Your Favorite thing about cigar smoking

Flaherty582 · 08-19-2014, 01:07 PM

What is your favorite thing about smoking a premium cigar? Is it the fellow smokers company? The aromas? Flavor Profiles? How about all of the above? what gives you the drive to keep up with this hobby?

stearns · 08-19-2014, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Flaherty582

What is your favorite thing about smoking a premium cigar? Is it the fellow smokers company? The aromas? Flavor Profiles? How about all of the above? what gives you the drive to keep up with this hobby?

Nailed it

357 · 08-19-2014, 01:17 PM

I agree with Ben

Buckeye Jack · 08-19-2014, 01:51 PM

The people by far.....I'd smoke the crap I started with in 97 again if it was what I had to do to continue hanging with my Brothers and Sisters of the leaf.

nutcracker · 08-19-2014, 02:30 PM

Taking a time out with no one can bother me with work

Stevez · 08-19-2014, 02:46 PM

I love to smoke with others who can appreciate a really good cigar and the enjoyment from the activity, but it is so rare for me to get that opportunity. If I waited for that, I'd never get to enjoy them. I really like the taste of a good cigar and sitting on my deck and relaxing. I also love walking into a cigar store with the smells and visual stimulations; just awesome.

08-19-2014, 03:07 PM

It's an escape for me as I've been smoking cigars for decades. I love the ritual and the way it let's me relax and engage in conversation with friends or those I've just met. What other item do you know about that will let you talk with a stranger for hours about a lot of things under the sun as opposed to just having a casual conversation w/o a cigar? Cigars just seem to put peoples inhibitions at rest and let them be themselves and there isn't a pill on the market that will let you do that unless you are taking xanax and you won't remember shyte an hour later.

icehog3 · 08-19-2014, 03:25 PM

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AdamJoshua · 08-19-2014, 04:53 PM

You have to excuse Tom he's not so smooth with the words

, that being said, the friendships i have made, the S.H.I.T. I take and the S.H.I.T. I give. I have made so many friends because we share the same hobby and enjoyment, I've watched the Red Sox move on past the Tigers in the playoffs, on their way to winning the World Series, with a great guy that if it were not for cigars we never would have met in the figurative or literal sense of the word. My first and so far only trip to Vegas was with friends, again met through enjoying the same hobby and passion.

Thursday used to just be the day before Friday, now it's my favorite day of the week and I look forward to it starting Friday morning.

jsm11 · 08-19-2014, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Flaherty582

What is your favorite thing about smoking a premium cigar? Is it the fellow smokers company? The aromas? Flavor Profiles? How about all of the above? what gives you the drive to keep up with this hobby?

yes....

Plus the buzz

equetefue · 08-19-2014, 06:05 PM

The brothers and memories you create while enjoying the cigar

hotreds · 08-19-2014, 06:13 PM

I was gonna be a wise ass and say "cigar smoking," but that doesn't cover it! Indeed, the camaraderie of BOTLs and SOTLs is my favorite thing about lighting up stogies!

longknocker · 08-19-2014, 06:13 PM

"Everything"!!!

pnoon · 08-19-2014, 06:18 PM

Thursdays.

Among many other things.

Adriftpanda · 08-19-2014, 06:34 PM

I've had some wonderful cigars, some amazing cigars actually. But what makes them that much better, is the company that I am surrounded by. I've had the privileged to meet some of the most wonderful people through smoking cigars, people that I consider my brothers.

icehog3 · 08-19-2014, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by AdamJoshua

I've watched the Red Sox move on past the Tigers in the playoffs, on their way to winning the World Series, with a great guy that if it were not for cigars we never would have met in the figurative or literal sense of the word.

The fine line between pleasure and pain, Adam.

CigarNut · 08-19-2014, 07:52 PM

A cigar means that is time to relax. Relax away from people I don't want to be around (co-workers) when I am trying to relax. Relax with people I do want to be around (my fellow cigar enthusiasts, my family). Relax at a herf or cigar event Relax with a good book or a good drink or all of the above.

Ogre · 08-19-2014, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Flaherty582

What is your favorite thing about smoking a premium cigar? Is it the fellow smokers company? The aromas? Flavor Profiles? How about all of the above? what gives you the drive to keep up with this hobby?

YES

ColdCuts · 08-19-2014, 11:01 PM

Among other things, I enjoy feeling like I'm keeping a time-honored tradition alive.

mad4maduro · 08-20-2014, 05:00 PM

The social experience, the time for personal reflection and pondering, the way it dances so beautifully with my art...and then theres the flavors/aromas, etc

08-19-2014, 01:07 PM	#1
Flaherty582 Just in from the Storm Join Date: Jun 2014 First Name: Patrick Flaherty Location: Florida Posts: 16 Trading: (0)	Your Favorite thing about cigar smoking What is your favorite thing about smoking a premium cigar? Is it the fellow smokers company? The aromas? Flavor Profiles? How about all of the above? what gives you the drive to keep up with this hobby? __________________ “Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle.” George Burns

08-19-2014, 01:17 PM	#3
357 Will herf for food Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Mike Location: Home is where I park it Posts: 4,075 Trading: (9)	Re: Your Favorite thing about cigar smoking I agree with Ben __________________ “Eating and sleeping are the only activities that should be allowed to interrupt a man's enjoyment of his cigar;” Mark Twain

08-19-2014, 01:51 PM	#4
Buckeye Jack Havana Daydreamin' Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Jack Location: Dublin, OH (Columbus) Posts: 732 Trading: (34)	Re: Your Favorite thing about cigar smoking The people by far.....I'd smoke the crap I started with in 97 again if it was what I had to do to continue hanging with my Brothers and Sisters of the leaf.

