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Dunhill Panic
Hitz53
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in Tobacco Talk
It seems that a lot of people are getting a bit panicky regarding the foreseen lack of Dunhill tobaccos within the next 12 to 18 months.
Why?
To be sure, Dunhill makes a great line of pipe tobaccos, but they do not make the only tobaccos of the types and blends that we know them for.
There are other tobacco companies/blenders who blend pipe tobaccos as good as, or even better, than Dunhill. It is not as if one will never be able to buy an English type blend in the United States ever again.
Keep in mind that there were a lot of pipe smokers who mourned the demised the passing of Heinie's Blend, The Doctor's Blend and Edward G. Robinson's Blend. But they got over it and found something else to smoke that they liked as much.
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While I would agree there are plenty of great blends out there, the reality is that the end of Dunhill blends, is the end of another era in the pipe smoking hobby. Some pipe smokers consider the pipe, nothing more than a tool for nicotine delivery into the bloodstream. Others are more passionate about the hobby, and enjoy growing their pipe collection, and cellaring the tobaccos they enjoy the most. Another aspect, is that most folks equate the end of Dunhill tobaccos, to be a result of the deeming regulations. Some fear that the deeming regulations could be the end of several other blends that they hold dear, and not simply because they were made after February 2007.
The ripple in the pond effect over the next few years? I'm not for certain, but in the meantime, expect some folks to cellar all they can afford. After all, the value of tobacco will never diminish, only increase. There is a fellow over on tobacco cellar, who has around $60,000 to $70,000 worth of pipe tobacco in his cellar. My guess is, that he made a wise investment, regardless of the fact that he can never smoke it all.
I wonder if this deeming is headed off will Dunhill's change their mind?
Can anyone remember a few years back when the Hostess Company stopped making their snack cakes like Twinkies, Hostess Cupcakes, Hohos, and my favorite - Hostess Snowballs. Well when word got out there was a run on Twinkies, people started stockpiling and hoarding them by the boxful. I tried stocking up on Hostess Snowballs as well. Of course the sad reality is unlike tobacco which can be cellared and aged - snack cakes have a shelf life and will eventually go stale or bad. Once the Twinkies and Snowballs were completely gone from store shelves and the company discontinued producing snack treats I began craving Twinkies and Snowballs more than ever before. Like the Woody Harrelson character in the move "Zombieland" I needed a f**king Twinkie.
My wife and I would sit around the kitchen table reminiscing about the good old days when we'd have a Twinkie and a glass of cold milk. My eyes might have watered a bit during the conversation ... but I wasn't crying! I think a bug might have flown in my eye.
There were companies I never heard of trying to make counterfeit Twinkie and Snowball substitutes ... but they never tasted the same. So whenever I got a hankering for something sweet I discovered coconut macaroons. The world had become a sadder place when Twinkies and Snowballs went the way of the woolly mammoth. But then something magical occurred ... not as good as the second coming of Jesus - but almost as close. Hostess Company had a change of heart and they made a big major announcement that Twinkies were once again going back into production, and they promised better than ever ... with a new line of chocolate covered Twinkies, banana and chocolate crème filling, and all those other glorious snack cakes from the Hostess line - including my Hostess Snowballs!!! Oh Thank You God, Thank You! Twinkies and Snowballs have returned!
And you know what? Since that major announcement a few years have lapsed. And once more Twinkies and Snowballs are back in the stores and the racks are overflowing with these delicious snack cakes. And I've probably had about three or four Snowballs and about the same amount of Twinkies since their triumphant return. But you know what I can't pass up? A good coconut macaroon.