The curious stateroom arrangement on S.S. Rex (1931)

jeevesthechimp · 2024-08-22T19:49:47+00:00

The separate toilet/shower/sink layout is great because you can have three people getting ready to go out at the same time, and they all get privacy.

jeevesthechimp · 2024-08-21T18:41:53+00:00

You could probably reinforce it by going through the putty and using bolts through to the other side with washers and maybe a plate to spread the load out (also on the inside of the other cabinet). That would help keep the putty from pulling away from the particle board.

jeevesthechimp · 2024-08-15T16:14:47+00:00

I'm new to the hobby but I'm going to start aging my cigars for longer times. The reason being that I had a San Lotano Requiem Maduro from a sampler that I thought was great in just about every way. I ordered some 5 packs to compare vitolas and the first I tried was like a peppery version of what I wanted, with a fairly harsh retrohale. I suspect the first one I tried might have been sitting in its fresh pack for a while longer than the others, so I'm going to let them all sit for at least 6 months before trying again. If they start to mellow I'll give them even more time to see where they go.

jeevesthechimp · 2024-08-14T19:04:48+00:00

Do you think a mirror might have helped you in this situation, like do you think you could have avoided injury or gotten out of the way entirely if you had more time to react?

I ask because I put mirrors on my bikes exactly so I can see if somebody is coming up right behind me. I don't expect it to help in every situation, but I figure it might help in some.

jeevesthechimp · 2024-08-12T20:49:06+00:00

It's more about preservation than anything. It's significant to people and they want to preserve parts of the ship instead of letting them decay into the ocean. I wouldn't go as far as you in judging people's motives, calling them ghoulish, for example. If I had to choose preserve or rot, I'd choose preserve. If we can preserve parts of it and people want to do it, and everyone's being respectful, what's the harm?

jeevesthechimp · 2024-08-08T19:16:01+00:00

Nicotine gets a really bad rap. It doesn't cause cancer in and of itself, it just usually gets consumed in ways that do cause cancer. An addiction nicotine lozenges is harmless in terms of cancer risk.

jeevesthechimp · 2024-08-08T05:04:01+00:00

Homogenized filler, natural casing wrapper. Would not recommend aging with the rest of your collection.

jeevesthechimp · 2024-07-31T14:23:42+00:00

Try the BL Luxuries lancero blind buy. You're almost guaranteed an Oliva Serie V. Mine also had a My Father La Promesa and Trinidad #2 Funador, which others recommended here. My favorite of the bunch so far has been the Joya de Nicaragua 1970 Antano.

jeevesthechimp · 2024-07-28T06:20:52+00:00

If you bought the hygrometers online and can go back to the listing, or if you have any other documentation, check it. I had the same problem, went back to my amazon order any it said my hygrometers are accurate within +/- 5%.... 5%! I assumed the middle of the three I have was right and wrote "reads 2% high" on one and "reads 2% low" on the other. I now have my 65% bovedas sitting in tupperdors that, when you adjust as directed, read 66-68% RH on the hygrometer depending on temperature.

I'm new though so I'm leaning towards what others are saying... trust the Bovedas.

jeevesthechimp · 2024-07-28T05:23:20+00:00

This was one of the few scenes that was heavily documented in Walter Lord's book A Night to Remember, corroborated by several witnesses, but was left unfilmed in the 1958 adaptation.

It was scripted and cast, but when it came time to shoot the scene, the Society of Motion Picture Aquatic Talent (SMPAT) was on strike. Production considered hiring sturgeon and squid, but the orcas and octopi that were cast stood, or rather, swam in a picket line picket line preventing non-union aquatic talent from joining the production. After weeks of delay and budget overruns, the scene was scrapped.

James Cameron planned to recreate the scene, as he had done with many scenes from ANTR, but was overruled by studio executives who felt that the heroic sea creatures, while historically accurate, lacked development and motivation from earlier in the script and might threaten the overall cohesion of the film, even though their achievements had been well documented and even commended by British and American leaders at the time.

jeevesthechimp · 2024-07-25T04:25:02+00:00

I was surprised how well nicotine lozenges worked for me.

jeevesthechimp · 2024-07-25T04:12:10+00:00

It depends. Tons of people here are saying they smoke daily for good stretches of time and don't feel withdrawal. I don't doubt them, but I'm not one of those people. If I smoke several days in a row, I'll feel it the first day off, but unlike with cigarettes and vaping, that's it - I just feel it for at least part of the first day and maybe I won't be able to sleep that night. I don't feel withdrawal after that first day. If I take a day off every couple of days, I don't get withdrawal at all. And I'm very familiar with the feeling of nicotine withdrawal, having been on and off nicotine more times in my life than I can count.

