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Burley Granola!
Jarring up a new pound of Sutliff Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match and I'm cackling; this stuff is like Nature Valley! The smell is fantastic and I can't wait to scoop up a cobful and put a flame to it. I love things with texture.- Jim Sobie
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Mr. Sobie's Bulk Buy
So two months into piping, I'm mustering the courage to step up and make my first big order (not 2 oz of This and That). I realize there are literally thousands of blends out there to try, and while I aim to try them, one needs a comfortable base of operations to leap from, and I have concluded...- Jim Sobie
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Shout-out To Es0teric!
The inaugural meeting of the Downriver Pipe Club (which I just made up because Hey there ARE two of us within 15 mins of each other) was a smashing success. Es0teric PM'd me and kindly invited me over for a smoke and a visit, and was even so kind as to gift this n00b piper a dozen different...- Jim Sobie
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It's A PIPE, Jim, not a BUTT!
My office recently began a return to work, two days a week. While it was exciting to put on pants and actually drive somewhere for once, at lunch I overstuffed my cob, tumbled down the stairs and promptly did my best impersonation of Vesuvius. I came away with a wicked case of tongue bite and a...- Jim Sobie
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Wonder What M Smoked...
It's a cool and quiet evening on my porch in Allen Park. I have a cup of coffee at my elbow and a bowlful of Balkan Supreme just barely smoldering and I suddenly wondered what the fictional head of MI6 smoked. I've read the Fleming novels backwards and forwards. Whether it was in his office on...- Jim Sobie
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Pro Tip From A Noob
When you have foolishly carried a foil pouch of Prince Albert in your shorts pocket for a few hours and now find your keys, mints, and lighter covered with burley crumbs, you can easily clean up your pocket using your wife's vacuum with the hose and crevice attachment. However, if your wife...- Jim Sobie
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- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Sir Walter Raleigh Beheaded Me
Having returned to piping after several false starts, I was excited to snap up a few tins and pouches of tobacco I'd known and loved before, and because burley goes with morning coffee like PB with J, naturally I had to snag up some SWR original. Now I'd smoked and enjoyed it before, and I am...- Jim Sobie
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Greetings From Downriver, Detroit
Well I said I wasn't gonna do it (I'm a crackerjack Lurker; I'm of the firm conviction that throughout history many of our greatest accomplishments were achieved by Lurkers), but the overall tone and flavor (smoke?) of this forum just smacks of the contemplative, the cordial, and the serene (all...- Jim Sobie
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- Forum: New Member Introductions