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Title: Condolence Bomb!
Post by: gitfiddl on 07/21/2010 03:54 PM
I've been hit with a Condolence Bomb by Bruce (aka Brlesq).  That was very nice of you, Bruce!
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Post by: NES Tek on 07/21/2010 03:57 PM
That's a tasty bomb! Well deserved too.
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Post by: grogo67 on 07/21/2010 03:59 PM
Fantastic!
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Post by: cmmayo on 07/21/2010 04:04 PM
Wow. Really cool, Bruce!  Well done.
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Post by: DocJazzRH on 07/21/2010 04:08 PM
Very very nice...  :-)
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Post by: gitfiddl on 07/21/2010 04:17 PM
Call me a sap, but the note was as nice as the cigars.  I showed the cigars and note to my kids and I got a "That's tight!" from one and a "That is so freakin' cool of him!" from the other.  My wife said "That's so sweet.  I thought all y'all did was talk about cigars and tell jokes."

Uncle Buck's funeral was yesterday up in Birmingham.  Unfortunately, I was unable to make the trip, but everyone understood.

D'Artagnan and Missy (the two puppies) and T-Bone (the dad) are doing fine.  D'art has actually learned to play fetch as long as whatever you throw makes noise and you don't throw it more than 15-20 feet.

Again, Bruce, thank you very much!
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Post by: Bob Cordell on 07/21/2010 04:18 PM
Sweet, that one looks like a PUNCH Oscuro, very nice cigar!


 :dancing:
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Post by: dieselcricket on 07/21/2010 04:23 PM
Very well done, Bruce!!!
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Post by: bklein128 on 07/21/2010 04:24 PM
:bigthumbs:
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Post by: kola on 07/21/2010 04:37 PM
Very thoughtful ... well done Bruce!  
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Post by: Rebecca Silverwolf on 07/21/2010 04:41 PM
Well done!  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Beegerply on 07/21/2010 05:13 PM
Nice job Bruce :biggrin:
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Post by: rkarkada on 07/21/2010 05:40 PM
Bruce, nice job! Very thoughful gesture of you!
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Post by: mountedshriner on 07/21/2010 05:49 PM
Very classy gesture and a classy recipient as well!!
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Post by: gitfiddl on 07/21/2010 06:59 PM
I wanted to enter them into my online humidor accurately, so Bruce and I traded PMs.  Here's the tally:

Tatuaje Havana VI Nobles (5" x 50) – Recent purchase
5 Vegas Series 'A' Apex Maduro Toro (6.5"x52) – 4 years aged
Punch Rothschild Oscuro (4.5"x50) – Recent purchase
Gurkha Triple Ligero Toro (6.1"x52) – Aged 3 years (a/k/a Gurkha G3 on some websites)
Hoyo de Monterrey Governor Oscuro (6.12"x50) – Aged 1 year

 :dancing: :singing:  :cheer:  :respekt:
Title: RE: Condolence Bomb!
Post by: ljlemer on 07/21/2010 07:18 PM
I lost my Black Roughneck Monitor only ten days after I bought him for $175. I traded in my Cuban Iguana for $75 and paid $100 and now I have neither. He was a cutie. I held him everyday to tame him. He was going to grow to 5 feet long in a few years. Now all I have is my uromastyx and alligator snapping turtle. I will replace him with a cheap ($30) Savannah Monitor in two weeks. They are easy to tame and grow to 4 feet. My late monitor died of an infection he probably got from the crickets he ate.

Bombs away! I need sympathy! :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry: I'm also all out of shame.
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Post by: gitfiddl on 07/21/2010 07:35 PM
Quoteljlemer - 7/21/2010  8:18 PM

I lost my Black Roughneck Monitor only ten days after I bought him for $175. I traded in my Cuban Iguana for $75 and paid $100 and now I have neither. He was a cutie. I held him everyday to tame him. He was going to grow to 5 feet long in a few years. Now all I have is my uromastyx and alligator snapping turtle. I will replace him with a cheap ($30) Savannah Monitor in two weeks. They are easy to tame and grow to 4 feet. My late monitor died of an infection he probably got from the crickets he ate.

Bombs away! I need sympathy! :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry: I'm also all out of shame.

I'm viewing this on a freebie Hitachi CM811 Plus monitor that my boss gave me.  The Hewlett Packard monitor in Hunter's room is acting up (it keeps resizing the display).  Someone took off with four of my EV floor monitors at the last show I ran sound for ($600 per monitor) .  You still want to talk about monitors?  

Sorry about your loss, Larry, if you are serious.  If not, then pucker up and stand in line. I'll see if I can't get the GEICO guy to stop by your place and cuddle!
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Post by: ljlemer on 07/21/2010 07:37 PM
Quotegitfiddl - 7/21/2010  8:35 PM

Quoteljlemer - 7/21/2010  8:18 PM

I lost my Black Roughneck Monitor only ten days after I bought him for $175. I traded in my Cuban Iguana for $75 and paid $100 and now I have neither. He was a cutie. I held him everyday to tame him. He was going to grow to 5 feet long in a few years. Now all I have is my uromastyx and alligator snapping turtle. I will replace him with a cheap ($30) Savannah Monitor in two weeks. They are easy to tame and grow to 4 feet. My late monitor died of an infection he probably got from the crickets he ate.

