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  1. romeowood

    New Box Pass Thread

    It made its way to VA safely, at least according to the USPS.
  2. romeowood

    So, Honestly, When Is "Soon"?

    In tracking the last two years' purchases I've saved over 5% compared to current prices, roughly $200. That's a good enough reason for me. You're losing money by not buying!
  3. romeowood

    Club Blends and Online Retailers

    Ahoy undecagon, glad to see you're interested in the NYPC blends! They're fantastic (unrepentant plug there). Pipes & Cigars is not only the retailer for them, they were created in co-operation with Russ Ouellette--we gave him either recipes (in the case of Jack's Shanty) or a specific blend...
  4. romeowood

    Opinions on Chacom Pipes

    I love mine, and am smoking one right now coincidentally. I think they're great, underrated pipes for the money. If one catches your eye, it's worth it.
  5. romeowood

    Back! Again! How is Everyone?

    'Tis the season :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVS3WNt7yRU
  6. romeowood

    No More Tobacco Or Pipes

    It ain't getting any cheaper. Buy Buy Buy.
  7. romeowood

    NY Pipe Club Meeting-IPSD and tobacoo find

    Though Vernon is rather trim, if not quite diminutive, he is one of the giants in the hobby. And that's just one of the reasons why.
  8. romeowood

    Monday Night Fights II: Frog Morton OTB vs SPC Plum Pudding

    Frog with a KO in the first :30. While usually reserved in my dislike for blends, Plum Pudding is one which inexplicably elicited extreme, visceral biochemical rejection from every cell in my body. Even the invading germ cells and other detritus. FMOTB is conversely a delightfully palatable...
  9. romeowood

    Great Quotes

    Found these digging through some old paperwork: Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things. -- Izaak Walton listen: there’s a hell of a good universe next door; let’s go -- ee cummings Vae, puto deus fio.... -- Vespasian Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit. -- Virgil
  10. romeowood

    What Are You Smoking? *February 2013*

    Peterson's Holiday 2010 in a Jet Stream with some black, strong coffee, thinking it doesn't get much better.
  11. romeowood

    Vacation Return to Sad News

    Sorry for your troubles, trail. Avoid the pitfall of trying to blame or second guess; it was a circumstance beyond your control, however unfortunate and devastating. Keep faith that through this loss and sorrow, more strength and love will be built into your life.
  12. romeowood

    McClelland's Organic Flake

    I've enjoyed a couple tins and cellared a few more of C&D's brief offering of Sun Butler's (Organic Smoke Inc.) collaboration, "Organic Pipe Dreams", which was grown with certified organic practices and treated only with organic agave, prune, and vanilla extracts to act as mold inhibitors. The...
  13. romeowood

    Today, International Pipe Smoking Day 2013, I Resolve To...

    I resolve to complete a few blends I've been working on in my laboratory, finish at least some of the dozens of reviews I've started, and hopefully make a trip to some Mediterranean growing regions. And seeing others' posts, I'll add introducing a friend to the hobby.
  14. romeowood

    What Role Does Briar Play in Quality?

    Thank you for the edification, wcannoy-- my experience is solely from the use of burl as pertains to furniture use and the like. I did haggle for a piece of pink ivory burl one time, and I know it was 20+ years before I got my paws on it--and it still needed plenty of curing afterward. Do you...
  15. romeowood

    What Role Does Briar Play in Quality?

    @wcannoy--that is the best and most concise perspective on the issue yet, to my mind. To address the original post, Dunhill was a master of marketing hyperbole very early on in the game. To that end, oil-curing does have merit as a process, as does well-aged briar. To delve into the mechanics...
  16. romeowood

    Traveling Next Month - New Orleans

    Definitely stop by Payless and talk to Ed--they're one of the best mom & pops south of the Manson-Nixon line. He'll set you up with a pipe and great recommendations for what to fill it with. Shoot him an email before you go and set something up--info@paylesspipes. And +1 for the Tinderbox in...
  17. romeowood

    New Pipe Smoker Tobacco

    Smoke everything you can get your hands on; it's the best way to find out what you like.
  18. romeowood

    Pictures of Pipe Tobacco

    Thanks Lawrence! I've returned from the land of all work and no play. That's a tin of circa 1960 Cope's Escudo. The hand model was lestrout, photo credit goes to Patrick Grant. Opening this tin was quite a rush, and everyone agreed that it was a transcendental smoke. Even a confirmed aro smoker...
  19. romeowood

    What Are You Smoking? *February 2013*

    Finishing a tin of Frog Morton in a Medico cavalier. Two ounces of this sure don't last very long.
  20. romeowood

    How Many of You Smoke Indoors?

    After a couple years of heavy puffing inside, my office smells like the inside of a tobacco tin. This is not a bad thing, and the lady friend agrees.
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