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  1. 2 boxes of RyJ Petit Princess (2011 boxes). Almost all of them un-smokable (didn't burn properly at all), unlike those from 2008.
  2. oliva serie v, no.4 dark chocolate and plum flavor
  3. I hear keeping them in tubes, zip-lock bags, and of course an even humidity, can help them from going bad/bland and slowing down or altering the ageing process I wouldn't really know from experience.
  4. So far having smoked 10 Partagas Lonsdales (2002), a box of La Gloria cubana no.2 (1998), several boxes of LGC no.3 (2002), and various Partagas SdC (98-2007), it seems it varies. The LGC M.d'or no.2 were great up until late 2012 (I got them in 2010 or so). They started tasting a bit hollow at that point, although a peppery taste was very prominent as well as occasional creaminess (very creamy at times). The first half became a rather dull affair, then the pepper and cream aspect set in but nothing much else showed up to me. I still have a couple left, maybe they won't be as tedious. Somewhat similar the Partagas Lonsdales had something of a one dimensional taste, very woodsy-creamy. I didn't find it thrilling, though some people smoking these did. Not as tedious. Best vintage was 1998 Partagas SDC no 1 (smoked those in 2013). Surprisingly strong. Reminds me of the much younger Bolivar PC I am smoking right now. The SdC no 3 from 2007 are still rather bold. Unfortunately I smoked all the LGC no.3 a year ago, but they still had plurality of flavors. If speaking of younger cigars, I know I don't really like the San Cristobal El Principe with more than 2 years age. They are still flavorful of course but I prefer the salty milked coffee taste to be pronounced as in the very fresh boxes. I imagine that is what a pirate would smoke.... edit: Of course I didn't actually smoke these Partagas cigars when several years younger to compare (yet), but it would be reasonable to guess they tasted more bold.
  5. This is all interesting... I do prefer the PC as well (slightly), though all my Tubos no.2 were from 2007, and the PC are from 2012-2014. So it might just be I like a bit more punch and pungency... The 2013 January PC boxes were awesome, some rose flavor in varying intensity (almost too bitter/aromatic at times). As far as rolling quality, I would say it is a dead race (very good for the largest part), though the tubed ones had slightly less under-filling.
  6. I haven't compared them from the same year, though they seem similar enough. In a lot of places it seems easier to find the tubos with age on them. For aging some say the tubes are great, and perhaps even the cedar.
  7. Scdlh El Principe Bolivar Petit Corona
  8. Punch Punch OCT '13. Lit my first one. Rested for 2 weeks. Some whiffs of violet candy. (It is probably enhanced due to me drinking water and xylitol)
  9. Is it only 65% RH beads, or are some of those pucks something else? Try and only use beads. Otherwise I guess you ought to use less water. A crude measurement of humidity is to gently roll the foot of the cigars between your fingers and listen. If you hear a decent crackling sound it is closer to 65 than 75.
  10. I was going to say, if we are to altogether judge western democracies, we ought to look at foreign policy and the attitudes of the so-called egalitarian human-rights loving USA and its minion states. 100,000 dead Iraqi's ≠ human rights preserved (And use higher standards than Cuba, with regards to economics) Now Communist economic theory, or their labor theories of value, was invented before and during the industrial revolution. Major concepts were not discovered, they simply used "a value of a good is determined by the work that goes in to it". Which made sense in the middle-ages, but leads to terrible post-industrial policy. I don't believe for a second that Cuba is what it is, economically and primarily, because of white oppressors. Now maybe that was a required factor to bring a dumb-ass like Castro to power, but people ought to take some responsibility for what they themselves let happen. I mean there are actually dictators who produce good economic policy; Augusto Pinochet. Or for that matter the oligarchies in Vietnam and China right now, they seem to be improving a ton, at least in that respect.
  11. If you are to take Hoppe's word for it, democracy is simply a mild form of communism. 33 minutes in Anyway, I have always enjoyed Castro, in that he is an interesting figure.
  12. They are democratic. (Well, certainly the USA is.) The only problem; democracy is only what it is. A God that fizzailed. (Like with communism, you can't invoke fantasy utopias, and ignore the reality at hand)

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