I see your point and I understand it's not fair to expect immediate substantial impact from such a young organization without the necessary base. I hope to see this organization experience continued growth and one day exercise its power through numbers. One of our members was kind enough to pass...

Andy, I have viewed the web-site and this is where my inquiry comes from. There is a lot of information on their mission and principles, which I agree with 100% and had prompted my thought to donate to this cause. However, I find the site is lacking on details of of the efforts they are...

On several occasions I have considered contributing to CRA because like the rest of you, I've had enough. However, their web-site seems to provide more information on what they oppose than what they intend to do about it. To me, it looks as though they excel in the areas of event hosting and...

Qu'ils mangent de la brioche

More info please... <edit> Link on reactions of Fl cigar makers to current tax Another Link on the proposed FL tax. How would $1/oz tax work on cigars? "Tobacco ... has killed as many people as all of our wars combined," said Sen. Ted Deutch, the sponsor. "While using tobacco is absolutely a...

I like to check out the last click option every now and then to see what threads are being viewed by our members and guests. Often I find interesting reads that were posted before I joined or threads I just missed when they happened. I found amusing the number of guests that have found there way...

That's disappointing. Maybe next time you have some rebanded Connies available for him. I just got back to the office after stopping by the house to sign for some furniture we had delivered. I handed the delivery guys a couple of Monte's on the way out the door and their faces lit up. It's a...

I'm in (if the timing works out that is).

Agreed! It is also refreshing to see a 0-10 scale rather than the 86 (worst cigar ever) to 100 (Classic) scale that some mags run out there. I'm looking forward to the results on #11.

I had managed to forget all about my experience with The Egg until this post. The only thing that could have made that experience worse would have been paying $40 for it. I'm sure they have vastly improved with age though. :laugh:

Whether Maduro Hemingway's carry any rarity value is a valid question to ask. In my limited three years of experience on this board I would say the rarity factor has decreased as our membership and collective resources have expanded. Sticks still hard to come by in the shops of local retailers...

Happy Birthday Gary!

7 days. Both the CT shade and Havana are starting, I can't see any difference in the two yet.

How many days to sprouting? I planted two days ago and I am anxiously awaiting to see if they take.

You win.

Let me know sometime next week how things are looking for you and maybe we can find time to sit down at local shop.

Any get togethers planned out yet?

It is not a good idea to start up a conversation in the middle of a spam topic. Gary - Reporting you hurt me more than it will ever hurt you, but we have standards to uphold. Bill - Sorry I couldn't be there. I keep waiting for DKM to make their way back to the Tampa area (or even Orlando)...

$1K reflects a premium for a stick yet to hit full distribution or this is what we can expect for pricing. Can you please clarify for me? Thanks.

It took me a week to get to it, but I smoked this one yesterday and it was fantastic. I'm not particularly adept at identifying charachteristics but the first 1/3 started off with a fairly straight forward cedar/tobacco taste, sort of a rich man's Quintero but much smoother. From there a very...