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    What’s for Lunch?

    Simple lunch today - ox heart tomato, basil and anchovies. Olive oil and aged PX vinegar dressing 😋
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    ***What Are You Smoking, December 2024?***

    Wild birds or farmed ? In any case, they are free range 😍😋
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    ***What Are You Smoking, December 2024?***

    The next pipe is an Austrian ?Andreas Bauer gourd calabash And a bowl of Peterson’s Founder’s Choice
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    ***What Are You Smoking, December 2024?***

    A very warm day here, so 2 shortish bowls 2 meers - the 1st a 1971 Peterson African meer With a bowl of Peterson’s Connoiseuer’s Choice And a glass of iced water
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    Cleaning Cobs

    Plastic and acrylic stems are best cleansed with pipe cleaners dipped in liquid soap and flushed I do use alcohol occasionally, but rinsed out immediately
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    So I bought a Pipe by Lee

    Our learned counsel’s latest innamorata is Marxman pipes and their magical sap. He alone has driven up the demand and prices of both Pipes by Lee and Marxman piopes And is sitting by ready to cash-in with his hoard of several bucket loads 😁
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    What Happened To Tsuge?

    Drew Estates is primarily a cigar company. Pipe tobacco was only a very small part of their portfolio.
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    Cleaning Cobs

    I’m my experience the chamber is rarely where the :poop: is. Try cleaning out the shank and mortise with alcohol-dipped cleaners. And repeat, and repeat until they come out clean If that doesn’t work, buy a new cob.
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    Cleaning your rubbers?

    You REUSE them ? :eek:
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    Help getting started with first pipes, tobacco, etc.

    In my curiosity to discover the differences between materials I have pipes made of briar, olive wood, morta, cherry wood, corn cob, meerschaum, gourd calabashes, clay, porcelain and even ivory. My conclusion - unless you have the acutely tuned tastebuds of a @JimInks, the differences are...
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    Help getting started with first pipes, tobacco, etc.

    I’m going to go against most the advice given here :eek: I tell people getting into wine that if they start off with a bottle of 2-buck chuck, they’re are going to wonder what the fuss is about and go back to drinking Bourbon and Coke. If you start out with something decent, you’re more likely...
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    Cleaning your rubbers?

    OUCH !!!! 🤔 Dishwasher along with the pipe cleaners ? rotf On a more serious note : The silicon ones are easier to use and remove. I have separate ones for each pipe and remove after each smoke. Just give them a quick wipe Cheap enough to throw away if they look scungy They come in a...
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    A pre-,Xmas Chinese lunch

    The 2008 Tattinger Comtes and Krug N/V were superb As were the ‘83 Mazis Chambertin and 2000 Volnay And the JJ Prum Eiswein ….,,,,,, I don’t think there would be too many tables drinking better today
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    A pre-,Xmas Chinese lunch

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    A pre-,Xmas Chinese lunch

    A great lunch today with a few exceptional bottle Sorry for the lack of photos of the food ☹️ Champagnes were GREAT Very good white Burgundy Then a couple of excellent cred Burgundies I Then a superlative rare JJ Prum Eiswein
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    The Dupont Knock-off

    My sister wears knock-off Chinese watches, even though she can afford Rolexes She says they are cheap, keeps good time, and when the battery is done, she just gets a new watch because it’s cheaper than buying a battery and getting it installed. And she is not bothered if it goes through the...
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    Good Thing Syrian Latakia is No Longer a Thing.

    There are HUGE areas worldwide without electricity and running hot water Guess what they use for cooking and heating ?
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    What Are You Drinking? December 2024

    Amontillados and Palo Cortados are my favourites styles. If you like amontillados, do try a Toro Albala. Montilla-Moriles being further inland grow Pedro Ximenes grapes which have a fuller palate than Palomino which feature in Jerez and Sanlucar. The term “amontillado” refers to sherries...
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    Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes

    That (spectacular) Ken Barnes one. There can't be another of those around. I think you may be underestimating its worth - just on the prices fetched by a Dunhill magnum recently, and those cased Barlings
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    What Are You Drinking? December 2024

    If sherry is your tipple, than you are spoilt for choice these days. Sherry was one of the highest priced wines in the early 1900's - even more expensive than champagne, Bordeaux and Burgundy Sales of sherry has been in the doldrums for decades - hence a plentiful supply, low prices and...