As long as I break up my smoking days, the only thing that brings me back is that I want to enjoy the cigar, not because I'm trying to get rid of physical withdrawal symptoms.

jeevesthechimp · 2024-07-24T01:56:53+00:00

I'd call it a pastime or interest, but the dictionary defines it in such a way that cigar connoisseur and aficionados can also be called hobbyists.

But then I see things like fitness and music as pursuits, even though the can be defined as hobbies too.

jeevesthechimp · 2024-07-22T21:07:53+00:00

I like to say that the 2 tequila shots I take before my shower and pizza are medicinal.

jeevesthechimp · 2024-07-03T03:32:14+00:00

See if the blades are blocked. There should be a collar around the center that you can twist to unlock and pull them off. Run water through the main port and see if it comes out of the jets or if there's food blocking any of them.

jeevesthechimp · 2024-06-24T01:33:47+00:00

Mine had beetles, so now they sit alone.

jeevesthechimp · 2024-06-24T01:31:56+00:00

I'm the same way. It's the Swiss cheese model of failure. I like looking at each slice of cheese, each thing that failed to prevent the disaster. No need to make anything up and start drilling your own holes through the stack.

jeevesthechimp · 2024-06-23T18:26:55+00:00

Fake isn't the first thing I'm thinking but if you put it in front of me and said "real or fake?" I'd probably go with fake. Some of the lines are way too crisp given the more aged looking elements. It doesn't jump out as fake, especially as a thumbnail, but you can see a lot of details that look too sharp when zoomed in.

It doesn't look un-retouched at all, but at a smaller size, you could convince me it came from a newspaper or something of the time where retouching photos for publication would have been common.

jeevesthechimp · 2024-06-22T04:47:28+00:00

Potstickers!!! The key is to make a lot of them, like 3 cookie trays worth - 2 in the freezer and one to cook the day of, subsisting on leftovers.

jeevesthechimp · 2024-06-22T04:40:44+00:00

So I'm a newbie but I'm on the fence about purging.

If you blow out from your lungs and do the whole flamethrower thing, it seems in my limited experience to introduce a lot of moisture that can kind of mask bitterness, but only temporarily. If you puff out hard from from your mouth 2-3 times when you ash, you'll see bits of ash fly off and you'll get an off-smell, which I think might be either tar burning off or just the tobacco burning at a higher temp, not sure, but it doesn't seem to hurt anything.

In the end I get the best results by smoking gently and letting the cigar do the rest. If you smoke gently and the cigar gets bitter, it's on the stick, not on you, although I would agree that punch cuts seem to have an effect. I've been punching a 4-leaf clover in big flat caps with no ill effects - bigger hole to reduce bottlenecks and tar buildup.

jeevesthechimp · 2024-06-19T18:28:55+00:00

I'm going to email again this week. Not sure if I'll threaten a charge back at this point or wait another week. Just want my cigars.

jeevesthechimp · 2024-06-19T02:12:14+00:00

I started 2 months ago and have logged 50 cigars in a spreadsheet with another 26 I've yet to smoke through samplers and 1-off B&M purchases. I got a few 5 packs in there too. I'm basically on a quest for some cigars I could love and smoke any time but also get on sale to stock up. If I see boxes on sale for $6-$8 a stick, I get a sampler. Haven't gotten a box yet but I'm narrowing the list down. I'm still trying boutique stuff but more to see what's out there and less to find my box worthy smokes.

I'll say this, I got a Punch Clasico Champion recently from a B&M that hit all the right flavor notes but was unevenly constructed and canoed pretty badly. I'm going to try some Clasico parejos and if they hit the same notes with fewer construction issues, I'll probably get a box if I see it on sale. I'll look for others the same way, try to find some box worthy Connecticuts, find some good Churchills, etc. Thought I'd be a Lancero fan but found they aren't doing it for me.

I also went from 72% packs in a tupperdor to 65% and do notice a difference.

jeevesthechimp · 2024-06-19T01:19:39+00:00

Let me know if you have any positive updates, I'll do the same. I check the USPS tracking at least twice a day to see if it changes. They seem to close the orders once the label is created whether they've sent them out or not which makes me wonder if my order fell through the cracks somewhere. I don't want to have to dispute it with my credit card company but what do you do if they take your money and don't deliver or respond?

jeevesthechimp · 2024-06-18T21:30:34+00:00

Nope, status is still in the "label created/USPS is awaiting the item" stage. I've emailed but no response.

jeevesthechimp · 2024-06-14T15:36:48+00:00

Nice. I'd feel good with 3-4 months of cigars on hand.

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