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i'm back... had a bit of a serious injury that took me out of comission for about a year or so. had a nasty injury to my leg while overseas and got a serious infection of the wound. i'm back and i want to apologize to all my botls for being out of touch for so long without a word -it was a...

Got some folks visiting me from overseas. I like sticks, those guys are true connoisseurs when it comes to stogies. So this week has been a bit of an eyeopener for me, let me describe it: Monday: Meeting with my friend from tokyo (he is an trader working for the Tokyo stock exchange). He...

Went to Reno, NV to visit a friend of mine. He knows about my stogie habit and had conviniently located a new shop in town for my perusal... so i visited hatuey cigars and i had a really good time. The owners (and workers at the shop) are from cuba and have their own plantation in Dominican...

Anyone had one of these yet? i have one in the humi that i'm considering reviewing tomorrow if there is interest. It looks yummi!

I'm a hacker... So for the next few weeks i'm hacking up a wireless temperature and humidity monitoring system for my humis. It's connected to the PC and will do alarms and all the good stuff. Is anyone interested in something like this? It's sort of pricey, a decent wireless sensor which has...

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What does the FOG's think about this line? I'm tempted at getting a box to try out, but wanted to see if anyone has tried them yet.

Started the evening with a nice figurarado from La Aurora. Excellent 5+ rating from this old man. Mated nicely with a french champagne. Followed up with a FIRE mated with a wonderful pinot noir from monterey county. What a nice combination on a hot night like this! A fantastic (and in my...

I've ordered an airfilter for my furnace from these guys. As i browsed the website i came across this little gem, a 2 pack of humidity/temperature meters for $19.95 (and free shipping). Size seems reasonable and the prize seems right. I'm tempted at buying a few of these devices to complement...

I know there are some folks here from the friendliest little town in nevada (or whatever the slogan is these days)... Planning a trip up there next weekend to visit some friends. Any decent bars that allows smoking and a nice drink? I may compel my friend to go and visit such a place.... ;)...

Hi there. last night during my evening dog walk i decided to try a new stick. I had ordered the 5 vegas 'A' from CI a few weeks ago when they had the special, and decided it was time to try it out. the construction is flawless, firm and a perfect wrapper. The stick is almost too big (i'm...

Just putting down some stray thoughts in a thread. been kind of busy lately, not much time to be online in the last few weeks. had to go to Vegas last week for meetings. Did some talks, i guess i had forgotten how much i dislike vegas. Stayed at the Venetian, but they bothched it and where...

I've had the radioshack digital wireless hygrometers for a while now. I've thought for the past few weeks that it's been tricky to get the humidity to the level where i want it. I use the beads from heartfeld in the aluminum casing so i can't quite tell if the beads are dry or not. my humidity...

okay, so i made it to corona cigar in orlando last night. Went out with a couple of sales guys from my company and had a great dinner. talked them into going to corona for a cigar. I was treated to a cigar by one of the reps and he asked the corona cigar folks "give my friend your best cigar"...

I had one of those today. It was really, really nice. Came in a glass tube and was extremely well constructed. I was a corona cigar company in orlando and decided to try something new! The cigar changed to the end, became fuller body and bit more cedar flavour. the ash was perfect and i've...

Here is something i've been pondering... Assume that i get a analog humi meter instead of a digital. Lets say that i calculate it and i manage to get it into acceptable tolerance. Is there any circumstance when i would have to recalibrate the analog meter? I don't like the looks of the digital...

thinking about making a day trip on wednesday (i got one day open in my schedule). any recommended cigar places to go in or around orlando? I could go to tampa as well, i've heard there are some nice cigar places to visit there. -Par

I had one of those this evening. A very nice cigar, large format at 5.5 x 56 but really nicely done. A full body cigar with a special woodsy flavor that came out nicely. The burn was absolutely perfect and not a single touch up was required. It put out gobs of smoke and worked out really...

Ordered a box of these from ci last week. This is what CI said: Is part of a special edition, limited production release for 2005, Rocky Patel produced a new size: a bulky, densely packed 5" x 54 Robusto Grande. Available in boxes of 20, with 10 each of Corojo and Maduro inside! Predraw, kind...

Has anyone tried these yet? I saw some at my local B&M on friday and they looked mighty tasty. I couldn't help myself so today i ordered 12 of these bad boys. I haven't had one yet, but i'm curious if any BOTL has tried these yet? I couldn't find a review on either CS or top25cigar.com here...