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TAPS Pipe & Tobacciana Expo I haven't seen this posted, but it is happening. At the NC Fairgrounds in Raleigh tomorrow from 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM. Anyone going? I'll be there around noonish. It was a pretty good spread last year.

Let's say you were limited to just one type of water to fly fish. If you had to pick one type of water to wield a fly rod the rest of your life, what would it be? I'm kind of partial to small creeks and streams, myself. Some that I fish are only 2-3 feet wide, though I like them a few feet...

Has anyone on the BoB tried the C&D "Founding Fathers" blend? It sounds pretty good. I was wondering about the "whisper of pomegranate" I have read about in the description on their site. How is that? Thanks for any info!

Hello, my friends! I have been away for some time, but you all know how this place is. You can't stay away forever. Just thought I'd poke my head in and say howdy. Howdy! Long story short, life went and got real busy on me for a bit there. A little of the unexpected. A little of the "Dang, I...

With flu season just around the corner, just curious if anyone has an opinion on the flu shot.

I'm going to be in Charlotte for a few hours on Friday and thought I might check out McCranie's, which is just a few miles from where I'm doing some business. I've never been before. Anyone else been there? Is there anything there worth seeing or considering? (i.e. their own tobacco blends...

Not exactly the high grade blends most of us are accustomed to, but I did have a chance to try some Crown Royal Black last weekend and actually enjoyed it. I plan on picking some up at our local governmental spirits distribution center (ABC store) this evening, being that my current fiscal...

http://www.tobaccoforpipes.com/index.html They have some cool music on their site, at least. Anyone tried their tobaccos? Not a lot of reviews out there on them.

I had asked a while back if anyone knew how the HPCS Adirondack Trout Stream blend would hold up if I cellared it but no one had much experience with it. So, I thought I would share what I found so far. I opened a Mason Jar full that I put away back in the end of March, 2009, this weekend and...

I figured I'd put up a picture of my little stash. It'd be interesting to see how it looks 5-years from now. Funny how before I met you guys I had 2-3 pipes I had smoked a good while. Now the madness keeps getting worse. I'm up to 13 pipes, not including cobs. And I used to buy just enough...

I'll be up in Philadelphia in a couple of weeks for business for 3-nights. Any pipe shops I should be aware of you gents can point me to? I'll be in the western suburbs around Wayne and Chesterbrook.

In His Hotel Room of Apparent Suicide He played Kwai Chang Caine in Kung Fu among numerous other roles. Major bummer.

I love the HPCS Adirondack "Trout Stream" blend. It has become by far my favorite blend. I know lots of smokers aren't big on aromatics, but this one just does it for me. The flavor and taste stay 90% of the way through the smoke, the room note is favorable, and it stays lit the whole smoke...

So I had mentioned in another thread that I thought it would be cool to start a tobacco tin collection of some sort. Ol' Dawg (Jim) emailed and said he might be able to send me a couple. I thought that was pretty awesome of him. I got home today from a few days on the road and my neighbor...

No More Smoking in NC Restaurants/Bars The bill passed this afternoon.

So I won this Samuel Gawith "Scotch Cut Mixture" Limited Edition Chicago 2009 100g tin. (Thanks again, Winslow. It came in today!) Here's the question: What do I do with it? Obviously at some point I'll smoke it. (?) But is it ready to burn now? Should I cellar it a bit first? Keep it as...

On Saturday morning, May 9, while taking your morning stroll and smoking that first bowl of the day be sure to drop off a can of food or two or ten in your mail box. All non-perishable items welcomed. The mail man will know what to do with the food. Just stick it in a sturdy bag so he can...

A friend of mine asked me today if I knew of anyone that grew just enough of their own tobacco in their back yard/field/lot, etc. and then primed and processed it for personal consumption (but didn't sell it or offer it commercially, etc.) I told him I had never heard of it before. Have any of...

So I have been thinking of sprucing up a corner of my humble "man cave" for the pipe stuff I have (and am getting) and started wondering about the old/antique tobacco tins I've seen so many of you with. So, what's the deal with them? Is there a particular thing or type to look for? Any in...

For any of you North Carolina folks I got this in email today from our friends at Anstead Tobacco Company in Fayetteville. Attention Anstead's Customers, Right Now in the North Carolina General Assembly there is a "Smoking Ban" proposed for the entire state that would outlaw smoking in all...