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THE BIG FIL.....et al: I'm already pee-laughing. Perfect thread with morning coffee. I can't wait for others to post their comments, especially the derogatory idioms, raunchy slangs, funny terminology, local references, ethnic or otherwise. We are all adults, after all.

I could think of no other soundtrack that so perfectly, so beautifully, fit the movie and with just a few bitter-sweet refrains, evoked that whole, vintage era in which the story took place. The movie: "The Sting" -1973. Scott Joplin died in 1917, and finally got his long due recognition as...

Welcome, from New York City ..... but I don't have a banjo on my knee.

I have purchased a small number of pipes, usually estate pipes, off of eBay. I would proceed with caution. I can clean, restore, refinish, rejuvenate, estate pipes, but I cannot make or repair cracked/damaged stems, so, I pick only pipes that I can work on. I only bought a few new pipes off...

Very informative thread, loaded with information that I had forgotten long ago. This refresher course thread is great for both the newer and older pipe smokers. Sometimes, especially me, many of us "golden oldies" forget or don't care to remember what tobaccos are in what blend...when one...

Welcome. I live south of you, in New York City. Count your blessings that you don't live in New York City! Smoking a pipe is what kept me sane.

I also love reading thru home-brewed recipes.....especially "hybrid" mixtures that are primarily based on using two different, but commercially available, professionally blended/balanced, "named" blends. "Old Growlers" and "Haunted Forest" are two such examples. Easy to mix and easy to enjoy...

Smoking a pipe since 1966, on and off, more-or-less. There were no "Pipe Forums" when I needed them back in the day. Now....thank God for 'em. There's always something new to learn, something new to see, new ideas to explore. Sit back, and enjoy the camaraderie with some world-wide kindred...

Pipe-Balm: Buy a small block of pure, natural, beeswax, the kind that smells like honey. Stick the beeswax in a small heatproof bowl, add some walnut oil/mineral oil, and melt in the microwave. Mix with a chopstick until blended and let it cool. You need to keep adding enough oil to make a...

Could you/will you buy tobaccos sold in the USA and ship it? If it's cost effective, I urge you to buy only bulk- tobacco mixtures/samples sold by the ounce. Trust me.....you'll spend a small fortune buying tinned tobacco mixtures that you may ultimately hate right from day one, after smoking...

Love it! Thanks for the K-I-S-S suggestion. I coulda, woulda, shoulda, thought of this rice hack....but, truth be told, I never had an original thought in my entire life. Which is actually a good thing. It absolves me from taking responsibility for failures.

Before the Ozone treatment.......try jamming the juicy, oily peel of a fresh naval orange into the bowl of your pipe, making sure the oily rind contacts the inside of the bowl. Squeeze/crush the rind to release the oils and juices then jam it into the bowl, tightly. Leave some rind hanging out...

It's good...if you like that family of blue-mold cheeses. I buy it all the time.

To be honest....I don't know. Interesting question, though. I think I'm an "adult" when it comes only to certain and very specific aspects of my life. Paying bills, and not spending myself into debt, being civil and tolerant to neighbors, trying to avoid the Cardinal Sins, etc.....but in some...

One of my fav summer suppers is a nice thick slab of fresh tuna, that has been flame-broiled on the barby. Marinate the tuna steaks in some herbs, garlic paste, salt, pepper, freshly squeezed lemon juice and olive oil. Sear over hot coals. Flame-broiled fresh tuna, tastes nothing even...

Over the years the quality of supermarket brands of canned tuna has fallen. What used to be when opened, a chunk of solid, white tuna, has now morphed into small chunks of soupy-pasty, brown, foul-smelling, tuna flakes. Disgusting! Years ago I'm sure I remember buying solid Albacore, and not...

It was so long ago that I can't really remember if it was Barkley Rex, or maybe it was Wally Frank's?... that had a guy repairing pipes in the front store-window in their store on Greenwich Street. His repair "shop" (aka Pipe-Hospital), was in full view of everyone that walked by the store. I...

In New York City, before the World Trade Centers went up in the '70s the area in and around the Twin Towers...consisted of stores that were filled with war surplus, factory close-outs, job-lots, hardware stores, old-school tobacconists, electronics, radios.....a true, tinker's paradise. Canal...

I just bought (Etsy) a pack of (50) 3" X 4" vinyl protective sleeves -for the vaccine cards- for less than $14.00. The vaccine card(s) easily slips in and out of the protective sleeve -in case booster shots are required/necessary. I bought the extra sleeves for family, friends...

You guys made me laugh. A blessed gift, in today's world....so, thanks.