Recent content by Boomer52

I'm a baby boomer. Vintage 1952

Had an Opus X Perfection No. 4 late in the afternoon on New Years day. It had been resting for four years and was one of the better cigars I have smoked. I was amazed how much improvement there was from the time I bought a few of them. Too bad it was the last one.

It was a box of Oliva Series O Maduro Torpedos. Smoked the last one about four months ago and hated to see the end of the box.

A five pack of Oliva Series V Belicoso.

  Not the last time!     How common is this?

Well the cigars have been sitting in the wine-o-dor for a little over two weeks. Most of the smell is gone so I fired one up last night. Looks like they are just fine. No detectable bad odor or taste in the cigars. I am still surprised a manufacturer would ship in boxes that smelled that...

They are Rocky Patel Old World Reserve Maduro, Robustos. The on line source I bought them from had them backordered so they were fairly fresh from the manufacturer/distributor. Unfortunately, the box smelled so bad I tossed it. A few days later I thought that was a mistake. Can't return them now.

While I don't buy a lot of boxes of cigars, I have bought boxes of a few different brands including the one I just got. Never before have I received a box of cigars where the box itself actually smelled horrible. As soon as I unwrapped the box I was hit by the smell of pine mixed with some kind...

  Had the same experience with the robusto. First one was so-so. The second one which I had a few days ago was pretty good.

My routine has changed a little. I have two boys who are now ages 11 and 9. When they were younger, as other have said, I did not want them to see me smoke. I always waited until they were in bed. This summer when school was out they started staying up much later and cutting into my cigar time...

What's a lurker? :p

When I joined CP I wanted to learn as much about cigars, cigar storage, and to find cigars I would really enjoy. What I found was this and much more. I found an entire community that enjoys cigars and that quite of few of the members share many of the same interests outside of cigars that I...

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Actually, the surgery wasn’t done in the ER. At first, they tried to set it and let it heal. A year later when the doc decided it needed more attention since I had a deviated septum and could not breathe properly, he scheduled the surgery. You are correct in stating I was awake for the...

This really made me laugh. Having been through a similar operation, although many moons ago, I can sympathize with you. They had to fix my nose due to a head on car crash. Nose meets stearing wheel. Stearing wheel wins every time. Instead of gauze tampons, back then they used a gauze strip...