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Post by Darin on Dec 1, 2017 6:25:02 GMT -5
Try that with an angry weasel ... there's actually a competition for this sort of thing!  |
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Post by PhantomWolf on Dec 1, 2017 9:32:51 GMT -5
I consider all opinions as relative. I enjoy talking to others and hearing how they experience things for themselves, but If a fella says a tobacco is terrible and it is only the first time he has had Latakia, I'd have to take that into account. Even when I read one of Jim's reviews I take it with a grain of salt.
I agree with you though. It is incredibly rude to refer to someone as being pedestrian in any case other than literally.
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Post by crapgame on Dec 1, 2017 11:09:37 GMT -5
U sure it wasn't a mouse? I had a mouse with cold feet run down my leg one day...then I realized I had a hole in my pocket and some pennies worked their way out went down my pant leg... |
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Post by Matthew on Dec 1, 2017 16:29:02 GMT -5
I tend to search out Jim's reviews because he tries to objective.
The closest to an opinion is when he says it's an all day smoke.
He may use some colorful language at times but he doesn't get
carried away with it and with his reviews I know he HAS smoke
more than one bowl.
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Post by highstump on Dec 2, 2017 11:49:49 GMT -5
I have no problem with being thought of as "pedestrian". That isn't me in my avatar but it could be on any given day. I discovered early on (in grade school as a matter of fact) that I really wasn't quite as special as mom said I was.
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Post by slowroll on Dec 2, 2017 12:09:07 GMT -5
I have no problem with being thought of as "pedestrian". That isn't me in my avatar but it could be on any given day. I discovered early on (in grade school as a matter of fact) that I really wasn't quite as special as mom said I was. Too bad more people aren't as honest as you. |
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Post by crapgame on Dec 2, 2017 14:27:52 GMT -5
Ok after giving this some thought I have decided that the poster was trying to be very condescending concerning the tobaccos other pipers smoke. Instead of looking all knowing and superior to the great unwashed pipe smokers he ended up looking like a fool. Here is why, different people can tell you why they like a tobacco and describe why they like the tobacco but have no idea why makes the sing to them. I describe in reviews why I like a tobacco and use layman's terms, does that make me "pedestrian"? No. That means I like what I like and I will tell you why I like it. There are some folks that tell me why tobacco has the flavor it has and break down what each element of the blend does to make taste so good. Does that put him higher on the pipe smoking totem pole? Hell no because there is no such thing. Everyone has different tastes, for example I love maple and brown sugar instant oatmeal which causes my mom to shudder who tells me it is wallpaper paste and should eat steel cut oats instead. My reply is "You eat steak well done or almost burnt, and I eat it medium rare the way it should be eaten". Which one has pedestrian taste? Is it me for liking instant oatmeal or my mom who eats her steak burnt? Actually it is neither, it is a matter of how something tastes to us. The same thing can be said about pipe tobaccos. I stay away from blends with a high content of Red Virginia tobacco because it burns the crap out of my mouth, many of the "high end" pipe tobaccos have Red VA tobacco in it therefore I will not smoke them. Does that make an armature pipe smoker because I don't smoke the "unicorn fart" blend? No, it means I don't smoke it because my face will melt off and I don't like that happening to me.
So for me,I refuse to part of a group or club or anything that requires me be "qualified" to join.
And this is why the Patch is where I call home!
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Post by slowroll on Dec 2, 2017 18:59:51 GMT -5
Good observations there in general.
Re your Virginia problem, I have the same problem. However, i found that baking a Va for 5 hours makes it tolerable and tasty. There's a thread just a bit ago about baking tobac that goes into useful detail.
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Post by Darin on Dec 2, 2017 19:07:38 GMT -5
This Pedestrian thread sure has legs. ... sorry, couldn't resist! |
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Post by Baboo on Dec 2, 2017 19:22:03 GMT -5
I don't think there is such a thing as "pedestrian" as relates to pipe tobacco or pipes... even if I find one or another non-plus, that's just me.
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Post by JimInks on Dec 2, 2017 20:26:38 GMT -5
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Post by crapgame on Dec 2, 2017 20:34:34 GMT -5
That is jaywalking taste....