08-19-2014, 02:30 PM	#5
nutcracker Shameless epicurian Join Date: Apr 2014 First Name: Neil Location: Winnipeg, Canada - Home of the Jets! Posts: 1,631 Trading: (26)	Re: Your Favorite thing about cigar smoking Taking a time out with no one can bother me with work __________________ "Well I ain't often right but I've never been wrong.... Jerry Garcia (R.I.P.)

08-19-2014, 02:46 PM	#6
Stevez Adjusting to the Life Join Date: Apr 2010 First Name: Steve Location: Louisville, Kentucky Posts: 487 Trading: (7)	Re: Your Favorite thing about cigar smoking I love to smoke with others who can appreciate a really good cigar and the enjoyment from the activity, but it is so rare for me to get that opportunity. If I waited for that, I'd never get to enjoy them. I really like the taste of a good cigar and sitting on my deck and relaxing. I also love walking into a cigar store with the smells and visual stimulations; just awesome.

08-19-2014, 03:07 PM	#7
CigarEnvy Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Your Favorite thing about cigar smoking It's an escape for me as I've been smoking cigars for decades. I love the ritual and the way it let's me relax and engage in conversation with friends or those I've just met. What other item do you know about that will let you talk with a stranger for hours about a lot of things under the sun as opposed to just having a casual conversation w/o a cigar? Cigars just seem to put peoples inhibitions at rest and let them be themselves and there isn't a pill on the market that will let you do that unless you are taking xanax and you won't remember shyte an hour later.

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AdamJoshua Article 4 Free Inhabitant Join Date: Jan 2013 First Name: The Other Adam Location: Satellite Beach Posts: 14,787 Trading: (40)	Re: Your Favorite thing about cigar smoking You have to excuse Tom he's not so smooth with the words , that being said, the friendships i have made, the S.H.I.T. I take and the S.H.I.T. I give. I have made so many friends because we share the same hobby and enjoyment, I've watched the Red Sox move on past the Tigers in the playoffs, on their way to winning the World Series, with a great guy that if it were not for cigars we never would have met in the figurative or literal sense of the word. My first and so far only trip to Vegas was with friends, again met through enjoying the same hobby and passion. Thursday used to just be the day before Friday, now it's my favorite day of the week and I look forward to it starting Friday morning.

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equetefue Liga Privada Hoarder Join Date: Jun 2012 First Name: Edwin Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 1,348 Trading: (17)	Re: Your Favorite thing about cigar smoking The brothers and memories you create while enjoying the cigar __________________

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hotreds Ephesians 2:8 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 5 miles past "Resume Speed" Posts: 11,662 Trading: (63)	Re: Your Favorite thing about cigar smoking I was gonna be a wise ass and say "cigar smoking," but that doesn't cover it! Indeed, the camaraderie of BOTLs and SOTLs is my favorite thing about lighting up stogies! __________________ God loves you so much, that he made you read this, just to let you know.

08-19-2014, 06:13 PM	#13
longknocker Postwhore Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Greg Location: Mobile, Alabama Posts: 11,162 Trading: (82)	Re: Your Favorite thing about cigar smoking "Everything"!!!

08-19-2014, 06:18 PM	#14
pnoon YNWA Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Peter Location: San Diego Posts: 29,919 Trading: (20)	Re: Your Favorite thing about cigar smoking Thursdays. Among many other things. __________________ Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. -John Wooden

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Adriftpanda Peter's Daddy Join Date: May 2009 First Name: Huy Location: No one wants me Posts: 10,313 Trading: (74)	Re: Your Favorite thing about cigar smoking I've had some wonderful cigars, some amazing cigars actually. But what makes them that much better, is the company that I am surrounded by. I've had the privileged to meet some of the most wonderful people through smoking cigars, people that I consider my brothers. __________________ Who eats plantains when they can eat placenta.

08-19-2014, 07:52 PM	#17
CigarNut Fck Cancer! Join Date: Jan 2009 First Name: Michael Location: Clermont, Florida Posts: 18,042 Trading: (111*)	Re: Your Favorite thing about cigar smoking A cigar means that is time to relax. Relax away from people I don't want to be around (co-workers) when I am trying to relax. Relax with people I do want to be around (my fellow cigar enthusiasts, my family). Relax at a herf or cigar event Relax with a good book or a good drink or all of the above. __________________ Need Beads? Need Five Finger Bags? 2 of 3 Requirements for use of the CA Rolodex: 100 posts/ 60 day membership/ participation in trade (trader rating). New members can be added at any time.

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ColdCuts Adjusting to the Life Join Date: Aug 2009 First Name: Dave Location: Queens, NY Posts: 375 Trading: (10)	Re: Your Favorite thing about cigar smoking Among other things, I enjoy feeling like I'm keeping a time-honored tradition alive. __________________

08-20-2014, 05:00 PM	#20
mad4maduro The Original CIGARtist Join Date: Feb 2010 First Name: Eric Location: Clinton, NY Posts: 60 Trading: (0)	Re: Your Favorite thing about cigar smoking The social experience, the time for personal reflection and pondering, the way it dances so beautifully with my art...and then theres the flavors/aromas, etc __________________ Cigar ART - http://www.facebook.com/cigarart.net for original pantings and signed prints!