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Philly's Morley's Pipe Club 7:00pm Thursday 3Nov
Yo skra We should have a good contingent tonight. The SEPTA strike has taken a couple of players out for this meeting, but I expect 15-20 anyway. There have been some new members lately, and the weather, once the rain stops, is pretty nice for November. 'Drew'n I are driving in early, since...- lestrout
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Cosmic Review: RO Perique Blend GP-11 & SV-23
Yo Cos Enjoyed your Tale of Two Periques there. The great RussO was telling us about the 4 special barrel (think Single Malt) Periques Mark Ryan had cooked up, and his intention to put together a series with a common foundation to highlight the differences. This is like what McClelland did...- lestrout
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Tom Eltang Sailor
Yo Al - you can put your fly rod making skills to work to 'band' that shank crack. hp and tl les -
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GBD 311 New Standard Restoration
Yo Al - nice job on that classic. Great flake or taster size. How did you unstick the stem? Freezer? hp les- lestrout
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Philly's Morley's Pipe Club 7:00pm Thursday 3Nov
Bruce advises that the November meeting will be really early: Thursday 3Nov, which is the first (not the third) Thursday of the month. Normally we need to schedule to steer clear of the Thanksgiving holiday. We're still beavering our way through the veritable explosion of FDA-inspired new (and...- lestrout
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Tobacco Guillotine: Where To Buy.
How about a(n?) Ulu? Native Alaskans use them to cut whale blubber and papipesmoker uses it to great effect on plugs, ropes and the like. hp les- lestrout
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The Uses Of Forums
Picking up on skra's comments on WAYS threads, at least one other forum usually posts pics of the pipes involved. I look through those for my daily eye candy/pipe porn. Unlike trolling EBay and vendors, there is no easy Buy-It-Now button, so it doesn't immediately cost me money. hp les- lestrout
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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The Uses Of Forums
Yo ssjo - re your: "A lot of the old guard doesn't seem to have any interest (Rich Esserman, ec.) Of all the guys who write for The Pipe Collector, I can't think of any who use the forums." - maybe click, aka Adam, might weigh in. But you, skra and others observe the same things I do, that the...- lestrout
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Morta???
Yo bigpo - thanks for a very thorough discussion of morta(s), which maps pretty completely with my understanding. My first morta was Chris Askwith's first, too, and though I got it for its reputed synergy with Latakias, I liked its earthy contribution to Virginias. Chris commented how much... -
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White Whale Slipping Away
Yo sj WTG. I love my bevy of Beckers - their stems are maximally comfy and they all are stellar puffers. The price you got is quite good. The FDA inspired diversion of PAD funds to TADs has softened pipe prices everywhere, so you did well by making your move now. hp les -
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Hurricane Matthew & Smokingpipes.com
Yo Sykes - very glad to hear Matthew didn't hurt SP too much. It's good to get some good news in these troubled times. hp les- lestrout
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Dunhill Flake: Review With Pictures.
Yo maw - DHF is one of my staples. I enjoyed your review(s) and methodology. Perhaps a big factor is that airing out a freshly opened tin develops flavors for me. I love to sniff the fresh tin note of a newly opened tin, but I don't count on having the taste upon smoking coming through for...- lestrout
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Luxury Navy Flake Price Hike
P&C has new PA taxes on pipe tobaccos to deal with this fall. So their cost of business has gone up. hp les- lestrout
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Finally Back in the Game
Yo banjo I was wondering how you were doing since you have been not posting. Sorry to hear you needed to utilize the medical system, but am very happy you are up and back at it. Did all that mess up your summer ffishing? hp and tl les -
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RO Series Acadian Gold - RussO hits another winner
Last night's Lehigh Valley Pipe Club's makeup meeting provided a revelation. At previous meetings, we had heard from the great Russ Ouellette about his innovative idea, per "In October of 2015, while spending a day with Mark Ryan at the L.A. Poche Perique Company in St. James Parish, Louisiana...- lestrout
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Robert Lewis's The Orcilla Mixture
Yo pau Orcilla is decidedly very Oriental forward, but I'm pretty sure there are some Virginias in there that help develop the flavors and provide a foundation. It tastes like there is a trace of Latakia too. In this genre, especially since the Ferndowns haven't been produced for years, I...- lestrout
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Drucquer and Sons and GL Pease
Re Greg's "As an aside, Les, Gaslight is not a crumble cake, but a true plug", I stand corrected. In fact my Gaslight is so dense as a plug and uncrumbly that I am thinking of getting a (an?) Ulu, which is used in Alaska to cut up whales and, by my observations at the Lehigh Valley Pipe Club...- lestrout
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McClelland 2020 - Whats An Equivalent Tinned Version?
Yo bir - to answer your original question, the tin that jumps to mind is No.24 from the Matured Virginia series in the brown labels. But there are significant differences, since the Oriental varietal is Drama rather than Xanthi and 2020 has some Latakia. The Virginias are not as bright...- lestrout
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Philly Morley's Pipe Club - 10/6/2016
Yo skra Thanks for posting this, our monthly meeting. I hope this means we can expect to see you there. hp les- lestrout
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Rating flake tobacco
Yo dka I guess you haven't seen our own JohnF across the room wielding the new toy he got several months ago. I had been talking about getting an Ulu, which Alaskan natives use to carve out whale meat and hipsters get to dice herbs (for cooking, anyway). Come to the Lehigh Valley PC meeting...- lestrout
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