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Ever notice that "jerry mcquire" letters are always typed out in the unforgiving wee hours of the morning? Typically after a bender (for me, that means it is a day that ends with a "y"). A few quick prefaces: 1) I don't care if we all get along. 2) Everything I write here will come off...

I was talking to a fellow from the UK today, and he was telling me about personal DVD players that are available outside the USA. Specifically, he indicated that you could get a personal player that would handle DVDs (all regions), some burned DVDs, and CDs with a variety of burned media (mp3...

Lately, I've become addicted to watching bad TV late at night (midnight or later) - and I'm watching stuff that has been off the air for 1 to 2 decades. Right now I'm addicted to watching MASH reruns, which is shown every weeknight from midnight to 2am. That's right: two hours, a total of 4...

FYI for those in the Washington DC area. There is an event run by Draper cigars (a local institution) that benefits the Make-a-Wish foundation. It is called the "Little Puff 2004" and will be held at Fran O'Brien's - a steakhouse here in town at 16th and L street NW on September 17th, 2004...

After seeing the discussion on Jameson's in another thread I thought I'd post a quick review of Red Breast Irish Whiskey. First of all - I am a fan of Irish Whiskey in general - and choose it over scotch when presented with good choices. One issue is that almost every bar has at least a 5-6...

This is cancelled due to lack of interest. - Oak

I'm having a conversation on another board, and thought I would post some of it here and see if y'all had any opinions... Basically, we were talking about the upcoming ban on smoking in Ireland public places (including all pubs) that is about to really launch. I've just posed the following...

OK - the second version of my Washington DC area herf is scheduled. This one is going to be north of the city - all the way north to Baltimore at Max's at Camden Yards... Date: Saturday, May 1st. Time: Meet at Max's at 2pm Core Duration: Core herf will go until 4:30 or 5:00pm Secondary...

Just wanted to post a quick notice for folks anywhere near the washington dc area... come play some pool and smoke some cigars next weekend (saturday)... Here's the main thread: Click Me! I've got a couple folks from here and a couple from CW, but we need more! Spread the word to anyone you...

NOTE: This post was edited, the date of this event has changed to Saturday 2/28... at 1pm Hi there: I'm thinking of starting up Oak's Monthly DC-Area Herf - also known as "Up in Smoak"... I was thinking of the following: We will just pick a place and a date each month at a DC-area place to...

It all started back in late December, when I joined this board - and did my first trade with CoventryCat. Included in the trade was a Hemingway Work of Art Maduro. (At the time, I had no idea what this was.) After receiving this stick, and reading various reviews of the different A.F. lines...

After a down-home dinner of steak and potatoes, I lit up an Old Powder Keg Robusto. This is a smoke I got from Coventrycat86 via a trade, which came from his local shop. This is a neat looking shop, check out their About Us page. Very interesting, and they're the only folks that actually roll...

I recently acquired a cigar that I'm not able to find any information on. It is a Griffin's with a natural wrapper, a round cap, and I measured it to approximately 8 5/8" in length. Ring size appears to be around 48-50 or so. Label is identical (I think - it looks identical to the label on...

Smoked a Cohiba Piramides Limited Edition 2001 stick tonight. Here's a pic I nicked from one of the cigar sites for a visual aid: As you can see, this is a maduro stick - though in real-life, they were perhaps a bit lighter in color (not much) than the picture above. I pulled one right out...

Here's the third of my weekend reviews from my smokey weekend... Just for fun, I bought 2 aged ('94) Siglo V's recently along with some more recently minted cohiba's (various sizes, including some Siglo V's from 02). I smoked the first '94 yesterday and all I have to say is, "Holy Crap." I...

Here is another review from my long weekend of way too many smokes: I've had a few Millennium Maduro's relaxing in my humidor for the last month. I picked them up after an initial binge of purchasing where I tried to acquire damn near everything rare I could find. Interestingly, my binge...

After a long weekend of several new sticks - here is the first of a few reviews for y'all: El Rey del Mundo Choix Supreme (Jun, 00) Sat down to smoke this one after a light dinner at my neighborhood bar - though I switched to water before starting to smoke it. This stick is almost the same as...

Smoked a Vegas Robaina Clasicos earlier tonight and thought I'd post a review. I've never smoked anything by Vegas Robaina before - and was really happy with the experience. This is a different sized cigar than I normally go after, 6.5" long by 42 ring. I normally go for a larger diameter...

I'm in my obsessive-compulsive gathering/testing/smoking mode - and was looking to gather more information on a brand I haven't had much contact with in the past. I had a gurkha the other day (a master select perfecto #1) that I really liked, and was thinking about ordering some samplers or...

Here's a super basic question: When sending loose cigars via the mail (2 sets of 3 cigars to a single destination) what's the best way to mail them? I was assuming that I'd put each set of 3 cigars in their own ziplock bag, then wrap the zip relatively firmly in bubble-wrap to allow for no...