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Yesterday, Jeff and I got together for a smoke. We often like to surprise eachother with different stuff we find, but yesterday Jeff slapped me across the face with something off my wish list that I really never thought I'd see. I'm still blown away. That was above and beyond, and I have no...

I know it's a ways off yet, but I'll be coming to Costa Mesa over Labor Day weekend. I'm hoping to find a time to get together with some SoCal CP Bretheren while I'm out there and herf it up! Just putting it out there to plant the seed early. :) Hope I can get together with some of you and...

Hello Everyone! A kind BOTL recently reminded me that my one year anniversary here on CP is on Friday. Man, how the time flies. It is also amazing to me the volume of information that I've learned while reading through this forum. Thanks again to everyone on here. You are a great community...

Happy April Fools Day everyone. What pranks have you all pulled today? We ran a major sabatoge mission around the office last night. Switching peoples' desks. Unplugging mice and phones. All the usual office hijiinks. Anybody come up with a good one today?

It looks like Romeo and Julieta are planning to release a milder cigar in hopes of appealing to the female population. I wonder if it will work. Do you think a milder cigar will bring in women to the cigar world? Personally, I think this may have the same fate as the Monte Open line. Which...

In my browsing of the forum today I noticed it was the birthday of a special departed BOTL, Infiinity. I immediately had a voice in my head saying, "what are you saving them for anyway?" While I never had the chance to get to know Brian, I have read many old threads where he contributed...

Well, after a long couple of months, I'm finally able to get back into the swing of the forum. I'll tell ya, shutting down a couple of branches during the holidays will do that to a guy. Being that I've been lurking, but not posting, I wanted my first review of the new year to be a special...

So, as most of you know, I've had a lot of turmoil at work lately. After finding out that my branch would be closing, I was saved by the skin of my teeth and transferred to a branch that is scheduled to close on 12/31/09. It's been up in the air what will happen to me when this branch closes...

I guess it's a right of passage, but I was saddened today when I opened up one of my humidors to find something out of place. An odd little pile by one of my Padron 26 #9 Maddies... I quickly pulled everything out to examine the damage. I inspect the sticks closest to it, and the rest of the...

It seems like we have a little bit of an Indian summer going on right now, with the thermometer reaching almost 60 degrees! So, I decided that since I got to leave work early today, I would take advantage of the nice weather and try something that's been taunting me from my humidor for the last...

I just saw this story and I thought I'd share. It seems that she talks about it more in a book she just released, but she was not happy with the way her brothers did things. It would be interesting if an English language version of the book gets released because it is currently only available...

So today was a good day, despite the fact that it was Monday. Have you ever waited for something for so long that it almost didn't seem real anymore? Today was the day that my long awaited item finally became real as I held it in my hand... For a little back story. In September of 2006 I...

After piecing the shambles of what used to be my mailbox back together last night, I returned home tonight to find some sick person decided to destroy it again. I mean, what is it about my mailbox that you people hate? Did it hurt you in a past life? It was so innocent... :p Monty, you've...

It's been a rough week. With unemployment pending, and having to explain that to a hundred people a day, I've been getting more and more exhausted as the week rolled on. Today I was revitalized when I got home to find my mailbox in shambles. He let it slip to me it was being delivered, but I...

I saw this article today and thought it would be good to share with everyone here. It looks like due to the economic decline that Cuba has been experiencing more severely lately, they are reducing their tobacco production by about 30%. Reduced supply, increased demand? We'll see I guess...

As some of you are aware, I manage a branch of a small local bank in Wisconsin. My branch is what is known in the banking industry as an "in-store" branch, meaning it is located inside of a grocery store. The grocery store that we're located in is family owned, and has been in operation for...

Back on August 14th when John announced that he had a new vitola on the way, I could hardly contain my excitement. His cigars are quickly becoming my favorite smokes, so I was excited to see something new in his lineup. This was my first shaggy from John, and it didn't disappoint. After...

... Who's the biggest of all? My money's on Brent. Get 'em man!!! Funny thing is most of your posts are on topic. Nicely done!

Yesterday, I received a call from my managment counterpart at our other branch in town. She told me that she just dealt with a customer who fell victim to a scam that neither of us had heard of before. She did a little digging and found out it is called the Advance-Fee Loan Scam. This is a...

It has been a while since I posted a review so I thought it was about time I did another one. After watching cutting out of work early, and watching a very depressing press conference (Brett, you break my heart), I decided to light up something that I have really wanted to try for a long time...