Seasons Greetings.. How I found FoH...

[Miner]

I’m sure the “How you found FoH” post has been done before but I thought i would refresh it !!

Three years ago I found the FoH site and sent Rob the “I want to join” post. Then I got the “Herf @ the Aviary” post from OzCuban..

Three years later and …

Thanks Guys, it has been a ball, Herfs in Perth, Havanathon x3….

At first when I told the Missus

I’m off to meet some blokes I met on the internet to smoke cigars

You can imagine the response !!

Now my family knows the FoH family, we have had a party at my place, we have had a party at Magnus’ place, my familyr knows all the team, my son is being taught to drive by Magnus’s partner.....

And then we travel over to Brisbane for Havanathon and meet another amazing bunch of people.

It really is special Guys, let’s keep it that way.

Peace to you and your families, what ever faith you follow

Cheers

[Colt45]

Here's what I wrote a few years back in a similar discussion - Happy Holidaze!

"I guess I started smoking cigars, on and off, about twenty five years ago, give or take. I don't really recall how or why I was drawn to them, what made me want to try them. Early on, specifics were unimportant - producer, country of origin, where the tobacco came from, etc. Having a few drinks with friends, get the urge, run up to the drug store for some Candela Garcia y Vegas..... (knowing, even then, that they weren't tops).

Cuban cigars were never really on my radar. As I became more interested in cigars, I'd do some research, try some things, find what I liked, what I cared less for, become more aware of differences, as well as similarities - understand hype versus reality, at least subjectively for me personally.

So you start to hear and read about Cuban cigars - how much different can they really be? More reading, more research. I'm still not overly interested, but begin to consider it, and regardless, enjoy the process of finding out about something new.

I begin to research Cuban cigars in earnest, still feeling that there cannot really be that much of a difference, and not taking as gospel what I read. But if so many extoll their virtues, there must be something to it.....

So I spend countless hours reading, researching, on my own - what to believe, who to trust. I find a few sites online..... One of them is Cigar Czar. This was before our forum as we all know it today - before Rob had a forum.

I'd read with a smile about cigar dinners, slow race horses, beetle infestations, etc. That site changed and became Club Czar - cigars, watches, pens..... At this point, I've already spent, literally, a few years filling shopping carts, from a couple of sites, but never pulling the trigger - afraid for a few reasons.

A friend gives me a few Montecristo No. 5. They stay in the humidor for months - they can't be that great, can they? (reverse snobbery, as my mom called it). When I finally spark one up, I can sense there is something....

Rob's site suggests joining so as to be able to acquire cigars - light is green for now - I hem and haw. The forum comes online in February 2005 - I hem and haw - I'm not a forum type of guy. I finally make the decision and join in May 2005......

I've seen, and learned much - friendship, laughter, loyalty, fraternity...."