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Got to thinking how long I have been a member of this great community. Checked my sign up date on CS and today marks one year since that fateful day that I found you folks.
To use an old saying, time sure does fly when your having fun. The past year has been one hell of a ride. I came here looking to buy a few "quality" cigars and what I have gained is so much more. Yes, I have learned more about cigars in the past year than I had in the previous fifteen. I have also been thrown head first down a side of the slope that I knew nothing of and have no desire to look back. I have gotten involved with troop support and the great guys that make that incredible program work. Something I'm sure that would not have been done had I not found CA. However, the true benefit of what I have gained by being here lies with the people I have met and the friendships that have been forged. Close friendships have been developed with people I have yet to even see in person. I find that amazing and very difficult to explain to anyone outside of our group. Outsiders just don't get it. I also have been fortunate to experience first hand the unrelenting generosity and support that graces this board by it's founders and members. You are a very special group of people that have forever changed my life and the lives of my family. Thank you for the past year and I am looking forward to many more. (Two serious posts in the same day. Thank God Monday is only a day away! ![]() As always, wishing each of you the best life has to offer. |
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well said
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Great post Al! Congrats on the 1 year!
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Is that you, Pot?
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I could do that with just a touch of a button.
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Well said Al!!!
I am less than a month away from my first year and feel exactly the same way!!! Thanks for keeping thing interesting this past year!!!
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7 months of bantering with Al (and the Massholes and the chat crew) for me, but it feels like an eternity. If someone told me a year ago that I would plan a holiday to the States to go on a roadtrip to meet with a lot of friends and herf with them I would have called them crazy, but yet, if they would have told me that, I had to apologize to them now and tell them they were right
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Youre getting a bit soft in your old age there Al!
But, I will have to agree with you on this one. This is a wonderful community that cannot be fully appreciated unless you are a part of it.
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Glad to be your friend my brother!! Looking forward to the day we meet!
![]() Congrats on 1 year!! We're all the better because of your involvement my friend!!
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Thanks for all you contribute, no matter what some of these other knuckleheads might say.
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Terrific post, Al. I couldn't agree with you more.
And thank you for all of your outstanding contributions to this community over the past year! Well done! ![]()
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