Best Club Stogie Memory of 2005

[Lamar]

For me the many quiet moments of solitude that I have enjoyed with a friend who was willing to go up in smoke just to make me happy.

[txmatt]

I had a lot of fun here this year.

The three highlights would be:

Lighting up the BBF to celebrate Brigit's birth
The bombing war Da Klugs and I had.
Working with Anita and Frank on the Fireworks for the FOGs bombing run.

Good topic NavyDoc!
-Matt-

[floydp]

Originally Posted by Ms. Floydp

Going to all the herf's that we have been too this year, meeting all the great BOTL's that we've been fortunate to meet has been very special for us and moments that we will cherish forever. All the bombing runs that been coordinated (especially if I got to help) .. the top one for me would be the most touching one....

The Edisonbird Run... everyone got together to let a BOTL know how much we all care about him. I hope we helped to make his last few weeks a little brighter. Thank you Gary for giving us that chance.

The way this family reaches out to help another BOTL when they're down is a family we're proud to be a part of. Thank you all for allowing us to be a part of this great CS FAMILY!!

Anita & Frank

I certainly echo my wifey's sentiments, Thank you Gary(radaR) and I'd also like to thank you for one particular difficult morning you called and we talked for a half hour so. Very helpful sir. All the fun we had at the VA crew herfs at a great place with a great host in uncle Mikey. All the phone herfs with my buddy Mark(catfish). Oh yeah the eatin and drinking back in October here on the porch herf. All the phone calls with you guys talking life and cigars. Mark, Don, Jason, Pete, Dave, Alan, Gary, David, Greg. The Oklahoma herf was awesome, thanks Alan, Greg and Mike.

Biggest regret was missing the Shack Herf.

[LasciviousXXX]

I have quite a few:

Getting Married - BEST time of my life, thanx for sharing it with me all my many friends here at CS. You guys rock!
Phoenix HERF '05 - Great to meet all the AZ Monkeys
Sedona HERF '05 - Great to host a HERF
Las Vegas HERF '05 - The most Awesome HERF I've ever attended
BOTH User Title Wars (Go team XXX)

And getting to make and meet so many new friends. All you guys at CS are awesome and I hope to meet you all one day!

Cheers and Happy New Year!

Dustin
XXX

[altbier]

Originally Posted by CoventryCat86

Oh I forgot to mention my COOL custom member title compliments of Altbier.

Altbier hooked me up at the beerfest as a "volunteer" which meant I got in for free and drank for free, BUT we were supposed to pour beer for the vendors if they needed us to or if they could find us. We did out best to lay low but this one guy from a microbrewery out of Baltimore called "Clipper City" grabbed me and asked me if I'd pour beer for him. So this guy walks away and leaves me alone in the Clipper City tent. As people came up, they'd naturally ask about the beer so I suddenly evolved into the "Clipper City Pimp" expousing all the virtues and finer points of a beer I had never heard of just five minutes ago, LMAO!! Altbier sees me doing this and starts rolling on the ground laughing his arse off.

Thus my custom member title. Another great ClubStogie memory for 2005

thats one of my favorite memories of the year too. What a great weekend, 2Am Friday night we close Legends, Car show with tons of cool european cars on Saturday morning, beer fest, and then dinner at a brewery. (And the tree frog that jumped on my son was priceless)

My other favorites were the two trips to Florida. I have made a lot of good friends down there, and look forward to visting again the beginning of 2006.

Herfing with Uncle Mikey is always interesteing, and the food awesome.

It was great meeting icehog, donjefe, Jeff, Hollywood, Da Klugs, their spouses, Bill (who could forget Bill?), and getting my ass kicked by AnnieGar in cornhole. Meeting you guys face to face was worth the ten hour drive.

Cheers!

[SIZE=1](oh, and conquering Florida for Altbierland was fun too)[/SIZE]

[Jeff]

We should probably have a memories we would most like to forget.

[RenoB]

Great thread, Navydoc!

Finding CS ranks high on my list of Best of 2005.

Meeting with and making new friends - Rock Star, dumonweb, backwoods, Da Klugs. Really look forward to continuing this run, hey Chicago you're only and hour away!

The trades have expanded my cigar experience far more quickly than I could have done alone. The advice and the just plain sillyness of the board brings me back several times a day.

Thanks CS!

[PadronMe]

Originally Posted by Neuromancer

My best memory of the year is just of finding this place...

[Blueface]

After passing up on a couple of herfs, finally getting to one in November.
What a blast.
We had such a good time, we did it again last week.
We had such a good time, we are doing it again this week.
Talk about down a deep slope!

[Lumpold]

Joining in april and thinking Klugs was some sort of all seeing all know FOG... boy was I wrong. Now I know he's just a 'slopee' or 'slopehead'.
Shortly afterwards sending out two bomblets to opposite sides of the world (Ohio and Westrn Australia)
Being part of the first Who Wants It pass.
Seemingly assuring a few people not everyone from Britain is (too) strange
My first round exit from the Ohio-Virginia Buckeyes Tennis tournament.

[(909)]

My personal best memory of 2005 was the support and kind words provided by so many members during the period that my Niece was in a coma and during her recovery.

I thank you all once again for your thoughts and prayers and to me this type of thing shows the character of the people that frequent this forum.

Merry Christmas to all!!


p.s. Mocobird, if you happen to read this, extra thanks to you!!

[Da Klugs]

Originally Posted by Lumpold

Joining in april and thinking Klugs was some sort of all seeing all know FOG... boy was I wrong. Now I know he's just a 'slopee' or 'slopehead'.
Shortly afterwards sending out two bomblets to opposite sides of the world (Ohio and Westrn Australia)
Being part of the first Who Wants It pass.
Seemingly assuring a few people not everyone from Britain is (too) strange
My first round exit from the Ohio-Virginia Buckeyes Tennis tournament.

Still mad about the user title?

[King Cat]

The day I joined (which wasn't that long ago). Doesn't that want to make you cry, or

[Ms. Floydp]

Originally Posted by txmatt

I had a lot of fun here this year.

The three highlights would be:

Lighting up the BBF to celebrate Brigit's birth
The bombing war Da Klugs and I had.
Working with Anita and Frank on the Fireworks for the FOGs bombing run.

Good topic NavyDoc!
-Matt-

I forgot about the FFF bombing run.. what a BLAST I had with that!! The bombs are always going off around here but when it becomes a war or a run, it's just amazing how this community pulls together.

[Lumpold]

Originally Posted by Da Klugs

Still mad about the user title?

Nah Me and the user title have had a Professor Higgins - Eliza Doolittle moment.... I've become accustomed to it's face.

Oh, I forgot, the original User Title Wars... hmmm.... I think we one the 'Webs best miscellaneous homoerotic humourous forum content'*

*unless it didn't amuse you, and then we didn't.