Darn it; I've just moved from Australia to Brazil.
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S'ok, nobody panic. I was just trying to see what it feels like to inhale straight perique. No need to disinfect your screens.
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S'ok, nobody panic. I was just trying to see what it feels like to inhale straight perique. No need to disinfect your screens.
Cookies good; Gin good; but what about Absinthe? Or Cleaning Fluid?
I've just the whole of this thread from the beginning; at times it reads like out takes from Dr Stangelove...
That should have course of read "I've just read the whole of this thread from the beginning; at times it reads like out takes from Dr Stangelove...''
You guys kill me! 
I also got into reading this entire thread! Too funny with serious bits and sad bits, with thoughts that are insightful and the obvious conspiracy theories!
Thanks!
I also got into reading this entire thread! Too funny with serious bits and sad bits, with thoughts that are insightful and the obvious conspiracy theories!Thanks!
Haha! I went looking for absinthe to the liquour store the other day. Didn't find any, so I asked the lady at the till if they had it. 'I just sold the last bottle the other day', she replied, 'why? Do you like it?'
'Well', said I, 'it's just that with this virus scare you know how they're saying that whatever disinfectant you use must have at least 60% alcohol? So, I concluded that if I have to disinfect myself I better use absinthe instead of gin!'
She laughed and said, 'good thinking!'
That being said, though, it's not entirely a joke. I've been disinfecting my pipes with 40% vodka/gin, but I do want to buy absinthe for future disinfections, specially on new pipes I might buy.
Much as I love drinking Absinthe I'm not sure it's ideal pipe cleaning fluid as it does have some pretty strong flavourings; wouldn't a 60% Vodka (or some good old poitín [potcheen] / moonshine) be a better bet?
Latest News:
{NEWS}
Feds cut interest rates, try to stop market crash:
thehill.com
8% of the Iranian parliament already infected:
Virus hides neurons, indefinitely escapes recognition:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
CDC Lab for test kits contaminated:
www.axios.com
{RESEARCH}
Survives 28 days in bacteria on surfaces at 4 degrees celcius:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Bodies Must be Cremated:
www.chinadaily.com.cn
South Korea "recovered" case reinfected:
en.yna.co.kr
{Reminder}
China faces shortage of testing kits:
www.businessinsider.com
210 dead in Iran, regime covers it up:
www.bbc.com
nCoV to cost the global economy $1.1 trillion:
www.theguardian.com
{Detected Cases}
Detected: 92,856 Died: 3,168
btw I don't think any gov is being completely honest about these numbers. The death toll has remained stagnant for 3 days, before that it was steadily climbing. The situation seems to have gotten out of control. I would stock up on some basic food and medical supplies.
Within a month or two we may see real shortages here in the US. Costco Sams club and Walmart are already being stripped dry across the United States.
{NEWS}
Feds cut interest rates, try to stop market crash:
Fed cuts interest rates by half a percentage point amid coronavirus fears
The Federal Reserve on Tuesday cut interest rates amid concern about the potential economic toll of the coronavirus outbreak.The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), which sets Fed interest rates,…
thehill.com
8% of the Iranian parliament already infected:
Virus hides neurons, indefinitely escapes recognition:
The neuroinvasive potential of SARS-CoV2 may play a role in the respiratory failure of COVID-19 patients - PubMed
Following the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), another highly pathogenic coronavirus named SARS-CoV-2 (previously known as 2019-nCoV) emerged in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, and rapidly spreads around the...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
CDC Lab for test kits contaminated:
CDC lab for coronavirus test kits may have been contaminated
The Trump administration has ordered an independent investigation of the lab.
www.axios.com
{RESEARCH}
Survives 28 days in bacteria on surfaces at 4 degrees celcius:
Effects of Air Temperature and Relative Humidity on Coronavirus Survival on Surfaces - PMC
Assessment of the risks posed by severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus (SARS-CoV) on surfaces requires data on survival of this virus on environmental surfaces and on how survival is affected by environmental variables, such as air ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Bodies Must be Cremated:
Cremate coronavirus dead nearby: National Health Commission
National Health Commission says bodies of dead novel coronavirus patients should be cremated nearby, should not be transported.
www.chinadaily.com.cn
South Korea "recovered" case reinfected:
S. Korean woman reinfected with coronavirus after recovery | Yonhap News Agency
SEOUL, Feb. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea reported the first case of reinfection by the new c...
{Reminder}
China faces shortage of testing kits:
Wuhan, China, faces such a shortage of coronavirus test-kits that people say getting one is like 'winning the lottery'
The Wuhan coronavirus, known as 2019-nCoV, has killed 26 people so far in China. Doctors say they face a "flooding" of patients.
www.businessinsider.com
210 dead in Iran, regime covers it up:
Coronavirus: Iran's deaths at least 210, hospital sources say
The tally by BBC Persian is six times higher than the health ministry's official death toll of 34.
www.bbc.com
nCoV to cost the global economy $1.1 trillion:
Coronavirus 'could cost global economy $1.1tn in lost income'
Oxford Economics says virus already having ‘chilling effect’ as China factory closures spread
www.theguardian.com
{Detected Cases}
Detected: 92,856 Died: 3,168
btw I don't think any gov is being completely honest about these numbers. The death toll has remained stagnant for 3 days, before that it was steadily climbing. The situation seems to have gotten out of control. I would stock up on some basic food and medical supplies.
Within a month or two we may see real shortages here in the US. Costco Sams club and Walmart are already being stripped dry across the United States.
I can't get moonshine here. Maybe so, about the vodka. Then again, absinthe might actually infuse those darn English blends with some actual taste.
No need for you to buy it when the used market says that they are already sterilized and ready to smoke!
I'm talking about brand new ones. I never buy used pipes.
You can't tell whether someone, maybe even the manufacturers themselves, didn't blow on them to test the draw, can you?
Some here have likened pipes to silverware. Well, you don't just eat with silverware you just brought in from the store, do you? Even the instructions on the label say 'wash before use'.
Here (@ 6:24), see what I mean?
How often do you buy silverware? I do wash dishes! Does that mean I should also wash the 3pk of underwear prior to using them?!
I do. Any clothes I buy are washed first. I just bought a set of bed sheets and brand new or not, I ran them through the washer and drier at high heat before putting them on my bed.
And that, boys and girls, is why I don't do buffets.
Wait! What? We are supposed to wash underwear?
I'd be less fussy if we didn't have Return and Refund BS. Back when I was young, if you bought something you were stuck with it: no such things as returns, changes, or refunds—you didn't like it, tough luck. Returns and replacements were only for defective merchandise, and you got a brand new copy of the same item. Then they came up with 'refurbished' and the markets went to shit.
Nowadays, who knows who's handled the goods before you got them? Even when companies have no return policies for intimate gear, can you really trust them after seeing all the shenanigans they pull off?
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