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  1. karam

    Urs Portmann Swiss Tobaccos

    Morning! Here's me writing after a long while, this time about some house mixtures from a Swiss tobacconist called Urs Portmann. I've visited the B&M shop in Konstanz - beautiful town shared between Switzerland and Germany, you can literally hop over the border, it's just a line on the street -...
  2. karam

    Greek Easter Memories

    The Easter food thread inspired me to go a bit @Briar Lee and write a ruminating, winding post to expand on Greek Easter. For Greeks Easter is the most important religious holiday of the year, followed by the Assumption. Leading up to Easter there's of course Lent, with varying levels of...
  3. karam

    Malty Virginia Recommendations and Chenet’s Cake Opinions

    First time posting a thread after a long time. I’m looking for recommendations on malty Virginias, the specific thing I’m chasing is what I’ve observed while smoking in deeper bowls, the heel of the bowl gets very malty, likely due to quick stoving going on while smoking. Is there a blend in...
  4. karam

    Warren Buffett Unloading Apple

    I'm sure most of you'll have seen the news. You probably also saw that Friday was pretty damn bad for stocks, as has been the whole of July. Starting from his latest shareholder letter, I can't shake the thought that he's gearing for a crash. Points from the 2023 shareholder letter (bolding is...
  5. karam

    Villiger Krumme

    I've been eyeing these (literal) gas station cigars in Switzerland for a while. On one hand they look really silly, on the other I am a pleb who likes, no, loves Toscanos. I think these cheroots are the Swiss codger cigars. They are dirt cheap too, around $10 for 2...or 6 smokes?! It's odd that...
  6. karam

    RIP Jim Simons

    The person who was a maths professor and algorithm trading pioneer, codebreaker, chain-smoker, and solver of the market just died: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/10/jim-simons-billionaire-quantitative-investing-pioneer-who-generated-eye-popping-returns-dies-at-86.html
  7. karam

    Want to Buy an Experience: McClelland Dark Star/St James Woods

    Alright, I've contemplated making this post for a long time. I want to treat myself to an experience, a one-time thing. I am aware the offer price is ~15-30% lower than 4noggins prices today, so please don't point it out. Not intending to flip, trade or save. I'd like to buy a tin (50g) each...
  8. karam

    Briar chew toys for dogs?!

    Saw this yesterday in a German pet shop, then googled and apparently it's a thing in the UK too (example). Feels like an insult, though I am aware that these are the unusable roots most likely. They were smoothened, probably by sandblast.
  9. karam

    RIP Charlie Munger

    He was a real one. I have watched countless videos of his roasting stupidity and irrationality and try to apply some of the learnings myself. A few that stuck with me are: How hard is it to be rational If people weren’t so often stupid we wouldn’t be so rich Find what can go wrong, not what can...
  10. karam

    "The God Abandons Antony", C. P. Cavafy; Dodge Challenger Hellcat Edition

    This is borderline sacrilege, this is my favourite Greek poet. I am not particularly literary , my parents are, although I have read some poetry in my time. Apparently poetry should talk to anyone, regardless of the intent of the poet. This poem always came to me whenever something good was...
  11. karam

    MM 2018 Reverse Calabash

    Finally got one. Debated a bit with myself about smoking a never-smoked pipe but hey, I don't plan of ever selling it, it was bought to be smoked. I always found the first edition a bit more elegant, but I love this one too. Choice of first smoke will be some well-aged Ascanian No2.
  12. karam

    Paris Fat Mens' Club 1924

    Some mighty gentlemen, and a couple of mighty pipes: Fun fact, apparently in France they were called "100 kilo clubs", whereas in other places (UK, US) the threshold to join was 92kg, bet nowadays a well-built but not fat male is 100kg easily.
  13. karam

    Boxing, anyone?

    Heya, haven't made a thread in a while. Just making this one to talk about a new hobby of mine: boxing. I sacked up to walk into a dedicated boxing club as a fat/big looking 40 year old who last did anything cardio at least 10 years ago. I've been in the gym in many periods, the last 12 months...
  14. karam

    ChatGPT

    Anyone here following this thing? If not then google it, if yes I’d be interested to hear your thoughts. Essentially it is a chatbox supported by an extremely powerful deep learning AI. I played with it a bit, this thing is genuinely scary, huge opportunity for time saving. Scary because it...
  15. karam

    RIP Paul Sorvino

    :( not a great few months is it?
  16. karam

    Swiss Estate Auction

    So I saw this auction with a few hours to go and decided to hit it at the starting price (which was barely matching the price of the calabash) and hope for the best. I got it. It’s a mix of Butz Choquin and Dr Plumb. The calabash which was my target is in great condition, none of the stems are...
  17. karam

    Dan Tobacco Tumblin' Dice - Anyone Like it?

    As the title reads, I've seen this tobacco for a while, and have enough trust in Dan Tobacco given the excellent Ascanian and St Bernard, so I'd like to hear from anyone with first hand experience what's it like, and how it may stack up against other VaPers. Thank you
  18. karam

    Semi-Obscure Swiss Tobaccos Reviews

    Title edited. Caps and clarification. -jpm Hello, I wanted to write about a handful of house blends I've tried over here. They have minimal descriptions of contents, and no reviews on TR. They come from a shop called Roman Peter, and another called Tabak Laedeli. First, the Roman Peter...
  19. karam

    Gawith & Hoggarth Curly Cut Deluxe

    I got this on a whim visiting Sven Steinmann's amazing pipe shop in Basel. Saw "Escudo" on the jar and supposed it is a VaPer - it is not, but it somewhat tastes like one. Sven told me the backstory to the blend. Basel is a great little city, but any pipe-smoking visitor could do worse than...
  20. karam

    I Blame ChasingEmbers

    There is something about this shape that i find irresistible. Beautiful estate I just bought from Germany, spotlessly clean, almost unsmoked.
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