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    Tigger\'s crash

    I could care less about Tiger Woods, but Tigger? What a wonderfully erudite and revealing play on a word we have here. Clever. Clever! You know, if not much else, how to spell Tiger. We all grew up on the Ponderosa, in love with Aunt B and Andy, Miss Kitty, and Tony the Tiger. It's GREAT...
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    Bought us a toy

    I used to play Diablo One on my laptop when I was traveling a lot, twiddling my thumbs sitting in hotel rooms. Then I got into first person shooters, and really liked Quake, Half-Life, and Unreal. When it went totally online with mostly ratty children running around in a circle shooting each...
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    What Do You Have Open?

    1792 G&H Dark Flake Aromatic C&D Opening Night GLP Abingdon SG Commonwealth HotW
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    Le Mort de le Mouse!

    My dogs won't bother a mouse, but they're hell on any possum that gets into the yard behind my house. Every time I look up, I'm having to take care of the unfortunate remains. They leave the mouse killing job to me.
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    God I Hate People!

    I've been always impressed by the sense of self of the most odious people. Whether a concentration camp crematorium manager, or your general all-purpose asshole, they all have their own sense of themselves, as though they're human. Part of the reason I won't eat meat, is that I decided that if...
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    What starts your morning off right?

    Thanks for the tip. In the past two months, I've been on a tear with the snuff: de Kralingse, Dholakia, Friboug and Treyer, McCrystal's, NTSU, Wilsons of Sharrow. I like their Espresso, but the Toque I like enough to want bulk, so far, is the Spanish Gem. I've been exploring with the 10gm tins...
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    Aeromatics are killing me

    Add, Dark Flake Unscented and Aromatic, and Conniston and Bosun Cut Plugs by Gawith and Hoggart?
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    Odd backorder experience

    I had a series of orders with them where I was called to ask whether I wanted to substitute, wait, or be refunded. On a couple of occasions I chose to substitute. I then adopted the practice of calling in advance to attempt to make sure that what I was ordering was in stock at the time of order...
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    Taste Evolution from Z-50 to ...

    It's been only a year since I found Full Virginia at Cup O Joes where I had gone to buy bulk Consolidated Z-50: Black Cordial that I'd been getting from the local B&M. Shortly after being smitten with Full Virginia, I'd sealed the Z-50 in a mason, and on one year anniversary, I popped the top...
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    a new pipe smoker in the making

    You can send a couple five gallon paint cans, like you would find at Lowe's hardware, a rubber mallet, and pry. Put small (4oz) mason jars wrapped in newspaper or bubble-wrap in one, and they will stay clean and protected from the incessant dust and occasional wayward boot. He can keep his...
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    Aromatic vs nonaromatic in rotation

    Of late, since encountering Union Square, I've been exploring 'straight' Virginias. Particularly with G&H Dark Flake Aromatic, the 'aromatic' quality is more pronounced, as though smoking mostly straight Virginias has sensitized my taste. An analogy: accustomed to soft music, being placed in...
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    The Official Gawith & Hoggarth Thread

    #7 Kendal Mixture is a filler when I don't have either Dark Bird's Eye, Kendal Dark, Dark Flake Unscented or Dark Flake Aromatic open. I also have been using it for blending experiments. One of the 'Darks' or 1792 is going to be smoked every day. I like Bosun and Coniston Cut Plugs, and go...
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    Natural tobacco- European vs US

    I don't understand how the additives of cigarettes and 'American' aromatics can be extrapolated to all forms of tobacco, from wherever. Everyone expects 'American' aromatics and OTCs to contain PG, whether manufactured here or there, and the FVF and Union Square are expected to age, largely...
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    How do y'all store your tobacco?

    At first, I would boil the jar, lid, and ring, and then put the room temperature tobacco in, like normal canning. The heat of the jar makes it seal, and the tobacco isn't stoved. Then, I just started stuffing it at room temp and making sure the lid is tight because trying to keep a batch of jars...
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    What Do You Have Open?

    1792 5100 Abingdon Carter Hall/Five Brothers mix FVF Kendall Dark
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    Help with Firefox plug in

    In Firefox, go Tools > Main > Manage Add-Ons > Get Add-ons or Plugins Usually the browser automatically will ask for the plugin it needs, and you just click on the icon to install it. You probably need Adobe flash player, maybe Microsoft Silverlight, but those are often blocked by IT to...
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    I worried that she would take me back, still love me.

    I really must try Braken Flake, next order for sure. I almost pulled the trigger a couple days ago. Thanks for the tip! I found the Condor while chasing some snuff hard to get in the US at a 'My Smoking Shop' in the UK, but the 15.8149 USD for 50 gm plus overseas shipping is a tad stiff, also...
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    I worried that she would take me back, still love me.

    How would we be? There's no question that I've had, of late, a roving eye. True, I'd been spending a lot of her time with the Cut Plug sisters, and shagging Kendall Dark, tickling Haddo's Delight, laid gifts at the feet of Lady Abingdon, had a great time in Union Square, went on a slow-hand...
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    Ageism in Pipe Smoking?

    The stereotypes fit. Generalizations are difficult, but pipe smoking and cigars take intent and planning that is uncharacteristic of frenetic 'youth on the go.' A cigarette can be 'hot-boxed' in less than five minutes. For most cigar or pipe smokers, a lot of time, money, and planning are...
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    Watcha' got open!!!!!

    GLP Haddo's Delight, Maltese Falcon Gh Coniston Cut Plug, Dark Flake Aro C&D Bow-legged Bear, Boker Or, & Milk & Honey SG FVF, Chocolate Flake
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