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Suddenly Lost my Taste for Pipe Tobacco
Some pretty classic late 90s anthems on that album! And I will never forget the art 😂.- stearmandriver
- Post #44
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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GMO Tobacco/No Nicotine
??? Natural selection has created a LOT of really highly poisonous organisms. Obviously if a trait can be developed naturally, it can be developed via intentional manipulation - whether that's hybridization or transgenic processes. One just takes a lot longer... Also remember that the "dead...- stearmandriver
- Post #88
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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GMO Tobacco/No Nicotine
Almost nothing you eat has been developed via natural selection. Almost everything you eat has instead been modified by humans over time, via multiple techniques that select for desirable characteristics. (Obviously even natural selection is a form of genetic modification, but the point is...- stearmandriver
- Post #86
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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GMO Tobacco/No Nicotine
I like pipe smoking, but have never cared for feeling the nicotine. I'd be pretty happy with nicotine-free tobacco if it could be used to create my favorite blends (which are all Oriental-heavy Englishes and so pretty low nic to begin with.). As far as the GMO issue, there seems to be a lot of...- stearmandriver
- Post #56
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Oldest Smoked Tobacco...
25 year old tin of McClelland's Dark Star. I remember it biting the hell out of me when fresh, but after forgetting about it for 15 years, then re-hydrating and jarring it, it STILL is hard to get it to burn, but it's nice and smooth and tastes like toasted marshmallows. I have a couple...- stearmandriver
- Post #26
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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I Don't See Three on a Donkey.
Not even kidding, I kind of like it. I'm not exactly sure what I'd do with it... But I kind of like the transition from raw organic wood, to polished and finished guitar. Maybe a guitar maker would appreciate it more? I'm no kind of craftsman, and barely a guitarist, so maybe I'm just...- stearmandriver
- Post #20
- Forum: General Discussion
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Suggestions - Honey/Graham Cracker Flavor
MacBaren Scottish Mixture has a lot of this too.- stearmandriver
- Post #15
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Are We Too Casual?
I'm mostly a lurker on pipe forums, but I've been doing that for a while and I've noticed that this is a thread that crops up with some regularity. It could be summarized as "the rest of the world doesn't care what I think of it and this is wrong." Conversely, another thread that tends to...- stearmandriver
- Post #22
- Forum: General Discussion
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Praise to Peretti
Definitely not that I can taste. Cuban is not what I'd call an aromatic... Tastes like a good cigar with Latakia!- stearmandriver
- Post #31
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Praise to Peretti
I took this as conjecture of a light mint casing (not really a topping.) on many of their blends. I will say that since I've read that on TR, I've sometimes thought I could notice that I was left with a bit of a clean, fresh mouthfeel (well, cleaner than usual after smoking a Latakia blend for...- stearmandriver
- Post #29
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Praise to Peretti
Royal, Tashkent, and Oriental 40 are fantastic. Cambridge Flake is my favorite tobacco of all time. I'm in my late 40s and I've got enough Cambridge Flake cellared already to guarantee I'll have some to smoke in retirement, even if it goes away tomorrow (granted I'm just a few bowls a week...- stearmandriver
- Post #14
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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California's First Tropical Storms in 84 Years
This isn't exactly true (actually, it's false.). The shift to using the "climate change" wording happened not because warming was slower than forecast (it's actually remained well within the IPCC's "most likely" forecast). It's because "climate change" is actually a more accurate term for what...- stearmandriver
- Post #41
- Forum: General Discussion
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Nothing Could Convince Me to go Ballooning, But I do Like to See Them.
Back when I was in the experience building phase of my career, I flew a jump plane for a skydiving operation. One of the jumpers had a small hot air balloon, and I can remember how obsessed all of them got about jumping from the balloon. Seemed to last most of the summer. They all agreed that...- stearmandriver
- Post #34
- Forum: General Discussion
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California's First Tropical Storms in 84 Years
Doesn't this question answer itself? One is rare and the other isn't, right? So... Which one is newsworthy? 😁- stearmandriver
- Post #21
- Forum: General Discussion
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Greetings from the PNW
If you happen to be near Western Puget Sound, check out the Cargo Hold the next time you're near Poulsbo. Not the largest brick and mortar I've seen, but one of the better ones in terms of focus on pipes vs cigars, selection, and knowledgeable owner. Good stuff. 👍- stearmandriver
- Post #40
- Forum: New Member Introductions