Recent content by Greenleaf

Surely we've all heard of using Biotene mouthwash, works well. Personally, I'm a puffer/clencher but smoke PA almost exclusively these days, never bothers my tongue no matter what.

I've participated in marketing research studies, some of them for advertisements. Focus groups are usually hell because the participants are so dumb it annoys the life out of any right-thinking person who might be in the room. Reality is that ads are stupid because people are stupid. What you...

How many other states are on the verge of something like this? That would be all of them, soon to be the whole goddamn "free world." Safer states are obviously in tobacco country, like Virginia and Kentucky. But wait, they grow some tobacco in Maryland, too. Dammit all.

Just occurred to me that I've never smoked a pipe with another pipe smoker. But, have had impromptu gatherings with cigarette smokers, mostly at work.

French roast Folgers, strong with sugar, on a saucer. Earl Grey, Bourbon, Scotch, iced tea in a Mason jar--all too obvious. Ever have a smoke with chocolate milk? I drink the stuff by the gallon in an effort to maintain my weight and health, just so happens to go well with burley. Seriously.

MisterE, that does sound a bit scary, but it's about time I tried something like this. My large quarter bent in particular has some very stubborn oxidization. Thanks.

None, unless maybe I were in your position and had more disposable income. Hell, being in that position just sounds crazy. I live alone, which is where I spend almost all of my liesure. The disappearance of smoking sections is one very good reason to eschew bars and restaurants, unless I...

While working out in my living room. While cooking, cleaning, just about any activity where smoking is allowed. While working outdoors as a carpenter's helper. This is much easier to do with cigarettes, but I have smoked a pipe while riding a bicycle.

I've got glass all over the place, my cat never broke a thing. Roommates were quite a different story ... Thanks for the kind words, y'all, I just had to show this off.

Hey, I took up pipe smoking about when I started college. Was often well below the poverty line but always had a couple briar pipes. You can find a Czech briar like the ones I smoke, for example, for under $35 and they smoke finer than you might think. That is, once you know how to pick them...

I'd like to know of a solution, myself. Just can't do anything like take them to a professional.

Nice indeed. Love the idea of getting a set of pipes.

Sorry about your friend, don't know what else to say. As a reporter in college I once covered the plea hearing for the drunk driver who killed a student at our school. The student's sister got on the stand to say her piece to the defendant, screaming and crying. The defendant? His plea deal...

I never remove the stem unless it's for a rare thorough cleaning with Bourbon. Also remove stems when I need to clean and wax them. With the pipe in my pouch, when I out of the house that is, I'm in the habit of slipping a cleaner in it before putting it back in the pouch, then I clean it...

Just remove the filter and it'll smoke fine.