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Post by sperrytops on Apr 29, 2020 16:11:15 GMT -5
I've looked at several sites now, including Smokingpipes, Tobaccopipes and a couple of others and they are nearly entirely out of Seattle Pipe Club. Pipes and Cigars still has some but they charge $4 more per tun than anybody else. Does anyone know why the shops are suddenly running out of SPC? Did SPC stop production due to Covid?
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Post by Cramptholomew on Apr 29, 2020 17:06:05 GMT -5
They're releasing a new blend momentarily (or already did) called "Galloping Gerty, so I can't imagine they've stopped production.
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Post by Ronv69 on Apr 29, 2020 22:24:18 GMT -5
I heard the same thing. Stupid name. A friend told them that it was a bad name but they're doing it anyway.
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Post by Legend Lover on Apr 30, 2020 2:52:02 GMT -5
Sure as long as it smokes well, what does it matter?
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Post by Ronv69 on Apr 30, 2020 11:41:30 GMT -5
Sure as long as it smokes well, what does it matter? It's not a worse name than Exhausted Rooster. |
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Post by briarbuck on Apr 30, 2020 12:15:37 GMT -5
Sure as long as it smokes well, what does it matter? It's not a worse name than Exhausted Rooster. Could be worse. Could have called it "Beaten C0ck" Just sayin... |
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Post by zambini on Apr 30, 2020 13:34:44 GMT -5
It's not a worse name than Exhausted Rooster. Could be worse. Could have called it "Beaten C0ck" Just sayin... jejeje |
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Post by Legend Lover on Apr 30, 2020 18:27:35 GMT -5
It's not a worse name than Exhausted Rooster. Could be worse. Could have called it "Beaten C0ck" Just sayin... 😂😂 |
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Post by peteguy on Apr 30, 2020 18:45:07 GMT -5
HAHAHAHA
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Post by Ronv69 on Apr 30, 2020 20:47:32 GMT -5
Could be worse. Could have called it "Beaten C0ck" Just sayin... jejeje That would be terribly racially and culturally insensitive, if, you know, you weren't Mexican! 🤭😇🤗 |
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Post by pappyjoe on May 1, 2020 10:21:36 GMT -5
I heard the same thing. Stupid name. A friend told them that it was a bad name but they're doing it anyway. I've often made fun of the names they choose. For example, they once had a blend named Pike's Place that was a terrible choice. Having lived in or around Seattle for six years, I can guarantee you that you don't want to smoke anything that smells like Pike Place does in Seattle. Then there is their Mississippi River Blend. Why? They could have named it Duwamish, Skykomish, Sammamish, Snoqualmie or one of my favorites the Hamma Hamma River on the Olympic Penisula |
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Post by Ronv69 on May 1, 2020 10:51:51 GMT -5
I want a blend named Bayou De Glaise, where mom's family has lived for over 300 years. It would be a medium burley-cavendish blackberry aro with a condiment of perique.
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Post by pappyjoe on May 2, 2020 7:10:57 GMT -5
I want a blend named Bayou De Glaise, where mom's family has lived for over 300 years. It would be a medium burley-cavendish blackberry aro with a condiment of perique. Send an email to the Seattle Pipe Club and suggest they make that for you. |
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Post by Ronv69 on May 2, 2020 9:13:41 GMT -5
I want a blend named Bayou De Glaise, where mom's family has lived for over 300 years. It would be a medium burley-cavendish blackberry aro with a condiment of perique. Send an email to the Seattle Pipe Club and suggest they make that for you. I wouldn't buy enough to make it worth it. |
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Post by sperrytops on May 2, 2020 13:25:32 GMT -5
I want a blend named Bayou De Glaise, where mom's family has lived for over 300 years. It would be a medium burley-cavendish blackberry aro with a condiment of perique. Send an email to the Seattle Pipe Club and suggest they make that for you. Burley, Cavendish, Perique and Blackberry. Four tobaccos I can't stand. No offense intended. |
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Post by Ronv69 on May 2, 2020 13:27:31 GMT -5
Send an email to the Seattle Pipe Club and suggest they make that for you. Burley, Cavendish, Perique and Blackberry. Four tobaccos I can't stand. No offense intended. That's OK, I find Virginias a waste of time. |
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Post by sperrytops on May 2, 2020 13:34:37 GMT -5
Burley, Cavendish, Perique and Blackberry. Four tobaccos I can't stand. No offense intended. That's OK, I find Virginias a waste of time. I think that is why there is such a wide range of tobaccos in this world. It's a good thing thing to have. I hope it stays that way. |
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Post by Legend Lover on May 2, 2020 15:49:04 GMT -5
That's OK, I find Virginias a waste of time. I think that is why there is such a wide range of tobaccos in this world. It's a good thing thing to have. I hope it stays that way. me too. Variety is the spice of this hobby. |
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Post by Cramptholomew on May 2, 2020 17:08:08 GMT -5
