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I've been on vacation since Saturday, much needed. I'm a total homebody, so no travelling or what you might call "excitement," but I'm loving it. I've been capitalizing on the opportunity to recuperate physically and on the twenty-four hours of free time. My apartment is immaculately well...

For a while now I've wanted a holder for my cleaners, something functional yet elegant. Today I went to Ross looking for another glass knick-nack and found this 24 percent lead crystal dish for just five dollars. Not only does the heavy-ass thing hold dozens of cleaners, it compliments my best...

I've got a pair of light tan slacks that had an auto grease stain on them. They had been sitting on the bottom of my closet floor for the past two years becuase I was too lazy to remove the stain and black pants are my favorite anyway. Actually wanted to give up on light-colored pants because...

I carry a humidifyer coin in my pouch, and am needing to replace it about every ten days. They of course carry them at my favorite smokeshop, but I'm tired of going out there on that pain in the ass bus ride over some piddily-ass accessories. Too much hassle over a few damn coins. Anyways, my...

Last week I ran out of Zippo brand fluid and resorted to a reserve can of Rosnson fluid, which I keep for removing adhesive and such. The next day, I developed a red rash on my thighs, which spread a bit. A doctor told me it was an allergic reaction of some kind. A pipe smoker told me it was...

What do you do when the adhesive wears off those corks? Buy a new one every damn time, even though the old is still good? Super glue won't work for obvious reasons, the glue couldn't be permanent or leave hardened goo on the glass ashtray. I personally use my best ashtray for the knocker, and...

I've used Dill's ever since I took up the pipe. The others I've tried are just cheap, flimsy, and messy by comparison. At least I think so. What brand do you use?

Anybody ever use this stuff? Pipemen on the Internet speak highly of it for preventing oxidization on vulcanite stems. I just got a jar of it in the mail for that purpose ($7 for 1 ounce jar-Fine Pipes International). Anyways, any special tips for using it? I'll let y'all know how it works.

Confession: I've also been smoking cigarettes for the past week. Revolting, yet nice, but this can't go on. I quit these damn things because they interfere with life as a pipe smoker, the life I love. Right now I'm sucking a cheapie and burning the last of my money in the process. Just...

Okay, I'm actually at a dollar above minimum wage and I live comfortably off of it. The point is that the percieved expense of pipe smoking seems to discourage some beginners. Indeed, it's seen as a rich man's habit when it's really the ideal poor man's smoke. I spend probably 70 cents a day...

I have a pipe rack which came with a large tobacco jar on the platform. I bought the rack in sterling condition from a thrift store quite a while ago, but the jar's wooden lid has no seal. So, can anyone tell me how or where to find a good seal whether makeshift or an actual seal. I'd like to...

This tie was given to me by my stepfather several years ago, which he got from his father, a pipe smoker. I'm told he favored pipes but also smoked cigars and cigarettes on rare occasion, saying of cigarettes that he could only taste the paper. It's a skinny vintage tie (the owner having died...

Bruins, here's those glass pieces I mentioned. A few are from a dollar store when I started the collection several years ago, and the others werediscounted at Ross. The centerpiece is my first piece, held inside an ornate ashtray and surrounded by ovular glass floral beads of some type. In...

I've recently read of ways to rehydrate tobacco, and I just got to wondering if this could be done with liquor so as to permeate the leaf with the flavor. What about immersing humidifier coins in whiskey? Is this safe and would it have any actual effect? I don't know what I'm talking about...

I've been thinking of this recently, but I don't hear dumb ass remarks like I did when I was younger. Still, I'd like to know if others have dealt with this nuisance. You're smoking your pipe out in public, and some troglodyte just has to make an inane comment about having just seen a real...

Nothing pairs with a good book like a good smoke, don't you think? Tobacco helps with concentration, contemplation, and flat out enriches the experience. Dropping the cigarettes has been simple enough ... finally. But, it seems that pipes are less practical for reading. With the pipe...

Right now I'm listening to Vivaldi's Four Seasons. For reading or working on certain projects, I prefer JS Bach. Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and Mozart are my other favorites. What classical do you like, when do you listen to it? Do you just think classical music fans are pretentious or gay...

What's up, y'all? I checked in this spring, then fell off the face of the earth. I'm a recently reformed two-pack-a-day cigarette smoker, but I've been a lover of pipes for nine years now. Really just wanted to quit the sticks so I could focus on the pipe, and I'm not missing them. I'm a...

Anybody know these? I'm not a collector and I've come to apply the "comfort food" mentality to my smoking, but these pieces smoke pretty good in my opinion. My favorite smoke shop has them clamped onto a board on their wall right next to the cases of expensive pipes, I've bought six of them...

It's getting windy this time of year, and I often smoke outside. This can be problematic while walking, my smoke on the way to work at night tastes sorry after a while. I carry one of those cheap little generic wind caps and cover with my fingers, but I'm thinking there must be a better cap...