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Today I decided to start to organize my cigars as I moved them into a new cooler from my wine cooler. I went up stairs to my spare bedroom and grabbed a couple empty boxes with the thought of using them to hold some of my singles. Well, I opened a Partagas Shorts box that has been empty for...

I'm a relatively young guy at 31yo but started smoking pipes and cigars seriously at the age of 16 (unbenounst to my parents til I was eighteen). From 10yrs old on up my family and I would vacation in Monaco for the summers and often take side trips throughout Europe during our stay. When I...

I stumbled upon this site while researching a Vegas De Santiago cigar I had just smoked. My initial thoughts were that this is just another South American grower touting their cigars as Cuban, but the narrative goes on to actually discredit Cuban cigar manufacturing processes and pronounce...

I'm not one for flavored cigars myself, but this was interesting. I'm mostly a pipe tobacco kinda guy but i felt like getting a cigar today and was... Read the full review here: Acid Cold Infusion Tea Cigar Review - interesting

Just came across this video on YT. Thought it might be of interest.

So one of my moms friends decided to leave my mom something to give to me when i saw her, and said that hed like to remain anonymous.. so i cant ask what they are exactly, but if anyone can tell me what these are, it would be greatly appreciated. The only message that i recieved was, "He said...

My FIL gave me this box several years ago, I just recently mounted it on the wall in my "man cave". It is old, but has no date on it. Anybody seen this before? Sorry for the piture quality, I can't seem to get good pic with my phone anymore... 3rd picture says "rolled by hand of long leaf...

Had a meeting at work today and was out of my office all morning. Upon my return there is a small flat rate box on my desk, and I do not recognize the address or the name on the return address at all...H.C. Chang from Allston Mass...hmmmm, who the hell would be sending me a small flat rate box...

I would like to take a moment to share some happiness with all of you, but bare with me while I give the whole story. About 6 years ago, I was working at a machine shop, and got an offer from another one to come work for them. It seemed like an offer I couldn't refuse. I left the shop...

Here's an interesting excerpt from a post by Steve Saka (of Drew Estate) on another forum: I hadn't realized that the primary motivation for over-humidifying was to soften the cigars to reduce breakage during shipping.

I found this article tonight and thought it was really interesting. I've never really bought into the overhyped cancer scares from smoking, and this helps confirm that. It is also 1am, though, so I'll have to re-read it when I'm more awake :faint: http://www.lcolby.com/b-chap7.htm It's a good...

Another glimmer of light in the shifting of Cuban policy CUBA: Preparing For Perestroika

I'm in class right now. I just tried to go to a certain vendor's website and I got a message saying that the site is forbidden on the server. I have been to it before while at school.

Since there has been a theme here lately, I figured I'd post a find as well... Ser Jacopo R1 INSANUS Briar Pipe New Pipe - eBay (item 170604446691 end time Feb-23-11 12:20:19 PST)

Gustavo (RequiemPipes) asked a friend of his who is a graduate student in chemistry to make a video commenting on cleaning pipes with alcohol. I thought some of you who don't frequent the YT pipe smoking community might find it interesting.

My wife just came across this quote in an old business journal published in 1969. It gave me a smile, both the quote itself and thinking of a time when a man could smoke his pipe during a job interview: "IN DEFENSE OF PIPE SMOKING The Seattle TIMES on November 24th had the following item...

First off, this is a nice looking cigar with a dark, oily wrapper and a cool band. The construction was solid; I touched it up a little around the... Read the full review here: Don Lino Africa Victoria Falls Cigar Review - A long interesting smoke

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I own one and thought this was a good read.. America's 25-year love affair with Glocks - Business - World business - msnbc.com