[bman40]

Hi all.

I just discovered this board, and look forward to learning more about cigars.

I am a reformed cigarette smoker - I quit in 1983 and have never slipped, not even once. On Superbowl weekend, I made a 'joke bet' with my neighbour - he smokes some really stinky sweet cigars (backwwods?? in a purple bag that looks like candy??) that the Giants would win the Superbowl... I won, and he delivered to me a Romeo y Julieta Vintage (tubo) which I gave to my boss - why would i want it - I don't smoke.

last month I was thinking about the cigar and said to the boss "I should have kept that cigar -I've been thinking about trying one..." he showed up the next day and gave me a Cuban - a San Luis Rey - and I was hooked! I've tried a few more - por Larranaga (panatela), Quintero, Hoyo de Monterrey Cuban, a Carlos Torano Nicuraguan selection, and I just bought a Te-Amo World Selection (Dominican) to try...

My wife is not too keen - the cost and the health risks, and I have been smoking in the work shop / garden shed, so the kids don't see me....contrary to what Charles Barkley said - I AM a role model.

So far, I have liked most, but I seem to be good for about 2/3 of a cigar before they seem to get a bit strong for me... I am looking forward to learning more and trying more, and just placed an order with Atlantic for a 5-back of Sanch Panza Caballero and a 5-pack of Tatuaije Corona Gordas, to broaden my scope a bit... I am storing what I've bought in a cooler-dor.

Living in Canada we pay some huge-ass prices, so I am thinking about trying Taboo and see how that works out.

Barry