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Got Promoted
Congratulations! Line cook is where I topped out during my college years - but I learned a lot about cooking (and restaurants in general) that has served me well since then.- phred
- Post #19
- Forum: General Discussion
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What Musical Instruments Do You Play?
I'm woefully out of practice, but at various times over the last 49 years I've played piano, organ, clarinet, bass clarinet, violin (briefly and never very well), drum set, hand drums (mostly djembe), and miscellaneous hand percussion (more cowbell!). My wife is a classically trained soprano...- phred
- Post #66
- Forum: General Discussion
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Two Cobs, and Counting
I grew up reading "Lil' Abner", so my impressions of corn-cob pipes were largely cartoon-based. One gift, one grab-bag, and a few semi-random purchases later, I'm a fan. MM has something for nearly everybody - small bowls that work great for lunch breaks, larger bowls for more relaxed smoking...- phred
- Post #25
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Tsuge Dragon God & My New Rasmussen
Gorgeous! Also looking forward to hearing your reaction to the Tsuge tobacco... -
Pulled the Trigger - PAD/TAD
No idea - I'm buying them as much for the tin art as anything else. :D I'm a very occasional smoker, so it's taking me a while to get through the Bjarne Viking series. Once I've cleared some space in my Open Tin jars, I'll start in on the Tsuge offerings - I've got unopened tins of the Seasons...- phred
- Post #8
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Pulled the Trigger - PAD/TAD
I've been good, really I have... I've been working through my backlog of open tins and samples, smoking my current modest collection of cobs and briars, getting some color on the one meer, and being satisfied with what I've got (which does include some cellared blends and a few unopened tins for...- phred
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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What Term Applies When You Push Smoke Out Through the Sinuses?
The scientific term for the phenomenon of tasting more intensely when the nose is involved is olfaction. The senses of taste and smell are very closely linked, and in fact don't function all that well if separated. Think of how things taste when you've got a bad cold or allergies - a stuffed-up...- phred
- Post #12
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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11/22/63 Where Were You?
My parents had been married for about 4 months at the time. My first memory of a "where were you when" event was Nixon's resignation...- phred
- Post #31
- Forum: General Discussion
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Any other highly moderate pipe smokers out there?
It's rare that I smoke more than a few bowls a week. I'll often smoke a bowl or two on Friday afternoons, as my work schedule is four nine-hour days and a four-hour day on Fridays. Now that we're back in lawn care season, I smoke while I pull weeds (my wife mows the lawn), but that's about every...- phred
- Post #21
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Dunhill 965 trial run
My wife actually likes the tin note of Black House (we're both fans of peaty Scotch whiskeys and Lapsang Souchon tea), but she's less than enthusiastic about either the room note (not that I've ever smoked it indoors) or the "mustache note" left on my person. In fact, she refers to the entire...- phred
- Post #12
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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New Faster Server for June 2015
Speaking as a sysadmin myself, it's refreshing to have a site owner onboard with a hardware upgrade. I haven't noticed any particular slowness with the site myself, but I'm a fairly casual user of it. Besided - the system that I support professionally is far, far slower... :D- phred
- Post #7
- Forum: PipesMagazine.com
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Do You Have A Small Pipe?
I have a Tsuge Blowfish. Haven't actually smoked it that often, as I generally prefer longer smokes than it allows for. I'm also leery of scorching the top of the bowl, which is depressingly easy to do. I've got a cruise coming up, so I may pack it along since this particular ship supposedly...- phred
- Post #22
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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What's in Your Pouch?
I have a couple of pouches that I keep filled in case I find myself with the time/opportunity to visit my preferred B&M. Since I prefer to smoke only tobacco that I bought there, I keep one pouch filled with "Victorian Standard" (which is the name they put on Lane's 1Q) and the other pouch with...- phred
- Post #2
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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COPD
Good luck to you, Seadog, whatever your decision. My father died of pulmonary fibrosis and my mother-in-law died of lung cancer, so my own tendency would be to err on the side of caution, depending on the severity of the condition and the doctor's recommendation.- phred
- Post #26
- Forum: General Discussion
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Struggling with flake
Seems to me the answer would be largely subjective, if you're comfortable with both methods. Which one do YOU think gives you the best smoke? Other people's experiences may not match your own. For me personally, I have better luck with rubbing out than I do with fold-and-stuff. On the other...- phred
- Post #25
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Lighting-Up Outside
I do most of my smoking outdoors, generally on my back patio, and learned early on that the Colorado breezes are not kind to wooden matches, or to most butane lighters. I prefer matches in general, but if the breeze kills more than 2 in a row, I'll revert to my Zippo. I second the suggestion...- phred
- Post #28
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions