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  1. Lesepfeife

    Dealer(s) taking advantage of the free market on RAT

    Rich, Please accept my heartfelt apology for my quickly composed OP. My mindset was actually one of general support for clever business acumen on a product that seems to be quite elusive to some. All the more so now, given my error in missing the reference to these being consignments. I too...
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    Dealer(s) taking advantage of the free market on RAT

    I have a search set up on ebay for Esoterica Penzance. For at least the second time in a few weeks one of the hits was for seller 4noggins4u. I just checked the 4 noggins web site and Penzance has been totally removed from their listings. The current listing...
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    R.A.T.S. Rarely Available Tobacco Signal

    For some reason I've stopped getting notices again when new posts are made to this thread. The last time they started again when I posted a message so I'm trying that again.
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    R.A.T.S. Rarely Available Tobacco Signal

    I'm wondering if Penzance will show up at a few other vendors in a day or few. It seems to happen this way sometimes. I can't bring myself to spend about $40 on 8oz of something that I don't know for a fact I'll like so I guess I'll take a chance on waiting and trying to keep an eye out.
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    R.A.T.S. Rarely Available Tobacco Signal

    And I got notification of yours. I originally didn't post but just hit the watch button. When I discovered that I wasn't getting any notifications I posted and then started getting them. Fast forward to today. It's normally not a big deal but this particular thread is time-critical.
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    R.A.T.S. Rarely Available Tobacco Signal

    What's up with the subscription feature? I didn't get notice of the most recent spottings of Penzance etc. The only reason I came to look was that I mistook the notice from 2/13 as new and clicked on the link.
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    H. K. C. Pipe bowls

    I just received a couple NOS bowls that I picked up on ebay. The seller has been slowly liquidating the inventory of a store that was started in the late 19th century and went out of business in 1976. I think she indicated that these or at least some others that looked just like them were...
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    Let Congress Know your Opposition to Pipe Tobacco Tax

    The count is running 93% against this proposed change. My note of protest: I oppose S. 194 ("A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax rate parity") because I believe it will have a net negative influence on the economy. I am a pipe smoker and have never used...
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    Tin Tobacco Users

    Right now I have about 6 tins open with the rest of my rotation in zip bags. I always put a tin in a bag as soon as I open it. I have a tin of SG GG that I bought a year ago that's dried to where I personally like it. When it was fresh I had to let it sit out a while before loading and even...
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    The "Last Smoke" is this Friday

    I think this person has missed the point of the Tea Party, at least my understanding of it. I guess they haven't made the connection of more taxes usually goes along with the idea of less liberty. As per my previous post regarding loss of smoking in my room at the hotel I have stayed at in...
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    What are you driving?

    Re(a/d)dy Vroom: [As in, ready (to) vroom or reddy vroom] '05 Subaru Outback XT. As of earlier this week with a newly replaced turbo. :cheers: I did a lot more wrench turning than smoking the past few weeks.
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    Another smoking hotel isn't

    As always I appreciate your comments. The first time I got a smoking room I was concerned about just this. However it turned out that the cigarette smell wasn't as pervasive as I have experienced in some places previously where I wanted a non-smoking room and was inadvertently sent to a...
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    Another smoking hotel isn't

    For the past few years I've been staying at a certain Holiday Inn near where I work most of the time. When I took up pipe smoking about a year ago I started getting a smoking room. Nothing like relaxing in my room with a bowl of week, reading the paper, online forums, email etc. or catching...
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    One Lucky Dude...

    I've now been smoking for about a year, smoking about 5-10 bowls per week. I've tried a whole bunch of tobaccos, mostly good name brand blends, a few OTC's, and a couple of organics. I have stashed probably equal to or more than I've tried so far. I am right now smoking the last bowl of one...
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