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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2018 1:19:02 GMT -5
Sad to say but I don't think I have the will power to keep unopened tins around for very long before they will be opened. I can say the same for beer and whiskey. If it's in the house it seems to go fast! My eyes opened wide when I read the comment about getting rid of the books..I couldn't do that..maybe I still do have a little will power.  I've gotten more realistic with regards to getting rid of books lately. I've some reference books that are out of date, other's that I could clip the important parts and get rid of the rest, a whole bunch of comic books that were never very good, bundles of hand written notes, cook books that have been replaced by the internet, etc. I've been slowly repairing my place since the September earthquake and it's given me an excuse to clean house. I already digitilized my jazz records and sold the albums which I never thought I'd ever do. On the other hand while I have pretty decent liquor selection on hand, I never have any beer in my apartment. My experience is that it disappears the moment my cousins come over...and they never offer to replace it! I have so many books and comics I would love to sell them. Many old books. The books I would keep are my Trader Vic Cookbooks. He was a heck of a writer and a chef. I can't get to the basement anymore to enjoy them, so one of these days the estate sellers get called |
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Post by zambini on Jan 24, 2018 1:48:25 GMT -5
@cosmicbobo if you have late 70s to mid 90s DC comics I'd be interested check out a list of what's on offer. I used to collect them all and only recently have I started considering even getting rid of the worst runs including things like Sonic Disruptors (a 12 issue maxi-series so bad that the company never bothered publishing past number 7), Teen Titans Spotlight (a third series focusing on the individual characters published monthly stretched the plot too thin), etc. Correct me if I'm wrong, was Trader Vic the guy that brought the Mai-Tai to California and started the tiki-bar craze in the 50s? |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2018 4:03:38 GMT -5
@cosmicbobo if you have late 70s to mid 90s DC comics I'd be interested check out a list of what's on offer. I used to collect them all and only recently have I started considering even getting rid of the worst runs including things like Sonic Disruptors (a 12 issue maxi-series so bad that the company never bothered publishing past number 7), Teen Titans Spotlight (a third series focusing on the individual characters published monthly stretched the plot too thin), etc. Correct me if I'm wrong, was Trader Vic the guy that brought the Mai-Tai to California and started the tiki-bar craze in the 50s? Correct on Trader Vic I have DC's from the early sixties through the mid nineties. Some of their oddball titles. I have big runs of Legion of Super-Heroes, Some Batman, Superman, Justice League |
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Post by Darin on Jan 24, 2018 6:25:57 GMT -5
I saw a werewolf drinking a Pina Colada at Trader Vic's ... and his hair was perfect.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2018 13:35:44 GMT -5
zambini - you sound just like me. I've been going through books and comics and music, trying to get rid of stuff and lighten the load.... but there's always some other book or comic or CD I discover I really need, or some offer I can't refuse.  But yeah, reference books are easy - they're huge, take up tons of space, and are largely redundant with the internet. I can't even remember the last time I used an actual book or encyclopedia. Then again, I have a complete set of the 1901 11th edition Britannica which is pretty cool, and I haven't been able to part with it so far. I also have tons of old sci-fi and horror anthologies with duplicate stories, so I've gradually been going through them to try to weed some out. And lots and lots of books from my studies that are now a bit too old to be useful, or things I probably won't go back to (do I still really need Ancient Egyptian Grammar?). I need to sort out my cigars and tobaccos, too - lots of stuff I'll probably never smoke now that my tastes have developed.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2018 13:37:09 GMT -5
I saw a werewolf drinking a Pina Colada at Trader Vic's ... and his hair was perfect. The one in downtown L.A.? Might have been my sister's ex. |
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Post by Darin on Jan 24, 2018 13:38:36 GMT -5
I saw a werewolf drinking a Pina Colada at Trader Vic's ... and his hair was perfect. The one in downtown L.A.? Might have been my sister's ex. |
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Post by zambini on Jan 24, 2018 14:09:17 GMT -5
zambini - you sound just like me. I've been going through books and comics and music, trying to get rid of stuff and lighten the load.... but there's always some other book or comic or CD I discover I really need, or some offer I can't refuse. I need to sort out my cigars and tobaccos, too - lots of stuff I'll probably never smoke now that my tastes have developed. I gave a good home to all the off-brand cigars my brother got rid of when he moved in with his girlfriend so I'm unlikely to buy more for the forseeable future. In terms of pipe tobacco, I'm taking the absence of Skiff and Presbyterian stoicly and will robably go through much of my stash before buying anything new if only to be sure about my own tastes. With my nephew visiting often lately and his insistance on wrecking my records, I'm probably going to stick to digital copies from now on or just listen to the radio. Books are harder to decide given that what fiction I read is easier for me to hold on to in book form (I had a Kindle at some point and never got the hang of it) as are books of aphorisms and anecdotes that I feel the internet doesn't do justice. The books I find irreplaceable that I own are the ones on art, art theory, and theatre theory which I've annotated and enjoy reading a lot. My daily reads (newspapers and magazines) are now done on a lab top. It might sound silly but I never realized how much space it requires to furnish a home beyond the stage of owning a single towel and set of bed clothes. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2018 15:30:50 GMT -5
zambini - you sound just like me. I've been going through books and comics and music, trying to get rid of stuff and lighten the load.... but there's always some other book or comic or CD I discover I really need, or some offer I can't refuse. I need to sort out my cigars and tobaccos, too - lots of stuff I'll probably never smoke now that my tastes have developed. I gave a good home to all the off-brand cigars my brother got rid of when he moved in with his girlfriend so I'm unlikely to buy more for the forseeable future. In terms of pipe tobacco, I'm taking the absence of Skiff and Presbyterian stoicly and will robably go through much of my stash before buying anything new if only to be sure about my own tastes. With my nephew visiting often lately and his insistance on wrecking my records, I'm probably going to stick to digital copies from now on or just listen to the radio. Books are harder to decide given that what fiction I read is easier for me to hold on to in book form (I had a Kindle at some point and never got the hang of it) as are books of aphorisms and anecdotes that I feel the internet doesn't do justice. The books I find irreplaceable that I own are the ones on art, art theory, and theatre theory which I've annotated and enjoy reading a lot. My daily reads (newspapers and magazines) are now done on a lab top. It might sound silly but I never realized how much space it requires to furnish a home beyond the stage of owning a single towel and set of bed clothes. I was separated from the majority of my worldly good for almost 20 years. I was living in the UK and just never dealt with shipping it from my mom's garage. When I moved back to the US a few years ago, I couldn't believe the crap I had kept and never missed. Now that I see it again, though, getting rid of it all is another story.... |
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Post by Wolfman on Feb 4, 2018 8:56:02 GMT -5
It is my opinion, one can never have enough. My only rule is to make sure my tins and jars are properly sealed so the ''bacco does not dry out.
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Post by zambini on Feb 4, 2018 11:39:13 GMT -5
It is my opinion, one can never have enough. My only rule is to make sure my tins and jars are properly sealed so the ''bacco does not dry out. I've been trying a new (to me anyway) thing with my all day tobacco where I leave it in the tin but place an oversized sheet of saran wrap/cling film between the lid and the tobacco. It's worked well over the last 10 days. |
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Post by cigrmaster on Feb 24, 2018 21:16:56 GMT -5
I normally have 20-25 tins open at the same time and a dozen or so bulks. I keep my open tins in plastic tupperware like containers that will keep the tobacco fresh for a couple of years. I never transfer tobacco from my tins to jars as I have no more room for jars. I am thankful that most of my favorites come only in tins.
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