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  1. jguss

    Is it true? My dear War Horse is dead?

    Thank you Al. When I was a kid every time a beloved pet disappeared my Mom would tell me it had “gone to live in the country”. I had vivid images of bucolic bliss. It wasn’t until I was acting up one day and my Mom told me to cut it out or she’d send me to live in the country that I...
  2. jguss

    Is it true? My dear War Horse is dead?

    No, not dead, but put out to pasture. War Horse is now living someplace in the country where the grass is always green and moist with dew, he can frolic with friends, and mares abound. Or perhaps he was sent to the knacker’s yard and can be found in cans of Alpo at a Safeway near you. It...
  3. jguss

    STG Enough Already, Chicken Little, Or What?

    Kind thought but unnecessary. What’s left of my hair dries much more quickly than it did 40 years ago.
  4. jguss

    STG Enough Already, Chicken Little, Or What?

    If this is the Story of Chicken Little then it’s the unredacted version with 2400 pages and counting instead of 8. Honestly I fell asleep after the first couple of hundred.
  5. jguss

    Stalin/FDR Pipe

    I should add that the pipe apparently resides, or at least did in 2006, at the State Museum of Contemporary Political History in Russia. It is, or at least was, incorrectly identified as depicting Truman as Stalin’s opponent rather than FDR.
  6. jguss

    Stalin/FDR Pipe

    A justly famous pipe, it was carved by Hetzer Barton Hartsock (1918-2003) in 1946. The backstory is a bit convoluted but in brief the first post-war chess match between the USA and Russia was conducted via radio in the Fall of 1945. Contrary to all expectations (at least in our country) the...
  7. jguss

    Retirement

    I dunno, as I recall Abe Vigoda was never dead very long, except for maybe the last time. And that Jesus chap was only dead a couple of days.
  8. jguss

    Pipe cabinet manufacturers?

    If you’re thinking of Two Cousins Pipe Racks (View Our Pipe Racks - https://web.archive.org/web/20151206010503/http://www.twocousinspiperacks.com/ViewThePipeRacks.html) unfortunately Tim & Mark stopped making stuff years ago.
  9. jguss

    Hearth & Home Confirmed Gone?

    I really enjoyed several of the H&H blends in the old days before Scotty Bendett sold his business to CI; I think that was almost a dozen years ago. My favorites were Larry's Blend and Anniversary Kake. I never felt either was quite as good after the business was acquired.
  10. jguss

    Checked out some pipe-related books from the library today

    Yes, a case of speed over accuracy. Clearly I need to retain a copy editor to review my posts, unless AI is available in which case I can dispense entirely with the tedious work of composition.
  11. jguss

    Checked out some pipe-related books from the library today

    Nice assortment. The Elwa book in particular is deservedly well known.
  12. jguss

    Forget STG/Mac Baren…Something Much Worse Has Happened

    Go big or go home.
  13. jguss

    Questions for Leonardw

    Not true; pipe tobacco is less than a quarter of their business. If cigars disappear then they’re screwed.
  14. jguss

    Just in from STG/MacBaren/Sutliff

    In this context it must mean the masses not the discriminating few. I’m sure the decision to prioritize volume and profits over a tiny but vocal market segment must keep them tossing and turning all night. And I’m confident it gives their shareholders spasms of anxiety and remorse.
  15. jguss

    Help Identify a Pipe

    The Savinellis have the model name stamped in block letters and are marked as made in Italy not France.
  16. jguss

    Help Identify a Pipe

    For what it's worth if it is Standing, which I doubt but is indeed debatable, then it's not listed in WMTP.
  17. jguss

    Help Identify a Pipe

    The good news is the Stending is listed in the irreplaceable Who Made That Pipe. The bad news is the listing is utterly useless. The maker is listed as Maker, and the country of origin is listed as France. You're welcome.
  18. jguss

    What Did You Get For Christmas 2024

    What a coincidence; I got plenty of Nuttens too
  19. jguss

    What Did You Get For Christmas 2024

    But did they give you enough of it? I hate it when people are chintzy.
  20. jguss

    Questions for Leonardw

    I suppose ceteris paribus that’s true; but as everyone but an economist knows ceteris is rarely paribus in the real world. The fact is mature or shrinking markets are an especially fertile breeding ground for consolidation, and enormous profits can be derived from holding a significant...
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