What's Up With TobaccoReviews.Com?

[anotherbob]

It is hard to teach an old dog new tricks.

Sure you can. It's people that are hard to teach. Dogs old and young are really easy to teach. Cats too you just have to use a different tactic on them. Now old people how long before they figured out the internet?

 

[canucklehead]

Sure you can. It's people that are hard to teach. Dogs old and young are really easy to teach. Cats too you just have to use a different tactic on them. Now old people how long before they figured out the internet?

Cats, dogs (all animals really), and people are all easiest to train by the positive reinforcement method. It's only the type of positive reward that differs depending on species and individuals. For example, dogs respond well to verbal rewards once they learn them, after it does the desired action, tell a dog that it's a good boy and it's like "F**K YEAH, If I bring back the ball, I'M A GOOD BOY!" Cats respond better to food rewards. People can be a bit more complicated, but generally also respond well to verbal praise and food rewards.

 

[Toast]

It started when old accounts became "Emeritis Account"s.

I'm going to try to forget I read that. I much prefer thinking that Emeritis is one person with a trust fund & somewhat changeable tastes.

 

[Toast]

Speaking of TR, I've been going through a period sampling the Charatan Dunhill replacements (which feels like an act of somewhat wierd cosmic justice given Dunhill & Charatan's history) & there are hardly any reviews of them there. Are they not available in the States?

Not a fan of most of them but I might rebuy Rolls & First Bowl...

 

[BROBS]

Speaking of TR, I've been going through a period sampling the Charatan Dunhill replacements (which feels like an act of somewhat wierd cosmic justice given Dunhill & Charatan's history) & there are hardly any reviews of them there. Are they not available in the States?

Not a fan of most of them but I might rebuy Rolls & First Bowl...

Are the charatan different from the Robert McConnell clones? Is the Charatan made by K&K?

 

[Toast]

Are the charatan different from the Robert McConnell clones? Is the Charatan made by K&K?

Just had to look that up. They were released in 2018 & are indeed made by K&K (under licence from Tor who now own Charatan). So perhaps they're marketed under a different cover elsewhere?

 

[Jaylotw]

I’ll read some reviews of a new (to me) blend. I contributed a couple of reviews but I stopped because...well, who gives a shit what I think? Unless someone asks, I have something singular to say about it, or I find something truly special, me adding another “moisture perfect out of the tin, grass and hay and wood notes burns to a fine white ash” review is not really adding anything other than more white noise. It’s a great resource for sure, but I’ve come to the conclusion that half the reviews on there are just cut/paste jobs and few have any real substance. JimInks is of course trustworthy for being objective (except he gave Chelsea Morning two stars which proves his tasters aren’t perfect) and Pipestud is good, too. If those two align, then I know the blend is good. If only one of them agrees, I go with Pipestud cause again, JimInks only gave Chelsea Morning two stars and that’s a completely rational thing to be upset about.

 

[Toast]

Traffic has declined at TR in the last few years. It started when old accounts became "Emeritis Account"s. People don't up vote reviews like they used to, and there's fewer reviews posted now then there used to be.

I typed this in my sleep to show @anotherbob how it's done!

So I guess my take home from this is that I need to create an account there & start giving out some likes.

As others have posted I don't feel my taste buds are going to contribute much, but it's a great resource & if that helps keep it up & running it's a small price to pay.

 

[Fiddlepiper]

Speaking of TR, I've been going through a period sampling the Charatan Dunhill replacements (which feels like an act of somewhat wierd cosmic justice given Dunhill & Charatan's history) & there are hardly any reviews of them there. Are they not available in the States?

Not a fan of most of them but I might rebuy Rolls & First Bowl...

When I first started with smoking it was during the hiatus of Dunhill (Peterson)! Blends and I tried a lot of Charatan match ones as a place to get started.

The two you mention were definitely my favourites and I prefer First Bowl to Early Morning Pipe still. I find it much more satisfying in the flavour and nic department.

 

[Toast]

When I first started with smoking it was during the hiatus of Dunhill (Peterson)! Blends and I tried a lot of Charatan match ones as a place to get started.

The two you mention were definitely my favourites and I prefer First Bowl to Early Morning Pipe still. I find it much more satisfying in the flavour and nic department.

Glad it wasn't just me!

I think they're both going into my next order - Early Bowl was a big grower for me, got better every time I tried it. Really good for a gentle wind down after work smoke.

 

[northernpipeshed]

I'm on TR several times each day. I check the "What's New" section mostly, but I do look up blends I currently smoke or am interested in trying. It would be a disservice to our pipe smoking community for TR to go away, not only for us longtime pipe smokers, but more importantly for first time pipe smokers.

Agreed...............

 

[northernpipeshed]

Someone needs to add it to the Wayback Machine before we lose it...



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[Ken Johnson]

Traffic has declined at TR in the last few years. It started when old accounts became "Emeritis Account"s. People don't up vote reviews like they used to, and there's fewer reviews posted now then there used to be.

I typed this in my sleep to show @anotherbob how it's done!

And here was I thinking Emeritus Account was the annoying guy who couldn't make his mind up

 

[morgansteele]

Folks need to remember that JimInks likes to hibernate during baseball's offseason. But, have no fear, Opening Day is around the corner.

 

[JimInks]

Folks need to remember that JimInks likes to hibernate during baseball's offseason. But, have no fear, Opening Day is around the corner.

Yer durn tootin', pohdnah! ?

 

[perdurabo]

Does anyone ever read any of the reviews except for Jiminks? When I first got on this forum, I tried my hand at writing reviews, but after a few blends it’s like... Jim has already said it, so what the hell am I doing?

I guess I do read some of pipestud’s posts, mostly to see if It cracks me up.

Uh yea, what he said!

 

[raybrown55]

However you can always get the last reviews by using the Search menu button: by default it allows tobacco searching, but below, in the Advanced section of the page, there's the link "Change to review search...", which leads you to the "Search reviews" page; you fill the "reviewed since" field for example with "1" and you get only the reviews in the last day...

 

[mso489]

As the old saying and song lyrics say, you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone.