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Anyone here smoke cigars?

Honestly, I have probably smoked about 5 cigars this month, quite close together too, and I am starting to get a craving for a cigar (which is not something I have really experienced often). So I am going to take a break from them for at least a week, probably more.

I do like smoking cigars but definitely not worth getting addicted.

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Anyone here smoke cigars?

DocteurRalph wrote:
The more I think about it, I'll give those two last Cuban cigars away if you and Lano want them. I think I can just stick them in a ziplock bag and put them in those bubble wrap envelopes for real. I don't know how I'd get your addresses but the offer stands. They're Habanas Robustos, kind of short and fat, I'm never going to smoke them.

I just looked them up on the internet and you can order them for about $22.50, I thought it was illegal to buy Cuban cigars. Maybe they're not real... hmmm.

It is illegal to sell Cubans in the US. That doesn't mean people don't do it, I suppose.

You are, however, allowed to go to Cuba (or another country) and buy Cubans, and come back with them, from what I understand. There are a lot of fakes out there, though, from what I've heard.

I would be intrigued but I'm not comfortable sharing my address. I appreciate the offer though.

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DocteurRalph wrote:
I've tried smoking cigars but I think they're pretty gross too, which is weird since I smoke about everything in the world except cigars. I even smoked some kratom just to see if anything would happen a couple of weeks ago and even it wasn't as gross as a nasty cigar, ha.

I even have two real live Cuban cigars a cigar aficionado gave me too, sitting in a ziplock bag with some humidity control pack the guy threw in there. He also gave me two Cuban seed cigars that he said I should compare them with just so I would see how much better a real Cuban cigar was. I took a couple of puffs of each and turned green, I just don't get it.

Well you may be talking about two different things at once. First, there is taste, and admittedly, not all cigars taste good. Taste is subjective anyway, but even so, some cigars just taste like ash or acid, though it seems cigar smokers would say if that is the case, then you are not smoking a "good cigar."

As far as "good cigars" go, I feel like if you're the type of person who drinks bourbon because they like the taste, then you may enjoy cigar flavors....there ought to be a woody, smokey taste to the cigar, and I have heard people claim that they get pepper notes as well, depending on the cigar.

However, still on taste: Apparently, cigars are rather fickle and delicate. Lighting it incorrectly can negatively effect the flavor, as well as flicking it too hard when you are trying to tap off excess ash.

I admit that half the time in my experience smoking, I have not really enjoyed the flavor. Some are bad from the beginning, and some start good and go bad, or start bad and turn good.

Though I have only learned how to light them correctly over the past few weeks, and I am still a novice in these things.

On turning green, it may be that you are smoking it too fast. You should try to limit yourself to about one or two drags per minute. Literally, per minute. Think slow, gentle inhales.

There is a rhythm to smoking a cigar, and if you smoke too fast, you'll get hit really hard with the nicotine rush and also overload your mouth with the smoke flavors. If you smoke too slow, it will go out, and then you'll have to relight which also negatively effects the flavor because you are applying fire to the stick again.

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NacthoMan wrote:
not regularly, i once had a real Cuban cigar long ago.. such a smooth sweet flavor.. havent been able to get my hands on some for quite some time.

Never smoked a cuban and i imagine i never will unless politics change.

There are a lot of smoke shops by me. Been stressed lately and just find it really satisfying to go for a walk smoke one. I don't do it often, i smoked 2 this week which is way more than i usually do (usually i'll smoke one and then not for a couple months.)

A brand i have come to like is David Ehrlich.

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verge wrote:
I too think you should quit. Super gross.

Thanks for the input.

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Anyone here smoke cigars?

soco wrote:
I turn 96 next year. Still, I hope I receive an invite to your funeral.

I'll arrange for my family to give out free cigars to everyone at the event.

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There should be a law that if you are a politician, you're just not allowed to have any investments in anything.

i only know lamar from the impeachment when he basically said "yes trump did what the democrats said he did but he appoints conservative judges and the stock market is up so im still going to vote and campaign for him"

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There should be a law that if you are a politician, you're just not allowed to have any investments in anything.

I wonder how many politicians would just not bother running if the rules changed tomorrow.

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There should be a law that if you are a politician, you're just not allowed to have any investments in anything.

Padre_J_Roulston wrote:
There was a book I read once (a fantasy novel) where the one country all of the people in government had to sell ALL their property, stocks, etc. and the money was put into the treasury. They were given comfortable if bland government housing, clothing, etc.

When their term was completed they were given back their money adjusted based on how well the country did economically. If the country made a profit, they got a little extra, if they were at a loss, they got less. And they couldn't make a profit by raising taxes.

One could not refuse a nomination, or choose not to do the job. If they did, then their property was sold anyway and added to the treasury, and they were imprisoned/executed.

I think we need a less extreme form of that.

The idea of registering for public service draft is interesting to me.

Serving your time essentially. That's cool.

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Have you ever cut off a family member.

Not for me. I know that happened to a boy on our block when he came out. Also my dad sort of shunned a couple of his cousins for a few years but he got over it eventually and i think they're mostly good now.

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