Well, it finally happened...

[gitfiddl]

I still had about 60 yard-gars in cedar trays in my now truly defunct "frigidor".  I was pretty sure I'd pulled all the good stuff out, so I hadn't been paying much attention to it.  I opened it up and pulled out the trays.  I was right, thankfully.  I had yanked all the good stuff.  All but one of the four trays had cigars with obvious mold growing out of their foots or feet or, well, you know what I mean.  No great loss monetarily, because I don't think I paid more than 30-40 cents per stick back for these in the pre-SCHIP days and I'd probably never smoke them, but still it still bugs me.  These were the cigars I'd carry a handful of to BBQ's, etc.

[lubrix]

That bites!.

[hardeveningsuburb]

Bummer!  Losing cigars to mold is never fun.  Even the really cheap ones hurt.

[jharrisx5]

My mind went elsewhere after readin the title

Bummer dude!

[Vanilla Gorilla]

That sucks, at least there was no huge loss there.

[nwb]

Glad you got the good cigars out before it happened, but yeah, it still sucks.

[Cfickter]

That sucks. Even though you save the good ones, still a loss

[Brlesq]

Tough break, Dave.  None are salvageable?

[ntanner]

any lost cigar is bad news, sorry for youre loss man.

[gitfiddl]

Brlesq - 4/23/2012  7:21 PM

Tough break, Dave.  None are salvageable?

I saved an as of yet unwrapped bundle of some Cigar Hut Sumatran Robustos, a handful of Thompson Black Label Coronas, and three Reyes' Pirates Gold Coronas that I'm keeping.  The rest weren't worth the effort.  They were mild to start with (Thompson AOA's, Holt's Connecticut Crazies, that kind of crap).  I'd get more flavor out of a Marlboro Light, although I remember the AOA being a decent smoke.

The great news is that I discovered, hidden in the drawer behind where the frig used to sit, a little 20 count humi I thought my son had taken with him.  There was a five pack of Joe P-something or other coronas that Cordelll likes and two that evidently came from Bolivia, although the last letter in Bolivia looked an awful lot like an "R".

[cocon]

The man finds a humi, that is some kinda luck!  Keep looking you may find another!

[1sgjeffward]

That sucks man. What happened to make you abandon the Frigidor?

[Bob Cordell]

Ewwwwwwww, dont think a shot in the hip can cure that can it?

[nwb]

gitfiddl - 4/23/2012  9:06 PM
The great news is that I discovered, hidden in the drawer behind where the frig used to sit, a little 20 count humi I thought my son had taken with him.  There was a five pack of Joe P-something or other coronas that Cordelll likes and two that evidently came from Bolivia, although the last letter in Bolivia looked an awful lot like an "R".

Sweet!

[kola]

Lose some crappy cigars, gain a couple special ones.  As much as it hurts to lose any cigar to mold, at least something good came of it!

[Rick4474]

Atleast you found another humi to put more sticks in...  don't let me twist your arm or anything lol

[horrido]

That is a waste sorry to hear about your loss - I guess its a lesson for all to check the sticks more often

[Brlesq]

Maybe moldy Thompson's would taste BETTER.  

[gitfiddl]

1sgjeffward - 4/23/2012  9:35 PM

That sucks man. What happened to make you abandon the Frigidor?

The space and temperature concerns, mostly, plus it was ugly.  I'd bought it used many years ago for use as the band's beer fridge.  The compressor died shortly after I picked up cigars again.  I cleaned it out, bought some trays and some mahogany slats for them to rest on.  I started lining the interior with parts and pieces of cigar boxes, but never completed it.  Two years ago, our A/C went out and it took a month to get it fixed.  I started to worry about having the majority of my cigars together in one place when the temp was 90 degrees.  One of these days I'll get around to a winodor...

[Rick4474]

Brlesq - 4/24/2012  7:35 AM

Maybe moldy Thompson's would taste BETTER.  

Oh yeah speaking of the supplier that should do us all a favor and go up in flames...     I forgot I had joined their cigar of the month
club months and months ago and pushed the next shipment off untill last month. While meaning to call and cancel it completly.
And to my surprise I recieved a box and just said..  oh no I forgot to cancel them...  60 bucks for 20 "choice" cigars that are all
Thompson branded, dried out crappy looking sticks.  I guess they'll be sitting in the back of my humi for a year or untill I forget they are there and get all moldy too.  
 

[fretburn]

Lucky you had pulled the good stuff out previously.

[87North]

Rough deal... Though the bonus humi behind it was a nice find....