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Favorite blends - how much is "enough"?
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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 279201"><p>FWIW, based on experience :</p><p></p><p>Make good and sure you're past the butterfly stage first. Butterflies light on this flower and that one, covering a lot of ground. Where there's nectar, they stay for a minute or two before moving on. The attraction's there, but it isn't a permanent one. Mistaking that lingering attraction for one that's viable in the long term has led to buying, and then giving away, pounds of stuff that, in retrospect, I wish were tobacs I truly love instead.</p><p></p><p>The LL Rule : Nobody is allowed to call a new acquisition his "favorite pipe" until he's smoked it at least ten times. It's a good rule, sensibly grounded in long experience.</p><p></p><p>Your "meat and potatoes" tobacs are the ones to stock in bulk. Those are the ones that never wear out -- that you can look forward to with enthusiasm and smoke with enjoyment 27/7/365. It takes a while to identify those. </p><p></p><p>They are the ones you want to stock pounds and pounds of. Especially when your budget necessitates either smoking your mistakes or cutting down your pipes-per-week figure.</p><p></p><p>:face:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 279201"] FWIW, based on experience : Make good and sure you're past the butterfly stage first. Butterflies light on this flower and that one, covering a lot of ground. Where there's nectar, they stay for a minute or two before moving on. The attraction's there, but it isn't a permanent one. Mistaking that lingering attraction for one that's viable in the long term has led to buying, and then giving away, pounds of stuff that, in retrospect, I wish were tobacs I truly love instead. The LL Rule : Nobody is allowed to call a new acquisition his "favorite pipe" until he's smoked it at least ten times. It's a good rule, sensibly grounded in long experience. Your "meat and potatoes" tobacs are the ones to stock in bulk. Those are the ones that never wear out -- that you can look forward to with enthusiasm and smoke with enjoyment 27/7/365. It takes a while to identify those. They are the ones you want to stock pounds and pounds of. Especially when your budget necessitates either smoking your mistakes or cutting down your pipes-per-week figure. :face: [/QUOTE]
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