What stupid things did you do when you were a newb?

[SR Mike]

I bought budget smokes, you know those cheap things that brand names make.

I also bought short filler smokes.

[Addiction]

Originally Posted by krisko

When I started smoking about 10 years ago, I seemed to prefer cigars with the cedar sleeves. I would remove the sleeve, light the sleeve, and then light the cigar off the sleeve. I seemed to think that is what it was there for.

Newbish to be sure but not as bad as a couple buddies who were starting out. They would buy a churchill, slice it in half and enjoy it as two cigars. I could never bring myself to do that...I knew even in my ignorance that it was horribly wrong.

Which rules did you guys break when you were starting out?

I have another confession...I really liked Tamboril and found them to be a bargain at only $6 per back in the day.

Krisko,

Hate to burst your bubble bro, but this is perfectly acceptable. In fact according to one my books this IS exactly why they they started presenting cigars in cedar sleeves because cedar is the preferable way to light a stoogie.

Anywho, my noobish behavior was to overbuy anything that smoked half way decent to me. At one time I had over 25 boxes of RP product (like 8 boxes of Sungrowns) that I bought in about a two day span lol. I'm still only a year into this hobby but I pretty much don't buy more than 4 boxes of any one smoke and I do that only very very rarely.

[Costa]

I suck, big time.

In the late 90s on a trip to Mexico with a gf, I bough "Cohiba's" (they were spelled correctly) off a guy on the street. Was not even smart enough to get the glass top, they were wrapped in a paper bag, like a &#*#$ bottle of booze (I am currently cringing.....ugh).

He wanted $20 a piece, I think I got the bag for $100. Remember telling her "haha, I think I might have got some extras!"

I hope she went on to marry a much smarter man......

I will now log off of CS, and won't return until this thread gets buried in new post's.

Goodbye.

[Addiction]

Originally Posted by Costa

I suck, big time.

In the late 90s on a trip to Mexico with a gf, I bough "Cohiba's" (they were spelled correctly) off a guy on the street. Was not even smart enough to get the glass top, they were wrapped in a paper bag, like a &#*#$ bottle of booze (I am currently cringing.....ugh).

He wanted $20 a piece, I think I got the bag for $100. Remember telling her "haha, I think I might have got some extras!"

I hope she went on to marry a much smarter man......

I will now log off of CS, and won't return until this thread gets buried in new post's.

Goodbye.

Wait, He said his cousins mothers stepdad used to work at the factory! Cohiba's don't come in a Walmart bag?

[clampdown]

Originally Posted by Addiction

Anywho, my noobish behavior was to overbuy anything that smoked half way decent to me. At one time I had over 25 boxes of RP product (like 8 boxes of Sungrowns) that I bought in about a two day span lol. I'm still only a year into this hobby but I pretty much don't buy more than 4 boxes of any one smoke and I do that only very very rarely.

Thank God I was there to see him do it

[Studebaker]

Originally Posted by Addiction

Krisko,

Hate to burst your bubble bro, but this is perfectly acceptable. In fact according to one my books this IS exactly why they they started presenting cigars in cedar sleeves because cedar is the preferable way to light a stoogie.

Anywho, my noobish behavior was to overbuy anything that smoked half way decent to me. At one time I had over 25 boxes of RP product (like 8 boxes of Sungrowns) that I bought in about a two day span lol. I'm still only a year into this hobby but I pretty much don't buy more than 4 boxes of any one smoke and I do that only very very rarely.

I'd also point out that there isn't consensus in the industry as to what "body" and "strength" indicate. Some have likened the language to that of wine terminology though, where "body" describes the flavor and "strength" describes the alcohol content. Thus you can have a full-bodied yet medium strength cigar, which would have a lot of flavor but easier on the nicotine content.

[gnukfu]

I've done too many to name and I'm still doing them cause I'm still a newb. The most recent was trying to tell Vin I wasn't going to take any of his cigars when I went to his house but mannnnn that guy has some nice smokes. Thanks Vin!!!

[shemp]

i would chew on a garcia vega (green tubo) and put it back in my night stand drawer, and look forward to chewing on it again the next night, this would last until the weekend when i would then smoke this drooly disfigured green excuse of a stogie...and of course inhale...i still chew on my cigars though...just not for days

[mikeyj23]

This is a fun thread - thanks to those who contributed.

I bought some Thompson's bundles in the early days along with some JR Alternatives (those were my life-blood of cigars for a while). I bought a humi off eBay. Good early decisions? Buying some second release Famous Nicaraguan 3000s when some guys at Herfers Paradise were having huge boners about them. Finding good daily-smoking habanos when I started down that slope.



I still think that, all things considered, herfing with Croatan for the first time was the worst mistake I ever made.

[cbsmokin]

I found cigarbid and went nuts. I bought all kinds of s h i t I never even heard of. You don't know how many times I bid on a box of 5 Vegas cask strength just because they were pretty. I had to buy a cabinet just to store it all. Slowly but surely now I am replacing it all. I can't even imagine the collection I could have now if I could get all of that money back.

i also joined a cigar of the month club, but that actually has not been that bad. I have received some nice sticks.

[b128thopen]

When i was in highschool, I stole a couple of my dads cigars, not sure what they were now, but i remember they were huge. A freind and I would get home from school and go out side and smoke on them for 5-10 minutes and then put it out and put it in a plastic bag and then light it up the next day....

[Dinosaur Jr]

a couple times while golfing i've dropped my cigar to the ground before taking a shot and then proceeded to plop it back in my mouth foot first. ouch.

[grinch]

I made my mistake right off the bat.....I ordered a sampler from Thompson's. Luckily, it was a name brand sampler, with only 2 house brands in it.

My first premium cigar was a CAO Brazilia. I couldn't finish it all, so I wrapped it in tinfoil and saved it for the next day. That was 4 and a half years ago....I've learned a good bit since then and continue to every day.

[dwhitacre]

[SIZE="6"]What's a newb???[/SIZE]

[tonyrocks922]

Originally Posted by borndead1

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Lit cigars with a Bic without toasting the foot first
Cut caps with scissors

Originally Posted by Goldengator

...I also used a Bic without toasting the foot, ...

Originally Posted by SR Mike

I bought budget smokes, you know those cheap things that brand names make.

I also bought short filler smokes.

Snobby Much?

Seriously I wonder if some of you guys on this forum actually enjoy smoking cigars or enjoy "being a cigar smoker" if that makes sense.

I light my cigars with a bic all the time.

Cigar + fire = good

Also, if I haven't had a good cigar for a week, and for whatever reason won't be able to get another for another week, I would buy a drugstore cigar and smoke up without hesitation.

I am not a newb, I just like cigars.