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    Secret Santa 2015

    Throw me into the fray. I've still got some nasty-assed, overly aromatic, cheap, hot burning, mouth destroying tobacco to dump off onto some unsuspecting sot. Natch
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    Anyone up for a nice climb?

    Here's the climb I'd like to do (in my dreams). http://www.wimp.com/eigerrecord/ Natch
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    Anyone up for a nice climb?

    Well, that was much easier than I thought it would be. I suppose actually doing it in the real world might make it a bit more difficult, but then I'd have to put down my beer! Natch
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    National day of Mourning

    I know of at least one Lucile still bolted to the wall of his club on Biel Street in Memphis. I had the great, good fortune to see him once, years ago, up in Chicago of all places. I've also seen some of Chicago's best (Koko Taylor, Buddy Guy, Kid Dynamite) at BB Kings in Memphis. Go figure...
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    Luoie Louie dies

    First song every band of my youth learned. Three cords and you've got it. Natch
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    Hello from Mark Twain National Forest!

    A bit late, but welcome from the Arkansas side of the border. I paddle your streams most every late summer (when the Buffalo, Illinois, Cassatat and other Ozark creeks down in the Boston Mountains or Ouachitas run too low to paddle). Jacks Fork, Eleven Point and several smaller streams up in...
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    Sam Gawith Virginias

    Story of my life in the desert.   While I try not to let this happen, it does.   A bag I forgot, a jar I didn't quite get the lid on properly, and well... it really does work in a pinch.   8) A slice of bread you leave out of the package for 10 minuets and you can snap it in half like burnt...
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    SKYPE?

    I use it when I'm out of country to talk to my wife, much cheaper than other options and depending on where I am, pretty reliable (Vietnam has great access and S. Korea has flaming fast wireless internet access). We also use it at my school for our on-line masters program. We can have a theses...
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    another winter storm rolls through

    You mean all you guys don't have fur over your bodies? Now I really feel different! Natch
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    Samuel Gawith/Gawith Hoggarth Merge!

    If both brands stay true to their art, I have no problem with this. In today's tight market and competition, it may even allow both to stay in business longer? Natch
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    another winter storm rolls through

    and as expected, the locals go nuts!  Three flakes fall from the sky, and everyone's at WaleyWorld buying eggs, bread, and toilet paper.  When I first moved here, I couldn't understand why these were the top three "emergency" items, (well, other than cases of beer at the liquor store which are...
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    Escudo noob

    An old favorite of mine, but as I haven't had a bowl for probably a year or two, now I'll have to crack a tin.  Damn you!  I already have too many tins open that I need to finish first. :lol: As I prefer my tobacco rather dry, they fold and crack into chunketts quite easily. Natch
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    Does anyone else LIKE the P-lip?

    I have two Peterson P-lips that smoke well, but are a hassle to get a pipe cleaner through. The two Savs I have (one I traded with Kyle for, I think?) seem to allow a pipe cleaner to move up and through from below with a little rotating. As to how the smoke enters the mouth, it doesn't seem...
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    First Goussard!

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    Educate me about filtered pipes

    About half the pipes I smoke are filtered, try it and go with what you like. The Sav. balsa filters seem to do little more than soak up moisture. I rather like the Brigham maple filters, they barely soak up some moisture, but are the least "filtering" of any filters in my experience. Smoke...
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    Are you afraid of heights?

    I didn't used to be afraid, in my late 20s I was a roofer and would throw a flat of shingles on one shoulder, race up a rickety ladder three or more stories, and dance down the ridge line without a thought.  Somewhere, I've got a pix of me standing on one leg, full backpack on, on the East Arm...
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    Different cuts and aging

    Yes & no.  Greg has posted here on and off over the years and takes our questions and concerns quite seriously.  I find him eminently wise and experienced in the art of blending and also a charming wordsmith in his pros. So, "yes, our BOB was serious in his suggestion, and "no", a good question...
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    talk to me about tonquin.

    Sam's Flake is a favorite of mine, several pounds (bulk) in Mason jars in my larder. But I find it has little of the tonquin taste, compared to others. PM me your address and I'll send you some aged Sam's Flake to try. Wonderful stuff. Natch
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