The Slope... - Page 3

Da Klugs · 01-06-2009, 07:47 AM

MoTheMan nuked me out of the blue with a broad spectrum 20 cigar 10 brand attack and it was all over. Shock and awe. There was no slope just freefall. Fell with the 05 pledge class and there was much fun along the decent with a few FOG's chiming it to stab the wounded along the way.

01-06-2009, 08:17 AM

Well lets see...

Shaggy and Old Sailor hit me with my first few cc's and some good ones at that. Then Ssutton started pushing me with some late 90's early 00's sticks. Then a cigar newb I went to the shack. There are so many people who taught me so many things. macms, ncradioman, and one lonely smoker showed me where to find cigars along with showing me what this whole thing is really about. Jbaily, the SC crew, they all brought variety to my pallate, pnoon showed me that there could be very mellow and complex smokes. Icehog taught me about depth and flavors I'll probably never experience again, Da Klugs shared what old and truely unique cigars could be.

01-06-2009, 09:44 AM

I'm still sitting in my lounge chair on the edge, with an empty pocketbook in hand...

zmancbr · 01-06-2009, 10:03 AM

That is easy for me to describe who pushed me down the slope...My good friend Ray (spect) talked me into smoking cigars with him and then when I was just innocently looking over the cliff he pushed... but I got the last laugh since I grabbed him and took him down with me lol...

Then we both found the land of CCs together thanks to the FRHs and it was all over from there!

Now I don't fight it anymore lol... I just give in and buy all the wonderful smokes I want!

karmaz00 · 01-06-2009, 10:47 AM

about 5 years ago my first trip to cuba.....be downhill ever since

shilala · 01-06-2009, 01:50 PM

Probably dball. Dan sent me some goofy stuff last year that I'd have never smoked in a gazillion years and I liked a couple of the cigars so much that I thought "Man, there's gotta be lots of really good stuff out there."
From there, ZOOOOOOM!!!

01-06-2009, 10:33 PM

So I don't think I've really started slipping to bad yet. It all started with a couple buddies that just smoked em while around me in some of our racing activities. Was a little interested and walked into a B&M. Been buying and trying NC's like crazy since.

SteveDMatt, hooked me up when I asked for someone to build a sampler for me. He went way above and beyond and included a couple dark side sticks that I'm looking forward to trying.

Taboo, has also helped me start to slide with all of their great deals and most recently their free sampler.

I've managed to fly under the radar for awhile...............

Agent11br · 01-07-2009, 02:01 PM

My dad and the Macanudos he'd bring when he visited me in college got me kick started. Everything just started to get slippery from there on.

KidRock is the one though that has started me down the REAL slippery slope of the goodies from the Island

688sonarmen · 09-11-2010, 05:01 PM

So I'm smoking a CAO MX2 right now and I think it is one of the worst cigars I have ever had. Very mild and what taste I do have is that of burnt paper and maybe a little sweet wood. The problem is 5 years ago I dreamed of having a box of them, and 4 years ago I finally got one. I loved this cigar so much that I would only smoke them for a semi special occasion (when I could really devote attention to it) Flash foward to today. Well Im on shore duty after 9 straight years out to sea and have recently in the last year started to treat myself to preimum cigars, Tat's, Padron aniv, DPG'S, Illusiones ect. In the past I thought it was all just BS and some of you guys were buying into the hype of a 10$ + cigar. Well look at me now either my palate has devolved into more or because of these other smokes I no longer find my MX2's, Peromodo's, Don Lino Africas, Cusanos ect's worth smoking any more. What the hell happened? I felt I was getting ripped off if I spent more than 100$ on a box of 25 and now I am getting Liga's in the mail. On top of that my coolidors don't cut it anymore so Im moving up to a large cabinet. Yes, what a slippery slope it is

bigdix · 09-11-2010, 11:56 PM

Had my first cigar about 4 years ago, thanks to a good buddy of mine....then I just sort of "occasionally" smoked b/c I didn't really know anyone else who did. Then bigliver and I rolled into a B&M in Omaha and I smoked a few on his reccomendation, and picked up the one that got me started....a VSG. I guess from there I just realized I can enjoy a cigar all by my lonesome, anytime, anywere. But the slope?? I guess I blame all of YOU! I did the CC thing to myself, though, that was all me.

