Argh...in today's episode of First World Problems...


Here in NZ, a 50g tin of pipe tobacco is about NZ$150 (compared to
around US$10-20 in the US)... and I lost a tin!

My favourite, Cult Militia, which is $160 has vanished. No I haven't
smoked it. I'm resorting to my backup of Escudo Navy De Luxe, but it's
not my favourite. :(

Woe is me.

Everything else is in order... I'm a fat hobbit in New Zealand, I'm
sitting in front of the fireplace after dinner in winter. I've got a beer
and a scotch, and Cult Militia would just be the icing on the cake.

Hmm.. Maybe I need some cake.



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Here in NZ, a 50g tin of pipe tobacco is about NZ$150 (compared to
around US$10-20 in the US)... and I lost a tin!

Wow, I wonder where the other $130 is?

My favourite, Cult Militia, which is $160 has vanished. No I haven't
smoked it. I'm resorting to my backup of Escudo Navy De Luxe, but it's
not my favourite. :(

I hope you'll find it in time under your others or something.

Everything else is in order... I'm a fat hobbit in New Zealand, I'm
sitting in front of the fireplace after dinner in winter. I've got a beer
and a scotch, and Cult Militia would just be the icing on the cake.

I'm sitting by the fan cooling off (trying to at least).

Hmm.. Maybe I need some cake.

I suppose it can't hurt in moderation.. :)

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JOE DOOM wrote to All <=-

Here in NZ, a 50g tin of pipe tobacco is about NZ$150 (compared to
around US$10-20 in the US)... and I lost a tin!

More than $10, I'm afraid. More in the range nowadays of US$20-$25.

I'm a second-generation pipe smoker, but since having kids, rarely smoke. I started smoking due to my dad's influence, and I've never wanted them to start. Thankfully, this generation is pretty tobacco-immune thanks to a lifetime of negative marketing.

My father passed away in 2014, and I've been in the process of slowly
selling his collection of 40-50 pipes. I should find someone to sell them on consignment, as I've lost the patience for selling on eBay.

My favourite, Cult Militia, which is $160 has vanished. No I haven't smoked it. I'm resorting to my backup of Escudo Navy De Luxe, but it's
not my favourite. :(

My issue (see above) is trying to keep my tobacco smokeable when I smoke
once or twice a year. I have some Macbaren's Latakia blend which keeps
pretty well, an old tin of Dunhill's Mixture 965, and another tin of
Esoterica Margate that is no longer made.

There's a usenet newsgroup called alt.smokers.pipes that needs some traffic. You should post there to lower the average age below 80. :)


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Here in NZ, a 50g tin of pipe tobacco is about NZ$150 (compared to
around US$10-20 in the US)... and I lost a tin!

Wow, I wonder where the other $130 is?

Tax mostly. All tobacco is lumped in the same bucket and the taxes keep
going up each 6 months if I remember rightly.. Seems to be a consistent
5% hike every 6 months.

Well we also have to pay shipping to get stuff to this end of the planet,
so I'm sure that accounts for a small part of the cost, but when I last
checked a couple years back (when the average cost of a tin was $130),
the tax portion of that was around $80-90.

I understand why they tax the crap out of regular cigarette tobacco
because that's full of addictive chemicals, cost of health system
support, yadda yadda, but pipe tobacco is just pure tobacco leaf with
only flavour additives (in some but not all). So it's the least unhealthy
of the lot (with cigars in the middle of the spectrum).

I hope you'll find it in time under your others or something.

Thanks I hope so too. I mean, it's not like it was old enough to have
grown legs! haha

I'm sitting by the fan cooling off (trying to at least).

Hope it's working.

Hmm.. Maybe I need some cake.

I suppose it can't hurt in moderation.. :)

:)


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I'm a second-generation pipe smoker, but since having kids, rarely
smoke. I
started smoking due to my dad's influence, and I've never wanted them

My dad was a cigarette smoker, so I'm glad I never picked up that habit.
For some reason, even to this day cigarette smoke bothers me, but pipe
smoke is fine.

selling his collection of 40-50 pipes. I should find someone to sell
them on
consignment, as I've lost the patience for selling on eBay.

Yeah, that's understandable..

