every time I smoke Amphora Virginia, I'm surprised by how good it is.- grimpeur
- Post #46
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Test Driving A Falcon
An issue that can arise when using dry rings, Falcon or home made, is that due to minute variances in fit, the ring can slightly inhibit the draw. Sometimes, not so slightly. There are two ways around this. First, slightly round the edges of the draught-hole. This is something I do to most of...- grimpeur
- Post #16
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Keeping Pipes in Cars
One thing I've learned: in urban areas at least, keep all smoking related items out of sight. I also learned that the price of a side window of an '83 Buick Century is a little less than the deductable of the policy I had at the time.- grimpeur
- Post #18
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Test Driving A Falcon
@gord , well done, and welcome to the world of smoking with a Falcon! Until just this year, with the purchase of yet more used bowls and stems from eBay, in over thirty years of using a Falcon I had never encountered a stem that couldn't take tapered cleaners. Now I have three stems that need...- grimpeur
- Post #6
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Question on Brigham Extra Absorbent Pipe Cleaners
The only time I've used the extra-thick cleaners is with stem out, cleaning the mortise after a good scrubbing. Otherwise, I also find them not practical for general use. Off topic...I have been sorely disappointed with Brigham regular cleaners: the wire has way too much give. I can get Zen...- grimpeur
- Post #3
- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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Tobacco in the UK
Here, here! I always found it a nice change of pace, and I'm sorry that there's no more shipping tobacco out of the UK. I liked getting regular shipments of Revor, Westmorland Flake, and Special Virginia. Sic transit... Special (Mellow) Virginia doesn't rate too highly amongst the "serious"...- grimpeur
- Post #12
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Old Leather Tobacco Pouches
A wonderful thread...and not too wordy at all!- grimpeur
- Post #3
- Forum: Pipes Accessories
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Smashing Success with Salt Cleaning
I'm a fan of leaving the stem in too, with a pipe cleaner inserted acting on the mortise and stem the same as the salt or cotton acts on the bowl: giving the nasty stuff a place to go. My theory, based on mostly smoking Falcons, is that a good bit of ghosting is caused by the mortise area in a... -
Blends like Bob's Chocolate Flake
Ummm, it's stablemate, Samuel Gawith Chocolate Flake (CH Flake in the UK) is a natural choice. And some prefer it to Bob's.- grimpeur
- Post #4
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S to acquire Mac Baren Tobacco Company A/S
I hate to be a downer, but those artisan blenders are getting their ingredients from, in large part, Sutliff. So...we'll see what develops.- grimpeur
- Post #112
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Of Falcons and Other Rare Birds
It is referring to the bit. The metal is unchanged from the first one: aluminum. I have a couple of estate stems with dental bits; I'll be ready for the day when my dentist can do no more, and I'll have to carve a set of dentures for myself...- grimpeur
- Post #17
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Dunhill Root Briar Rhodesian - Grail Find
@ssjones , many congratulations! Isn't great to finally get a much desired pipe?- grimpeur
- Post #5
- Forum: British Pipes