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  1. cranseiron

    You Tube Pipe Channel

    kcghost, as usual, I'm late to the party.
  2. cranseiron

    You Tube Pipe Channel

    I just came across this quite by accident. It's quintessentially English and just has a slow comfortable feel to it. Here's an encapsulation from the channel: "Musings, readings, welcome and conviviality from poet, priest and scholar, Malcom Guite". It won't be for everybody, but it's worth...
  3. cranseiron

    Watch Out or Watch on? Pt 2.

    I used to love wrist watches, but gave them up, as someone else mentioned, they started to annoy me. Especially, in hot humid summer. Above, is an 1890s Swiss Domain Roman key wind, a early 1900s Elgin and (who knew!) a 1970s Timex pocket watch.
  4. cranseiron

    Ruminations on Inflation

    +1 supply/demand. I think the U.S. increases it's population to the tune of 100 million every 40 years, give or take. Supply-- static; demand-- ever increasing.
  5. cranseiron

    Making a zippo even better

    You're welcome, John.
  6. cranseiron

    Making a zippo even better

    Nice work, CDR McBragg. I love Zippos and their link to American culture and important historical events. When my dad passed I was lucky enough to find his Viet Nam war Zippo issued to him in 1965. I recently went on a Zippo binge on ebay. Lots of very unusual Zippos out there in e-commerce...
  7. cranseiron

    The Sound of a Zippo

    Zippo is definitely a piece of Americanna. Most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten... these go to eleven.
  8. cranseiron

    Seeking Exceptional Bourbons

    May as well throw these in for good measure.
  9. cranseiron

    Seeking Exceptional Bourbons

    It was given a brief mention. Any of the Jim Beam small batch bourbons are very good: Booker's, Baker's, Basil Hayden and Knob Creek. Very good values imo.
  10. cranseiron

    No Taste out of my Newish Peterson

    I've had pipes like that. A couple of higher end estates-- an absolutely beautiful 2000 Pipe of the Year Ser Jacopo and a Costello 1999 Pipe of the Year. The only thing I could taste in the Costello were G&H ropes. In the Ser Jacopo all tobacco tasted far away and faint. A brand new Pete...
  11. cranseiron

    Your Favorite Straight Virginia

    Union Square (aged) Best Brown Plug Full Virginia Plug Wessex Campaign Dark
  12. cranseiron

    Fly-fishing And No Need To Catch A Fish

    Think I'm gonna get the Fenwick Aetos 5wt. Any suggestions for a reel?
  13. cranseiron

    Which In Production Blends Have A Vinegary BBQ Tin Note?

    I never smelled it in a new tin of Briar Fox. I went through just a couple of tins before I gave up on that particular blend, but I don't remember any vinegar smell. As an aside, I just opened up some aged SG Kedal Plug-- very distinct vinegar smell.
  14. cranseiron

    Fly-fishing And No Need To Catch A Fish

    Nice springtime thread! I started to fly fish a bit when I lived in Utah back in the late 80s/early 90s. Fished the Green some in NE Utah. I do miss that. I've been thinking I might pick it up again down here in south MS fishing river sand bars and using poppers for bream. My late father had...
  15. cranseiron

    Ever Wondered Why Molasses Was/Is Added To Tobacco?

    You're welcome, Jay. A little late with my reply-- touring through the Mississippi Delta on the Indian with the wife on our way to Arkansas. davek/Jay, I remember from middle school history learning about the American/British Caribbean molasses trade . Funny, there was no mention of all that...
  16. cranseiron

    Ever Wondered Why Molasses Was/Is Added To Tobacco?

    davek, very informative post-- thank you. Here's a link to a quick and dirty treacle vs. molasses article. Treacle receives less distillation, thus a higher sugar content and so less bitter than molasses. Molasses is the dregs of cane sugar distillation. Jay, if you've not read this already...
  17. cranseiron

    Ever Wondered Why Molasses Was/Is Added To Tobacco?

    hawky, I'm pretty sure treacle and molasses are the same thing. Treacle is what the Brit's call it. Correct me if I'm wrong, Jay.
  18. cranseiron

    So Are West Virginians Really Hillbillies?

    Hell, Hap, everybody else takes digs, one more won't hurt! :) I didn't take it that way, Hap, so no worries. I just took the opportunity to say a few positive things about the state as most of what is heard is negative. It really is a much maligned state. I've been in NYC and was ignored by...
  19. cranseiron

    So Are West Virginians Really Hillbillies?

    Well, Hap, AL, MS, LA and AR are all neck and neck-- or is it redneck and redneck?-- in most categories and one can say the same about the other for some metric at one time or another, right? :) I wasn't offended by Cosmic's comparisons, but curious as to how he came to those conclusions if his...
  20. cranseiron

    So Are West Virginians Really Hillbillies?

    Cosmic, just checkin'-- are you saying Alabama is way more progressive, educated, financially elevated, etc. than Mississippi? That was a bit of a ramble and I'm not sure if you were comparing AL to said neighboring states or just North Carolina.