That is seriously expensive collection, and I wonder if he is payiing above MSRP for all that?
As far as smoking the same thing all the time; years ago, that was more the norm. A fellow basically smoked the same cigar everyday.
I guess it was like a cigarette smoker who always smokes the same brand. But, I wonder if there was a higher percentage of "Smokers" (every day, 3 or 5 a day) back then....
That is correct...there were very few people back in the 60s & 70s that do what is now considered normal...smoking different brands/different sizes. To find a 'collector' was rare, but not impossible. In those days, a collector was a CC smoker exclusively.
Back then, a cigar smoker was 'known' and identified by his personal favorite stick...EVERY TIME you saw this person, he had the same cigar in his mouth or hand. To see them smoke something different was considered abnormal and drew comments from fellow smokers who always noticed. Cigars smokers back in the day were just like cigarette smokers...they smoked way more than they do today. It wasn't because they were milder than today's cigars (there were powerhouses back then too!), but because they were also more affordable....and it was a mindset. Think about it, if you worked in an office of cigarette smokers, you also had cigar smokers smoking at their desks and in their cars and at home too....no Communist anti-smoking laws back then.
I remember that after dinner every night, my Dad and Uncles would immediately light up a cigar and pour a glass of wine or scotch as they left the dinner table. Now don't get me wrong, my Mother & Aunts constantly bitched about the smell...but that didn't deter the men from their passion one bit!
It truly was a simpler time in our history....