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  1. WhiteCrown

    Briarville Repair

    I swear those pictures looked good on my little phone screen before I posted them... It's a good thing I don't try to make a living via photography. As for how long it took, I think it was a few weeks, but not sure. I had them shipped to my hose with my family while I was away for work, I...
  2. WhiteCrown

    Briarville Repair

    I just received my repair from Briarville. It was an Italian basket pipe gift with a tenon snapped. There's a little gap and the bend is ever-so-slightly off... But for $40+shipping I'm very happy with it. I've seen several of you receive new factory and handmade pipes much worse for far more...
  3. WhiteCrown

    Food & Drink in South Korea - What to Try?

    I was just in Busan a few months ago, Mom's Touch is a good fried chicken chain there. This place was my favorite though: Lol. Also their family restaurants were really good, as well as their sushi. And the steak houses. I ate a LOT haha, explore and you wont go hungry.
  4. WhiteCrown

    Who Owns a Pet With a Bit of an Attitude?

    This guy needs walks outside, at least three hours out of his cage daily so you he can poop on your shirt, carpet, etc. and he better get his bath every day, and he'll still get grumpy on occasion and bite you, it doesn't matter that your "feathers" are made of puncturable skin. Dogs are easy...
  5. WhiteCrown

    Oh Goody... The USPS is Now Dealing with "Inside Job" Theft Gangs

    Briar Lee, I understand the small town life, I own a house I am retiring to in two years in a town of 700. There are three workers at the post office, they are known by all more than just by name. I'm sure I won't have these problems with my local post office. Kansas City like the OP and...
  6. WhiteCrown

    Oh Goody... The USPS is Now Dealing with "Inside Job" Theft Gangs

    I would not be surprised. When I called to report my stolen items it was someone in an international call center, far removed from having a reason to care. They didn't seem to care either way about solving it, just focused on checking the box of filing an insurance claim so they could move on...
  7. WhiteCrown

    Good Coffee & Good Inexpensive Machines?

    I agree with you, but it's a bit of a rabbit hole. I researched it years ago and I had to go way deeper into it scientifically than I wanted to in order to achieve anything convincing for myself. To explain it to a convincing manner is probably far too many words than should be in a forum...
  8. WhiteCrown

    Oh Goody... The USPS is Now Dealing with "Inside Job" Theft Gangs

    I recently had an $8000 package from Benchmade Knives "damaged" and repackaged... $2100 worth of knives were mysteriously missing. It clearly happened in their custody in Chicago as indicated by labelling and relabelling package weights. Will not be using USPS for anything valuable again. Yes...
  9. WhiteCrown

    Good Coffee & Good Inexpensive Machines?

    Try your French press without the press, cowboy style! Lol I've never understood why people squirm about a little bit of grounds in their coffee, but then buy the whole beans covered in chocolate and pop them like Skittles.
  10. WhiteCrown

    Good Coffee & Good Inexpensive Machines?

    The last time I was in Italy (for about six months) I learned what I real macchiato was, not that sugary bucket of Starbucks crap. I bought a Bialetti moka pot and an Bialetti stovetop hand-pump milk frother. Brew some Kimbo canned espresso grounds, heat and froth some milk, and dump the froth...
  11. WhiteCrown

    Dad Advice

    Don't forget to put your wife first before the kiddos (just be ready for number two), because somebody has to take care of her as well... and she almost certainly will forget to put anything before her baby. Also to echo what warren said, remember that you aren't raising a child, if you try...
  12. WhiteCrown

    Best Way to Clean a New Pipe?

    I've only done this regularly a couple years and occasional reaming and haven't needed anything more on any of my pipes. It's like seasoned cast iron: Don't even think about touching one drop of soap on my skillet. My wife knows this... now. You shouldn't try to remove your stem until after...
  13. WhiteCrown

    Double Edged Razor Blades

    As many have stated, feather makes a fine blade and beautifully sharp too. I would like to add that in addition to sharpness, smoothness is also an enjoyable quality in a DE blade, which is why I prefer Dorco Titans. I am on my 186th Titan blade and while not as sharp as a feather, they are...
  14. WhiteCrown

    Corn Cob form Missouri Meerschaum...

    They are all the best. I recommend buying one naked and one plastered. From that point shape and size is the only difference and as stated is subjective. I've been preferring the naked cobs lately though.
  15. WhiteCrown

    What Music Are You Listening To? December, 2023

    Not sure why I'm admitting this but I'm on a reinvigorated Jewel kick. May be that Alaska grit backing that's sending it home. I'm late to the show making the connection to atz kilcher... love the last frontier.
  16. WhiteCrown

    ***What Are You Smoking, December 2023?***

    This morning, after a 24hr shift, I grabbed my coffee mug and a Brigham, intending to brew some coffee. I started fondling a few Mac Baren tins... Then it came over me, this was a hard working day deserving of a blue collar working man's smoke. I poured a splash (or three) of Hose Cuervo into...
  17. WhiteCrown

    Missouri Stems

    Very well stated, but you just made me realize that while I won't buy one for $18 for my cobs, I have a briar being re-stemmed in acrylic for over twice that price as we speak. What strange logic I have... it's not even going to fit on any of my other pipes like a VFH stem will 😂
  18. WhiteCrown

    Missouri Stems

    Maybe part of the conspiracy 😜 but I'll add the cheap plastic stems also come in white and green, though you have to buy the whole pipe to get one... Look at the riverboat gambler and Boone/bracken pipes, since they aren't acrylic they are about the same price as a country gent. Same stem...
  19. WhiteCrown

    Missouri Stems

    This is not because of the color option. It is because the material is superior and the cost to make it is more than their $2 cheap plastic stems. They just happen to be in different colors, but it's not the colors that drive the cost. You can't expect to get an$18 acrylic stem for the same...
  20. WhiteCrown

    Um, Interesting Pipe

    Clearly they are doing yet another remake of Alice in Wonderland, live action with a hipster twist. Hookahs are out, pipes are in, and this one is the caterpillar's. I bet this alone cost as much as their entire skinny-jean budget. Y'all were pretty close with the Smurfs though.
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