This is why it's so hard to get Geek Critique volunteers.

Started by ntanner, 07/09/2015 09:49 AM

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ntanner

07/09/2015 09:49 AM
So having been here a while now I am always happy to participate in a critique as I get to try something new and interesting for free, plus it gives me a chance to sit down and enjoy a smoke with out interruption as I always tell the family I have to be able to concentrate on the cigar to give it a fair review and I will need a couple hours alone. As a parent of six those couple hours are like a mini vacation. Well I have volunteered and been selected for one of the August industry sponsored critiques and Brad (Vroomp) is helping coordinate it. A box arrives today with what I thought was the cigar for the critique, and I was right, but in true Geek fashion Brad decided to turn the critique into a bombing run. Once the smoke had cleared and the ringing in my ears subsided this is what I found. Thanx Brother, I never liked that mailbox anyway.
I am not concerned about what you think as I can tell you don't do it often.

I used to be a people person, but then people ruined that for me.

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appollo

#1
07/09/2015 09:51 AM
Well done Brad :thumbsup:

quickme

#2
07/09/2015 10:02 AM
very nice!  Great job Brad!

bmac7754

#3
07/09/2015 10:02 AM
Sweet Man.  With 6 kids running around you should find a way to smoke an average cigar in about 13 minutes.
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freakydeakydutchman

#4
07/09/2015 10:04 AM
very cool.. and six children.. wow.. that's a lot of noise in one house..
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danb6177

#5
07/09/2015 10:07 AM
Awesome bomb !!!
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ninfiction

#6
07/09/2015 10:15 AM
Very nice...and I agree, 6 kids you're lucky you ever find time for a cigar.
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05Venturer

#7
07/09/2015 10:36 AM
:bigthumbs:
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headfirst

#8
07/09/2015 10:47 AM
:cool: , and I thought I was busy with 4 kids!
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lubrix

#9
07/09/2015 10:49 AM
Brad smacked me up too. Wonderful generosity!.
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sevencardstud

#10
07/09/2015 11:02 AM
LOL that sounds like a great deal for you. Not sure it explains why its hard to get volunteers. But I dont volunteer cause they will have to cross the boarder, and that can add extra time and be costly with taxes and duty.
"Eating and sleeping are the only activities that should be allowed to interrupt a man's enjoyment of his cigar." -Mark Twain

StogieDad

#11
07/09/2015 11:03 AM
1 keeps me running full-time!  Very cool!!
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MacMac

#12
07/09/2015 11:27 AM
Awesome BOMB!
I enjoyed doing my first critique for July. It was fun. But, I can't wait for the reviews to post so I can compare them. I'm hoping I'm to to far off base!! :-0
Joe aka MacMac to 9 Grandkids

benchjockey

#13
07/09/2015 12:17 PM Last Edit: 07/09/2015 12:28 PM by benchjockey

Brad got me too. He made sure the cigar to be critiqued wasn't lonely on the trip south, sending four body guards.

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Mojo66

#14
07/09/2015 12:45 PM
Awesome Brad
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Jay'D

#15
07/09/2015 01:19 PM
Nice bomb...but ummm 6 kids....how do you even afford to buy cigars??? I got two and I can barely buy a couple a month
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ntanner

#16
07/09/2015 02:31 PM Last Edit: 07/09/2015 02:31 PM by ntanner
It can be a bit tough to keep the budget on track for cigars but by making certain sacrifices I can still afford my cigars. I only feed 5 of them dinner each night and one goes with out on a rotating basis so it's fair, then on Sunday every one eats. Figuring a meal at about 5 bucks that gives me about 30 buck's a week or 120 a month which is respectable enough to keep me in cigars and it's with minimal sacrifice by the kid's. :biggrin:
I am not concerned about what you think as I can tell you don't do it often.

I used to be a people person, but then people ruined that for me.

Every loaf of bread is a tragic story of a group of grains that could have become beer but didn't.

Otter

#17
07/09/2015 02:35 PM
Right on!

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#18
07/09/2015 02:58 PM
I say you up it to 2 kids each night. :lmao:
"Eating and sleeping are the only activities that should be allowed to interrupt a man's enjoyment of his cigar." -Mark Twain

DonM

#19
07/09/2015 03:30 PM
Sweet!  With 6 kids, you gotta have a hard time getting a cigar in!

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dddddmorgan

#20
07/09/2015 04:05 PM

Brad is a #1 geek by any standard!

 He blew up my mailbox as well for the critique.

 

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Camshaft83

#21
07/09/2015 05:25 PM
:bigthumbs: Way to go Brad!
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Longhorn

#22
07/09/2015 10:05 PM
You know, I'd normally say "Well played, Brad", but vroomp has set a standard that is now the norm... so, "What's the big deal? Vroomp was sponsoring, right?  Did anyone expect anything LESS?"  :Biggrin:

BewareDaPenguin

#23
07/10/2015 03:52 AM
Very cool :thumbsup:
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Mojo66

#24
07/10/2015 05:11 AM

Quotentanner - 7/9/2015  6:31 PM  It can be a bit tough to keep the budget on track for cigars but by making certain sacrifices I can still afford my cigars. I only feed 5 of them dinner each night and one goes with out on a rotating basis so it's fair, then on Sunday every one eats. Figuring a meal at about 5 bucks that gives me about 30 buck's a week or 120 a month which is respectable enough to keep me in cigars and it's with minimal sacrifice by the kid's. :biggrin:

 

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