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  1. BingBong

    Gah! Crocked.

    Some time back I mentioned my palate being a bit off and maybe I needed a break. Well, I persisted and it kind of improved then began to go off again. The last three weeks, not nice but appetite in general also gone. I've been running fevers at night, but I have twice-weekly checkups, all good...
  2. BingBong

    Ryder Cup 2025

    I caught bits of this on the roundups and confess, I've never seen a golf crowd behave like that. Normally, there's a reverent hush usually reserved for chapels; this was like golf in a zoo. Is NY always like this?
  3. BingBong

    Lunar Eclipse, Europe, Sunday 7th September

    As the sun sets tomorrow evening in Western Europe and the UK, the Moon will rise on a heading of 100° and it will be in total eclipse. Providing the weather plays nice, it should be a spectacular red Moon-rise and witches, bats etc. will rejoice.
  4. BingBong

    Cheese

    My thanks to @OzPiper for the heads up, finally got round to snagging myself a slab of Montgomery. Now this is a cheddar. Wow.
  5. BingBong

    Germain's Gold Leaf R/R vs Medium Flake

    I've had a bit of time to analyse these two blends; Gold Leaf (hereinafter GL) was something I've smoked many times, whereas Medium Flake (hereinafter MF) is of more recent acquaintance and I've gone through about 120g of that now. My purpose is to dispel the notion, oft repeated, that these...
  6. BingBong

    Germain's Rich Dark Flake

    Well now. I had never seen this on sale in the UK and thought it long discontinued. That turns out to be untrue; not much is produced for sure, but certain people have been regularly nobbling the little that does, leaving none for anyone else. However, the problem has been identified by at...
  7. BingBong

    Blobfest

    Tell me, is Blobfest the most American thing ever? To annually celebrate a fictional work, by running screaming out of a specific theater? I thought that we in Britain had some pretty wacky events, like cheese rolling, but Blobfest seems to be next level. Bless y'all.
  8. BingBong

    Happy Independence Day

    I'm sure it was all for the best, no hard feelings from Blighty.
  9. BingBong

    The Boy's Been Watching Cartoons

    Just now and again, in fact most infrequently nowadays, I get a stupid notion in my noggin to test this or that unlikely theory. This morning, the thought came to me, prior to any tea and with an empty stomach, to roll a makin's in a long thin OCB, filling it with C&D Bayou Morning. Stuck a...
  10. BingBong

    "The Why", Guy Wallace & Big Game

    Tripped over this earlier - the late Sir Guy on his last big game hunt. What a character. Pipe must be an Army mount Peterson.
  11. BingBong

    SAD

    After I'd had a bowl the other day, I felt myself in need of just a bit more Vitamin N, a supplement if you will. It got me thinking of how I could do that, without resorting to a RYO or a mouth spray or some other method - well, I filled another bowl, but I really wanted something short and...
  12. BingBong

    Where Eagles Dare

    2025 FA Cup Final Crystal Palace 1 : Manchester City 0 Eyes closed in silent prayer, Old Gowrie in the Peterson Aran Rusticated Prince, Samuel Gawith Celtic Talisman up both nostrils, wireless blaring, team shirt on. Moments which will never come again.
  13. BingBong

    British Asparagus Season

    It's upon us! It will be over by mid-June at the latest, so brief. But Britain's Queen of Vegetables is widely thought to be the finest in the world, succulent, tender and tasty. I've just eaten fillets of sea bream, gently pan fried in olive oil and butter, with steamed and buttered asparagus...
  14. BingBong

    Big Ben Sylvia 842

    Received one such today and gently started breaking it in with some HOTW. It got rather hot towards the end. Too hot, unfortunately. But that's the nature of tobacco pipes, they will get hot from time to time. Sadly, the coating looks like a failed idea.
  15. BingBong

    The GM 6.2l L87 Disaster

    PSA: Rainman Ray just posted a video about this and some of you Merkin guys might be affected - there's a recall on any vehicle 2021-2024 with this engine. It's a crock, apparently. One mechanic in California has just had a Cadillac with one of these in, 4 miles on the clock and it has blown...
  16. BingBong

    A Lucky Man With A New Herriot

    But not me, sadly. However, some insights, worth a watch.
  17. BingBong

    Rusticated vs Sandblasted

    Rustic vs. Sandblast :: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions - https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/threads/rustic-vs-sandblast.20558/ I feel that I'm none the wiser. Can we have a re-run of this emotive topic for infotainment purposes? Is a Dunhill Shell briar sandblasted?
  18. BingBong

    Cabbie's Batches

    On the left, a batch from month 341 and on the right, 345. I only mention this to say that the 341 was an outlier, darker, moister, many more intact coins, perhaps even a hint of Lakeland sauce, a little slower burning. It has been very tasty. The batch from 345 is back to the old routine...
  19. BingBong

    The Room Note

    Smoked an excellent bowl of Germain's Brown Flake late this afternoon, but the fact that I was running out of milk started to bug me - would there be enough for my morning tea tomorrow? Milkanoia. Eventually, had to scratch that itch, emptied the ashes, got my shoes and socks on people (perhaps...
  20. BingBong

    Century Picaroon 1690 Plug

    A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. So we come to the enigma of Picaroon and Ahi Ka's detective work. Century is not a well known brand of pipe tobacco in the UK or, I imagine, anywhere. The suspicion is that, as it brags its USA roots, it's a Sutliff product. The Picaroon lists...
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