Forum: General Discussion
09-19-2015, 01:13 PM
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Replies: 28
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Re: Getting Fired
^^^^^ This. A lesson I wish I'd learned long before in my prior job.
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Forum: General Discussion
08-15-2015, 07:44 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 13,590
Re: US Embassy in Cuba
Actually, the Chinese did, in 1949...what finally opened the gates was that they agreed to pay a percentage (around 50% or so?) of the value from that time.
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Forum: General Discussion
07-22-2015, 07:38 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,327
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Forum: General Discussion
05-05-2015, 10:48 PM
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Replies: 47
Views: 8,455
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Forum: Discussion
04-07-2015, 07:56 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 3,590
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Forum: General Discussion
02-28-2015, 11:02 PM
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Replies: 114
Views: 29,735
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Forum: General Discussion
12-19-2014, 01:24 AM
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Replies: 71
Views: 24,334
Re: Cuba relations thawing
I recall reading (maybe in the book on the Cuesta-Ray story) that, when the Embargo came crashing down (almost) out of the blue on February 7, 1962, the American cigar industry was caught in a panic,...
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Forum: General Discussion
12-19-2014, 01:21 AM
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Replies: 71
Views: 24,334
Re: Cuba relations thawing
Absolutely they were, though of course they didn't have the "forbidden fruit" air about them. I remember some of my father's comments about Cuban cigars (he started smoking cigars in the years...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-11-2014, 10:02 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 6,850
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Forum: Jokes
04-01-2014, 07:43 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 4,281
Re: An oldie from Mark Twain
I seem to remember a version of this that gradually converted English pronunciation into a strong German accent, ending with the ominous words "Ze drem vil finaly kom tru!".
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Forum: General Discussion
11-27-2013, 09:47 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 6,475
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Forum: General Discussion
11-23-2013, 01:29 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 8,671
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Forum: General Discussion
09-24-2013, 06:15 PM
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Replies: 3,166
Views: 1,008,814
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Forum: All Cigar Discussion
09-02-2013, 01:39 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,869
Re: Cigar firmness question
Just cut it and take a test draw without lighting it. If it draws smooth and easy without much resistance, it should be good to go.
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Forum: All Cigar Discussion
09-01-2013, 10:28 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,869
Re: Cigar firmness question
"That's plume!!" :rolleyes::r
Seriously, some cigars just seem to be hard no matter what. In my experience Padron Anniversary 1926s are a good example. A cut-and-draw test is a better indicator.
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Forum: All Cigar Discussion
08-22-2013, 11:48 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 6,549
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Forum: Island (The other ones) Reviews
08-22-2013, 11:02 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 6,107
Re: 30's German Wolff Hamburg Figurado
Just found this. Thanks for posting it...I'd sometimes wondered what a German cigar from around WW2 would have been like (i.e. normal vs. dry-cured, source of leaf etc.).
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Forum: All Cigar Discussion
08-22-2013, 10:52 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 9,523
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Forum: All Cigar Discussion
08-22-2013, 09:15 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 9,523
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Forum: All Cigar Discussion
08-22-2013, 09:10 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 6,549
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Forum: General Discussion
08-14-2013, 09:06 PM
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Replies: 85
Views: 21,354
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Forum: General Discussion
07-22-2013, 05:07 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 4,822
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Forum: General Discussion
05-13-2013, 10:38 PM
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Replies: 3,166
Views: 1,008,814
Re: What are you reading?
A combined edition of "The Prince" and "Discourses on Livy" by Niccolo Machiavelli.
My past history lessons (high school etc.) had treated Machiavelli as an advocate of amorality, if not the devil...
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Forum: Accessory Discussion / Reviews
10-05-2012, 02:20 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 9,245
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Forum: General Discussion
09-21-2012, 05:29 PM
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Replies: 3,166
Views: 1,008,814
Re: What are you reading?
"You Must Be New Around Here" by Dick Pitman. An intriguing first-hand account of a British journalist's experiences living in the embattled African nation of Rhodesia at the end of the Bush War in...
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