Burley, Cavendish, Perique and Blackberry. Four tobaccos I can't stand. No offense intended. That's OK, I find Virginias a waste of time. you like Brunello, and that's one of the best VA flakes around, IMO. I mean, yeah, it has a little Burley, but it mostly VA. Maybe it's just an anomaly. |
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Post by zambini on May 2, 2020 18:43:05 GMT -5
I want a blend named Bayou De Glaise, where mom's family has lived for over 300 years. It would be a medium burley-cavendish blackberry aro with a condiment of perique. I'd try it, I need more blackberry in my life. |
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Post by Ronv69 on May 2, 2020 21:09:42 GMT -5
That's OK, I find Virginias a waste of time. you like Brunello, and that's one of the best VA flakes around, IMO. I mean, yeah, it has a little Burley, but it mostly VA. Maybe it's just an anomaly. I can taste Brunello Flake. Most Virginias like Stonehaven are just hot air. |
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Post by roadsdiverged on May 6, 2020 7:10:27 GMT -5
I want a blend named Bayou De Glaise, where mom's family has lived for over 300 years. It would be a medium burley-cavendish blackberry aro with a condiment of perique. I'd try it, I need more blackberry in my life. I agree with this statement |
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Post by jay on May 27, 2020 0:13:46 GMT -5
Galloping Gerty was a race horse, and there's a great little diner named "Gerty's" right across the I5 highway from Fort Lewis. The name is known to locals and a couple of generations of soldiers and airmen.
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Post by Stearmandriver on May 27, 2020 1:04:10 GMT -5
Galloping Gerty was a race horse, and there's a great little diner named "Gerty's" right across the I5 highway from Fort Lewis. The name is known to locals and a couple of generations of soldiers and airmen. Did the racehorse or the bridge come first? I know the name as the nickname given to the original Narrows bridge, the one that fell down. For months before its collapse it would twist and heave in moderate winds; it became a sport of the locals to drive over it during those times! It's supposedly the structural failure that taught engineers about resonance frequency... |
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Post by Ronv69 on May 28, 2020 13:49:55 GMT -5
Galloping Gerty was a race horse, and there's a great little diner named "Gerty's" right across the I5 highway from Fort Lewis. The name is known to locals and a couple of generations of soldiers and airmen. Did the racehorse or the bridge come first? I know the name as the nickname given to the original Narrows bridge, the one that fell down. For months before its collapse it would twist and heave in moderate winds; it became a sport of the locals to drive over it during those times! It's supposedly the structural failure that taught engineers about resonance frequency... I always thought that was so weird. How do you predict something like that before computer modeling? Was it the first bridge of it's type and size? The first built in a windy location? |
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Post by Legend Lover on May 29, 2020 1:52:35 GMT -5
Galloping Gerty was a race horse, and there's a great little diner named "Gerty's" right across the I5 highway from Fort Lewis. The name is known to locals and a couple of generations of soldiers and airmen. Did the racehorse or the bridge come first? I know the name as the nickname given to the original Narrows bridge, the one that fell down. For months before its collapse it would twist and heave in moderate winds; it became a sport of the locals to drive over it during those times! It's supposedly the structural failure that taught engineers about resonance frequency... I love that the Prof at 2:42 - the one going to rescue the dog - made sure he brought his pipe with him! |
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Post by Stearmandriver on May 29, 2020 3:16:10 GMT -5
Did the racehorse or the bridge come first? I know the name as the nickname given to the original Narrows bridge, the one that fell down. For months before its collapse it would twist and heave in moderate winds; it became a sport of the locals to drive over it during those times! It's supposedly the structural failure that taught engineers about resonance frequency... I always thought that was so weird. How do you predict something like that before computer modeling? Was it the first bridge of it's type and size? The first built in a windy location? Hell if I know. A slide rule and a lot of manual math? 😁 My understanding (which is a layperson's and might be totally wrong) was that it was just dumb (bad) luck that this happened. Length and width of bridge, span of main cables, length and tension of all supporting cables... everything was just right for a moderate wind speed blowing through the narrows to create a vibration at resonance freq in the bridge. The waves of that vibration were spaced just perfectly to create constructive interference with each other and make the wave bigger and bigger, like how a rogue wave forms on the ocean. That WOULD be a hell of a phone call to get, for the head engineer, wouldn't it? Haha Legend, I never noticed the guy's pipe before! |
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Post by Ronv69 on May 29, 2020 7:05:12 GMT -5
I looked it up. A lack of tortional rigidity. It was strong enough until it got twisted and lifted. Who knew? I mean it's a failure of engineering, in hindsight.
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Post by mattm on Aug 21, 2020 14:39:08 GMT -5
As long as they keep blending plum pudding.
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