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2017 22:31:51 GMT -5
better a Walker than a Wanker. Strange you should mention that, I have two neighbors that are brothers and their last name is of all things Wacker and they both live up to their name. Ever seen that commercial where there's these two identical hipster doofuses trying to get a giant bigfoot truck started and when it does one revs it up loudly while they both yell at the top of their lungs? Well, that's what I have living two doors down from me. Thankfully........ for them, ammunition is too expensive to waste. Oh, and who ever wrote that commercial knows nothing about the mechanics of a motor vehicle otherwise he wouldn't have showed the one turning a giant open wrench in the radiator area of the truck to get it started. Yeah, I know I went off topic but, I just had to mention the comparison of Wanker and Wacker, one being the object and the other being what some do with it. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2017 22:42:00 GMT -5
Then there was the porn film company (true story) that wanted to do some location footage outside of one of our local businesses (big one), that I am not sure exists anymore. This tidbit actually made news. The company was furious after they allowed the filming, only to see their building and name in a porn film. The company? Wang Industries, yes it was referred to as a wang for a while
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Post by TwelveAMnTX on Dec 3, 2017 0:14:43 GMT -5
I always thought "pedestrian tastes" were when ya went to the street fair walked around  & sampled all the food.   |
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Post by crapgame on Dec 3, 2017 1:39:54 GMT -5
I always thought "pedestrian tastes" were when ya went to the street fair walked around & sampled all the food. I love "Dirty Water Dogs" from the NYC Sabrats hot dog street venders... MMMMMMMM |
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Post by Baboo on Dec 3, 2017 10:41:32 GMT -5
I always thought "pedestrian tastes" were when ya went to the street fair walked around & sampled all the food. I love "Dirty Water Dogs" from the NYC Sabrats hot dog street venders... MMMMMMMM Oh yes! I'd do a pedestrian mile for one of those Dirty Water Dogs, topped with brown mustard, ketchup, relish, sourkrout, chile pepper, and/or chile... don't get me and my pedestrian tastes started!!! 😃🌭🌭🌭🍻 |
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Post by crapgame on Dec 3, 2017 12:34:45 GMT -5
I love "Dirty Water Dogs" from the NYC Sabrats hot dog street venders... MMMMMMMM Oh yes! I'd do a pedestrian mile for one of those Dirty Water Dogs, topped with brown mustard, ketchup, relish, sourkrout, chile pepper, and/or chile... don't get me and my pedestrian tastes started!!! 😃🌭🌭🌭🍻 Don't forget the cheese whizz!!! |
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Post by PhantomWolf on Dec 3, 2017 12:35:45 GMT -5
I have no problem with being thought of as "pedestrian". That isn't me in my avatar but it could be on any given day. I discovered early on (in grade school as a matter of fact) that I really wasn't quite as special as mom said I was. Well, I often refer to myself as fat, but I have blackened a good many eyes for being told I was fat by others. haha For the record- I'd take a good burger over a steak most any day. |
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Post by Wolfman on Dec 3, 2017 19:00:57 GMT -5
There was a time when I only smoked aromatic Tobaccos. One day as I was packing Captain Black into my pipe, a relative said 'why are you smoking that shite?' Fast forward to 2017... I no longer smoke CB. I mostly smoke VaPers,for now. When I see someone smoking CB, or any other so called 'pedestrian ' tobaccos, I don't think, why do they smoke that shite? I think people have different tastes than me and so be it. Some people are just different than myself. Last year, I smoked mostly Balkans and never imagined I would like a VaPer. I try notto judge.
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Post by highstump on Dec 10, 2017 19:41:21 GMT -5
Me too, but I have found a few folks who make that damn near impossible. |
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Post by just ol ed on Dec 10, 2017 22:12:06 GMT -5
I'd be considered Mr. boring, non exciting esp at the chats. My "mantra" far back as I can remember on-topic...
smoke whatcha like, like whatcha smoke". Am totally non-judgemental as anybody. I just accept what I see/read. If sounds like I'm a Commie.....so be it.
Ed Duncan, Batavia, NY
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Post by Matthew on Dec 10, 2017 23:22:03 GMT -5
There was a time when I only smoked aromatic Tobaccos. One day as I was packing Captain Black into my pipe, a relative said 'why are you smoking that shite?' Fast forward to 2017... I no longer smoke CB. I mostly smoke VaPers,for now. When I see someone smoking CB, or any other so called 'pedestrian ' tobaccos, I don't think, why do they smoke that shite? I think people have different tastes than me and so be it. Some people are just different than myself. Last year, I smoked mostly Balkans and never imagined I would like a VaPer. I try notto judge. I tend to smoke a lot of aromatic blends CB,LL Dark Red,Cult BRM,Butternut Burley,and such.I also enjoy smoking Latakia blends P&W comes to mind here.Virginia Perique blends are on the rise and Lakeland blends are too.So when I ask someone what they are smoking it's simple curiosity.If they are enjoying the smoke and I'm enjoying mine,we're all good ! I stopped at Walgreens last night, and checked out the OTC prices.CB was $16.99 for a 1.75 pouch.They had cobs for $10 and DGs for $37.So if I can order a pound of a "match" blend online for less than $20 I'm all over it. I might be "Pedestrian",But I'm a happy one. |
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