Passing the half way mark on this bowl of year 2016 Sutliff Revelation Match in a straight smooth brown post-WWII Kingsway (Comoy’s) London Made 61 Canadian with a tapered black vulcanite stem.
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Are you a professional photographer? I saw your picture the other day with your tea set and bamboo pipes and thought “does this guy have a tea pot for all his pipes” now I realize you just have insane aesthetic competency.
Thanks for the info！I do like S&G Perfection, and now need to find where I can buy this Groupemoor.2022 Grousemoor in a MM Apple Diplomat with a Forever stem.
If the batches stay consistent to what I’m smoking, this is an amazing light all day aromatic. Like light lemon tea, with a herbal side to it, slightly floral earthy, but absolutely remarkable.
Put this one on your radar boys and girls, if you like light lemon tea like flavors.
Seeing all those tea pot pictures of @isaac liu, now this I would absolutely think he would enjoy! Try to buy Grousemoor!
For all the tea lovers, this one is for @isaac liu
Be well everyone!
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By the way, The temperature here has reached 98℉. So, today's drink is Cold Brew coffee, Refrigerated for 12 hours, Ethiopia Guji Uraga Washed Heirloom G1.
And here I am getting called fancy for having a nespresso. My coffee game is weaker than I thought.Thanks for the info！I do like S&G Perfection, and now need to find where I can buy this Groupemoor.
By the way, The temperature here has reached 98℉. So, today's drink is Cold Brew coffee, Refrigerated for 12 hours, Ethiopia Guji Uraga Washed Heirloom G1.
Almost half way through this bowl of year 2014 Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match in a very much appreciated 1979 brown, slight bend grain etched flat front Stanwell Rego 969-48 (09) with a black vulcanite saddle stem.
@john19 I enjoyed the Erinmore Flake in my clay pipes. A good baccy but a bit hard to light at first. Where's that blacksmith when you need him
@BriarsAndBottles I had a big gulp of Latte while on the go - Man it went down well!
Refilled some of my lighters - I've given a neighbour 4 of them this morning. Got some more things for the charity shop - I took a LOAD of stuff yesterday. Bedroom looking a LOT tidier now!
Got a big chunky nail I found to use as a pipe tamper and repurposed the handles from old wooden dish brushes to use as pipe tampers. Been refilling my lighters as well today; not much single use with me!
Thank you for your kind words. I'm not a professional photographer, just happen to know how to use a camera. Shooting on the street is my little hobby, which means that all of my photography equipment is not very suitable for shooting pipes (their differences are as big as Hummer and Porsche), but I have tried my best.
If you're interested, my instagram: isaacliu1983
@isaac liu One thing I notice about the Chinese is their lookalike cars; they've copied everything from the Volkswagen Beetle to the Routemaster bus and everything from the Hummer & Range Rover to the Tesla. Name any western car there's probably a Chinese lookalike
The only Chinese lookalike vehicles sold here in the UK are Maxus vans; the Ford Transit and Nissan electric van lookalikes. I like the 'spot the difference' style pictures of them with the original. Most of the Chinese lookalikes are made by companies unfamiliar in the western world (except Geely); the Chinese auto industry is MASSIVE but doesn't export many vehicles.
We have MG cars, Maxus vans and Yutong coaches here in the UK; some Scania coaches are bodied by Higer of China. The Maxus is the only 'lookalike' though but the King Long has design influences from European coaches rather than being a copy of one in particular; it's got a bit of Setra and a bit of Irizar thrown in...
King Long of China has assembled UK supplied bodies for Hong Kong buses from CKD (completely knocked down) kits. When Hong Kong was British some of their buses were locally bodied / assembled in this way, although the 1980s-90s generation were factory built in the UK. Hong Kong's buses are still largely western makes despite going back to China 25 years ago, although they have a few Chinese electric ones from companies such as BYD.
Not far from finishing this bowl of Angler's Dream in a 2018 natural smooth medium bend Peterson 03 apple silver spigot military mount with a tapered black acrylic fish tail stem.
First of all, I am very sorry for the irrelevant discussion to all, it was not my intention. I will not continue to answer this question after this reply.@isaac liu One thing I notice about the Chinese is their lookalike cars; they've copied everything from the Volkswagen Beetle to the Routemaster bus and everything from the Hummer & Range Rover to the Tesla. Name any western car there's probably a Chinese lookalike
The only Chinese lookalike vehicles sold here in the UK are Maxus vans; the Ford Transit and Nissan electric van lookalikes. I like the 'spot the difference' style pictures of them with the original. Most of the Chinese lookalikes are made by companies unfamiliar in the western world (except Geely); the Chinese auto industry is MASSIVE but doesn't export many vehicles.
We have MG cars, Maxus vans and Yutong coaches here in the UK; some Scania coaches are bodied by Higer of China. The Maxus is the only 'lookalike' though but the King Long has design influences from European coaches rather than being a copy of one in particular; it's got a bit of Setra and a bit of Irizar thrown in...
King Long of China has assembled UK supplied bodies for Hong Kong buses from CKD (completely knocked down) kits. When Hong Kong was British some of their buses were locally bodied / assembled in this way, although the 1980s-90s generation were factory built in the UK. Hong Kong's buses are still largely western makes despite going back to China 25 years ago, although they have a few Chinese electric ones from companies such as BYD.
What you said is correct, this situation does exist. There are two reasons for the phenomenon you said. One is pure plagiarism, such as 1:1 plagiarism of Zotye Auto Motors, the motherfucker is now bankrupt. The other is the products produced by joint ventures between foreign automobile manufacturers and Chinese enterprises. Most automobile brands have such cooperation, and the partner of Wuhan Dongfeng Automobile is Citroën Group.
In the past two years, Chinese people have suddenly ceased to be interested in imported brands (most of which are also produced in China) of vehicles. They are outdated and even a sharp drop in prices cannot stimulate the purchasing desire of Chinese consumers, except for luxury cars. Chinese produced electric vehicles worth 30000 to 90000 US dollars have become quite attractive after several years of development. At the same time, the Chinese government provides a series of convenience and tax incentives for electric vehicles (including foreign brand electric vehicles), and has built a large number of charging stations to solve the charging problem.
And after difficult investment and research and development, Chinese electric vehicle brands are now quite mature.I recently test drove a Chinese made electric SUV, with a 0-100km/h 4.4s L4 lever automatic driving. When I was driving it (in fact, I just put my finger on the steering wheel, as required by law, the car was driving itself), I could even ask it to introduce me the demise of colonialists while it automatically passing through the traffic.
I have owned Volkswagen, Nissan, Ford, Audi, Jeep, I will not buy any of these dinosaurs again in the future.
Times have changed, now it's 2023, not 1823.
Old Joe Krantz blue, at the campsite.
ODF in a Ferndown lumberman. With limiting to 3 bowls a day, I can taste a lot more nuance. It’s hard though, because I always feel like another bowl. I was trending toward chain smoking which is what I did with cigarettes and I don’t want pipes to be like that for me, and no matter what my technique, I was getting pretty burned with 10+ bowls a day.
SG Perfection in a Peterson Deluxe 999.
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