THE SOUR OLD GIT DOWN THE BLOCK

There's a meme on the internet which has as its final text "I'm old and I know things". Which makes complete sense to us old guys, and "old" in modern speech refers to everyone over forty. Where "antique" as well as "dessicated and clapped out" and "rickety fossil" start.

Apparently I am old and know things.


That surprises the heck out of me. I'm just a slightly anal person with mild Aspergers and a curiosity about stuff, not particularly neurotic, and I research things that catch my interest.
Which, I will maintain, is absolutely normal.

Indeed I have done some peculiar things a little more intensely and in-depth than many people. In particular I have indulged my curiosity about pipe tobaccos and the equipment in which to smoke them. The interest in pipes is shown in this site: Briar Pipe Illustrations.
I've also smoked a lot of stuff.

These are clickable links that tell you some of the tobaccos I've tried: ASHTON PIPE TOBACCOS,  BAAI TABAK (The Dutch preference Maryland ribbon blends),  DRUCQUERS BLENDS,  CORNELL AND DIEHL BLENDS BY BOB RUNOWSKI,  ESOTERICA TOBACCIANA,  DUNHILL,  GLPEASE,  MCCONNELL,  MCCLELLAND,  PETERSON PIPE TOBACCOS,  RATTRAY'S VIRGINIAS,  SAMUEL GAWITH,  SUTLIFF A (aromatics),  SUTLIFF B (non-aromatics).


And of course, Erinmore Flake: My Dalliance With A trollop.

A fellow Dutch American (who likes Ennerdale FLake) would not forgive me if I neglected to link my opinion about the nastiest tobacco ever: Clan, by Theodorus Niemeyer. Which is in exactly the same category of heretical offensiveness as Molto Dolce, Cult Bloodred Moon, Mixture 79, and Hobbit's Weed.



I have not delved much into the subject of medicated footpowder.
That's an oversight I must correct at some point.
For the military readership.
It's important.

TOBACCO INDEX


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