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Alice & Jack on PBS Masterpiece Another British series or miniseries. Interesting premise, but as they pull more episodes out of it, it glares a light on the absurdity of the allowances, tolerances, and patience of such a human experience. However, the dialogue is top notch and incredibly...

just for clarity, the brand I mentioned isn't WJS, but IWC. There are a lot of good articles on field watches. Teddy Baldassarre and Hodinkee have written some helpful ones. I think John Mayer (guitar player etc) is an investor in Hodinkee, but I could be wrong about that. This is an odd and...

Nice! Best of luck with the business.

Field watches are really some of my favorites. I love me a giant dive watch, but really, my roots are in field watches. My very first watch as a young teenager was a Timex Camper, green plastic-bodied field watch with green nylon strap. They were everywhere. I think I paid $12. I bet if I...

Do you know if it has been determined to be a form of dyslexia? I know dyslexia is unique to each person, as I also have a couple people in my family with it. Talk about an affliction that is shown no mercy, and little empathy, in our culture and world, and I know it was much worse in the...

First, and most importantly, I'm not making fun, or poking fun at, anyone. I have a couple people in my life who don't understand numbers, and it goes beyond just being bad at math. I mean numbers hold no meaning for them. They literally make absolutely no sense to them. A number might as...

I sometimes experience this. Not every time, but sometimes. I think it is a physiology thing more than a pipe or tobacco thing, though I can see how some tobaccos would be more inclined to contribute than others.

I started smoking because 1) I learned I liked the act of smoking from smoking other things 2) I'm a master procrastinator and do most things last minute 3) I would have to write all night long to meet deadlines (see 2). I needed wanted something to do while I thought, organized, wrote, and...

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I don't have a strong opinion about sports betting, but I do have to say that the regular flash of the odds or whatever from the sponsoring online betting corp is a yucky thing to have to see. I don't need to see the odds and other possible bets/data before a pivotal point is played. I know...

have you tried sticking it in the freezer for 24 hours?

Had the A/C replaced this past summer. A 50 year old Bryant? Guy said it was the oldest unit he's seen...and then told me the new ones last 12-15 years if you're lucky. As I said not that long ago, inflation isn't going to keep people working. It's the planned obsolescence. Who will be able to...

I've been buying 8LB bags of oranges for a couple months now. Some of the best oranges I've had for years. Started out as Navels, but now Sequoia. Never heard of Sequoia oranges until now. I noticed how thick the rinds are, but not until I took my garbage out did I realize how much weight...

I think we're all going to recommend something similar to how we started out? I'd recommend a sampling of a Virginia/Perique (aka VaPer), an English, a burley-based blend, and an aromatic. When I started out, I liked aromatics enough to be interested, but once I tasted an English, I swallowed...

Some brands wouldn't think of using putty in their pipes, so they don't go near the word. Nobody talks about it, but some don't need to talk about it because it isn't in their toolbox. And that's why some also had their 2nd, 3rd, etc lines of pipes; to dump the lesser wood. If you bought a...

This would stroke my fur the wrong way too. I've considered starting a website with just this kind of information/feedback, but I've been wary of an enterprise that could be construed as negative. That's the thing: I think some users, especially those with stores and financial skin in the...

Doesn't every grocery store in the USA stock those things in the grilling section?

so a coin shop (I think) ends up with an extraordinary collection from a particular maker, overprices them by 50-100% or so, and then drops me a bunch of 5% off offers because I'm watching them all. A couple things: 1) I hate to see someone potentially influence the market like that, and all...

Like most of us back then, I was at the whim of my tobacconist. Probably selling the greenhorn the stuff he couldn't move. Decades later and still at it, I guess even if it was mostly self-serving for him, it worked. It's one of the shortfalls of the internet age: the appetite is never quite...

If this is the case, I would be cautious if you try C&D Night Train, which I would absolutely recommend. Everyone talks about the nicotine content in their reviews, and they aren't lying. I'm not after that either, but it is a fantastic tasting blend, so I can put up with a little whatever...