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1-2 in the coldest part of winter but it's never that cold here. Spring and fall could be 3-5 a day. Summer is sticky and miserable so back down to 1-2. I never smoke inside.

The CoSho is a decent little smoke and easy to rip through those convenient little boxes. I did get a brick of the Trinidad shorts awhile back and actually liked those better. All out and need to restock!

Best attended: Neil Young and Crazy Horse at the CCCC Portland, Maine in 96 if memory serves.. Missed: Stevie Ray Vaughn due to no money for such frivolities. He left this earth shortly after.

Old Fireworks. In particular old firecrackers from the mid 60's back through the late 1800's. Anything firework related too from old wooden shipping crates to old catalogs.

A lighter ale in the summer heat (most of the year) and porters and stouts during the cooler months.

Long a favorite, really hits home as of late.

Just returned home after a frustrating day to say the least. Popped open the coolador and dug down to the PLPC cabs. First one out was a box of EML May 14s. It has hit the oft promised caramel notes and even delivered what to me smacks of a wonderful marzipan. Burn has been razor sharp with a simply perfect draw with just a small punch. The day has been salvaged!

One evening a press brake operator in the shop pinched his fingers between work piece and press bed while bending a joggle. Instead of having someone back the press up he cycled it. Snap went three fingers. Luckily they were just broken. Same shop, different brake, different operator, fingers on the floor. Plucked a young kid out of a grinder one evening. He got his finger caught in a feed roller drive chain. That was pretty. He passed out when he saw it. Had to take an older woman (mid 60s) to the hospital one evening. She lost a bunch of finger bits to a centerless grinder. Tough old gal though, she cursed that damn machine the whole way! Then, weeks later when her finger nail was growing back in sideways and irritating her she groused a bit about it, grasped it with her teeth and proceeded to rip it clean off!! Saw a 500 gal tank of 1.1.1 trichloroethane come unzipped. That got all the alphabet agencies to the shop!! I could go on and on....

That was great! Thanks for posting this up.

Beautiful pup! I'm waiting for the right time to get my next GSP and must admit a certain level of envy. Enjoy her!

Been on a Magnolia Electric Co. kick this morning.

I started out storing at 65rh/65t and after a couple years went to 62rh/65t. The upside seemingly has been better tasting cigars with fewer burn issues. I can pull almost anything out of the cooler and smoke it immediately with no dry boxing. Downside is the wife still hates that I keep the house at 65 year round.