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  • BOTL UPCOMING MAINTENANCE

    Hi Everyone, as mentioned in my introduction post, BOTL needs quite a bit of updating, patching and whatever else I might come across. Over the next few weekends BOTL may be unreachable on occasion as I do migrations or updates, etc. Just be patient - we'll be back! I'll generally try to keep these maintenances until later in the evenings.

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  1. javajunkie

    Mobile cigar lounge

    now THAT would be a herf! i'll bring bourbon! EDIT: ... and the rational side of my brain says the last thing we need is to antagonize. i hate my rational brain sometimes...
  2. javajunkie

    Cracked Bowl now what?

    so, if that is just a go-to PA pipe for you, why not just smoke it? PA is easy to get along with, hard to flare up, and cakes a pipe easily. it may cake over, and be easily forgotten about. or it may rupture, and you have to retire it. but if it is just a performer with a special place in...
  3. javajunkie

    lanceros lanceros lanceros!

    not necessarily. i would rather see someone do a lance in a blend that WORKS. not everything needs eighteen sizes, and three wrapper options. that said, AVO always struck me as a finesse brand? maybe just my perception... but i was surprised i could not think of a lance they currently do...
  4. javajunkie

    lanceros lanceros lanceros!

    so... anyone had the AVO heritage lance? just burned one earlier, and wondering why AVO doesn't do more lances?
  5. javajunkie

    Today's Smoke (2004-2022 Archive)

    is that YOU or your little brother?!? you're making me feel OLD, dude!!! o) also, that shit looks amazing, hope you enjoyed it.
  6. javajunkie

    Romacraft Panatela Project sampler

    yeah... like $7 a stick for blends i LIKE, in vitolas i LIKE... self restraint is for the weak?
  7. javajunkie

    epc dark rituals 2014

    ... and may pick up more as soon as you burn that guy... o)
  8. javajunkie

    Undercrown Manifesto

    thank you! i THOUGHT it looked like a hyperthyroidal lance. o) also, yes, everything we could do not to pocket some in NICA. we all grabbed wallets, going "this is the gift shop, right?". no such luck.
  9. javajunkie

    Show/List your latest NC Purchase

    oooohhhh ,let us know how those work out for you!
  10. javajunkie

    What's in your bowl today

    it was a nording valhalla series, maybe an X06 (mine is a 506, as it is the natural finish). pretty sure mine was from emerson's, possibly clint's as well. as i said, it wasn't an official BotL thing, so much as he and i were both handed a briar purchased by some brothers. i see a couple from...
  11. javajunkie

    What's in your bowl today

    it was a dogpile bomb on clint. actually there are two of them, as i got that same nord in a different finish for BBE IX. so, it IS a BotL nord, just not an OFFICIAL one. but it still counts. o)
  12. javajunkie

    "Old pipe" question

    a pipe cleaner passed all the way down into the bowl WHILE smoking can help it burn drier and cleaner for you, and may absorb a little moisture out of the base of the bowl. AFTER, it is important to keep the airway from getting an accumulation of old tarry residue, and making your briar taste...
  13. javajunkie

    "Old pipe" question

    probably. don't force it, don't overdo it, and don't sweat relights. it will happen until it finally doesn't. like learning what the draw is on a cigar, or the rate to smoke one, it is something you eventually just back-brain "get". also, major +1 on this.
  14. javajunkie

    Today's Smoke (2004-2022 Archive)

    oliva Vmad'09, with thanks: EDIT: ... yeah, this hit the spot. why the HELL did they move away from CBL?!!
  15. javajunkie

    Today's Smoke (2004-2022 Archive)

    new or old? i know the new non-tubed ones are showing up, and would love a comparison from someone who knows the blend. (and i have one of each, time allowing, just asking)
  16. javajunkie

    Pipe Secret Santa ??

    c'mon in, the water's fine... o)
  17. javajunkie

    Pipe Secret Santa 2014

    as written by dismal, yes.
  18. javajunkie

    Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then...

    wish i had found this place before q3'11...
  19. javajunkie

    Pipe Secret Santa 2014

    make a quick trade? EDIT: actually, make a quick pipe n00b trade?
  20. javajunkie

    Pipe Secret Santa 2014

    got the time, and the post count. one shy of the trade count though... maybe line up a quick trade with someone? o)
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