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  1. Zeno Marx

    Different Wallet styles.

    I was given one of those Z wallets a long time ago in a box of purged junk. I like to dig through other people's boxes of crap, make some of it my crap, and then pass the rest onto someone else. I don't like things in my pockets, so I can't give any good reason why I kept this thing. I ended...
  2. Zeno Marx

    pipes you don't see anymore

    You're encouraged to share your notions as you hark back to old days. In the early 90s, I traded pipes A LOT, and there was a growing number of shops that sent out estate catalogs. I wish I'd saved them. The one that sticks out, and that I often bought from, was Edwards in either Dallas or...
  3. Zeno Marx

    don't be a Dick

    wear your f'ing hearing aids. making people scream repeat themselves all day long IS a burden. the TV at 90db IS a burden. the insurance company likely paid thousands for those things (ie other people picked up the bill). the least you could do is wear the dang things.
  4. Zeno Marx

    Ed Burak's Connoisseur Giants

    A couple times a month I do an ebay search for his pipes, just to see the various ideas. Even when I liked massive pipes, I never went for his because he really liked a tall pipe. I do not. Love his Alice in Wonderland perspective though. So many of them look like they'd be right at home at...
  5. Zeno Marx

    Small pipe lot from a Facebook sale group

    That's good news. If I was taking Vegas odds, I'd go with that is owner preference and not original, but I could lose too. It's just not ever seen, at least from my memory, on basic Business pipes. Maybe in the Super Mustache line you might find some metalwork, but at that level, it wouldn't...
  6. Zeno Marx

    Small pipe lot from a Facebook sale group

    I'm guessing the Caminetto has a cracked shank? You won't really find a band on an old one unless it is damaged. Later on, they changed their tune and did some banding.
  7. Zeno Marx

    Bourbon, Irish Whiskey or Scotch?

    This is more about the times than about whiskey, but the Laphroaig email today was the impetus. The email was solely about the distillery manager leaving, written by the guy. We take it as commonplace that we overshare our lives, but geez, talk about unnecessary in a customer relationship...
  8. Zeno Marx

    My honest-to-God-I-promise last Peterson

    Love pokers. Very sharp looking pipe. Really like that Italian/volcano/tapered bowl, and a hefty shank like you'd expect from P.
  9. Zeno Marx

    What's your favourite Movie Soundtrack?

    I believe that soundtrack has mixes/mastering unique to it. Great pick.
  10. Zeno Marx

    What's your favourite Movie Soundtrack?

    Full Metal Jacket is a good pick. Kubrick knew his sounds. I tend to go for the synthy ones, like Halloween II, Escape from New York, and John Carpenter's The Thing, but those westerns wtih Ennio Morricone music are also great. Piero Umiliani did some really nice soundtrack work too.
  11. Zeno Marx

    Please Explain this P&C.com Sale

    all I know is that all these online retailers are jerkoffs. just lower your damm prices and give my inbox a break.
  12. Zeno Marx

    Talk to me about English blends

    This is likely not an issue, but C&D Big N' Burley is a powerful ghoster. It has latakia in it, but I don't think it is the problem. D&R's Picayune is like that too. Must be a type of perique or type of burley that is the culprit. Yes, I know perique is a burley, but another type of burley...
  13. Zeno Marx

    Solar Eclipse

    I'm not sure of our percentage, but because we weren't in the main arc, I decided to watch it on TV. I'm glad I did. Weather Channel had great footage from Mexico to Maine. Maybe watched seven eclipses (possibly more), all with varying degrees of solar flares and sun surface activity you...
  14. Zeno Marx

    Para cord uses.

    I'm sure this isn't what you were looking for, but it isn't as if the board is heavily used anymore. I use paracord in my sweatpants and athletic shorts after I break the original draw strings. Have to be careful to buy a version that doesn't shrink in the washer/dryer though. That was a weird...
  15. Zeno Marx

    What are you listening to?

    Throwing Muses - In a Doghouse (early collection) I first came across this group with the great and seminal Lonely is an Eyesore 4AD compilation. Their track is really interesting and stands out amongst a more post-punk and "gothy" lineup. It's dark in its own right, but it is high energy in a...
  16. Zeno Marx

    Another serious BH submission.

    Thanks. I've always loved this hobby. It's beyond my capacities, and I truly appreciate their patience and diligence. Also, those ball rolling around contraptions, setting off various things.
  17. Zeno Marx

    Bowl Shape

    Looks like a stack bulldog of Danish design, but the rustication is of somewhere else.
  18. Zeno Marx

    Binge-worthy TV shows?

    Shogun on FX/Hulu (2024) Never read the book. Never watched the earlier series. Didn't really have this on my radar, but caught the first few minutes of an episode because I have the DVR set to record three minutes over. I do have an interest in Japan and Japanese culture by way of music...
  19. Zeno Marx

    Ebay advice???

    anyone know how RSteve is doing? Hope he is well. back to ebay advice...always add it to your watch list. ALWAYS. I bet a good 50% of the time, and even more so outside of pipes, I get hit with an offer within a few hours. It doesn't mean anything when a guy is selling a $90 pipe for...
  20. Zeno Marx

    Fiscal year sales?

    I can't image the constant consumerism is sustainable. Guys on other forums buying new pipes every couple days. Literally. I watched this happen when I got into wet shaving. Guys having a few packages of shaving soaps show up every single week, their cabinet quickly amassing 50, 60, 75 tubs...
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