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  1. georged

    Quality - Workmanship and Disregard

    Every consumer product falls somewhere on a bell curve quality-wise. Humans behaving like humans means that paying more doesn't guarantee the Thing you buy will be good, but paying less almost guarantees it will be bad. The only way to "beat" the game (so to speak) is by gaining sufficient...
  2. georged

    Ogden's Nut Gone Flake.... Psychedelic?

    Speaking of Humble Pie, I saw them live in August of 1972 in a giant art deco auditorium in Kansas City. The opening band? Ramatam. A group that Jimi Hendrix's drummer Mitch Mitchell started after Jimi died. (It was a flop, but famous in rock history circles for having a female lead...
  3. georged

    Check your Dollar Bills

    Back in '92, I went to my bank to get $1K in C-notes to buy a bass guitar from a guy who was selling it via newspaper want ad. (meaning decided to buy it after checking it out, of course). The teller laid the bills out on the counter, and I immediately saw something was different about one of...
  4. georged

    Who can Make Dunhill Dot Stem?

    Howdy. Sorry I missed the party. 1940s Dunhills are scarce. I'd recommend either doing it right or selling the pipe to a hardcore collector who will. If it has already been re-stemmed, there could be a lot of "gotcha!" work hiding in the bushes. Put another way, pics or it didn't happen...
  5. georged

    Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes

    The most frustrating thing in the collecting world is how people who haven't a stinking clue---but are assured they do, and are instructed by other people who haven't a stinking clue (courtesy of the Internet)---irretrievably screw up rare old pipes at their kitchen table. Over and over and...
  6. georged

    Lobotomy Procedures No Longer Require a Hospital Setting

    In 2024, they can be administered digitally, from a distance. WARNING: Keep your finger on an escape button on your phone or keyboard. The transition from "my head suddenly feels really weird" to massive permanent brain cell death is only a second or so:
  7. georged

    Another Swan Neck Adventure

    A drill bit tip brazed onto the end of a piece of flexible cable, that's steered by using a curved metal tube which slowly "follows" the drill bit as it progresses through the wood. In the old days they were called "peck drills" (presumably because you'd take a poke/peck with the bit, push...
  8. georged

    Another Swan Neck Adventure

  9. georged

    Another Swan Neck Adventure

    This ^^^^ is equal parts awesome and terrifying. Either jguss is one of those quasi-mythical Net ninjas, or the never-seen cabinet minster that the CIA, NSA, and FBI directors all report to.
  10. georged

    Another Swan Neck Adventure

    Thanks. :) I always figured that since the button and bite zone are the only things in contact with the smoker (except for the bowl---which can be any shape or texture, so doesn't count in the same way), and lips & mouths are extremely sensitive, those two things count for a LOT. I know that...
  11. georged

    Another Swan Neck Adventure

    French-turned "LC" stummels---meaning full bent pipes with a curved airway---showed up in many places back in the day. Pretty much any company with access could buy some, and either farm them out to be finished or do it themselves. There's a guy here in the US who has made finding and...
  12. georged

    When to Not Restore? "Selected by Sasieni" Double One Dot

    There's a rule in play regarding effort and result for activities like antique restoration and "invisible" pipe repair. Doubling effort doesn't double the distance covered, but only cuts the remaining distance to the goal in half. Like so: One unit of work gets you 80% of the way to perfect...
  13. georged

    Peterson Deluxe System Question

    Here's a Deluxe System with a fishtail. I definitely like it better mouthfeel-wise than the P-lip that came with it. (I'm a clencher) No difference in taste, staying lit, or etc. otherwise.
  14. georged

    Did You Know that Greg Pease is also a Serious Foodie?

    Winery. He didn't run it, though, but worked a full season at one. Performed every job at every step of the process, from gathering the grapes to the finished product. He figured it was the best way to truly understand what he was tasting whenever he opened a bottle. THAT is commitment.
  15. georged

    RIP Dickey Betts

    He said musician
  16. georged

    Cats? Lazy? For Them It's an Art Form, Like Ballet

  17. georged

    I'm Bloody Livid: Amazon Refuse to Sell Me a Set of Kitchen Knives.

    That's the mindset, alright. It's unusual for them to say it out loud, though. PBS used to be a top-of-the-pile source of in-depth(ish) information. The opposite end of the spectrum from grocery store tabloids. Same with the BBC. Then termites got to work, hidden from view. By the time...
  18. georged

    I'm Bloody Livid: Amazon Refuse to Sell Me a Set of Kitchen Knives.

    East Asia has always been at war with Oceania, Winston. Please come with us to the Ministry of Truth to discuss the matter...
  19. georged

    The Matrix is Designed so that Everyone Sees a Clue

    Some of it certainly does rotf
  20. georged

    I'm Bloody Livid: Amazon Refuse to Sell Me a Set of Kitchen Knives.

    Welcome to the leading edge of what will soon take over everything. The granularity of monitoring citizens is now "available" regarding travel, purchases, communication, personal property, association with other citizens, and so on, right down to pennies spent and physical location on the...
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