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Robert

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Jul 16, 2007, 7:28:14 AM7/16/07
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Just curious, not neccessarily on how much tobacco you have in your
cellars although that's optional, but where are your cellars located?
Are they in an unused closet, the garage, a chest, or well, cellars?
I keep mine in a spare room which I turned into a home 'Pipe Shoppe'
on wire racks I bought at Costco which are 14x14 and which hold quite
alot of tobacco tinned and canned. In addition I also have a large
chest in the room and a smaller chest.

Robert

Briarroot

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Jul 16, 2007, 8:14:13 AM7/16/07
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Robert wrote:
> Just curious, not neccessarily on how much tobacco you have in your
> cellars although that's optional, but where are your cellars located?
> Are they in an unused closet, the garage, a chest, or well, cellars?
>

Yes, my tobacco cellar is actually in my cellar. There is a 4 x 7
foot closet, complete with shelves, located in almost the precise
center of my basement. Other than as an occasional cat jail, I never
found much use for the space until I decided to start stockpiling pipe
tobacco.

Currently, I have about 40 pounds of bulks in wax-sealed jars and
about 150 tins. I'm ready for the apocalypse! (Well, maybe <g>)

Regards,

Tim Parker ... Germain's Medium Flake in a basket bulldog

--
"It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or
the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to
their own interest." - Adam Smith

Casey

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Jul 16, 2007, 8:57:36 AM7/16/07
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Hey Robert. Nice post, this one should bring some interesting answers.

I keep my tobacco in an ice chest in my closet. It's not a very big
collection (yet) but I'm about to run out of room in the ice chest and
will probably have to start using the shelves. I have another ice chest
in there I've converted into a cigar humidor. I lined the walls with
Spanish cedar and made some little shelves. They both do their jobs
quite well. I love opening the closet...the aroma is terrific!

http://www.tobaccocellar.org/tinlist.php?cellar=569

Casey

rsv...@aol.com

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Jul 16, 2007, 9:14:21 AM7/16/07
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Good Morning Robert:

Similar to Robert I have a finished basement with a closet directly
under the stariwell. The area location remains a constant and cool
temperature; ( It where I also cellar my wine). For tobaccos I have
the large Walmart plastic Tubs used for Christmas Ornaments and such.
My bulk tobaccos (approximately 27lbs are stored in a separate tub.
One tub for GLP tins only and the remaining two tubs of varied
manufacture.

Good Puffing

Rich

Steven Fowler

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Jul 16, 2007, 9:15:44 AM7/16/07
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My wife "gave" me an entire closet! This was quite a gift, as closets
are precious in our 1950's home. The shelves are almost full and
there are 2 large plastic bins on the floor. Organized properly, it
should be enough space.

Steven

desert smoker

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Jul 16, 2007, 10:08:31 AM7/16/07
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Morning Robert:
I have about 1/3 of my large closet devoted to storing my tobacco,
which is 95%
in tins. I currently have almost 64 pounds stored in the "cellar",
which can be viewed
at:http://tobaccocellar.org/tinlist.php?cellar=290

Regards,
Marty

Ken Dixon

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Jul 16, 2007, 10:11:12 AM7/16/07
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I have a couple of igloo coolers that serve as my "cellar" and
considering the new taxes being proposed will be adding a few more in
the coming months.

Ken in Miami

KIM KOCHER

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Jul 16, 2007, 10:39:20 AM7/16/07
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Hello Robert....I have about 135 jars of opened tins and bulks at arms
length in coolers in my first floor smoking warren. We live in a vintage
1895 Victorian with a multi room dolomite block basement. One room there is
reserved for my wine/tobacco cellar. My dad built racks for all four walls
over 20 years ago. The room is is temperature controlled to 64 degrees in
summer and gets down to about fifty in winter. I put two buckets of water in
the room to increase the humidity in the winter. Two floor to ceiling racks
hold my bulks [in 4 and 8 ounce Ball jars] and tinned blends. The other
racks [as well as a plethora of wooden cases stacked on the floor] hold
fermented grape juice. There is usually a bag of apples, potatoes or maybe a
whole watermelon in there too. You'll know where to find me when the shite
comes down ! ;>}

