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  1. georged

    Google AI is Now Pushing Illegal Street Drugs

    I clicked on a local news story involving a fentanyl death. Here's a screenshot of the article's photo header and its first written line, along with The Friendly, Helpful, and Endlessly Presumptive AI Goggle-Monster's offer to help me buy some of my own! :) I didn't click the button, but...
  2. georged

    The Funniest Thing You'll See Today (if you're a motorcycle rider)

    Police dash cam footage of a Baddie who tries to outrun several police cars... On a smallish V-twin Harley type of bike... With his 250+ pound wife/girlfriend on the back... Down a pothole-filled farm access trail...
  3. georged

    A Pipe "Fill" --- What Does That Word Mean, Exactly?

    Because having "a fill" in a briar pipe meant only one thing from the earliest days of briar pipe manufacturing until the 1970's/1980's---over a hundred years---the inertia (for lack of a better term) of the word is strong. It means that a non-briar material has been added to fill small...
  4. georged

    Perfecting Near-Perfection

    How satisfying. A while back I got a Doug Finlay pipe I named Chonky Boi (for obvious reasons), and smoked it hard. It was perfect in every way, but gradually drifted away from that perfection in one detail. After a hundred bowls or so, I decided it needed a larger diameter chamber. (For...
  5. georged

    Comedy Relief These Days is Always Welcome

    Don't misunderstand, I love many examples of Dunhills---both my own 40-odd specimens and ones I've seen that belong to others---and think they are worth a bit more than most brands for several reasons... but srsly? [<--- Am I tuned in to 2025 or what?]
  6. georged

    How Strong Are Bulls? Yikes...

    This is the same breed that rodeo cowboys in North and South America imported years ago and have tons-O-fun trying to ride. (Which are then selected for nastiness. No I'm not kidding.) https://www.newsflare.com/video/321825/furious-bull-smashes-up-small-car-honking-it-on-road-in-east-india
  7. georged

    A Question For Mr. Grey, Crashing Type, The... Are You in This Movie?

    If not, any behind-the-scenes stories to tell about it?
  8. georged

    1959 Yale Pipe Smoking Contest (old magazine article w/pics)

    https://www.messynessychic.com/2016/12/14/big-pimping-at-yales-pipe-smoking-contest-1959/
  9. georged

    Photos from 2002 Chicago Show

    2002 is not a typo. This is for old-school pipe show fans. puffy I encountered two pages by accident, while looking for something else: https://www.tine.at/pipes/chicago2002/page_01.htm (Click at the bottom pf page one to see page 2)
  10. georged

    Outstanding Vegas Pipe Show Video on YouTube

    Mentioning it on this board (in addition to all the other places it has doubtless been mentioned/linked to) because exposure is a categorically good thing for events like this. Brian and Dave have been tireless in their production of the Vegas show, and a professional-level cameraman & movie...
  11. georged

    Dunhill CK Rescue

    One of Dunhill's rarest and most sought-after shapes is the CK. Why? For the same reason this model Ferrari is one of the rarest and most sought-after by car collectors: :col: But CKs do occasionally turn up, and one was sent to me that had been both heavily smoked and the stem wrecked...
  12. georged

    Paragraph from Local News Story --- wtf?

    Does this sort of thing mean error prone-robots/AI are now "reporters"? Or that human reporters are "writing" by dictation (and not checking the output because that would take an extra ten seconds). Or that today's human reporters wouldn't have passed sixth grade English forty years ago...
  13. georged

    In the Midst of the Tobacco Supply Angst, Some Comic Relief

    NFW... Yes, W ---
  14. georged

    Watching This Makes My Brain Hurt

    There's not being rocket science, and there's not being rocket science!!! https://ark.media/record/16973
  15. georged

    The Game of Cricket is Actually Quite Simple

    I love "essentials only" explanations, especially when it comes to sports where lots of fan-energy type embellishments and digressiveness often make a clear understanding difficult. Linguistic precision for the win! (Especially useful in the case of cricket, since games can last five days.)
  16. georged

    Broken Pipe --- Chuck Gray

    Chuck was a long-time pipe repairman of the absolute highest caliber. Literally the best on Planet Earth for antiques that involved amber. He hosted the repairman's workshop at the Chicago Show for many years. He was also outgoing, had a great sense of humor, and was generous with his time...
  17. georged

    Hamburger Question

    I found a leftover burger in the back of a cabinet in my basement (I love happy nom nom surprises!), but there's a black speck on it that looks a little "off". What's the right temp to re-heat it to when there's something like that, and how long should the burger be heated for?
  18. georged

    Superbowl Teams Described Visually

    Cheefs --- Beagles ---
  19. georged

    Perfect Storm of Repair Difficulty

    Snapped-off tenon? check Super high-end collectable, so replacing the entire stem is an extremely undesirable last resort? check Crazy-small stem & tenon, so it's practically watch repair, not pipe repair? check Stem is curved w/a flared barrel, so holding it rigidly still for drilling...
  20. georged

    Morta Wood Explanation & History

    Board member jguss became curious about the difference between true Morta wood from France, and bog oak which can come from lots of other places around the world, and sent me this link. Figured I'd pass it on. Enjoy the deep dive --- https://www.couteaux-morta.com/en/what-is-morta-wood/
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