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Schwarzenegger Bans Smoking with Kids in Cars
2007-10-11 02:55:00 Not that I smoke in the car when my son is with me (especially with the windows up). This is more about the “man” getting in your business. News 10 reports: It will soon be illegal to smoke in cars when children are inside. Gov. Schwarzenegger signed legislation Wednesday banning smoking in vehicles when children are present. Supporters ... More About: Kids , Cars , Smoking , Posts
California Town Approves Smoking Ban in Condos, Apartments
2007-10-11 02:15:00 Reported by Fox News: BELMONT, Calif. ? Officials in Belmont have given final approval to a new smoking ban that is considered to be one of the toughest in the nation. After a late push to ease some of the restrictions, the Belmont City Council voted Tuesday to pass the anti-smoking ordinance. Prohibitions on smoking in parks and other ... More About: California , Apartments , Smoking , Town , Posts
Pumpkin Ale
2007-10-10 12:00:00 While surfing some wine making sites a ran across an old post at Making Homemade Wind and Beer that has a beer recipe for a Pump kin Ale. Since pumpkins are in season this would be a good time to make some up. I’m going to try to get back to making wine (and beer at ... More About: Drinks
Common Cigar Abbreviations
2007-10-08 21:39:00 A while back a member of the CB forum posted this. It is a list of common abbreviations you might see in cigar forums. Feel free to leave a comment if you think any should be added to the list. 898 varn = 898 Varnished AF = Arturo Fuente AFAIK - = As far as I ... More About: Common
Killer Deals
2007-10-06 16:58:00 Every once in a while I will gather some killer deals and post them. Enjoy. Tinder Box has a CAO America six (6) pack sampler for only $39.99. They also have a three (3) pack sampler for $21.99. Tex Cigars has a great deal on the Olor Del Cibao line, four (4) cigar sampler $9.99. My ... More About: Killer
Smoke Notes: Olor Del Cibao Double Shade Presidente
2007-10-04 01:11:00 This time around texcigars.com sent me a new cigar to the U.S. market called Olor Del Cibao for review. There is not much information on this line of smokes yet but my understanding is Tex himself ran into these while on a trip to the Dominican Republic. What texcigars says about this cigar: Olor Del Cibao cigars ... More About: Double , Notes , Smoke , Posts
Cigar Review: Excalibur 1066
2007-10-02 12:00:00 I finally got around to doing my review on the Excalibur 1066 line. This cigar was picked for the group review in the Cigar Beat forum. I reviewed the Dark Knight III but have never really thought about the rest of the line. It has never grabbed my attention at my local shop. ... More About: Review , Posts
Killer Beans And SCOOP
2007-09-27 23:52:00 Sitting here at CVG I just found out my flight was delayed (surprising isn’t it), sitting here trying to ignore the lady twenty feet away yelling at her phone I started thinking of my weeks events so far. I started off driving up to Chicago for a monthly meeting but stopped to visit Jerry at ... More About: Beans , Killer , Scoop
House Votes to Expand Insurance for Kids
2007-09-26 14:14:00 Reported by Fox News: The House voted Tuesday to expand health insurance for children, but the Democratic-led victory may prove short-lived because the margin was too small to override President Bush’s promised veto. Embarking on a health care debate likely to animate the 2008 elections, the House voted 265-159 to expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, ... More About: Kids , Posts , Votes
Smoking And The Work Place
2007-09-25 04:33:00 One of the many flaws that I have is not being able to keep my mouth shut. At dinner tonight with a couple guys I work with along with my boss and his boss I was asked if I smoked by my boss’ boss. I told him I smoke cigars and I knew what was ... More About: Work , Smoking , Place , Posts
Smoke Notes: Gurkha Estate Select Vintage Shaggy
