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  1. riskybusiness

    Time Keepers

    I stopped wearing a wrist watch due to a nickel allergy. Most stainless steel (like 316) contain 2-3% nickel, some types of stainless as high as 10%. I get a rash on my wrist under the watch case. So, I've started carying a pocket watch. I own a French key wind from 1899 and yes, while there...
  2. riskybusiness

    German/Black Forest Pipes

    http://pipesmagazine.com/blog/tag/german-porcelain-wine-pipe/
  3. riskybusiness

    Latakia - Convince Me To Try It!

    Definitely. It's hard to say whether or not you will like it, but I think you owe it to yourself to try it. Keep an open mind about it. Don't go into the experiencing thinking, "Well other people said it was good, and they're supposed to be experts or something, so I have to like it otherwise...
  4. riskybusiness

    Latakia - Convince Me To Try It!

    With respect to the smoky quality of Latakia, I suppose that could be considered an oxymoron. Like, of course tobacco is smoky, I'm smoking it. But seriously though, I guess you could think of it this way: Latakia is an Oriental tobacco that is sun-cured and then fire-cured. That's a loaded...
  5. riskybusiness

    Latakia - Convince Me To Try It!

    One might ponder why you took up pipe smoking at all? I'm not saying that you do, but for argument's sake: If someone has a negative opinion of tobacco smoking, they could easily describe any and all smoking like a stinky campfire, as you put it. Try it or don't. If you need convincing, then...
  6. riskybusiness

    List Your Other Hobbies / Interests

    I like taking long walks on the beach, watching sunsets, and casual conversation over a glass of white wine. Sorry, wait. Wrong forum. :wink:
  7. riskybusiness

    New Turned Tamper

    Well done! That is lovely. Have you ever used myrtle wood or desert iron wood? I hear those are very strong. They would make a good keep-in-your-pocket tamper.
  8. riskybusiness

    Observations on Driving in the U.S.

    Regarding left-arrow turns: We have the same issue over here in the UK, (only it's right arrows for us). Crossing through oncoming lanes of traffic is inefficient, and a logistics puzzle for traffic engineers. There are dozens of academic papers simply on the subject of turn signal...
  9. riskybusiness

    Pet hate; "Snazzy Websites"

    What is it with men's clothing, especially young men's clothing these days? The style is so emasculated. It's like boys are trying to dress like their sister. Grahm Norton had a segment on his show once: Gay or European? He had people in the audience stand up and the guests had to guess if...
  10. riskybusiness

    Squad Leader in 2014

    I've had a lot of bad information from people behind the counter... you always have to get a second opinion when they drop little bombshells like that. Perhaps this person meant that Squadron Leader was no longer being carried by that shop. So many times I've been in a tobacco shop and someone...
  11. riskybusiness

    I've Reen Robbed!

    Sharks with lasers is awesome. Or possibly bears with chainsaws welded to their paws. Then again, you could just hire a clown. Those things freak me out.
  12. riskybusiness

    Doesn't Suffer Fools Gladly; Huh?

    Perfectionism is inefficient. I prefer Satisficing, a term coined by Herbert Simon. The premise behind Satisficing is this: If a company attempts to build the 'perfect product' or attempts to build a product perfectly, they will eventually exhaust their resources, both in terms of capital and...
  13. riskybusiness

    Here's One I Never Saw Before

    I can see why Heff got along with Shel Silverstein. Sure, we've all seen "Where the sidewalk ends" and "The Giving Tree"... but few people have read his *other* stuff. For example, an ABC book that should never be given to children: Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book: A Primer for Adults Only ...and a...
  14. riskybusiness

    I've Reen Robbed!

    I can advise getting a Welsh Terrier. They get terretorial about other creatures in the yard and will chase anything that invades.
  15. riskybusiness

    Anyone Looked at Themselves in a Mirror with their Pipes?

    I have always appreciated when a close friend of mine mentioned, "you look good with that pipe, it suits you." I think it was a golden-color flame-grain Savinelli pipe, billiard shape. I don't know why he liked that one in particular. It was the only one he ever commented on. This, from the...
  16. riskybusiness

    Einstein's Desk the Day After His Death

    Not just Henry Ford... Apparently General Motors was quite keen on selling vehicles to the Nazis. "May 2, 1934, after practicing his sieg heil in front of a mirror, [James] Mooney and two other senior executives from General Motors and its German division, Adam Opel A.G., went to meet Hitler in...
  17. riskybusiness

    How's This For A Man-Cave?

    Tslex, that is a lovely sitting room. I would be proud to call that my smoking den. Very nice indeed.
  18. riskybusiness

    Pet peeves

    I agree with houndstooth: People who do not clean up after their dog. Apparently you can catch Toxicariasis from that. In the UK, 100 children go blind every year because some selfish idiot didn't pick up after their dog on the sidewalk. http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/ate/childrenshealth/200336.html
  19. riskybusiness

    My New .10¢ Tamper

    woodsroad -- bullets are for sissies. A real man uses a nuclear launch key for a tamper:
  20. riskybusiness

    Thinking about adding a Pete

    plateauguy -- sorry, not to put down the gift your wife gave you, but the finish on that pipe is what I was talking about. It appears to me like the stain was applied with a sponge at the front bottom of the bowl and they didn't wipe off the excess. Looking at the area under the 2 stripes...
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