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David Griffith
Dec 15, 2009, 11:30:46 PM12/15/09
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While I enjoy a Falcon bequeathed to me by my grandfather, I decided to
get another Falcon. When I received the new one (Genoa bowl) and
compared it to the old (Dover bowl), I noticed a considerable difference
in bowl depth. In the old one, the floor of the bowl is even with the
button in the middle. With the new one, there is a 1cm-deep pit before
it bottoms out at the button. Have I been smoking an almost-burnt-out
pipe all this time?
get another Falcon. When I received the new one (Genoa bowl) and
compared it to the old (Dover bowl), I noticed a considerable difference
in bowl depth. In the old one, the floor of the bowl is even with the
button in the middle. With the new one, there is a 1cm-deep pit before
it bottoms out at the button. Have I been smoking an almost-burnt-out
pipe all this time?
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David Griffith
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Joe
Dec 16, 2009, 12:49:12 AM12/16/09
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On 2009-12-16, David Griffith <davidmy...@acm.org> wrote:
> While I enjoy a Falcon bequeathed to me by my grandfather, I decided to
> get another Falcon. When I received the new one (Genoa bowl) and
> compared it to the old (Dover bowl), I noticed a considerable difference
> in bowl depth. In the old one, the floor of the bowl is even with the
> button in the middle. With the new one, there is a 1cm-deep pit before
> it bottoms out at the button. Have I been smoking an almost-burnt-out
> pipe all this time?
>
> While I enjoy a Falcon bequeathed to me by my grandfather, I decided to
> get another Falcon. When I received the new one (Genoa bowl) and
> compared it to the old (Dover bowl), I noticed a considerable difference
> in bowl depth. In the old one, the floor of the bowl is even with the
> button in the middle. With the new one, there is a 1cm-deep pit before
> it bottoms out at the button. Have I been smoking an almost-burnt-out
> pipe all this time?
>
I don't think so. I think it is a difference in manufacturing style
between the old and new.
I have a very old Falcon that had the same thing going on, and the
bowl certainly didn't look burned. It WAS beat to hell on the
outside, though... ;-) So, I bought a newer (bent) pipe, and a
replacement bowl for the old one, and now they are both like new, and
one of them even IS... ;-)
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Joe - Linux User #449481/Ubuntu User #19733
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time..." - Danny, American History X
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