2007-09-24 12:00:00 I picked this cigar up at a nice shop in Michigan City Indiana about an hour east of Chicago. It is a beautiful oily toro that weighs in at 6×50 with Nicaraguan/Dominican filler and a Dominican wrapper and binder. I gets its the name “Shaggy” from the uncommon unwrapped foot it has. It is a ... More About: Estate , Vintage , Notes , Smoke , Gurkha
Around The Cigar Blogs
2007-09-18 02:46:00 I have been working a lot of hours at work the past week and have not had time to work on any reviews. Here is what is going around the cigar community. Monkey Dan reviews a San Cristobal by Ashton a Golden Monkey Award with a 94 rating. He also reviews a Excalibur 1066 Merlin and gives ... More About: Blogs , Posts
9/11
2007-09-12 04:41:00 I just wanted to make a quick post to thank our military that is fighting our fight against the ass clowns that attacked us. The day we stop looking at these pictures is the day we start to forget. If you are a member of our military I would like to hear from you. Copyright © 2007 Cigar ... More About: Posts , 9/11
Padron 80th Coming in November
2007-09-08 02:46:00 cigaraficionado.com reports: The Padrón Serie 1926 80 Years cigar — known as the Padrón 80th Anniversary — should be on sale the second or third week of November . “Before Thanksgiving,” promised company president Jorge Padrón, sitting in his Miami packing area alongside his father, Jose Orlando Padrón, namesake of the 80 cigar. The cigars ... More About: Posts , Ming
Retailers say higher taxes will cost them customers
2007-09-06 12:00:00 rrstar.com has a story on how retailers are reacting to all the tobacco price hikes. Old news I know but thought it was interesting. Dennis Lambert, owner of the Tinderbox, 2217 N. Perryville Road, fears that the taxes will eliminate much of the demand for the top-shelf cigars that make up 80 percent of his business. ... More About: Taxes , Customers , Cost , Posts , Higher
Cigar Review: Montesino Maduro Robusto
2007-09-05 12:00:00 I’m a big fan of the Mont esino natural line so I’m excited to try the maduro version of it. It is made by Cigar Family, maker of the famous Fuente cigars. It is a nice dark maduro with a rough veiny wrapper and measures in at 5×50. Oh and sorry about the pictures, I will ... More About: Review , Posts
Happy Labor Day
2007-09-03 17:44:00 I just wanted to wish everyone a happy Labor Day. I will be going down to the beach for a while and then the grill will be fired up for some burgers and corn on the cob. I hope you all get to relax with some good food and a good smoke to follow. Copyright © ... More About: Happy , Posts
Gatlinburg Tennessee
2007-08-31 23:36:00 We have made our way back from Gatlinburg Tennesse e and had a great time. Even though I love my in-laws five nights was long enough (I’m sure you understand). For you that have never heard of Gatlinburg or Pigeon Forge it is roughly 50 minutes southeast of Knoxville and is a tourist trap from hell. ... More About: Posts
Smoke Notes: Excalibur 1066 Dark Knight III
2007-08-31 02:33:00 These showed up on my door step one afternoon along with another sampler box. June 11th to be exact the day before my thirty first birthday. They came as a surprise from a friend, Hoot is just that kind of guy. I didn’t waste to much time opening the box up and getting one lit ... More About: Dark Knight , Notes , Smoke , Knight , Dark
La Gloria Cubana Serie R No. 5 Natural
2007-08-28 08:00:00 It’s time again for me to bring you another cigar review; made possible by the generosity of the one and only Stinkie, who has kept me smoking away steadily while he’s been occupied with finding a new residence. Before I get into the review, I just wanted to thank him again for all the great ... More About: Natural , Posts , Brian , Cuban , Natur
The Winner of Guess and Win
More articles from this author:2007-08-23 23:05:00 Well the cigars have been counted and the Oliva Serie V has been boxed up and is ready to ship. Before I tell you who will be puffing away on this fine smoke I want to thank everyone that joined the forum and put a guess in. If you did not join ya might want to, we ... More About: Winner , Posts , Guess 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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