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Yep, gonna be laid up for a while. Don't know for how long yet....I'm visiting the doc this afternoon to get the prognosis. But this much is certain, 1) sometimes I can be a little too competitive and 2) I have 3 broken bones in my right foot. Long story short...I was at my company's sales...

Careful what you wish for. I told my co-workers about a year ago that if LSU ever won a national championship that I'd get a tattoo of the Eye of the Tiger logo. I figured I was safe. LSU hasn't won a title in 45 years. Well, you guys know what happened and now I'm the proud owner of some new...

GEAUX TIGERS!!!!!!

For those of you who don't know who he is. He was an offensive tackle for the Rams from 1976 to 1995. That's 20 seasons for the math impaired or those missing fingers or toes. 20 years is a long time to play that position but during that time he was selected as an All-Pro seven times and was...

My other great passion is homebrewing and I've been thinking lately how homebrewing and cigars go together. For example, one of my traditions is to enjoy a nice cigar during the boil - which is really the only relaxing part of making beer despite what Charlie Papazian says. :p I hang out on...

This is a continuation of a discussion that started in the Lobby. But it was getting seriously off-topic so I though it best if I spawned a new thread for it. Anyway, we left off with me worried that my first all-grain batch was ruined by an infected yeast starter and LuckyDawg impressed by the...

I'm sure you'd rather have your own thread than have to split time with your evil twin so here it is. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Here it is Joe....your very own thread. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Careful what you wish for around here. I made a casual comment that I wasn't too familiar with the Bolivar line of Havanas and suddenly everyone was offering to enlighten me. Tonight I got acquainted with a 1997 Immensas that Allofus gifted me; here's what I thought of it. Bolivar Immensas...

Montecristo No. 5 Perla, 4 x 40 VCR OCT02 Curiosity got the better of me tonight. I broke out the other half of IGBC installment #1 - the Monte No. 5. These are some of the prettiest cigars I've ever seen. This cigar is a box pressed Perla with a chocolate brown capa of uniform color...

You know, I keep hearing how this cigar or that cigar is great with your morning coffee. Now I've never really been one to hop out of bed and light up. In fact I rarely hop out of bed at all...crawl would be a more accurate description. But this being a holiday and all I figured I'd give it a...

Mickey's big hand says it's time for a review. JoeM gifted me an aged OpusX to help me answer my own question about whether they're better aged or fresh. The short answer is yes. :D Fuente Fuente OpusX Petit Lancero (2000) Panatela 6 3/4" x 39 ring gauge Setting Living Room with a bottle of...

I've heard a few people say they like their Opuses best fresh out of the box. I've got a few that are a little over a year old that I've been saving to test that theory. I was wondering what everyone's opinion was. Are they better fresh or with some age? If the latter, how much age?

Sam, I posted my review in the Lobby in the other Taste Test Challenge thread. But I'm going to repost it here because this is where the reviews really belong. So post yours here instead of over there.

Here's the question: What is the origin of DaveWF's sigpic? The first person to post the correct answer will receive a gift pack from me. Give me as much detail as you can. No biting, kicking, elbowing or kneeing in the groin. Good luck! (Dave, if you know the answer PM me so you don't spoil...

Haven't done a review in a while, so here goes.... Note: This cigar was gifted to me by the ever-generous Bruddah Wade. Thanks, Wade!! Setting I enjoyed this cigar with a 2000 Pepi Barbera while watching Sunday Night Football. Appearance The box-pressed cigar had a smooth, dark reddish-brown...

Mpasser and I were in a cigar shop yesterday and got into a discussion of sungrown wrappers with a guy who worked there. Those two were claiming that OpusX wrappers were sungrown and I was almost positive they were shade grown. Now I usually hate to go against a guy that runs a cigar shop, since...

Mpasser and I were in our favorite shop this afternoon after work. We were standing in the checkout line next to a cart full of new inventory that was about to go into the humidor. I noticed a small box on this cart with the VSG racing stripes on it and I wondered...could it be? It was...still...

Most of you probably have heard of gumbo, the delicious (mostly) seafood concoction from South Louisiana. Growing up there, I've eaten my share of the stuff and I've never had it exactly the same way twice. If you lined up 100 cooks from South La., you'd probably end up with 200 different...

I heard about a new Montesino Cabinet line that is coming out. The whole line will have Ecuadorian sungrown wrappers. Since I tend to like most all things Fuente I've been wanting to try a few. Anybody have the 411 on these cigars? Tia....