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Cigar Smokers/Puffers?

rogue_robrogue_rob Member Posts: 7,033 ✭✭✭
edited December 2004 in General Discussion
Just wondering how many of you guys enjoy puffing on a good cigar from time to time.I like the Arturo Fuente 858's personally.(is this related to the smoking jacket club?)
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Alas, my cigar smoking in Honduras (where I could get great gars real cheap) has turned me into a snob. I don't smoke 'em unless I can't afford 'em and that means I don't smoke 'em. I steady diet of Port Royals with the occasional Romeo y Julieta really got me spoiled and now I'm finicky. I don't think I've had a single cigar since March of 1999 because I won't smoke any of the ones that I can afford. I would love to pick up some good cigars to store in a humidor for those "special occasions" but it just seems like too much money going up in smoke. I don't know why this doesn't keep me from my Marlboros because it's the same principle. Some people say they smoke because they're addicted. I've been smoking on and off for about six years now and I do it, not because it would be too terribly hard to quit, but because I truly enjoy the experience. I choose not to disgrace the memory of the last good cigar I had at midnight on the Carribean beach of Costa Rica while watching luxury cruise ships and the Dole bannana boat float by against the night sky. I think I experienced heaven on earth while sitting on that waterworn piece of driftwood. Thank you for bringing back such a fond memory.
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  • Old hickoryOld hickory Member Posts: 1,368 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I enjoy about 4-5 all tobacco, hand-rolled cigars a week. I had quit for 8 years but as i got older (50) I decided I'd trade off any extra life for the contentment of a good smoke. You can get good cigars for $1 from JRcigars - just type it in on search -plus he writes a humorous catalogue. I occasionally pay a couple bucks for a Henry Clay. I've had two real Havannas but I didn't think they were worth the money. Many of the Dominicans and Nicaraguans are just as good for 75% less money.
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  • .280 freak.280 freak Member Posts: 1,942 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Can't believe that Bullzeye hasn't chimed in on this!For myself, I must admit to being a bit of a barbarian. My idea of a good cigar is a Swisher Sweet, wood tip. Yeah, I know, I know!
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  • thesupermonkeythesupermonkey Member Posts: 3,905 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hell ya 280, If it's more expensive than a Swisher Sweet we don't need it!The Occasional Swisher Puffing Monkey...
    Don't worry about the bullet with your name on it, worry about the fragmentation grenade addressed 'To Occupant'.
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  • dheffleydheffley Member Posts: 25,000 ✭
    edited November -1
    I love 'em, but my smoking days are over. Had pneumonia a month ago, followed by a small heart attack 8 days ago. On top of that, they diagnosed me with type 2 diabetis while I was in the hospital last week. No fat, no sugar, no alcohol, no smokes, no cafine. When they say no sex or guns, I'm a goner!
    Save, research, then buy the best.Join the NRA, NOW!Teach them young, teach them safe, teach them forever, but most of all, teach them to VOTE!
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  • thesupermonkeythesupermonkey Member Posts: 3,905 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Jeez dheffley relax a little! Get yourself a nice warm spot, a glass of tea and target shoot for a few days.
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  • dheffleydheffley Member Posts: 25,000 ✭
    edited November -1
    Even that has changed. It now has to be decafinated tea. Dang, what a life change.See what you guys have to look forward to when you get old!
    Save, research, then buy the best.Join the NRA, NOW!Teach them young, teach them safe, teach them forever, but most of all, teach them to VOTE!
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  • daddodaddo Member Posts: 3,408
    edited November -1
    Don't smoke them, but love the smell of a good one!
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  • thesupermonkeythesupermonkey Member Posts: 3,905 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    dheffley, That cuts it I'm writing you a prescription.Make a copy for your boss and one for your wife... doctor's orders.Prescription for dHeffley:Take 1 full day of vacation, everyday for the next 2 weeks. Take in 1/2 a day of Target Shooting every other day, and 1/2 day of fishing for the days in between.Be sure to take several large doses of sex, and leave plenty of time for some nice leisurely reloading.Dr. T. S. Munkey
    Don't worry about the bullet with your name on it, worry about the fragmentation grenade addressed 'To Occupant'.
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  • dheffleydheffley Member Posts: 25,000 ✭
    edited November -1
    Monkey,You are the man! I can see there is life after death!
    Save, research, then buy the best.Join the NRA, NOW!Teach them young, teach them safe, teach them forever, but most of all, teach them to VOTE!
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  • varmit huntervarmit hunter Member Posts: 1,674 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    dheffley,Dr.Monkey wrote a great prescription.If you need advanced treatment.Please come join me on the island in the middle of my pond for turtle shooting and bull brim jerking.
    A unarmed man is a subject.A armed man is a citizen.
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  • dheffleydheffley Member Posts: 25,000 ✭
    edited November -1
    I can see a disabled but fruitful life on the horizon! Nitro in the air, not under the tongue. The sweat smell of lead and fresh gut pile! This life could be GOOD!
    Save, research, then buy the best.Join the NRA, NOW!Teach them young, teach them safe, teach them forever, but most of all, teach them to VOTE!
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  • JBJB Member Posts: 88 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Fuente "Short Stories" are about as good as they get to me. I also have had several Cubans and have not been inpressed at all.
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  • Daddy2B8162Daddy2B8162 Member Posts: 70 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    AHHHHH the Fuente Hemmingways!!!!!!! But will admit that the best was a Padron Annvesario 1969 special edition made for the 2000 year break. Where pricey but soooo good. Monticristo Churchill is another good smoke.
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  • leeblackmanleeblackman Member Posts: 5,303 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    My favorite, economical cigar is Don Mateo's in 6" x42ga. Or I like Bacaratts short & fat. I also like smoking my pipe, but I haven't yet found a preferable tabacco.
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  • BullzeyeBullzeye Member Posts: 3,560
    edited November -1
    *Bullzeye stumbles in*Did someone say....cigar?
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  • rogue_robrogue_rob Member Posts: 7,033 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    BTT,


