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Picked these up today...

Yikes. It wasn't meant condescending so I apologize if it came across that way. I was commenting on the almost inevitable evolution of collections/storage. It's never enough and eventually all the nice planning and sorting and display goes out the window. Nothing more.

Tonight my wife and I had the pleasure of going to a great BOTL's house to visit with him and his family and have dinner. He prepared Filet Mignon, mashed potatoes, fresh roasted asparagus and a nice Caesar Salad and everything was delicious! After dinner he and I retired to his man cave for a SLR Pacificos and a drink called the Painkiller (I think it had 4 ounces of rum in it!). Great company, great food, great cigar and a great cocktail! Life is better when you share it with good friends. Thanks Jason! Cheers! Bill

Today's line up

Today's morning smoke with coffee and an episode of Narcos on Netflix... First Fonseca I've had in a long time. Very tasty...thanks Jason! Cheers! Bill Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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I have no issue with people marking up boxes they've aged and cared for, or even throwing a little extra into a sale price to cover your time or efforts. And of course nobody expects someone to sell something they paid a premium for at a loss. But buying boxes for the sole purpose of flipping them for profit seems wrong to me. Not illegal wrong or anything worth crying over, but the kind of wrong where I think that's probably not a person I'd ever care to associate with. You're not adding any value to the product. You're just taking advantage of an imperfection in a free market. No different than a ticket scalper. If your justification for doing something is that it's legal, or supply/demand, that's fine. But it ignores moral and ethical standards, and does so for an obvious reason.

I didn't take those comments to be condescending at all. I interpreted them as "We all had a smaller collection at one time and could store it in an esthetically pleasing way. Then we bought more, ran out of storage and had to ugly up our humidors a bit to fit everything in."

JLP Conservas in the cold cold garden. Remarkably pleasant way to spend an hour with Hacker's Ultimate Cigar Book.

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Every time I cave and get another cooler I start with the same intention... and then it rapidly degenerates into expert level tetris where I just cram stuff in wherever it will fit. I think even a walk-in would eventually end up the same

I don't think most on here took it as condescending at all.

Quite right. Here's my favourite humidor, pictured to show it off as a humidor. It's the very definition of cute and I love it dearly.

First box from our host for 2016... PSP CORO.... Great start to the year!

When Rob posted this little contest i figured what the hell, its a good time to delve into a cigar that I usually just either say Meh...or needs more time. In the case of the RACF, its one of those cigars where everytime i smoke one im wowed. But for some reason when i dig into my cooler, I always seem to reach for something else, because in my mind, the RACF is a great cigar, a powerhouse, and one that i feel needs more time. Well its time for me to check up on this and see how its progressing. I smoked this cigar saturday night at the Rib n Reef's cigar lounge in Montreal. I used the smallest punch on my creedo triple punch cutter. This cigar was paired with a G&T. First third : Took a few draws for the flavours in the cigar to wake up. I feel that is always the case when it comes to cigars in the Britanicas size. Once i smoked through the "bulb" the cigar started to open up. I'm getting deep dark cherry flavours from this cigar. the cigar is producing volumes of smoke. I'm glad that i deceided to use a small punch on this cigar rather than a traditional cut. the cigar is smoking beautifully. Second Third : The dark cherry continues to be dominant in this cigar. This cigar is definitely on the full side on the power scale. As the second third goes on, the dark cherry starts to disappear and i'm not getting what i would call an Amaretto Liqueur flavor in this cigar. This is a first for me. Its like a mix of almond and fruit. Almost like a Fruit and nut chocolate bar minus the chocolate. Last third : Power has been turned to 11 on this one in the last third. for a cigar that has 6 years on it, its still a mongrel. Its defenitly not acting its age in the last third. You'd expect a cigar with 5 + years of age on it to be more refined in the last third. not this one. It throws up both middle fingers and yells at you NOOOOO i dont want to grow up! Stewed fruit, burnt almond in the last third. Overall impressions : Its a great cigar, no doubt about it. PCC have done a great job as usual with ther Regional program. Like most if not all PCC cigars, they are blended to be aged long term. This cigar is defenitly built to be aged long term. If you can find a box of these, i defenitly recommend buying it. Its very good now, but will be amazing with a couple more years under its belt. Final score : 92

Very enjoyable Alfonso custom

This is going to be a blast FOH-AMICIgar together... Cubans will be talking of this for years ._)

Nice review...sorry about the poor experience with the stick though. Thanks for sharing.

