Happy New Year everyone! I'd posted some reviews up until last summer on a now-defunct account , until I'd fell out of using Reddit. I've been away from tech for a while, and no longer carry a smartphone, but I missed you fine lot, and I thought I'd make a new account and re-join the discourse.
Manufacturer: Scandinavian Tobacco Group/Lane Ltd.
Blend Name: Sir Walter Raleigh Aromatic
Leaf: A mix of golden, tan, and deeper brown ribbons. Uniform ribbon cut - very fine, almost shag. Moist but not wet.
Tin Note: Heavenly. Rum-raisin ice cream. This syrup-like sweetness. Almost vanilla, almost maple. Fig Newtons - exactly. This is a jar of fig Newtons.
Tasting: First light is like black tea with too much milk. A breadiness rounds it out. Sweet bread - like those rolls you pull apart. Woody. Not like bourbon barrel, but like straw and wood chips. Sour cream. There is this acidic thing going on in the aftertaste. The body of itβs definitely that sweet-straw-nothing and it stays there for most of the bowl, but the aftertaste is like that feeling you get from really hot, really black coffee where it seems to find every crevice in your mouth. Smoke too fast and it gets sour faster. Like itβs gone to spoil.
Smoke: Thick, and hot. Surprised at how hot, since burley makes up the body of this stuff, but it bites if you donβt mind it. It doesnβt have much for fangs, but can give your tongue that hot-soup burnt numbness.
Nicotine: About a 3 out of 10. More than youβd get from the goopier true-blue aromatics, for sure, but even consecutive bowls while fasting are hardly βchallenging.β
Room Note: Very pleasant. That toasted-marshmallow, natural-tobacco smell that most nonsmokers think of when you mention βpipe tobaccoβ. Faintly nutty and creamy, but mostly just that toasty-sweet. Reminds me a fair bit of Lane 1-Qβs room note, but a tad more natural and with some fruitiness.
Conclusion: A deliciously-scented but unwieldy OTC aromatic. It smells good, it tastes pretty solid, but thereβs a sour funk ready to jump out at you, and this acrid quality to the mouthfeel, not to mention that itβs a wild brute when it comes to keeping it cool and flavorful. I intend to finish the tin, smoking slowly and probably pairing it with coffee. Iβd recommend it if you like aros like 1-Q but are looking for something a bit fuller-bodied. If you donβt like aros, or burley, or want a very cool smoke, thereβs plenty of fish in the sea, but this ainβt i
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No respect for his "friends". Sells any of them out when it's most convenient. Tony Soprano once said that they are soldiers and they kill other soldiers who accept the stakes. Tony kills people who deserve it. Paulie kills a working man and an elderly lady. Paulie has no respect for waitstaff who he snaps his fingers at. Avoids responsibility for the busted ride that took out some kid's teeth. Turns coat to John out of jealousy and spite. Steals Pussy's jewelry even though he :doesn't want to be reminded of him".
Also, he turned coat to Phil and got Bobby killed and Silvio harvested into a cantaloupe. To save his ass once again before Tony found out, he contracted The Man in the Members Only Jacket to kill Tony in front of his family.
Those who doubt me suck cock by choice.
If all the world and love were young,
And truth in every shepherd's tongue,
These pretty pleasures might me move
To live with thee and be thy love.
Time drives the flocks from field to fold,
When rivers rage and rocks grow cold;
And Philomel becometh dumb;
The rest complain of cares to come.
The flowers do fade, and wanton fields
To wayward winter reckoning yields;
A honey tongue, a heart of gall,
Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall.
Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy bed of roses,
Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies,
Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten,
In folly ripe, in reason rotten.
Thy belt of straw and ivy buds,
Thy coral clasps and amber studs,
All these in me no means can move
To come to thee and be thy love.
But could youth last and love still breed,
Had joys no date nor age no need,
Then these delights my mind might move
To live with thee and be thy love.
This is one of the few straight up aromatics I can really dig. Butβ¦ what is the flavor? Iβve read the reviews, but it still isnβt answering it for me. I get some chocolate and someβ¦ thing else? A lot of reviews talk about βfruitβ in there and I get absolutely none of that.
Hazelnut? Coffee? Tonka bean? Snozzberry? Anyone have any thoughts?
For all the details, scroll down to βTrial & Imprisonmentβ section. From all reports of the day, he was extremely brave during the minutes before his death, even joking with his executioner.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Raleigh
Hey there everyone. I'm trying to track down an old picture book from my childhood that I cannot remember the name of but do recall many details of. The story was that the Queen of England sent a pair of explorers to find a missing Sir Walter Raleigh in the uncharted Americas, and that they were being followed by a trio of criminals (?) the whole way. Eventually they find Raleigh imprisoned by what I think were the Aztec, and trade the criminals to them to secure his freedom. Also, everyone was anthropomorphic bears for some reason.
If anyone has any idea what this book was, I'd appreciate some info. I remember being really impressed by the illustrations and would like to try and see if my child memory holds up.
Another line that cracks me up every time I watch it. Such an arbitrary example of someone being holier-than-thou. Tony immediately flipping out only adds to the comedy.