Kim

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The Pirate

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Jul 16, 2007, 11:49:32 AM7/16/07
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On Jul 16, 7:39 am, "KIM KOCHER" <KKOCHER...@woh.rr.com> wrote:
> Hello Robert....I have about 135 jars of opened tins and bulks at arms
> length in coolers in my first floor smoking warren. We live in a vintage
> 1895 Victorian with a multi room dolomite block basement. One room there is
> reserved for my wine/tobacco cellar. My dad built racks for all four walls
> over 20 years ago. The room is is temperature controlled to 64 degrees in
> summer and gets down to about fifty in winter. I put two buckets of water in
> the room to increase the humidity in the winter. Two floor to ceiling racks
> hold my bulks [in 4 and 8 ounce Ball jars] and tinned blends. The other
> racks [as well as a plethora of wooden cases stacked on the floor] hold
> fermented grape juice. There is usually a bag of apples, potatoes or maybe a
> whole watermelon in there too. You'll know where to find me when the shite
> comes down ! ;>}
>
> Kim
>
> "Robert" <magine...@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> news:1184585294.2...@m37g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > Just curious, not neccessarily on how much tobacco you have in your
> > cellars although that's optional, but where are your cellars located?
> > Are they in an unused closet, the garage, a chest, or well, cellars?
> > I keep mine in a spare room which I turned into a home 'Pipe Shoppe'
> > on wire racks I bought at Costco which are 14x14 and which hold quite
> > alot of tobacco tinned and canned. In addition I also have a large
> > chest in the room and a smaller chest.
>
> > Robert- Hide quoted text -
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Hi Robert,
Mine is stored in a home made cabinet that I once used for stereo
equipment. Not fancy, but it does the job. Space is very limited for
me, so upright storage is a must.
Ken

Mike Stanley

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Jul 16, 2007, 5:25:05 PM7/16/07
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I keep most of my tobacco cellered in the basement. I have the tins in two
of those boxes that copier paper come in and laying about on a three shelf
floor unit behind my dry bar. I also have a large file drawer at work full
of tins. That way, if th stuff hits the fan, wheter at home or at work, I
have tobacco! I think I have 10 lbs at work and around 25 at home.
Mike Stanley

--
http://mikes-pipe-site.tripod.com/


Charles

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Jul 16, 2007, 6:08:10 PM7/16/07
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On Jul 16, 5:25 pm, "Mike Stanley" <stanley...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Robert" <magine...@hotmail.com> wrote in message

Mine is not as extensive. I've got a kazillion(Funn Dictionary)
plastic pouches along with tins and large bags. I recently got a large
leather covered storage ottoman that I have bags and two cigar boxes w/
wind caps ,nails,lighters,etc in and bags of pipe cleaners that sits
under my legs in the living room. In the basement I 'borrowed' a
library card catalog file or apothecary drawer type thingee that I
aplphanumericasize (Funn Dictionary again..sorry) my pouches. Gotta
man cave storage hiding roon upstairs with a folding bkcase of tins
racks etc.In same room I turned an old entertainment cabinet into a
pipe cabinet and shelves for tobaccos.
Got 'em allover da place. Gotta pantry in the basement that keeps
yelling at me, "Get some mason jars in all sizes & ditch the plastic,
Funnster!!!!" Then I gotta get labels. Oh!!... in the same upstairs rm
I got a square wicker basket w/my Altadis Contractors tobacco bags
&some other Aros.

Funn

k_pip_k

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Jul 16, 2007, 6:59:52 PM7/16/07
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WOW...that's all I have to say. Wow...

southprescsa

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Jul 16, 2007, 7:06:46 PM7/16/07
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I have so little tobacco that if the stuff hits the fan I am way more
prepared to shoot my way out than to smoke my way out:) My family and
I live in my wifes Great Grandmothers old 2 story farm house with a
small cellar located in the center of the house. It is where I store
my home brews and the few tins I have purchased for cellaring. I am in
the slow process of converting an old chicken house into my library /
office. It will be where I will store the goods in the future.

Michael

Steve

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Jul 16, 2007, 7:19:28 PM7/16/07
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I keep all my tobacco in four large Igloo coolers. I just bought some more
Cob Plug which will go straight to the cooler. In ten years of pipe smoking
I have never had a problem with rust or mold by using the coolers.
1792 in a Roush Poker.
Steve
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Buddy Springman

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Jul 16, 2007, 8:52:33 PM7/16/07
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The cellar is in my cool, dry basement on a commodity shelfing unit I
bought at Lowe's. It's congregated in banker's boxes having character
ID's, such as "A". The containers are uniquely numbered in accordance
to the next number doled-out by my database. When a container of type
X comes up in the rotation (also database driven), I just go to its
box and grab the container (jar, tin, etc.) with that number.

Sitting on 103 pounds in 553 containers, average age 35 months.