2011 RGPE

Found this guy: And this

My first H Upmann HC. so far so good, tasty little stick. Just picked up a new air cleaner/ozone generator so my wife ok'd an indoor smoke

seriously? without expressing bias towards either, i would say that havana club are a major competitor for bacardi. it would be irresponsible for the management of bacardi not to do what they can (leave aside whether they have any justification and also the history of all this, which does little credit to anyone). as the author says, "The fight is about future market share in the world’s largest rum market". of course, they are fighting it. no real argument with your bully comments but don't think havana club are some little blokes on the corner. they are part owned/backed by pernod ricard who are more than three times the size of bacardi, depending how one measures these things. i would also suggest that this is nowhere near over. bacardi will appeal - they have indicated that - and will continue to do so until every avenue is exhausted. this fight will outlast most of us!

I do love all the pics. It's fun to see everyone's setup. Lotus guy (Klaus?) Is right in that no matter how much storage you have, it turns out it is never enough. I started with a 50 count humidor. Then a 200. Then a 150 qt coolidor. Then all 3:) And then there is the top secret stash in Oz...

Morning on the river followed with an 08 Mag 50 gifted by bundwallah

I'm just wondering why there is a new thread for this same topic that comes up year after year. Just post to the master thread, that Rye linked to on the 3rd post on this thread.

Revisiting Petit Edmundo in 2016... Sent from AOL in 1999

I agree with your sentiment Mus, but I think it was the "it's cute" comment that people may have had an issue with. Now, I'd love someone to call me cute, but that's why I joined the fat bastard competition. One day...one day...

LLN coded 03 Upmann 2 already down with a cup of morning coffee. These are seriously amazing. I'm finding I prefer them with around 10+ years. I'll be sad when my three 2001-03 boxes are memories. Thank god I have several LUB 14 boxes aging. @Boosted on the Party E2, thanks again brother....my first. We'll see later if I need a box. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Bit of a late post... Very kindly got gifted a bottle of Rowan's Creek for Chrsitmas from the future inlaws. Haven't cracked it open yet, but I'm a fan of the other Willett small batches I've tried so I'm looking forward to it.

My daughter's christening is tomorrow and I'm not sure if I'll be able to enjoy a smoke (although deep down I know I'll find a way) so thought I needed to enjoy something nice tonight. 2004 Siglo II. Thanks, Trevor! Absolutely amazing smoke. Silky smooth yet full of flavour. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'll play too. Pendergast active RH and DIY added thermoelectric cooling unit.

Spent the afternoon banding, vaccinating and tagging livestock with my brother and step-father. Thought I would mark it with this Sancho beli It's a good life.

La Corona Punch Coronas from 2006

AME JUN 13. Fantastic. With a cup of Barrington El Diamante. Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk

Warm enough to sit out on the patio at my favorite drinking establishment last night and enjoy a couple of smokes with friends. Had a RyJ Wide Churchill to start and followed that with what is one of my favorite sticks, a JL No. 1... This will be good with a little time in the humi. This JL 1 was seriously tasty! If they were all as good as this one I'd never buy anything else. Cheers! Bill

I cant just throw stuff in Im to OCD everything has to have its place

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It happens and it will happen as long as forums are around, it is annoying to a degree but it is what it is.

A 2013 Mille Fluer with thanks. Seriously tasty

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cigars, like anything, are nice to have, vs. need to haves. There will always be a market to flip at higher prices as long as there are buyers. Happens in every type of market: alcohol, sneakers, guitars, etc. The internet has only increased the ability to find information and thus, lead to higher prices if not bought on retail when available. Captialism at its finest and will continue to occur, regardless of people's opinions. Does it suck? yes, if you have to pay the secondary market price. Is this the reality? Yes, if you have to pay secondary market prices.

My first PL Montecarlo. I'm very impressed. These are fantastic value. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I think the smallest Punch in production is the Petit Coronations (40 x 117). Smallest ever was the Cigarillos (29 x 106) discontinued in 2005

Don't you know? Only licensed vendors can make money on cigars! If you smoke cigars you are required to call any other person who smokes cigars "brother" and sell to them at your exact cost! Now you know. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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