Bombs away! I need sympathy! :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry: I'm also all out of shame.


I'm viewing this on a freebie Hitachi CM811 Plus monitor that my boss gave me.  The Hewlett Packard monitor in Hunter's room is acting up (it keeps resizing the display).  Someone took off with four of my EV floor monitors at the last show I ran sound for ($600 per monitor) .  You still want to talk about monitors?  

Sorry about your loss, Larry, if you are serious.  If not, then pucker up and stand in line. I'll see if I can't get the GEICO guy to stop your place and cuddle!

Very serious about the monitor. Less serious about the bomb plea. After all, I've already reviewed 999 cigars. What are the chances anyone will send me a cigar I haven't reviewed?
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Post by: ljlemer on 07/21/2010 07:47 PM
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Post by: gitfiddl on 07/21/2010 07:50 PM
Quoteljlemer - 7/21/2010  8:37 PM

Quotegitfiddl - 7/21/2010  8:35 PM

Quoteljlemer - 7/21/2010  8:18 PM

I lost my Black Roughneck Monitor only ten days after I bought him for $175. I traded in my Cuban Iguana for $75 and paid $100 and now I have neither. He was a cutie. I held him everyday to tame him. He was going to grow to 5 feet long in a few years. Now all I have is my uromastyx and alligator snapping turtle. I will replace him with a cheap ($30) Savannah Monitor in two weeks. They are easy to tame and grow to 4 feet. My late monitor died of an infection he probably got from the crickets he ate.

Bombs away! I need sympathy! :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry: I'm also all out of shame.


I'm viewing this on a freebie Hitachi CM811 Plus monitor that my boss gave me.  The Hewlett Packard monitor in Hunter's room is acting up (it keeps resizing the display).  Someone took off with four of my EV floor monitors at the last show I ran sound for ($600 per monitor) .  You still want to talk about monitors?  

Sorry about your loss, Larry, if you are serious.  If not, then pucker up and stand in line. I'll see if I can't get the GEICO guy to stop your place and cuddle!

Very serious about the monitor. Less serious about the bomb plea. After all, I've already reviewed 999 cigars. What are the chances anyone will send me a cigar I haven't reviewed?

Duly noted and please accept my apology for being flip.  It sucks when anything you were taking care of goes.  

You're probably right about the cigars, though.  I will, however, see about sending some shame your way since you said you were out... :biggrin:
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Post by: gitfiddl on 07/21/2010 08:02 PM
Quoteljlemer - 7/21/2010  8:47 PM


You had to post a picture.  Now I feel bad! :shamebag:
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Post by: ljlemer on 07/21/2010 08:12 PM
Quotegitfiddl - 7/21/2010  9:02 PM

Quoteljlemer - 7/21/2010  8:47 PM


You had to post a picture.  Now I feel bad! :shamebag:

he was so cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :cry:
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Post by: ljlemer on 07/21/2010 08:15 PM
As you can see they grow.
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Post by: nwb on 07/21/2010 08:30 PM
Nice bomb  :bigthumbs:
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Post by: dwig on 07/21/2010 09:17 PM
Good Job Bruce.

Dave deserved a good bomb (surprise) :biggrin:

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Post by: kylepwhalen on 07/21/2010 09:30 PM
Yeah, what a thoughtful bomb!
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Post by: Shukpaw on 07/21/2010 11:17 PM
Nice bomb.  Nice touch, Bruce.
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Post by: metalhead y cigarguy on 07/22/2010 12:21 AM
Great idea Bruce. Very nice touch.
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Post by: Olejay on 07/22/2010 12:33 AM
First class Bruce.  Very nicely done! :shades:
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Post by: Brlesq on 07/22/2010 06:49 AM
Quotegitfiddl - 7/21/2010  5:17 PM

Call me a sap, but the note was as nice as the cigars.  I showed the cigars and note to my kids and I got a "That's tight!" from one and a "That is so freakin' cool of him!" from the other.  My wife said "That's so sweet.  I thought all y'all did was talk about cigars and tell jokes."

Uncle Buck's funeral was yesterday up in Birmingham.  Unfortunately, I was unable to make the trip, but everyone understood.

D'Artagnan and Missy (the two puppies) and T-Bone (the dad) are doing fine.  D'art has actually learned to play fetch as long as whatever you throw makes noise and you don't throw it more than 15-20 feet.

Again, Bruce, thank you very much!

