29 Years ago it started with cigarettes and for the next 12 years it would progress to a 2 pack a day habit of Players Plain (for my US BOTL's that would be consistent with unfiltered Lucky's) When fishing or playing cards it was dipped cigars like Old Ports, Colts etc. After 12 years I decided that my lungs couldn't take my cigarette intake so I quit. Just one day threw the smokes in the garbage. Shortly after quitting I started with turkish cheroots (al la Clint Eastwood) but at a far lesser consumption level than cigarettes but even that I started inhale those too............tough on the lungs. So I gave them up and just went with Cigars when fishing or playing cards that sort of thing. Either backwoods or cheap whatevers. About 9 years ago I went to the Dominican and did a couple of tours (Insert start of slope here) as a result purchased a box to bring home, didn't have a humi but smoked everyone of em and thought at least half were good the other have got a bit harsh.
Fast forward 5 more years, my with and I went to Florida and I went into a B&M and picked up a box of Fuente Don Carlos robustos and a little humi to store them in. The box lasted about 4 months, then a friend to Cuba here a friend to the Dominican there and always had between 20 and 50 cigars around to be had, my good friend Dave also enjoyed the odd cigar with me and in fact ended up with a Humidor of his own as a gift from a job he was leaving. Fast forward to 2 1/2 years ago................Dave goes to Cuba (the slope steepens) now we have a few (3) boxes of cubans some Romeo y Julietta's (don't remember what) H Upmann Coronos Major Tubos (still a sentimental favorite) and a box of Guantanemero Decimos
(still smoked them all) 75 sticks only lasted about 4 months then it was visiting local B&M's here in Canada and choking on the prices but putting a few sticks in the box whenever an opportunity came. Still getting the odd Dominican box (3 of the Don Thomas Special Coronas when I was down there) in October last year bought a bigger Humi 150 count to go with my 50 count and did my first online order...........(slope steepens further) fast forward to February of 2008 I joint Club Stogie which contrary to general belief is the true Devil Site next thing you know 3 months later I have 2 wine fridges and have bombed over 200 sticks..............(insert slope steeping to vertical here)
What can I say, I love my cigars, I love my cigar accessories, I love playing cigars, I love sending you all cigars, and I am a post whore and a split/group buy whore. Could