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  1. RSteve

    March 12th…bye bye mask mandate in Oregon.

    I really am uncomfortable wearing a mask, but will continue to wear one when I'm out and about, particularly when in a store. Every winter I usually get a couple fo whopper nose colds. So far, knock wood, mask wearing, no nose colds.
  2. RSteve

    The Me Too Movement

    So, here's the deal. I like this woman and when she's in town and available would like to spend time with her, but I do not want a serious relationship. My wife, two years younger than me, died in 2008. I didn't date for about two years. Then I began intermittent dating. Two of the women I dated...
  3. RSteve

    Do You Ever...

    Do You Ever wake up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom and feel a strong urge to smoke?
  4. RSteve

    Caution: When Using The Noodle Press to Make Plugs

    I hate to admit how OCD I am but I bought 10 noodle presses and have been pressing all my blends that I hadn't canned earlier. I go Saturday to Saturday, 3 lbs. out of the presses, 3 lbs. in. If I don't decide to remove the already pressed and canned tobacco to put it through the noodle press...
  5. RSteve

    The Me Too Movement

    I admit that it has made me very timid about saying a woman looks nice. This past weekend I went on a "date" for the first time since the pandemic began. The date was arranged by mutual friends, but I was familiar with the woman and her late husband, but didn't actually know the woman. Her...
  6. RSteve

    The Price of Driving Our Cars

    Went to Sam's Club to buy gasoline. There's a Costco nearby and I bought regular for $3.13 gallon. Most local stations $3.59. I saved about $7.00.
  7. RSteve

    The Price of A House

    The house, directly next door to the house that sold, went up on St.Paul Multiple Listing yesterday. It does not have a finished basement, as the other house did. My daughter said the opening price is $385,000 and there have already been 400 "looks". I spoke to the owner about two hours ago. The...
  8. RSteve

    FOP Zone…sign in please!

    It's okay. I'm covering for you.
  9. RSteve

    Tonight I May Have Caused A Car Accident

    Summer, short sleeve; winter long sleeve, safety green and safety orange t-shirts. I buy them from Jiffy Shirts by the dozen. My jackets are all bright yellow. I want drivers to see me.
  10. RSteve

    Favorite whiskey/whisky?

    Port Dundas 18 Year and Glenlivet Enigma In another thread, I noted that I was able to purchase a case (6 bottles) of the Enigma at $40/bottle, less than 1/3 of current price.
  11. RSteve

    Costco Kirkland Signature French Vodka

    Never had it until today. If it's not Grey Goose in a different bottle, it's a perfect clone. 1.75 for $19.99.
  12. RSteve

    Urban Crime in Minneapolis-St. Paul

    2021, Minneapolis-St. Paul, 701 armed and often violent carjackings.
  13. RSteve

    FOP Zone…sign in please!

    At age 16, in my heat at a H.S. track meet, I ran the 100 yard (not meter) dash in 9.9 seconds. 60+ years later at 3:00 am, I do a 9.9 from my bedroom to the bathroom, and I think I'm really moving. My hearing is terrible, but thankfully, my sense of smell is still very acute or I wouldn't know...
  14. RSteve

    Tonight I May Have Caused A Car Accident

    And today in the Costco parking lot I'm pushing a shopping cart to my car. A woman in a large SUV backs out quite fast and knocks over my cart and damn near hit me. She stopped immediately because there was impact noise. She just sat in her car looking straight ahead until she must have caught...
  15. RSteve

    Tonight I May Have Caused A Car Accident

    It's snowing and it doesn't appear that the plows are out yet. The speed limit on MN Highway 62 is 55 mph. I was driving home on 62 and because it hadn't been plowed was driving between 45 and 50 mph. For a couple of miles, a vehicle, which turned out to be a minivan, was tailgating me in the...
  16. RSteve

    An Analysis of Pipe Filters

    I am so weak! I ordered three more and they're all duplicates of what I already have. They are cheap (like me, now) and with a Vauen filter and a couple of Denicool crystals in the bottom of the bowl, they smoke so cool.
  17. RSteve

    Bose

    My mind, too.
  18. RSteve

    PIPE CLEANERS AS A FILTER?

    Because as Zino said, "if you want to get any kind of draw with a pipe cleaner in the air hole, you need to compensate with a looser pack."
  19. RSteve

    The Price of Driving Our Cars

    A friend has an electric car (I think it's a Volt?) and uses it only to drive to work and back. He charges it in his garage.
  20. RSteve

    PIPE CLEANERS AS A FILTER?

    I confess. I tried it once. If you pack the bowl loosely, you won't notice the restriction, BUT the tobacco will burn quickly and the metal core of the pipe cleaner does get plenty hot.
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