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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

    Meerschaum Pipe Question

    i would actually suggest it is BOTH push and screw (and please, this is a straight line, take your opportunities). i have two i thought were screw together, but while working on them, found out the ends separated with a push style tenon. that is, one side is each attached to the stem and the...
  2. javajunkie

    Meerschaum Pipe Question

    get DETAILED pix, if possible. there are a lot of different ways used to join the stem on a meer, and WHAT it is made of, and HOW it joins, are going to matter to you. and us, if we can help. also pix of both pipes. because pipe porn. o)
  3. javajunkie

    Today's Smoke (2004-2022 Archive)

    everyone seemed to get lost in the pudgies, and forgot about the lance collection. myself included, forgot i hadn't worked through my first box yet! cabbie lance while arranging the need cave: this is SUCH a pretty blend, and a must include if you want to apply "cubanesque" to a NC.
  4. javajunkie

    Dr. Grabow Pipes?

    ... and COMPLETELY IGNORED the part where i have too many so far, dick. seven day set each of belvie and starfire. i'm good. STOP. and, to WaRevo, don't misunderstand me. i dig DrG bulldogs, and other square or diamond shank styles. have a couple few already. it's zero issue on a push...
  5. javajunkie

    What's in your bowl today

    dude, i have been there! that is why i ALWAYS try and travel with pipe cleaners, and whenever possible to make sure the cleaner passes through the stem to the bowl. during the drive, it's the only safe thing you can do. other than set the pipe down and grab a cigar. o)
  6. javajunkie

    Luchador by Sam Leccia

    thanks for the review! i have had two so far i enjoyed (no wow, but would gladly smoke again), but has anyone has issues with the caps on these?
  7. javajunkie

    Dr. Grabow Pipes?

    go out on the 'bay and find you either a belvedere or a starfire, or one of their other old coupon pipes (can't remember the other lines right now...). they were made with surprisingly high quality briar and attention to detail, and are just MACHINES in the performance department. they DO have...
  8. javajunkie

    Today's Smoke (2004-2022 Archive)

    good past couple few days:
  9. javajunkie

    Today is a Good Day (Daily Thread)

    voice texts are a wonderful thing. still at work, but jojo is out with a dear friend and her kids, and she sent me two voice texts from the kids saying "hi uncle sean, we love you". kids. still smiling. o)
  10. javajunkie

    What's in your bowl today

    not sure, as i have been exploring estates, but altinok is a major, and meerqueen does decent (meerschaummarket.com, IIRC? posted it on pipe dealies...). you ONLY have ten pipes?!? o)
  11. javajunkie

    What's in your bowl today

    some frenchy's sunza today for my work snack (thanks, kev!): this is becoming meertober for me. a couple estate pick ups, and wanting to learn more about the medium, means i have been burning the SHIT out of this one meer for a week running. probably going to sub out this weekend, but may...
  12. javajunkie

    Let's Talk, BOTL and mental health

    honestly, "the bottom" in this case is death. i am talking about a thirty year old who has already done extensive and irreparable damage to her bodily systems. which is WHY i am so worried about this. i hate shit canning people (staff of ten, we're all close), but in this case it means more...
  13. javajunkie

    Let's Talk, BOTL and mental health

    no, and i get thet, chuck. i am in a tenuous position (aren't we all?), and what i do will NOT work for most. in this instance, if they need help AND will reach out to me, i will do whatever is necessary. i will prod, poke, and push meetings, and if that means i go as well, so be it. my...
  14. javajunkie

    What a year it has been

    kudos, sir. hope the new gig is as fulfilling as you hope. you will be smoking at work, right? get that in writing. o)
  15. javajunkie

    Prayers Requested

    dude, thought to your boy from our house. god willing, y'all get together over a cigar and read this thread together.
  16. javajunkie

    What's in your bowl today

    meerschaum waxing: get two rags dedicated to your meers. melt a BUNCH of beeswax on one, like 90% of the surface area. whenever you can smoke it undisturcpbed, wrap that spray around the bowl. it will slowly cling to the meet like a towel to a wet and nekkid co-ed. after the smoke, buff the...
  17. javajunkie

    Today's Smoke (2004-2022 Archive)

    ... and an underpig dustinspo dopped on me. because i could. i wouldn't consider it chaseable, but if you happen upon them at a fair mark, they are F#@KING solid for undercrown. and thanks, sir. also you suck. o)
  18. javajunkie

    What's in your bowl today

    actually, they are more hardy than most give them credit for. pick up a few off the bay, test it out... also, stuk? KILLER blue forever stem! o)
  19. javajunkie

    Pipe stem?

    try smoking it into submission. then beeswax. then teflon tape. in that order.
  20. javajunkie

    Let's Talk, BOTL and mental health

    so, i work with the public. just using that as a mad-up-ass baseline; 90% of the populous won't get you, five won't like you, and five will ABSOLUTELY get you and agree with where you are coming from. that is about 375,000,000 people ON YOUR SIDE. most of which you will never meet, true. but...
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