I couldn't think of a more deserving brother, Dave!  Enjoy them! :-)

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Post by: 87North on 07/22/2010 06:54 AM
Well Done Bruce.  I'll be nominating you for bomber of the year for this one.   :-)
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Post by: DennisA on 07/22/2010 09:31 AM
:bigthumbs:
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Post by: Dave S. on 07/22/2010 10:02 AM
:cool:
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Post by: lowpro75 on 07/22/2010 10:03 AM
:cool:
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Post by: Brlesq on 07/22/2010 12:48 PM
Quote87North - 7/22/2010  7:54 AM

Well Done Bruce.  I'll be nominating you for bomber of the year for this one.   :-)

That's nice of you, so long as it doesn't get my name put on any "No Fly" lists at the airport!!   :-)
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Post by: gitfiddl on 07/22/2010 12:58 PM
QuoteBrlesq - 7/22/2010  1:48 PM

Quote87North - 7/22/2010  7:54 AM

Well Done Bruce.  I'll be nominating you for bomber of the year for this one.   :-)

That's nice of you, so long as it doesn't get my name put on any "No Fly" lists at the airport!!   :-)

It just might.  I work in a federal gov't office building.  I got some very interesting looks from passers-by when I was telling a couple of my cigar buddies that there was a bomb in my mailbox yesterday!
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Post by: nwb on 07/22/2010 01:23 PM
Quotegitfiddl - 7/22/2010  1:58 PM

QuoteBrlesq - 7/22/2010  1:48 PM
That's nice of you, so long as it doesn't get my name put on any "No Fly" lists at the airport!!   :-)

It just might.  I work in a federal gov't office building.  I got some very interesting looks from passers-by when I was telling a couple of my cigar buddies that there was a bomb in my mailbox yesterday!

You going to bail him out?  :biggrin:
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Post by: Jackal on 07/22/2010 01:47 PM
Nicely done Bruce
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Post by: Robert LG on 07/22/2010 03:39 PM
I can't think of a better place for my first post.  That was really cool!
Newbie smoker here looking foward to enjoying more educational and entertaining information from this site.
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Post by: dwig on 07/22/2010 03:52 PM

Way to go!
  :-)
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Post by: Brlesq on 07/22/2010 03:54 PM
QuoteRobert LG - 7/22/2010  4:39 PM

I can't think of a better place for my first post.  That was really cool!
Newbie smoker here looking foward to enjoying more educational and entertaining information from this site.

 :welcome: Rob!  Glad to have you join us!  Why don't you introduce yourself to the group over in the Newbie forum?  You will find that this is a great group of folks! :-)
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Post by: gitfiddl on 07/22/2010 04:01 PM
QuoteBrlesq - 7/22/2010  4:54 PM

QuoteRobert LG - 7/22/2010  4:39 PM

I can't think of a better place for my first post.  That was really cool!
Newbie smoker here looking foward to enjoying more educational and entertaining information from this site.

 :welcome: Rob!  Glad to have you join us!  Why don't you introduce yourself to the group over in the Newbie forum?  You will find that this is a great group of folks! :-)

Most of us.  There's that Bob guy and that one Rich and lizard lovin' Larry...
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Post by: Brlesq on 07/22/2010 08:13 PM
Quotegitfiddl - 7/22/2010  5:01 PM

QuoteBrlesq - 7/22/2010  4:54 PM

QuoteRobert LG - 7/22/2010  4:39 PM

I can't think of a better place for my first post.  That was really cool!
Newbie smoker here looking foward to enjoying more educational and entertaining information from this site.

:welcome: Rob!  Glad to have you join us!  Why don't you introduce yourself to the group over in the Newbie forum?  You will find that this is a great group of folks! :-)

Most of us.  There's that Bob guy and that one Rich and lizard lovin' Larry...

 :lmao:  :lmao:  Oops!  I forgot almost about those brothers, Rob!  Well their OK too if you have a thick skin (at least thicker than a reptile's skin!)   :shy:
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Post by: nwb on 07/22/2010 08:57 PM
QuoteBrlesq - 7/22/2010  4:54 PM

 :welcome: Rob!  Glad to have you join us!  Why don't you introduce yourself to the group over in the Newbie forum?  You will find that this is a great group of folks! :-)

Welcome!  Whatcha like to smoke?
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Post by: Robert LG on 07/22/2010 09:09 PM
Thanks for the welcome guys.  I have no problem with the thick skin thing.  I have worked in a chemical plant/refinery for 18 years.  Let's just say you can't make it with your heart on your sleeve.  As far as smokes go my favorites so far after only about 10 are perdomo lot 23 and Gurkha triple ligero maduro.  Enjoying the second try at the latter right now.
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Post by: gitfiddl on 07/22/2010 10:35 PM
QuoteRobert LG - 7/22/2010  10:09 PM

Thanks for the welcome guys.  I have no problem with the thick skin thing.  I have worked in a chemical plant/refinery for 18 years.  Let's just say you can't make it with your heart on your sleeve.  As far as smokes go my favorites so far after only about 10 are perdomo lot 23 and Gurkha triple ligero maduro.  Enjoying the second try at the latter right now.

The Lot 23's are good cigars and affordable as well.