I subscribe to the North American Society of Pipe Collectors magazine and
they have frequent ads for consignment sellers. A couple of picks here
for you (these are just me picking out the ads, I know nothing of each
of these companies):

- pipestud.com -- steve@pipestud.com 30% commission
- www.blueroombriars.com
- www.oldpipesrule.com -- mike@oldpipesrule.com
- www.pipes2smoke.com -- pipes2smoke@bell.net

Or maybe reach out to the president of the NASPC (president@naspc.org)
and have a chat to him. His name's Jeff Knoll.

There's also a guy I know through Youtube who I can recommend. Not sure
if he specifically does consignments, but might be worth talking to. His
name's Jim and I think he's in Ohio. His company is CJP's Pipe Rescue.
His email is corvettejim@yahoo.com

My issue (see above) is trying to keep my tobacco smokeable when I
smoke
once or twice a year. I have some Macbaren's Latakia blend which keeps pretty well, an old tin of Dunhill's Mixture 965, and another tin of Esoterica Margate that is no longer made.

I haven't tried any of those. I thought about trying the new rebooted
Dunhill mixes, but haven't yet.

How do you store them? I know a lot of people who store opened tobacco in
mason jars and those seem to keep well. I think it depends on how dry or
moist the tobacco is orginally before storage.

There's a usenet newsgroup called alt.smokers.pipes that needs some
traffic.
You should post there to lower the average age below 80. :)

hahah. Thanks. I am half-arsedly part of the youtube pipe smoking
community (YTPC), who are all ages and all across the planet.



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support, yadda yadda, but pipe tobacco is just pure tobacco leaf with
only flavour additives (in some but not all). So it's the least unhealthy of the lot (with cigars in the middle of the spectrum).

"It's just tobacco" seems underwhelming as an argument.

(But my condolences on things being super expensive. That's always rough.)

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Re: Re: I lost a tin of pipe tobacco! :(
By: Adept to JOE DOOM on Sat Jul 10 2021 02:34 pm

support, yadda yadda, but pipe tobacco is just pure tobacco leaf with only flavour additives (in some but not all). So it's the least unhealthy of the lot (with
cigars in the middle of the spectrum).

"It's just tobacco" seems underwhelming as an argument.

(But my condolences on things being super expensive. That's always rough.)

Have you seen the sort of crap they put in comertial cigarettes these days?

If something is "just tobacco", it is a MASSIVE upgrade in the health scale from the radioactive
waste cigarettes have in them.

"It is just tobacco" is the equivalent of saying "I am not jumping into a volcano, I am just
burning one of my toes with a blowtorch. Completely different thing."

I suppose it is not great as a justification for burning your toes but it makes you look smart when
compared to people who jumps into volcanos.

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JOE DOOM wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

How do you store them? I know a lot of people who store opened tobacco
in mason jars and those seem to keep well. I think it depends on how
dry or moist the tobacco is orginally before storage.

I use a tupperdor - some well-sealing tupperware with a ceramic moisture
disk inside.


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I am just burning one of my toes with a blowtorch.

Yep, that sounds like a convincing argument.

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If something is "just tobacco", it is a MASSIVE upgrade in the health
scale from the radioactive
waste cigarettes have in them.

Yup, spot on. cigarettes have been engineered to be a highly addictive substance. There's a saying among pipe smokers: It's a hobby, not a
habit. And that's quite true. There's nothing addictive about pipe
smoking, because the tobacco itself isn't the addictive substance.

I, and all pipe smokers I know, can go days, weeks, or months without a
pipe with no withdrawl. Cigarette smokers on the other hand seem to
struggle to go through a few hours without another hit.

I suppose it is not great as a justification for burning your toes but
it makes you look smart when
compared to people who jumps into volcanos.

hahaha

I'm pleased to announce, I FOUND THE TIN! It had been knocked off a desk
and had hidden itself behind some crap.

Maybe it was me, and maybe it was one of my cats. And given cats'
storied pasts of knocking things off tables, I think the odds are good
that this was the doing of a cat. It might not be, but odds are good.

:)



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I use a tupperdor - some well-sealing tupperware with a ceramic
moisture
disk inside.

Ah nice. Do they work well? I bought a disc (not sure if it was ceramic
tho, it felt like aluminium) and that didn't keep the moisture. It just
dried out. Unless that means that the tobacco soaked it up because it was
too dry.

I tried a few more things a couple years ago. I had made a big order from
the states and it got through customs without pinging me for tax. But
another order they pinged me so I stuck to buying locally. So now it's
not really financially viable to stock up.


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