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Ha! Truth be told, I haven't spent a dime on CCs for several months. I don't mind spending more coin on luxury items as long as they provide some value for the extra money but CCs are just priced way more that they are worth IMHO. 1750 usd for COROs!! 450 for Monte 4s ? Bullshit. Fortunately I have been buying for years, but when my humidor is empty that will be the end. There are plenty of NCs that agree with me, and of course the Desnudos are at the top of that list.

Good article, although the one word that was missing is Inflation. In an effort to anticipate future costs I recently took a close look at our family expenditures for the last 4 years. Having maintained pretty much the same lifestyle over this period I was a surprised to find that there has been a 20 – 30% increase in basic expenses in each of the last 4 years, so we’re spending approximately twice as much as we did in 2019. At that rate it won't be long before we face some hard choices, not only for us but our kids and grandkids will be affected as well. Fortunately, I am in position where I can still work as much or little as I like so it’s going to be a matter of choice, not necessity like anyone living on a fixed income.

I'm pretty sure that estimated ~ up to 600 billion USD a year in Intelectual Property theft isn't in the 'rules.' Nor is the 'game' played by coercion, unfair trade practices, and slave labor. Hating on the Chinese and their culture, no. Hating on the self serving politicians who sponsor state sanctioned acts or have sold out the public for their self serving interest, yes.

@ Ray That was a fun read, but....Poof!!! Bet it will be gone when the boys wake up on Monday! Make fun of the Kiwis all you want, but the Chinese?? Uh oh...

Ya, I rode dirtbikes for many years also, but "with age comes the cage" 🙄 The side by sides are incredible. Fast, agile and pretty much can go anywhere your cojones will allow. Mine has been super reliable but like a dirtbike, you've gotta do the maintenance. You've got some great riding in ID...We hit the dunes @ St Anthony every other year. Go rent one for a day, and get your checkbook ready!!🙂

I think you went the wrong direction... You should be down here in Arizona where it's relatively warm. Lots of amazing places to go 'wheeling in that bad ass jeep! The Mrs and I have been spending our winters on Lake Havasu for a few years now. We store a 5th wheel here thru the summer and travel back and forth in a toy hauler and do a bit of adventuring along the way, mostly thru the desert Southwest. Life is good on the road! Good luck with your project, RVs can be a pain in the ass sometimes but always rewarding... somehow we always seem to find a 1 star resort with 5 star people. 😎

Tow No! The Ford F-150 Lightning Struggled in Our Towing Test (motortrend.com)

Like a lot of you guys I’ve seen dozens of epic Dead shows… so I’ll go with the first, 1971 Pauley Pavilion UCLA, and the last three July 7 & 8th at the Gorge and July 14th in SF. 50 + years of amazing music, travelling, parking lot fun and great memories is hard to top. Crazy to think that this has been the most constant thing in my life. And now it 'Seems like all this life was just a dream' Coming of age in the early 70s in LA, I got to see all the great bands of the era, but a few that stand out most in my mind is seeing The Eagles rock the house as the warm up band for Linda Ronstadt and Van Morrison. Poor Van, half the audience got up and left when he got into his blue eyed soul…. I’m pretty sure he never played behind them again. I saw Bowie at the Hollywood Pallidum do Ziggy Stardust (Mind Blown!) Around ‘71 or 72 we got some 8 dollar tickets for some guy named Elton John at the Greek Theatre way up in the nose bleed seats. Maybe only 50% of the seats were filled so we went down and sat about 6 rows back, center stage. He played the biggest black grand piano I’ve ever seen for an hour or so, then came back with the full band and rocked out for another couple of hours. But I think the most fun I’ve ever had at a show was seeing the Kinks at the Palladium in the early 70s. Ray Davies was in rare form, they had a bunch of jeroboams of champagne around the stage and would drink after each song. About the 4th song they hit the opening riffs of Lola… crowd goes crazy and the band just stops dead. Silence, crowd groans, then laughter / drinking from the band. Did this 3-4 times more and when they finally played it towards the end of the show it brought the house down.

FOH..... Friends of Honduras. Just smoked the first of the Lanceros, fantastic! Looking forward to the Carlotas and CGs! Great job and thanks to the MoFoH team.

I just returned from 3 weeks travelling through Guanajuato, Colima and Jalisco. Everyday I would have a cigar in the parks or on the hotel rooftops and nobody ever gave me a second look. The resort areas, or congested public areas might be an issue tho. In my experence, the only people that ever have a problem with smoking are the gringo tourists.

For the last 6 or 7 years I have brought back HC from Mexico. If you are driving your personal vehicle you can bring back up to 60 litres per person, BUT if the CBP officer thinks you are bringing it in for commercial purposes they can deny you. Of course you must declare and pay the duty on each bottle above the one litre per person rule, but the duty is less than 2 USD per bottle. At first I was worried about being Cuban they might take it away, so I started with only a couple of bottles, but the last couple of years I have brought in a whole case and never had a problem.