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    McClelland may be closing.

    Maybe can we have something other than fifteen ___ threads that get the same replies? Making a lot of nothing from very little is what forums are all about. After all, what do we all really have in common? We enjoy blowing smoke.
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    Update on the STG Closure Of Sutliff and Mac Baren

    Would be great to see a list of 'true' (whatever that means) manufacturers still extant.
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    Stoved Virginia Blends?

    C&D Steamworks. It's not a dead ringer for Blackwoods Flake but it's good and it's steamed.
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    Seriously? Rustication Gone Awry?

    Now I'm trying to think of a rustication that really looked fantastic, and I'm coming up short.
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    Seriously? Rustication Gone Awry?

    It's fine. I'm quite impressed with Person's price-to-value ratio across the board.
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    Jim's Revised Solani 633 and ABF Reviews.

    I recently compared fresh and ten year old tins of 656. Its like two different blends, one heavenly and one just awful.
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    Hearing Problems?

    Sudden partial loss of hearing in my left ear around ten years ago, and an additional sudden loss on that side around 5 years ago. The other ear is fine. I've had plenty of noise exposure, but its unclear how that figures in. I wear one hearing aid, but results have been mixed.
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    What Does Latakia Taste Like

    Dark beer- yes, Guinness Stout or something like that. Horse for sure.
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    What Does Latakia Taste Like

    Smell and taste are intimately related, especially with something rich like latakia. I don't think taste and smell can be separated in that case. I remember my very first latakia was Comoys #11, a very latakia-forward blend. My first impression was a combination of smoke, old damp/musty...
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    Do You Dry Your Tobacco Before Smoking? Why or Why Not?

    Unless its 'wet' I no longer bother. I use the breath method of smoking, which immediately rehumidifies the dried tobacco.
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    Ash Dumping Question

    I used to dump once per bowl, every bowl. Now I never do.
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    Chinese Investment Company to restart McClellands next Year

    I feel sorry for Pipestud.
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    How to Keep Pipe Rim from Darkening?

    If you exhale through the bowl alot ('breath method'), all that heat and smoke will penetrate into the briar, and no amount of scrubbing will completely remove it.
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    Rubbing Out Flakes.

    Fold. It's a flake for a reason. As the blender intended.
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    Changey Mind

    Agree here. The Virginia flakes all taste the same to me.
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    Trouble Contacting Synjeco

    After my last order was returned to them by the USPS, they stopped communicating with me. I never received a refund.
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    Why Not Clean your Pipe After every Smoke?

    Wet cleaning of the entire pipe after every smoke. Takes 3 or 4 minutes. Eliminates the need for deep cleaning. Once you get used to it, the idea of not doing it seems unpleasant.
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    Alex Lifeson turns 70

    What are his favored pipe tobaccos?
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    Help Appreciated: Is it Mold or Bloom?

    It is granular and it shows a specific (looking) distribution. It is plume.
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    Rim Charring

    Unavoidable if you exhale through the bowl, as I do.
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