The cigar shop

[timot_one]

You rock Country!  I'd take all of them, but I don't want to blow the cash right now.  I'll settle for the FFP's though.

[exelr8]

Sounds good, waiting for his Paypal for ya

[b_beau_09]

man.. this makes me want to get into smoking cigars, as I've enjoyed a good one here and there..  but I know the wife would shoot me if I wanted to start becoming a cigar enthusiast, or even just smoking one more than once a month.

[exelr8]

Tell her to accept it. It's a hobby, and means of pleasure.

[timot_one]

I'm lucky with my wife.  She actually supports it because it reminds her of her grandfather.  Just because you choose to pick it up as a hobby, doesn't mean you have to smoke all the time.  I usually have a cigar about once every week or two.  I've only been smoking more frequently because I was trying to make room in my humidor for new cigars that I've purchased.  I enjoy maintaining my humidor and collecting hard to find cigars as much as I enjoy smoking them.  The hobby itself is more about slowing down and relaxing than anything else.  When you get a humidor, you have to season it, which can take up to a week.  When you buy cigars, their flavor develops when you age them, so some people age their cigars for years before smoking them.

Ohh yeah.  My new 300-500 count humidor came in yesterday.  The seal on the lid was a bit loose, so I tightened that up.  I started seasoning it last night, and hopefully it will be ready by tonight or tomorrow.  I put in a few damp sponges on the aerator trays, a bowl of dw in the bottom and the shitty humidifiers overnight, and the Rh was up to 80% this morning.  I pulled the sponges, but left the bowl of dw in the bottom and the humidifiers and will check it again tonight.  Hopefully I'll be able to get my hands on a few good humidifiers and a new hygrometer today or tomorrow.

[exelr8]

I am rather curious to see what extra smoke that guy threw in the box.

[timot_one]

I am too.  Seems like a nice enough guy.  Had a tracking number for me within minutes of paying him after we got that little issue figured out.  Right now I'm having an issue with both of my Xikar hygrometers.  When I go to calibrate them, I press the calibrate button and hold it for 5 seconds (per the instructions) and the display reads 75%, then after about 60-90 seconds, the display changes back to whatever the Rh was before I pressed the button.  I sent Xikar an email, so we will see how long it takes for them to get back to me.  I may have to give them a call on Monday because I'm impatient.

[timot_one]

I played tetris with my cigars last night to rearrange some stuff in my humidors.  I snapped off a few pictures of them and the cigar I smoked last night.

Here's most of my Opus X collection.

Here's my Añejo collection.

My Lancero collection.

My Liga Privada collection.

My Opus X's, Añejo's, Padron's and a couple Tatuaje Culebras.

A bunch of different loose cigars that I am waiting to try.


I tried a My Father Le Bijou 1922 Petit Robusto last week and really enjoyed it, so I bought a few more and had one last night.

Some of my accessories.

[gargantula99]

How do you smoke the tatuaje culebras?

[timot_one]

You just cut the string holding the 3 cigars together, separate them, take one, give the other two to your two friends and enjoy. 

[exelr8]

That My Father Flora de las Antillas was such a great smoke. It did get a little stronger at the last 3rd, but it wasn't terrible.

[ikethegreat]

That is an awesome collection you got there Tim.  Those tatuaje culebras are pretty neat looking.

Now you got me in the mood for a smoke.   

[gargantula99]

You just cut the string holding the 3 cigars together, separate them, take one, give the other two to your two friends and enjoy. 

Makes sense. For some weird reason I imagined somebody trying to smoke all three cigars at once. LoL. Silly me.

That's an impressive collection, by the way.

[timot_one]

Thanks guys.  I have a feeling that this is going to be an enjoyable summer.  Since it's cold out, and I don't like going to smoking lounges, I usually just have a cigar in the garage about once or twice a week.  Once the weather warms up, I'm probably going to be enjoying what I've been collecting more frequently.

[exelr8]

You just cut the string holding the 3 cigars together, separate them, take one, give the other two to your two friends and enjoy. 

Makes sense. For some weird reason I imagined somebody trying to smoke all three cigars at once. LoL. Silly me.

That's an impressive collection, by the way.

I'm sure some drunk college kid has tried that here