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  1. benmarcum

    just a nice little read...

    I really just like this website anyway, but they posted just a nice little read today. http://artofmanliness.com/2012/12/15/manvotional-do-it-now/
  2. benmarcum

    What do you mean I cannot smoke for 2 weeks?

    So me and the wife went shopping for life insurance the other day. Of course the smoking question came up. I answerd that i smoke 5 to 7 pipes a week. Sometimes a cigar. My sales person then tells me i cannot smoke for 2 weeks to get the vitamin N out of my system so i can get a lower...
  3. benmarcum

    Wanting to learn a new skill

    So I am looking to start shaving with a straight razor. Where can i go to learn the tricks of the trade as this goes? I would hate to have to go to the ER my first time out.
  4. benmarcum

    time to be good

    The wife just threatened to bleach my meer back to white if i don't stop being lippy. Time to be quiet
  5. benmarcum

    drink of choice while smoking

    Being the good Kentucky boy that I am, i really prefer to drink bourbon while smoking. However I think it may be time that I find a new non-booze option...so what is your drink of choice?
  6. benmarcum

    it has been the longest 2 days ever....

    the wife had eye surgery the other day, and i am very happy for her. However! this means i have not been able to smoke in the house for the past 2 days and it is to hot and nasty to enjoy smoking outside...what is a guy supposed to do when he finally gets to sit down at night?!?! how could...
  7. benmarcum

    packing a pipe

    I must still be doing it wrong. I have a heck of a time keeping the pipe lit. I use the gravity fill and light packing method but I feel like if I am not puffing a fair amount it goes out. Any tips would be awesome. Thanks yall
  8. benmarcum

    Smoking while working in the yard

    I have seen a couple of you fine gentlemen talk about smoking while working in the yard. my question is...how? i cannot seem to be able to clench the pipe long enough and i worry about puffing on the pipe to much if i clench that long thus heak=ting it up way to much. any advice would be great...
  9. benmarcum

    What to do?!?!

    so my throat has gone all raw today (out of the blue mid day too...is what i get for living in the Ohio Valley). Want to go have a smoke...but prolly better to let the throat rest...you guys can give sound medical advice...right?
  10. benmarcum

    Stupid Lids

    so i am trying to get some lids on ball jars to not "pop" anymore so i can start building my baccy cellar but no luck. Do i need to get them to where they won't pop? if so any body got any tricks? Makers Mark is just down the road a bit...i guess i could take them and dip them in red wax...
  11. benmarcum

    vacuum bags?

    Have any of you tried any of the vacuum bags for storing tobacco? The kind you need the fancy little pump to suck all the air out. Ziplock makes one...
  12. benmarcum

    yet another jar question

    so i have been storing my tobacco in mason jars. i went back to one i have not smoked in a while the other day and it was like smoking old cardboard...dry and burned hot! did i do something wrong?
  13. benmarcum

    Thoughts on Frog Morton?

    as i mentioned in an earlier post, i am looking to start buying some tins of tobacco. What are your alls thoughts on the frog mortons blends? There is no where to buy tins here in town and i am just curious as to what some of you think before i order some. Many thanks yall!
  14. benmarcum

    it's gonna be a long day

    I am stuck in the Minneapolis airport for another 5 hours (assuming this flight does not get canceled too) with no pipe and nowhere to smoke if I did.
  15. benmarcum

    looking to buy my first tins

    So I have been smoking blend from my local shop and a few from Boswell's. I am interested in starting to buy some tins and building up a stock. Any suggestions on Bacchus and where you buy?
  16. benmarcum

    do i keep her?

    so i have only been smoking a pipe for a few months (wonderful wonderful months). i think my wife may have bought me a pipe for christmas...i am guessng this means i should keep her?! ;) happy holidays yall
  17. benmarcum

    Boswell no bite delight

    I got some of boswell's no bite delight the other day. It was a day before I was able to get into it so it sat on my desk. It made my wife nuts because it made the whole office smell like chocolate. Then finally last night I was able to get into it and man was it good. Fantastic chocolate and...
  18. benmarcum

    How many pipes do you smoke a day/week?

    i find that with my crazy life i can get in a couple of pipes a week. I was having a conversation with my uncle who use to smoke a pipe and he said that he use to smoke 3 or 4 a day...so it got me to wondering about the rest of you...
  19. benmarcum

    Found a crack in a pipe

    so i was cleaning a couple of my pipes today and noticed a crack in my favorite pipe. It is a full bend pipe and the crack is right where the shacnk meets the bowl...is this poor pipe done for?
  20. benmarcum

    tongue bite

    I often get a good bit of tongue bit...especially by the end of a bowl. I do not think i am smoking to fast or drawing to hard...any suggestions?
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