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You maybe don’t have to be in Portland to love Secret Aardvark Hot Sauce cause now you can get it at Taco Bell.

Dark Plug is a favorite. Welcome.

The various vendors do different things. You can buy as little as an ounce…on up to pounds. Nuthin’s cheap any more, but way better here in the USA (knock on wood) than many other countries.

I’ll strongly second the recommendation for C&D Oriental Silk. One of my favorites. A simple, yet beautiful blend that brings the best of Turkish notes. And it’s not expensive. And it’s widely available. A second recommendation would be C&D Night Train. You can look up descriptions and...

Hey Ron…welcome aboard.

I have two Lamy 2000 pens. One is the black polycarbonate and the other is stainless steel. The black has a fine nib while the steel pen is medium…both 14K gold. Never had a problem with the resin pen but the stainless has consistently written a bit too dry and skipped a bit. (Note the sounds...

Yes…we are here to serve.

LOCATION. LOCATION. LOCATION. On so many levels…

As I recall I discovered several vendors in England and Ireland that shipped internationally. Also Switzerland. Just google and look at their websites. Be very careful of Spanish duty fees, tariffs, etc. I have no idea what the import fees would be but if you were in England as an example it...

I’m thinkin’ one of the books full of Pat McManus stories. One of my favorite stories details the infamous ‘modified stationary panic’ which I’ve used during my interactions with China Roosters in the woods behind our house. Sneaking through the undergrowth (in my youth) with my trusty BB gun...

One of my favorites.

Congrats!

Happy Birthday. Well spent!

Lovely as always, Sid.

Old School: The Magnificent Seven (Elmer Bernstein) & Once Upon a Time in the West & The Good the Bad and the Ugly (Ennio Morricone) A bit newer: Blade Runner (Vangelis)