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  1. stearmandriver

    Top 3 Straight Virginias

    Capstan Blue SPC Give Me Liberty Carolina Red Flake (like it better with perique though.)
  2. stearmandriver

    Room Note Importance

    I just don't smoke around people. It's just as easy not to and I have no reason to do so - I'll enjoy the smoke more later by myself anyway - so I can't see a reason not to be considerate to those who might not like it. I really hate cigarette smoke and surely appreciate when others don't...
  3. stearmandriver

    Pipe Smoking Retreat

    Boston area would be a possibility, with both Peretti's and Watch City nearby.
  4. stearmandriver

    Need Advice: Book About Moby-Dick - "Read it if You Can"

    I'd have to question the initial premise that Melville had secret, sneaky intentions with Moby Dick, vs just being a little off his rocker. The line between genius and madness is famously blurry in writers. You've surely met Hemingway, Kerouac, Faulkner etc. Like them, Melville had widely...
  5. stearmandriver

    On Aged Dark Star

    Very nice. I have a jar of this that's about 4 years older than yours. It was dried out completely and then rehydrated and jarred. It tastes like smoking a toasted marshmallow. It's not my favorite but it's good and I appreciate the rarity so I only have one or two bowls a year, usually to...
  6. stearmandriver

    Upcoming State Tobacco Taxes.

    My employer has had a no-tobacco hiring policy since before I started with them. We're a large airline based on the US west coast but flying all over several countries. This hiring policy keeps health insurance costs down; they actually nicotine test along with your pre-employment drug test...
  7. stearmandriver

    Unsubscribed

    I enjoy people who go out of their way to tell me how little they care about something. This guy cares so little about the critical video made about him, that he had to make a 20 minute video and take the time posting it to YouTube, just to make sure I know how little he cares. 😁
  8. stearmandriver

    A Good Day...

    Yes, Oriental 40 and Tashkent too... mmm.
  9. stearmandriver

    A Good Day...

    I love this place; visit every time I'm in Boston. Not only are Cambridge Flake and Royal the finest tobacco blends made anywhere in the last several decades (I'll fight you over this 😂), sometimes they can hook you up with former favorites for nostalgia's sake. Shameless plug for Peretti's...
  10. stearmandriver

    What Does Your Scene Look Like?

    Nice lil fall walk, perfect for some Cambridge flake in a freehand.
  11. stearmandriver

    Light Latakia Blends?

    LJ Peretti Cambridge Flake and Oriental 40 are fantastic (so is Tashkent, but a little heavier on the latakia.)
  12. stearmandriver

    Zippo For Infrequent Smoker

    I love my zippo, but I can see both sides of this, especially for the less frequent smoker. My zippo will evaporate all its fluid in about 4 days, and I'll frequently go longer than that between smokes. It does seem a bit of a waste to use one entire lighter fill of fluid for one smoke. But...
  13. stearmandriver

    Seattle Pipe Club - Give Me Liberty - Tobacco Review

    Enjoyed that, thanks. I'm surprised he saw it as being so nuanced; I've found it to be one of the more flavorful straight Virginias I've tried, very sweet and fruity. It reminds me of Capstan blue, but more of all that. It's funny how personal this can all be though; several other VAs that...
  14. stearmandriver

    Pipe Chain Smokers?

    Another "in moderation" guy here. I'll only smoke back to back pipes if on a fishing or sailing trip, and even then not usually. In everyday life, I never have more than one bowl a day, on average a few times a week. I can go weeks at a time without a pipe when schedules don't allow or just...
  15. stearmandriver

    4Noggins - Tobacconists - Missing In Action?

    Many of us in the states rely on these guys too. Communication isn't always prompt but service is 100% reliable... and for those of us in a few states, there aren't many other options, so I surely wouldn't want to see them go away!
  16. stearmandriver

    PSA for USA Mail-in Ballot Voters

    In my current state, every registered voter is mailed a ballot. You can mail it back in (postage free), or drop it in a drop box. You can then verify via a web portal that your vote was counted correctly. If it wasn't, you can request a new ballot (which requires a positive ID) and cast a new...
  17. stearmandriver

    Using Rubbing Alcohol to Sweeten a Sour Pipe.

    I can vouch for the method of stuffing the bowl with cotton balls and then soaking them with everclear. When the alcohol evaporates, the cotton is almost black with tar leached out of the pipe... and the pipe smells and tastes brand new. Lots of different techniques though.
  18. stearmandriver

    What Happened to The Pipe Babes?

    I kind of agree with this. I'm not speaking from any position of offense - in another of my interests (the warbird world), art ranging from cheesecake pinup to practically pornographic is ubiquitous. But this section of the site always had a weird vibe to me; awkward. The models always gave...
  19. stearmandriver

    Pipe And Cigarettes.

    I really dislike nicotine, and I dislike any pipe blends that have enough of it that I feel it. Burleys are not my friends haha, but it makes sense that I like english/oriental and Virginia blends. I smoke an occasional pipe for the routine, the flavor, the aroma, and the meditative aspects...
  20. stearmandriver

    Tobacco Rustica

    This... is the finest sentence I've ever read in a tobacco review!
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