I don't get many chances to smoke, so I look forward to my weekends. Sometimes mother nature tosses me a curve ball, sometimes she hits me square in the face. This past weekend I knew I had only 1 opportunity to light up a cigar, and I had just gotten a package from CI. It was windy, but at least it was dry, I figured I'd give it a try.
So I grab a 5 Vegas Gold, cut it, toast it, barely get it lit when my lighter stops working. So I set it down on the table (no ashtray, I'm that much of a noob) and go to get another lighter. When I come back I find the cigar rolled off the table, off the deck, and into a mud puddle. So much for that.
Next I grabbed a 601. Cut it, tried to light it, and my second lighter stopped working. Both of these were those $3 torch lighters that seemed pretty solid until now. I set that one down, went inside to grab a grill lighter and came back to find my cigar missing. It took a few minutes to find it too, it rolled off the table, across the deck, and ended up next to a potted plant, the only thing between that cigar and another muddy death. Oh yeah, and the wrapper split.
Half-way through the cigar I needed a relight, my grill lighter didn't work, my torches didn't work, I had to go get a 4th lighter (CI brand torch). This had to be one of the must frustrating, miserable smoking experiences I've ever had in the short time that I've been enjoying cigars.
Moral of the story: I hate Maryland weather.
So I grab a 5 Vegas Gold, cut it, toast it, barely get it lit when my lighter stops working. So I set it down on the table (no ashtray, I'm that much of a noob) and go to get another lighter. When I come back I find the cigar rolled off the table, off the deck, and into a mud puddle. So much for that.
Next I grabbed a 601. Cut it, tried to light it, and my second lighter stopped working. Both of these were those $3 torch lighters that seemed pretty solid until now. I set that one down, went inside to grab a grill lighter and came back to find my cigar missing. It took a few minutes to find it too, it rolled off the table, across the deck, and ended up next to a potted plant, the only thing between that cigar and another muddy death. Oh yeah, and the wrapper split.
Half-way through the cigar I needed a relight, my grill lighter didn't work, my torches didn't work, I had to go get a 4th lighter (CI brand torch). This had to be one of the must frustrating, miserable smoking experiences I've ever had in the short time that I've been enjoying cigars.
Moral of the story: I hate Maryland weather.