    I was getting ready to fire one up today.

    an Arturo Fuente Hemingway Signature...... man whatta smoke....

    jumpmaster.bmp
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  • CrittergitterCrittergitter Member Posts: 2,554 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I just recieved 3 boxes of
    cigars for Christmas![8D]

    And one box was some of those Nasty ones from that little Island south of Miami.[:D]

    If I don't stop getting these things, I'm gonna have to buy another Coleman cooler to store them in.[:o)][:p][:)]
    If your beliefs aren't based in fact, TRUTH is the first casualty...
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  • rogue_robrogue_rob Member Posts: 7,033 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Critter, I have about 5 Siglo IVs left from my Korea tour.

    what kind did you get? [:p]

    jumpmaster.bmp
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  • mateomasfeomateomasfeo Member Posts: 27,143
    edited November -1
    Let's take a look in the humidor...

    Don Diego - Playboy Churchills
    Cohiba - Dominican Chruchills
    Romeo y Julietta - Dominican Torpedos
    Romeo y Julietta - Medallas de Oro Vintages
    A. Fuente - Gran Reservas
    Thompson - Assorted cheap smokers

    I have had some of these over 10 years, always climate and humidity controlled.

    My favorite? Hmmmm... Probably the Cohibas, maybe the Romeo torpedos...


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    Mateomasfeo

    "I am what I am!" - Popeye
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  • CrittergitterCrittergitter Member Posts: 2,554 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    HdM double coronas.[:p]

    Nice mild yet complex smoke.

    I also got a box of Maria Mancini Magic Mountain Maduros, and a box of the new Gran Habano Corojo #5 robustos. Them is some yummy cigars.

    The MMMM's are a tasty everyday smoke.
    If your beliefs aren't based in fact, TRUTH is the first casualty...
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  • rogue_robrogue_rob Member Posts: 7,033 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    havent had any of those. I'll have to try some.

    I'm on my way down to Bragg in a week or so, Im planning on stopping at JRs on the way to pick up some supplies [:p]

    jumpmaster.bmp
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  • KEVD18KEVD18 Member Posts: 15,037
    edited November -1
    montecristo #4's from the evil island

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    If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he homeless or naked?
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  • CrittergitterCrittergitter Member Posts: 2,554 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I love those #4's. And the #5's.[:p]

    Ramon Allones Special selection (RASS) if you can get them from '02 or before!

    Those are pure heaven.
    If your beliefs aren't based in fact, TRUTH is the first casualty...
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  • Patriots49Patriots49 Member Posts: 751 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just finished a Bolivar Fuerte No.554 myself a few minutes ago. Great cigar that won't smoke the old wallet!

    "You cannot conquer America." -William Pitt, 1777
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  • rogue_robrogue_rob Member Posts: 7,033 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    sounds like a good one patriot!!!

    You guys are coming out of the woodwork now haha!!!

    jumpmaster.bmp
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  • kingjoeykingjoey Member Posts: 8,636
    edited November -1
    quote:A. Fuente - Gran Reservas


    Smoked one a few days ago, haven't found a Fuente I don't like. Had a Cohiba XV last night and a Rocky Patel 12yr too. My cigar supplier turned me on to the Patels, good smoke and not to pricey

    Love them Beavers
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