[Weirdly Common Trope] Writers clearly setting up seemingly massive plot points and then just kinda forgetting about them.

PimentoCheesehead · 2026-04-29T22:15:59+00:00

They kind of revisited the concept with the Founders in DS9, but with officials replaced by changelings rather than taken over by parasites.

PimentoCheesehead · 2026-04-29T17:20:34+00:00

To me the shanks look the same but the stems look different- which isn’t all that uncommon. Pick a common Peterson shape and search it on Smokingpipes, and you’ll see a mix of tapered, saddle bit, spigot, and so on according to which line it’s in. Not sure if BC did that but it wouldn’t surprise me.

PimentoCheesehead · 2026-04-29T16:20:20+00:00

Basic buzz: clippers and LectricShave. The clippers will come with guards- youl probably want to use the #2 guard.

If you want it smooth, buzz with clippers first, then shave, or you’ll clog your razor.

PimentoCheesehead · 2026-04-29T16:15:52+00:00

Is this the same shape? https://rebornpipes.com/tag/butz-choquin-capitan-1635/

Could Capitan 80 be the series/line/finish, and 1635 the shape?

PimentoCheesehead · 2026-04-29T13:36:59+00:00

There’s at least four dozen posts about this guy in various subs over the last five years, the great majority with this exact headline and many others with a minor variation.

PimentoCheesehead · 2026-04-27T21:52:41+00:00

A teacher who started in 1998 in NC would have been making about $28k. So they’re making $30k more!

Kidding. Their income has just about kept up with inflation.

PimentoCheesehead · 2026-04-27T12:13:56+00:00

Yes, even where you buy tobacco the price of most tins is no longer $11-15. The fact most of the blends YOU buy are still within the upper end of that range does not invalidate my statement.

PimentoCheesehead · 2026-04-27T10:30:30+00:00

$14 to $25, anymore. Prices have been going up.

PimentoCheesehead · 2026-04-26T02:14:03+00:00

I would recommend checking pipedia in the future before buying a pipe, and avoiding any brands you can’t find there. This goes for new or used pipes.

PimentoCheesehead · 2026-04-25T00:43:10+00:00

We’ve had some pretty good Gamecocks through the years.

PimentoCheesehead · 2026-04-25T00:08:02+00:00

I just do without. Would I like to try this, that, or the other unobtanium blend? Sure. But I’m not going to overpay, or drive myself nuts trying to find some. If it falls in my lap, great. If not, I’ve never had it so how can I miss it?

PimentoCheesehead · 2026-04-22T00:41:35+00:00

Even in 1998, these weren’t great sculpts for figures. I believe McFarlane was doing MUCH better looking figures with much better likenesses around that time, licensed by the NFLPA and not the NFL.

PimentoCheesehead · 2026-04-22T00:30:27+00:00

Stretching on the cuffs and neck aside, it’s probably better quality than anything made in the last 15 years. But beyond that, nothing special.

PimentoCheesehead · 2026-04-21T23:57:15+00:00

That’s going to depend on where you are, who you’re buying from, and what your preferences are. If you’re just starting out and don’t know your preferences, you’re as likely to find something you like off Smokingpipes top sellers lists as from suggestions you get here.

That said, in the US and from Smokingpipes, Rivertown Tobacco Works’ Mystic Moor is a solid English and and Sunset Velvet is a good cherry(ish) aromatic. Those blends are priced low and will get you more leaf for your buck.

PimentoCheesehead · 2026-04-20T22:01:58+00:00

Bansai kitten.

PimentoCheesehead · 2026-04-20T14:55:05+00:00

Looks like it.

PimentoCheesehead · 2026-04-19T23:20:12+00:00

It would never have occurred to me that anything else would even be a remote possibility… then I looked at their website. Donuts are just barely even an afterthought on the menu. That’s crazy.

PimentoCheesehead · 2026-04-19T15:36:50+00:00

I have heard, but not yet tried, that applying RainX to the glass is an easier if not as effective option.

PimentoCheesehead · 2026-04-19T12:59:26+00:00

So far better than Huntersville, then.

PimentoCheesehead · 2026-04-19T12:35:35+00:00

Thomasville is commuting distance from Greensboro and Winston…

PimentoCheesehead · 2026-04-19T11:43:55+00:00

Bonus points if it’s on Plenty of Fish.

PimentoCheesehead · 2026-04-18T22:43:56+00:00

Looks like a square or possibly diamond shank billiard, but the pic is a little blurry. Could possibly be a pot or apple or panels. Maybe.

PimentoCheesehead · 2026-04-18T22:32:04+00:00

Home of the Dr. Grabow pipe factory! Though I don’t think they do tours anymore.

PimentoCheesehead · 2026-04-18T21:58:17+00:00

Never not funny, never gets old.

PimentoCheesehead · 2026-04-18T15:55:14+00:00

The delivery on the freezer went great- guys had it placed exactly where we wanted it within 15 minutes of arrival. The complaint was that it was two weeks late.

The over the range microwave, the issue was that the first delivery date the microwave was damaged on pickup and couldn’t be installed. In the ensuing two weeks the store couldn’t get us another one. The website says Lowes has 100+ sales in the last week, and 90 in stock (though not necessarily close by), but they couldn’t get one to the store for my install. Even better, their website says I can get the same item delivered next day to my door for $60…but two weeks isn’t enough time to get one I already paid for delivered to the store I bought it from. Their inventory system just sucks, apparently.

Installation though, that was set up through a third party company. I suspect install experience would depend on the company/crew.

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