Recent content by jaguzinski

Let me know when you break into it. I will break into mine and we can compare notes. Give me an excuse to smoke. Do I need an excuse?

Your view seems to be the consensus. But it wasn't outrageously expensive. I am just starting to sample tobaccos, so thought I would give it a try.

I have never had BSOSM. I think the Shenandoah I smoke from Georgetown Tobacco is an attempted imitation. I like it, but since I have never smoked the real thing, I don't know how it compares. Coincidentally I got a promotion for White Knight, which is supposed to resemble BSOSM. I probably...

I feel the same way about toilets

No apologies necessary. My comment was a bit tongue in cheek. Part of retirement has been learning that certain things are passing me by because of my age. I also started out with aromatics again--a blend from Milan's in Roanoke Virginia. I then went back to a store mixture from the...

Thanks Brewdude. I hope you post tips on beer as well. Joe

Thank you Ranger. Good words of advice. See my response to KXG--I said just about the same thing about retirement. I miss tobacco shops. I lived in Roanoke, Virginia for awhile. There was--and still is--a little independent tobacco shop called Milan's. I still do some shopping there. It...

Thank you KXG. I am hoping the conversation here will help me cut through some of the bull. I am torn--should I approach tobacco like wine, and always be on the look out for something new; or like whiskey (or whisky) and find what I like and take comfort in the familiar. Well, there are...

Thank you DrT

Thanks FTRPLT. The funny thing is I have never smoke Brindleys. I probably should try it some time.

My Dad was a pipe smoker. It seemed so simple. He bought a can of Brindleys Mixture. Had a handful of good pipes he bought from Fader's in Baltimore. Wooden matches. Pipe smoking was easy. He introduced me to the habit and bought me my first pipe when I was in my early 20s. I played with the...