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  1. mawnansmiff

    What Are You Drinking? May 2024

    On special offer last week I thought I'd give this French lager a trial and though not overjoyed by the experience, I wasn't regretting the purchase. Very different from my usual bottled ales it's 5.5% but comes across as much 'lighter'....very palatable. Jay.
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    What Are You Listening To - May, 2024

    Enjoying a cup of tea and tapping my feet to the glorious sounds of Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan In Session. One of my best music purchases of 2023. BTW, what do I see hanging out of albert's mouth? Fancy whatever it is. Jay.
  3. mawnansmiff

    What Are You Listening To - May, 2024

    Another SACD from my recent purchase, this time Roger Waters' Amused To Death. You get the SACD stereo mix plus multi channel mix, I first opted for the former and wow, it really sounds superb with greater depth and soundstage. Once my new surround speakers are wired in I'll give the surround...
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    What Are You Listening To - May, 2024

    I've been on a bit of a music buying trip again and last night I played Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here on SACD. Though multichannel I played it through just the two channels and it was just beautiful. So much I heard that I never heard/noticed on the Red Book version so well worth the...
  5. mawnansmiff

    How Come We Don't See Counterfeit Pipes?

    I heard a story, many years ago about a guy who took a fake Rolex into a watch repairer somewhere in the States for service. The guy behind the counter studied the watch with his eyepiece then reached under his desk and pulled out a hammer and proceeded to smash the watch to bits! Naturally...
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    What Are You Listening To - May, 2024

    After reading many reviews....mostly negative.....of Roger Waters' Dark Side Of The Moon: Redux I was so intrigued that I bought myself a copy which landed on my doormat this morning. Well it's pretty much as I'd expected, and not at all like the original classic released in 1973. It follows...
  7. mawnansmiff

    Teapots

    Burslem/Stoke on Trent is famous for its bottle kilns where literally millions of teapots, plates, cups etc etc were made over the centuries mainly due to the red clay that is found in the vicinity in massive quantities. Burslem/Stoke on Trent is for pottery like Sheffield is for steel and...
  8. mawnansmiff

    Briar Pipes - Ireland - Late 1860s

    I would guess that all tobacco was smoked in clay pipes afore briar root became the norm for pipes no matter where you were geographically. As for when briar pipes made it into Ireland, perhaps looking at trade directories might shed some light as these were published annually. Jay.
  9. mawnansmiff

    Pipe Tobacco Knives

    I presume the careful placement of the shades is for scale or are you just arty? Jay.
  10. mawnansmiff

    Teapots

    "It's a poor workman that blames his tools" said someone once :rolleyes: Jay.
  11. mawnansmiff

    Teapots

    Easy mistake to make, I mean a teapot is very much like a muzzle loading rifle :LOL: Jay.
  12. mawnansmiff

    Teapots

    Brown Betty perhaps? Originating from Stoke on Trent circa 1695, pretty much every family had a Brown Betty teapot at some stage. They were just the perfect everyday teapot for the everyday person. Jay.
  13. mawnansmiff

    R.I.P. David Sanborn

    Slightly off topic but about two weeks ago I watched a TV programme that had a section about how saxophones are made. Absolutely fascinating to watch how these very complicated instruments are made and put together from a mass of components all carefully fettled by expert builders. Always been...
  14. mawnansmiff

    What Are You Drinking? May 2024

    Me too, they're the only ones I can afford. My preferred of the 42 I've tried was Jim Beam Single Barrel of which I have two left compared to the 17 bottles of Jim Beam White. Jay.
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    What Are You Drinking? May 2024

    I had a rummage around my bottle stash yesterday and found not one but two bottles of Jack Daniel's Single Barrel (plus 1 bottle of JD Single Barrel Rye). According to the label it was bottled in 2020 which tallies with my last purchase of it the same year, only now it's an extra £10 per bottle...
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