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Nothing Could Convince Me to go Ballooning, But I do Like to See Them.
Back when I was in the experience building phase of my career, I flew a jump plane for a skydiving operation. One of the jumpers had a small hot air balloon, and I can remember how obsessed all of them got about jumping from the balloon. Seemed to last most of the summer. They all agreed that...- stearmandriver
- Post #34
- Forum: General Discussion
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California's First Tropical Storms in 84 Years
Doesn't this question answer itself? One is rare and the other isn't, right? So... Which one is newsworthy? 😁- stearmandriver
- Post #21
- Forum: General Discussion
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Not smoking pipe for 10 plus days
Don't the large majority of people not-smoke their pipes for, like, their entire lives? Some of them seem to make it pretty far along. I'm guessing you'll be fine. 😉- stearmandriver
- Post #13
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Local B&Ms
Cargo Hold in Poulsbo, WA is my local shop and pretty darn good, run by a very knowledgeable guy. I'm in Boston semi-regularly for work and Peretti's is fantastic.- stearmandriver
- Post #45
- Forum: Pipe Tobacconists - B&M's and Internet Retailers
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Cartels Are Apologizing!!!
Well, here's the thing: when something is true, there is evidence for it. Evidence that, in context, holds up to scrutiny and logical analysis. Every time, without exception. How many investigations have there been - chaired by folks with political interests on both sides of the aisle - into...- stearmandriver
- Post #96
- Forum: General Discussion
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Cartels Are Apologizing!!!
Yes. What about that suggests to you that he was advocating for illegal voting? Quite a few Mexicans "live and work" in the US with citizenship, right?- stearmandriver
- Post #95
- Forum: General Discussion
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Cartels Are Apologizing!!!
You're ignoring the part where he was talking about United States citizens voting in a US election, who might have interests in or even also hold citizenship in Mexico. No one ever suggested that anyone was illegally voting in our elections. Remember, several high profile investigations tried...- stearmandriver
- Post #56
- Forum: General Discussion
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Cartels Are Apologizing!!!
Exactly. It's a ridiculous premise. It's also nowhere near that simple, even if it could happen. Invade Mexico? Sure. And then Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Columbia.... And wherever else they move to if ever pushed out of a current base of operation. We...- stearmandriver
- Post #38
- Forum: General Discussion
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Cartels Are Apologizing!!!
I flew to Mexico almost weekly for about 15 years, usually to overnight. We got weekly state dept briefings once the cartel violence ramped up. The takeaways were always the same: Americans in Mexico are in danger from cartel violence not because we're targets (the cartels care nothing about...- stearmandriver
- Post #28
- Forum: General Discussion
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Excise Tax on Tobacco Shipped Within the United States?
We We certainly know that a large number of "the people" can't be relied upon to meet a national crisis, without inventing conspiracy theories about the government, any given industry, make-believe cabals... or whoever or whatever seems to let them believe what they want. I don't have much...- stearmandriver
- Post #48
- Forum: Tobacco Legislation
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Excise Tax on Tobacco Shipped Within the United States?
Man, I always thought Abraham Lincoln was fairly wise... But this is one of the least correct things I've ever heard. He must have said this when he was awful young, before he'd gotten to know many of the people lol.- stearmandriver
- Post #46
- Forum: Tobacco Legislation
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Warped The Red Hunt – Is it Topped?
Well now THAT'S interesting. I didn't even know there was an aromatic version of Presbyterian. I don't think that's what I bought - attached are pictures of my tin (which still smells of vanilla when opened), but now I REALLY wonder about some tobacco finding its way into the wrong tin?- stearmandriver
- Post #29
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Warped The Red Hunt – Is it Topped?
Yup, tried it in a few different pipes. Also pretty familiar with orientals (they're my favorite varietal, I've been hoarding them since before the Grand Oriental series released.). The Presbyterian I have is absolutely vanilla topped. Not even cased, but an overtly vanilla flavored light...- stearmandriver
- Post #27
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Warped The Red Hunt – Is it Topped?
I had this same experience the first time I tried Presbyterian. I was expecting a light English, but it's 100% topped with vanilla. Super obvious in the smell and taste. I really wonder if somehow a batch of tobacco gets mis-tinned or something!- stearmandriver
- Post #11
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Rich's Cigar Shop and Lackluster Customer Service
Huh? When did I ask for free legal advice? Given that this is an area where you typically get what you pay for, why would I WANT free legal advice? 😁 If y'all don't like my first analogy, let's focus on the second which I agree is better: seller bags something up and hands it to you, but...- stearmandriver
- Post #37
- Forum: Pipe Tobacconists - B&M's and Internet Retailers
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Rich's Cigar Shop and Lackluster Customer Service
Dunno. Let's change the scenario a bit; let's say the package of loose tobacco actually makes it to your mailbox, but your kid gets the mail during a storm and it blows away. Is that on the seller? Like I say, just a matter of perspective; either position is probably defensible. *To me*, the...- stearmandriver
- Post #24
- Forum: Pipe Tobacconists - B&M's and Internet Retailers
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Rich's Cigar Shop and Lackluster Customer Service
I guess I'll be the outlier here; I don't understand why the seller would be on the hook for this. They were paid to ship a product, which it sounds like they did. The shipper lost it and therefore should be the one on the hook. It wouldn't really have occurred to me to go after the shop, but...- stearmandriver
- Post #18
- Forum: Pipe Tobacconists - B&M's and Internet Retailers
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So I Was Taking The Trash Out And….
Absolutely beautiful pics! Work picked the wrong week (last week) to send me to Fairbanks haha. We saw a little aurora as you usually do on the way up, but nothing like yours. Fantastic!- stearmandriver
- Post #59
- Forum: General Discussion
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4noggins.com 2023?
I recently ordered a pipe from Davorin in Croatia, and was dreading shipping costs to the states. USPS, 18 euro. I don't even know who USPS contracts with there, I would have guessed DHL. Maybe not, given your experience! I thought that was amazingly cheap though.- stearmandriver
- Post #23
- Forum: Pipe Tobacconists - B&M's and Internet Retailers
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Does anyone know the legality of having pipe tobacco shipped to WA state as a gift?
I live in WA (and to express a perhaps unpopular opinion, love it here. Individual legislative differences are meaningless compared to the wealth and variety of natural spaces that are unequalled in the lower 48.) My understanding is that it IS illegal to send any tobacco through the mail...- stearmandriver
- Post #4
- Forum: Tobacco Legislation