Buddy

Clif Swinford

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Jul 16, 2007, 9:32:36 PM7/16/07
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Lessee... Half of the hall closet (2'x4'x8'), one pantry shelf
(2'x3'x1') and various boxes stashed all over the house (not about to
estimate the area, don't wanna think about it).
--
Clif

"Every morning I wake up and think, 'good, another 24 hours' pipe-
smoking'."
-- J.R.R. Tolkien

Ed Duncan

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Jul 16, 2007, 9:58:59 PM7/16/07
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On Jul 16, 7:19 pm, "Steve" <nuns...@msn.com> wrote:
> I keep all my tobacco in four large Igloo coolers. I just bought some more
> Cob Plug which will go straight to the cooler. In ten years of pipe smoking
> I have never had a problem with rust or mold by using the coolers.
> 1792 in a Roush Poker.
> Steve"desert smoker" <pierret...@msn.com> wrote in message

>
> news:1184594911....@d30g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > On Jul 16, 4:28 am, Robert <magine...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> Just curious, not neccessarily on how much tobacco you have in your
> >> cellars although that's optional, but where are your cellars located?
> >> Are they in an unused closet, the garage, a chest, or well, cellars?
> >> I keep mine in a spare room which I turned into a home 'Pipe Shoppe'
> >> on wire racks I bought at Costco which are 14x14 and which hold quite
> >> alot of tobacco tinned and canned. In addition I also have a large
> >> chest in the room and a smaller chest.
>
> >> Robert
>
> > Morning Robert:
> > I have about 1/3 of my large closet devoted to storing my tobacco,
> > which is 95%
> > in tins. I currently have almost 64 pounds stored in the "cellar",
> > which can be viewed
> > at:http://tobaccocellar.org/tinlist.php?cellar=290
>
> > Regards,
> > Marty- Hide quoted text -

>
> - Show quoted text -

***************************************

1895 house. Damp basement, built in shelves (in when bought house in
'84), always damp, actually TOO damp, baccy must be dried. Seeing that
I only keep open 2oz at a time (1oz each or so of latakia & non-
latakia), the rest in the original tins, if 8oz etc. Never dries out.
At present, 18lbs in both tins/bulk.

Ed Duncan, Batavia, NY
pipe since '62, brain addled/mindless forever

Clif Swinford

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Jul 17, 2007, 12:25:38 AM7/17/07
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Mine's half the front closet (3'x4'x8'), one pantry shelf (2'x3'x1'),
and various boxes all over the place (don't ask how much space -- I
don't want my wife to know). I'd guess I've got about 40 lbs. of
assorted delights, though it's been months since I took inventory.

Mark Z.

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Jul 17, 2007, 12:45:44 PM7/17/07
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> where are your cellars located?

Hi Robert,

I cellar my tobaccos, both in the original tins and bulks in 8 ounce
Ball jelly jars, in my cellar / basement in two four-drawer second
hand file cabinets. I keep the BALL jars in their original boxes,
stacked two-high in each drawer. This allows for easy and quick
removal en masse'. One of the eight drawers is reserved for pipe
paraphernalia: pipe cleaners, lighters, lighter fluid, matches,
humidifier disc, Q-tips, etc. Easily accessed, vertical storage void
of light (for the jars) is desirable and the cabinets can be readily
moved with my hand truck. Having said that, I haven't moved either of
the file cabinets an inch since I began loading them with tobacco.

Mark Z.


AL

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Jul 17, 2007, 12:53:30 PM7/17/07
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75 lbs. Currently stored all over the house. Dressers, closets,
under beds, book shelves. Small house with a basement thats unusable
because it takes on water. So I just have to make do.
AL


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Ngo Dinh Diem

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Jul 17, 2007, 8:07:46 PM7/17/07
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My cellar is in my drawers next to my bed, this way after having
raunchy sex with one of my many mistresses I can calmly reach over,
pop a fresh tin of something nice and enjoy ^_^

Blockhead

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Jul 18, 2007, 7:27:33 PM7/18/07
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On Jul 17, 12:53 pm, AL <allenll...@peoplepc.com> wrote:
> 75 lbs. Currently stored all over the house. Dressers, closets,
> under beds, book shelves. Small house with a basement thats unusable
> because it takes on water. So I just have to make do.
> AL
>
> On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 04:28:14 -0700, Robert <magine...@hotmail.com>

> wrote:
>
> >Just curious, not neccessarily on how much tobacco you have in your
> >cellars although that's optional, but where are your cellars located?
> >Are they in an unused closet, the garage, a chest, or well, cellars?
> >I keep mine in a spare room which I turned into a home 'Pipe Shoppe'
> >on wire racks I bought at Costco which are 14x14 and which hold quite
> >alot of tobacco tinned and canned. In addition I also have a large
> >chest in the room and a smaller chest.
>
> > Robert

My cellar is none-too-classy: just cardboard boxes on the top shelf in
my workshop. I've got about 20 pounds mostly in tins, but I've been
doing more jarring lately. I am in the midst of designing a display/
storage unit that should house about 30 pipes and an equivalent
poundage of tobac.

mk

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