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  1. Toirtis

    What do you like to drink along with your smoke?

    Mostly single malts, cognac, sherry, or tea or coffee.
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    A few pipes I made while home

    Very nice....particularly all in the second photo, and most particularly, the one on the bottom left....just my style.
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    Tapatalk

    Its a good app for using this sort of forum on smartphone....I use it with 4 other forums and it works nicely.
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    Happy Birthday Flytyer

    Have a great birthday!
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    Getting started - need advise

    I do 69% humidity (using a combination of heartfelt and Boveda), and aim for 68ºF-70ºF....been perfect for me.
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    What are your favorite apps for watching videos on an iPad?

    I watch a lot of Netflix, on the tablet, TV, my phone, and my laptop.....lots of neat stuff on youtube, too.....that's about it.
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    Tobacco prices in different countries.

    I will add to that....bulk tobacco runs $0.75/gram to $1.00/gram here in Alberta, depending on where you shop. Sadly, it was $42 for a 50 gram tin up until about 8 weeks ago, and based on history, we can anticipate another similar increase in about 24 months. I believe that here in Alberta, we...
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    Greetings!

    Welcome to the board!
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    Looking for a Calabash

    Smokingpipes.com often does, as does http://www.estatetobaccopipes.com/ .
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    Poll - Lighter or Matches

    I must admit considerable surprise at the number of lighter responses.
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    Poll - Lighter or Matches

    Matches....only and ever.
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    How many fly fishermen in the BoB?

    Living a 3 minute drive from it, the Bow is my default stream, and has been for the 26 years that I have lived in Calgary.....when I do not have time to hit some still water or the Livingston, Highwood, Willow, etc, the Bow is where I go, and some days, I just like to spend a few hours on the...
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    How many fly fishermen in the BoB?

    I seem a bit late to this party, but here I am. I have fished all my life, but discovered fly-angling in the early eighties, and been fly-fishing and fly-tying for almost 34 years now.
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    serious collectors, roll call

    I, also, am unsure just what constitutes a 'serious collector'. I have 100+ pipes, but know of many people with far larger collections, and although all of my pipes are of decent value, few are 'high-end', and none highly valuable. I also do not concentrate my collecting on any one brand or...
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    Kirsten

    Very cool...thanks, I love old adverts.
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