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....and Im pissed off about it too. Better watch it! :r:r:r

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Louie is now a spikey Mr. Peanut. Monocles are so obsolete they don't seem like they were ever a good idea. I just can't get used to that fish. Still, all the old content is still there.

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But not all the old members ;)

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Who you calling "old"??????? :fl

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Ummm....Rick?
(I think thats the right answer lol)

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With the advent of Viagra, cialis, et al , old members are now much more useful. :D

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Like Rick? :r

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Nothing like a good sponge on a stick!:D

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Did anyone else notice that the Puffer fish is wearing his Top Hat gangster style? Never seen a sideways top hat before... must be for the edgier Puffers, they probably have tinted monicles too. :D

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Thats because Daniel (stogie) has been the secret admin for clubstogie since jon bought them all.

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:ss:salute:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...on-the-web.jpg
:salute::ss

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There is a real concern regarding the rules they have posted.


Excerpt: (First Paragraph)
"Puff Forum Agreement - Although the administrators and moderators of PUFF.com will attempt to keep all objectionable messages off this forum, it is impossible for us to review all messages. All messages express the views of the author, and neither the owners of Puff.com, nor Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. (developers of vBulletin) will be held responsible for the content of any message. Puff.com owns all content that is posted.
By agreeing to these rules, you warrant that you will not post any messages that are obscene, vulgar, sexually-oriented, hateful, threatening, or otherwise in violation of any U.S. laws or the laws of your country of origin. You also agree to follow the PUFF.com Code of Conduct listed below. A complete offense structure is also listed with each item."


Cross posting is probably going to be an issue between here and there as MrC has taken the position that he owns your words, pictures etc. Not sure how we are going to handle this but for the time being you cross posting Commiteed Pufferfish should post it here first ... to put it in the public domain then "elsewhere" if you desire to do so.

Do it the other way around and we may have to remove MRC's "property" from our site.

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Puff is fail.

CA is win.

I'm not going to worry about it much more. Almost everyone is here now, at least the ones that truely matter and thats the way it should be.

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:lv

Just kiddin; ha! :r

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Yikes; thanks for that Dave. :tu So noted....and makes me think...

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Can I phone a friend???

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Your friends have phones? :D

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Not only that, but I'd be careful about posting photos (taken from puff forum agreement):

"2. Picture Posting

Please do not post professional photography of any sort. Only post pictures that you do not mind sharing and pictures that are not in violation of copyright infringement. This forum is indexed daily by many search engines so the pictures within get indexed as well. PUFF.com will not be held responsible for pictures which are inappropriate or stolen – YOU will be responsible. [emphasis added]
...
The Picture Offense Structure

1st Offense: A formal warning will be sent via PM

Upon a members first offense, a PM will be sent to them informing them of the rule violation and they will also be informed of this Offense Structure.

2nd Offense: Account Suspension for 14 days

Upon a members second offense, the member will have their account suspended for 14 days. Any attempt to circumvent this suspension by creating extra accounts on the forum will directly lead into a Permanent Ban from the forum.

3rd Offense: Permanent Ban from the forum

Upon a members third offense, the member will be Permanently Banned from the forum and will never be welcomed back."

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Al has a blackberry!

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I didn't know what this thread when I saw it when it only had a few replies that was until I just logged in over there to search for an old friend and I saw the new puffer fish; I got nauseated.

Thank you Team of 11 for setting this place up.

T

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Where on Earth do you guys find this stuff and edit it? Darn curious to know.

Signed:
Darn curious to know (insert a smiley here as can't add a sixth image)

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From the daily indexing at the other site. :r

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I want a mod watching me! I want a mod watching me!!!

MCS

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They are.:r:r:r:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD21JDMp86c

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My own body guard thats friggin great!

No worries Peter, just alternate days so you can feel like you won as well! :D

Now I help guys get and maintain? I don't think so, that would make me a fluffer fish. :r

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LMAO :al

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well, I posted my words before he invoked that new rule, maybe we should all demand our posts to be removed. None of us registered at puff.com, so none of use have to obey those rules.

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Well gentlemen... I just made my last visit and paid my respects.

