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Kyle Weiss



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PostSubject: Re: GLP Embarcadero--Best blend ever???   Thu Apr 26, 2012 2:49 pm
Shane, don't mind Monbla. He's quite the dancer, we're just not sure if his moves are "The Authoritarian," or "Just Kidding." They're all the rage down at the Texan discos these says. Cool I suppose we should simply be glad he's not breakdancing.
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monbla256



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PostSubject: Re: GLP Embarcadero--Best blend ever???   Thu Apr 26, 2012 2:52 pm
Kyle Weiss wrote:
Shane, don't mind Monbla. He's quite the dancer, we're just not sure if his moves are "The Authoritarian," or "Just Kidding." They're all the rage down at the Texan discos these says. Cool I suppose we should simply be glad he's not breakdancing.

Real men, at least down here, don't "breakdance" and we don't have disco's, just honkytonks Razz
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s.ireland



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PostSubject: Re: GLP Embarcadero--Best blend ever???   Thu Apr 26, 2012 2:53 pm
monbla256 wrote:
I have no problem with what you said and do understand where you are coming from. Just stirring the pot as others are want to do here Razz I have smoked this blend and it is a good one, just the variety of oriental leaf used in it does not agree with me and my palate so rather than say something negative I thought I'd just have some fun Razz If a person makes a "definative" statement as I have, do I or others not have the right to counter as others have ? Just some thoughts Razz


And I was simply stirring it right back! Cheers, Brother! cheers

No hard feelings I assure you Razz
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Kyle Weiss



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Pipe: Slightly bent bulldogs, classy Rhodesians, venerable cobs, pithy pokers, curvy blowfish, sleek Canadians, and almost anything bizarre.
Registration date: 2011-09-18

PostSubject: Re: GLP Embarcadero--Best blend ever???   Thu Apr 26, 2012 3:30 pm
monbla256 wrote:
Real men, at least down here, don't "breakdance" and we don't have disco's, just honkytonks Razz


Monbla, our resident expert on men. I concede, sir. Laughing Razz
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PostSubject: Re: GLP Embarcadero--Best blend ever???   Thu Apr 26, 2012 4:27 pm


I love this place !

Laughing LOL, a subject starts off with a purpose, and turns into a stray, and things get funny as heck.

I get more laughs from fellow BoBs Ive never met in person , than I do in a day with people I know.


You guys are somethin else Laughing

Thanks to you all, for being who you are , and for being a part of this .
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s.ireland



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PostSubject: Re: GLP Embarcadero--Best blend ever???   Thu Apr 26, 2012 4:41 pm
Lol where were we?

Oh yes, Embarcadero is scrumptious albino
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Brewdude



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PostSubject: Re: GLP Embarcadero--Best blend ever???   Thu Apr 26, 2012 4:43 pm
Looks like I have a tin that I haven't opened yet. Need to get to that.

Thanks for the reminder.



Cheers,

RR
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PostSubject: Re: GLP Embarcadero--Best blend ever???   Thu Apr 26, 2012 4:46 pm
This is a good smoke!
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PostSubject: Re: GLP Embarcadero--Best blend ever???   Thu Apr 26, 2012 4:54 pm
Brewdude wrote:
Looks like I have a tin that I haven't opened yet. Need to get to that.

Thanks for the reminder.



Cheers,

RR


You are quite welcome, Sir. I need to buy more of this stuff soon. I'm almost out already after just discovering it... That won't do at all
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PostSubject: Re: GLP Embarcadero--Best blend ever???   Thu Apr 26, 2012 5:06 pm
Hmm...
Let me see...
"Embarcadero, in a Castello.
Tea on the side. Not the store bought stuff, but the good stuff that the Chinese-Americans import for themselves."

Yeah, I guess it has a ring to it, so I'm game.
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Yak
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PostSubject: Re: GLP Embarcadero--Best blend ever???   Thu Apr 26, 2012 6:18 pm
Shane wrote:
I haven't smoked it in any "artisan" pipes


I used to have some great conversations with Ian on another board (before they kicked me out). (Ian was here for a bit too, but only briefly. It was pretty turbulent for a while).

Anyhow, Ian's a commodities trader in Chicago. Makes more money in a year than I can imagine, loves pipes, and lives close to Iwan Rees. The way guys here have maybe 30 pipes, he had at least that many BIG name Danes. Chonowiches, Ivarsons & stuff like that.

He said that he liked having & looking at them but, the aesthetic aspect aside, his Stanwells matched them, as smokers, stride for stride. Back then, the first $50 of a pipe's cost was for smoking quality ; the remaining $2,450 was going for aesthetics and coolness.

So I wouldn't loose much sleep over "artisan deprivation" Very Happy

FWIW

What a Face



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PostSubject: Re: GLP Embarcadero--Best blend ever???   Thu Apr 26, 2012 6:22 pm
Harlock wrote:
the good stuff that the Chinese-Americans import for themselves."

Get Vito or Puff Daddy to tell you about that. And pull up a chair -- you'll be listening for quite a while.

What a Face
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PostSubject: Re: GLP Embarcadero--Best blend ever???   Thu Apr 26, 2012 6:29 pm
idbowman wrote:
I'm assuming the VA content means it'll be even more amazing with some age on it? Yak, any recommendations on that?

I wish I could tell you, but I can't. Once I "got it," I went nuts and laid in a bunch of half-pound tins of it. All of what's on hand is from 2009. I'm sure it's changing as it ages. But so am I . . . makes it tough to say.

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PostSubject: Re: GLP Embarcadero--Best blend ever???   Thu Apr 26, 2012 7:29 pm
Yak wrote:
Shane wrote:
I haven't smoked it in any "artisan" pipes


I used to have some great conversations with Ian on another board (before they kicked me out). (Ian was here for a bit too, but only briefly. It was pretty turbulent for a while).

Anyhow, Ian's a commodities trader in Chicago. Makes more money in a year than I can imagine, loves pipes, and lives close to Iwan Rees. The way guys here have maybe 30 pipes, he had at least that many BIG name Danes. Chonowiches, Ivarsons & stuff like that.

He said that he liked having & looking at them but, the aesthetic aspect aside, his Stanwells matched them, as smokers, stride for stride. Back then, the first $50 of a pipe's cost was for smoking quality ; the remaining $2,450 was going for aesthetics and coolness.

So I wouldn't loose much sleep over "artisan deprivation" Very Happy

FWIW

What a Face



Oh I agree. I was being facetious. Smart-ass monbla was teasing about only smoking the best blend in the best artisan pipes Razz
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PostSubject: Re: GLP Embarcadero--Best blend ever???   Thu Apr 26, 2012 7:31 pm
yak's repeated high praise of embarcadero led me to give it a shot as well... and i agree it is really something special. i keep finding myself smoking it more and more often, and enjoying it more each time. great stuff.
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