What rolling tobacco brands do you smoke or prefer?
Do you roll your own cigarettes? Let’s find out what rolling tobacco brands are popular and why. Submit your favorite tobacco brand(s) and see the live results.
Poll code created by Andrea Mangiarotti at Chiwit Design
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I remember 25 years ago when I used to bring my mom’s shoes to the “calzolaio” (shoes repair man/leather crafter) to get them fixed or to get some holes made on my new leather belt. 
I used to look at the handmade leather bags in display and spend hours looking at him, silently working away. Where is that man gone? Where is that little business moved to? Well the answer is that it simply stopped running, the request for the man services went down further and further by the day, since my little town (not so little in size) nearby Milan fully entered the industrial revolution and embraced the “buy, use and throw away” culture.
Yes, in a matter of about 10 years, every crafter shop (leather, wood, traditional garments) in the area, have disappeared, where to?, I don’t know, but surely not closer to the now MASSIVE shopping mall, which dominates the entire district and further more. No matter where you are, shopping mall cloud is over you to stop people from getting irradiated by the beautiful spring sun which has inspired dozens of men and women crafters in the previous 200 years. “Sorry maybe a little to drastic, but …” Continue reading »
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