I visited once the other day when it first went up and my initial impressions weren't good. I figured I would give it a couple of days and then go back for a look. I was poking around and clicked on the Puff Lifestyle (or something like that) link where it was talking about the finer things in life being great watches and awesome hotel rooms blah, blah, blah... That did it... It just ain't me!!! I signed off and won't be back. I wish them well it just isn't my kind of place anymore.

To me the finer things in life are much simpler... my family, my friends including all of you, my favorite pair of jeans, my old arse redwings, Jack Daniels, a couple of decent guns, and my cigars.

Here's to the Team of 11 and to all of you who make this feel like home to me.

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so puff owns all the photos...but the poster is responsible? Sounds like a pretty good gig for Jon

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Just checked it out this morning.... what a Fugazi piece of $hit lol... There is more damn add space than on the back of Paris Hilton's.... well you get the picture.

He really destroyed that place for sure... All I have to say is I am a damn happy man that we have the asylum to come and check into! :ss:usa

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So which 10 do you suggest stop? :D

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yes. lol

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I have yet to see an offer to pay for my 3700+ posts that were made prior to Jon's new agreement that effectively stole my rights to them.:fl

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Thank you for my daily affirmation:D:ss:r

MCS

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having been over there i have noticed how bad it is, im new to cigars and general and have only been posting maybe 2 months, so I wasn't around during the mass exodus etc. but all I can say is thanks to the folks that made this site, CS is ruined, puff is terrible, ad's, bad layout and format, tacky luxury theme.

THANK YOU TEAM OF 11

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Quite honestly, the words I posted over there, and here for that matter, ain't worth much to anybody.
:r

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can CA get some more ads? I feel deprived of them over here.... going back to puff to get my fix! :rolleyes:

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I just hee-hawed at that one.
:D

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I had AdBlock on the first time I loaded puff.com, so I didn't realize how bad it was. As an alleged professional, doesn't jcaputo realize that Google Adsense isn't allowed on tobacco-centric websites?

https://www.google.com/adsense/suppo...&answer=105948

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Have at. You'll never find 'em here.

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The old adage says "home is where you hang your hat"...well, my hat and my straight jacket are very happy in CA, thanks 11!

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stern....stern but fair.

:r

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I wasn't a long time member of CS but I was comfy there. I'm glad I made the switch here though. I'm coming up on my first anniversary of being introduced to the world of cigars and the wonderful commraderie that goes along with them.

CA is a great place to be!
RIP Club Stogie

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Dave -

Is this true?

http://www.puff.com/forums/vb/genera...ater-guys.html

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Whats it say? I refuse to log in.

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I said I don't want my posts to be Jon's Property

He (Jon Ca-spanish for b1tch) said that the same language was in the CS agreement)

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...the gist of it is someone said they were not going to be a member of Puff.com due to the policy of owning the content, etc. MrC responded by saying that "it is the same language" as the CS sign up agreement.

I was wondering if that was acurate, since it seems like people that were on CS are suprised/upset about it.

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For what its worth I am not trying to call anyone here out. It very well might have been the policy (who reads those agreements anyway...you just scroll to the bottom and click whatever). I don't think that it even would have been an issue with the previous site.

Now...I don't know.

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Dunno it was a long time ago for me. Dont remember it but wasn't looking for it. Might have been one of those "anticipitory changes" in the brotherly to cashout process mode. The point of comparision I put forth was here vs there not CS vs Puff. We have a concern about being harrassed over "owned content" from cross posting Committeed Pufferfish per my previous post. Feel free to post the thoughts you post here, on the bathrrom wall at your favorite bus station, on your Myspace page, on the Paris Hilton fan blog.... etc. The cities are looking for revenue now though so you might want to post those here first as well. :D

Read their revised rules regarding ads as well. Seems none are welcome unless they are paid for. No more "specials" posted in the retailer forum based upon enforcement of the rule. It's all about the money is my takeaway.

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I understand your concerns. I was just wondering, thanks.


FYI -

My user title was swtiched to "Alpha" and then what the mascot is over there. I switched it back to "Alpha Silverback" and it shows as
"Alpha **********".

Nice huh? :mad:

For now I am an "Alpha Silver_Back".