09-12-2010, 09:03 AM

As you can tell from some of my recent sales, i've fallen over
and died a couple of times when it comes to NC's... that started
that fateful day of 5/31/09 when my friend (who only smokes CCs
btw) gave a strong Nicaraguan Puro... Me with my OCD, i started
buying a bunch of bull from CI not knowing anybetter and last fall
started tinkering around the forums... Well last Nov or Dec i joined
here and starting honing my sights on Premium NC's.... and that was
all she wrote! I'm a roving maniac when it comes to cigars...

Now CC's on the other hand, thats a slope that I have yet to fall down,
but i've really reached a point of "consternation" because I have serious
issues with the "affordability" of what seems like great "fresh" isoms
(price and reputation wise") and the flux of all of these high priced
NC's and NC LE's that come out all the damn time! I guess i've been
a little scared to become a renegade in one sense, but the reality
im getting closer and closer but first i have to figure out what i like.

I've been gifted some CC's by some gracious brothers and even
traded for a handful.. but i have yet to start sliding... Maybe
after i figure out what i like, and learn some of the reliable sources i will...

and i'll start just buying 5ers of the LE NC's like a handful of you "Habanophile's" Do!

01-06-2009, 07:47 AM	#1
Da Klugs Juan of 11 Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Dave Location: Right here Posts: 4,222 Trading: (8)	Re: The Slope... MoTheMan nuked me out of the blue with a broad spectrum 20 cigar 10 brand attack and it was all over. Shock and awe. There was no slope just freefall. Fell with the 05 pledge class and there was much fun along the decent with a few FOG's chiming it to stab the wounded along the way. __________________ Communities Not Commodities. Punctuation challenged, but trying. Proud winner of phase 1 of the Weight loss contest

01-06-2009, 08:17 AM	#2
Hardcz Guest Posts: n/a	Re: The Slope... Well lets see... Shaggy and Old Sailor hit me with my first few cc's and some good ones at that. Then Ssutton started pushing me with some late 90's early 00's sticks. Then a cigar newb I went to the shack. There are so many people who taught me so many things. macms, ncradioman, and one lonely smoker showed me where to find cigars along with showing me what this whole thing is really about. Jbaily, the SC crew, they all brought variety to my pallate, pnoon showed me that there could be very mellow and complex smokes. Icehog taught me about depth and flavors I'll probably never experience again, Da Klugs shared what old and truely unique cigars could be.

01-06-2009, 09:44 AM	#3
Drat Guest Posts: n/a	Re: The Slope... I'm still sitting in my lounge chair on the edge, with an empty pocketbook in hand...

01-06-2009, 10:03 AM	#4
zmancbr CERTIFIED THREAD KILLER!! Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Zach Location: Color Red Posts: 1,692 Trading: (41)	Re: The Slope... That is easy for me to describe who pushed me down the slope...My good friend Ray (spect) talked me into smoking cigars with him and then when I was just innocently looking over the cliff he pushed... but I got the last laugh since I grabbed him and took him down with me lol... Then we both found the land of CCs together thanks to the FRHs and it was all over from there! Now I don't fight it anymore lol... I just give in and buy all the wonderful smokes I want!

01-06-2009, 10:47 AM	#5
karmaz00 Habanos Join Date: Dec 2008 First Name: Jason Location: victoria Posts: 1,855 Trading: (1)	Re: The Slope... about 5 years ago my first trip to cuba.....be downhill ever since

01-06-2009, 01:50 PM	#6
shilala Dear Lord, Thank You. Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Scott Posts: 13,721 Trading: (252)	Re: The Slope... Probably dball. Dan sent me some goofy stuff last year that I'd have never smoked in a gazillion years and I liked a couple of the cigars so much that I thought "Man, there's gotta be lots of really good stuff out there." From there, ZOOOOOOM!!! __________________

01-06-2009, 10:33 PM	#7
BHowe Guest Posts: n/a	Re: The Slope... So I don't think I've really started slipping to bad yet. It all started with a couple buddies that just smoked em while around me in some of our racing activities. Was a little interested and walked into a B&M. Been buying and trying NC's like crazy since. SteveDMatt, hooked me up when I asked for someone to build a sampler for me. He went way above and beyond and included a couple dark side sticks that I'm looking forward to trying. Taboo, has also helped me start to slide with all of their great deals and most recently their free sampler. I've managed to fly under the radar for awhile...............

01-07-2009, 02:01 PM	#8
Agent11br Smokin @ Got Rocks Join Date: Dec 2008 First Name: Brandon Location: Michigan Posts: 134 Trading: (2)	Re: The Slope... My dad and the Macanudos he'd bring when he visited me in college got me kick started. Everything just started to get slippery from there on. KidRock is the one though that has started me down the REAL slippery slope of the goodies from the Island __________________ "Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines." -Enzo Ferrari

09-11-2010, 05:01 PM	#9
688sonarmen Shipmate! Join Date: Mar 2009 First Name: Jake Location: Norwich, Ct Posts: 2,698 Trading: (17)	Re: The Slope... So I'm smoking a CAO MX2 right now and I think it is one of the worst cigars I have ever had. Very mild and what taste I do have is that of burnt paper and maybe a little sweet wood. The problem is 5 years ago I dreamed of having a box of them, and 4 years ago I finally got one. I loved this cigar so much that I would only smoke them for a semi special occasion (when I could really devote attention to it) Flash foward to today. Well Im on shore duty after 9 straight years out to sea and have recently in the last year started to treat myself to preimum cigars, Tat's, Padron aniv, DPG'S, Illusiones ect. In the past I thought it was all just BS and some of you guys were buying into the hype of a 10$ + cigar. Well look at me now either my palate has devolved into more or because of these other smokes I no longer find my MX2's, Peromodo's, Don Lino Africas, Cusanos ect's worth smoking any more. What the hell happened? I felt I was getting ripped off if I spent more than 100$ on a box of 25 and now I am getting Liga's in the mail. On top of that my coolidors don't cut it anymore so Im moving up to a large cabinet. Yes, what a slippery slope it is

09-11-2010, 11:56 PM	#10
bigdix Cigarmurai Join Date: Jul 2010 First Name: Dan Location: Oki Posts: 669 Trading: (1)	Re: The Slope... Had my first cigar about 4 years ago, thanks to a good buddy of mine....then I just sort of "occasionally" smoked b/c I didn't really know anyone else who did. Then bigliver and I rolled into a B&M in Omaha and I smoked a few on his reccomendation, and picked up the one that got me started....a VSG. I guess from there I just realized I can enjoy a cigar all by my lonesome, anytime, anywere. But the slope?? I guess I blame all of YOU! I did the CC thing to myself, though, that was all me. __________________ There's no secret handshake. There's an IQ prerequisite, but there's no secret handshake.

09-12-2010, 09:03 AM	#11
whodeeni Guest Posts: n/a	Re: The Slope... As you can tell from some of my recent sales, i've fallen over and died a couple of times when it comes to NC's... that started that fateful day of 5/31/09 when my friend (who only smokes CCs btw) gave a strong Nicaraguan Puro... Me with my OCD, i started buying a bunch of bull from CI not knowing anybetter and last fall started tinkering around the forums... Well last Nov or Dec i joined here and starting honing my sights on Premium NC's.... and that was all she wrote! I'm a roving maniac when it comes to cigars... Now CC's on the other hand, thats a slope that I have yet to fall down, but i've really reached a point of "consternation" because I have serious issues with the "affordability" of what seems like great "fresh" isoms (price and reputation wise") and the flux of all of these high priced NC's and NC LE's that come out all the damn time! I guess i've been a little scared to become a renegade in one sense, but the reality im getting closer and closer but first i have to figure out what i like. I've been gifted some CC's by some gracious brothers and even traded for a handful.. but i have yet to start sliding... Maybe after i figure out what i like, and learn some of the reliable sources i will... and i'll start just buying 5ers of the LE NC's like a handful of you "Habanophile's" Do!